778–20

Conversation No. 778-20

Date: September 15, 1972
Time: 11:26 am - 11:48 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Robert H. Finch.

Greetings

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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:26 am.

The President's schedule
-H.R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman
-Finch

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:48 am.


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Watergate
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Possible Indictments
-New report of bugging
-Public handling of issue

1972 presidential campaign
-Foreign policy
-The President's point at recent breakfast meeting
-World travel
-George S. McGovern's lack of experience
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Comparisons to the President
-Vice Presidential experience
-The President's travel as a private citizen
-Economic issues
-Vietnam issue
-US peace proposals
-Return of Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Compared to Korean War

Vietnam War
-McGovern
-Peace proposal
-Finch's view


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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:26 am.

The President's schedule
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] Commander

Finch's schedule
-Plane to Syracuse

Haldeman
-Copy of John B. Connally speech

Parting remarks

Finch and Bull left at 11:48 am.