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Conversation No. 791-3

Date: October 3, 1972
Time: 11:56 am - 12:06 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

George S. McGovern
-The President’s recent conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-News summary

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:56 am.

Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm.

Media and press relations
-Edith Efron
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Recent conversation with the President
-W. Charles Colson
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-McGovern’s corruption charges
-Audience reception
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-Eleanor (Stegeberg) McGovern
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Television [TV]
-Press
-Washington Post
-Comparison to New York Times
-Haynes B. Johnson
-Series
-Installments
-Importance of the press
-John R. (“Tex”) McCrary
-TV
-1972 compared with 1968
-Positive stories
-Balance
-Proposed action from the administration
-Owners of networks
-NBC
-Catherine Mackin
-McGovern
-Tactic
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Ziegler’s view
-Dan Rather, Robert Pierpoint

Joseph C. Waddy
-Common Cause
-Racial background
-Municipal Court appointment, 1967
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Evaluation
-Edward Bennett Williams
-Johnson

Black appointments
-Quotas
-Colson
-Black Republicans
-Circuit court
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Patrick J. Buchanan's analysis of press coverage
-Predictions book
-1972 election
-Contributions to the book
-Lyndon K (“Mort”) Allin
-David R. Gergen
-Raymond J. Price, Jr.
-Harold J. (\"Tex\") Lezar
-Robin Stickney
-Leslie Arch
-1701 Pennsylvania Avenue
-News summary
-Allin
-Columns from Spring 1971
-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Networks commentaries
-Instant analyses of Presidential addresses, 1970-1972
-Vanderbilt News Summary
-Transcripts of topics
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Conclusions
-Journalists
-Predictions
-TV commentators

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:56 am.

Request for papers

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm.

Colson

False press and media predictions
-Soviet Union
-Egypt
-Kraft's analysis
-The President
-Foreign affairs
-Mary McGrory’s analysis
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-North Vietnamese
-Paris
-Peace
-Carl T. Rowan's comments on Agnew
-Greeks
-Sevareid’s analysis
-Revenue sharing
-Congress
-Mining of Haiphong Harbor, May 1972
-Effect on Moscow summit
-Tomas Grey (“Tom”) Wicker’s analysis
-Vietnam mining announcement
-Soviet Union
-Comparison to the Cuban Missile Crisis

The President's schedule
-Office press conference, October 5, 1972
-Preparation
-Maritime agreement
-Readiness
-Camp David
-Price
-Press relations
-Ehrlichman, Price
-Weather
-Press relations
-Florida
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Ehrlichman
-Messages to Congress
-Timing of President’s return to the White House
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[Duration: 3m 52s ]


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[Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:56 am and
12:06 pm; the President can be heard in the background]

[Conversation No. 791-3A]

[See Conversation No. 30-42]

Alexander P. Butterfield

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[Duration: 7m 26s ]

[Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 12:06
pm].

[Conversation No. 791-3B]

[Haldeman talked with Malek at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 12:06 pm].

[Conversation No. 791-3C]

[See Conversation No. 30-43]

[End of telephone conversation]

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:56 am.

The President's schedule
-American Legion commander [Joseph L. Matthews]

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm.


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[Duration: 5m ]


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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:56 am.

The President's schedule
-Photograph session
-American Legion Magazine
-[Matthews]
-[John F. Leyden]
-Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization [PATCO]
-Purpose of the meeting
-Matthews
-President’s previous meeting in Chicago

Haldeman and Bull left at 12:06 pm.
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