509-9

Conversation No. 509-9

Date: June 3, 1971
Time: 12:40 pm - 1:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

Gifts for sitting and former members of Congress
-Compacts for wives
-Costs
-Cufflinks
-Stephen B. Bull

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:40 pm

-Number of compacts

Bull left at unknown time before 1:26 pm

Presidential gifts
-Ashtrays

Legislation
-Government reorganization
-Vote
-Peace Corps

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:40 pm

Presidential gifts
-Compacts
-Paperweights
-Cost

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:26 pm

President’s schedule
-Meeting with Kenneth B. Keating
-Henry A. Kissinger’s recommendation
-Meeting with Robert J. Dole
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-Meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh
-Kissinger’s recommendation
-Indira Gandhi
-William P. Rogers


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Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)
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Keating

May Day demonstrations
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s briefing
-Appearance of police chiefs

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:40 pm

Ziegler’s schedule
-Briefing
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Bull left at an unknown time before 1:26 pm

Press briefing
-Police officials
-Charles W. Colson

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:40 pm
Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)
Ziegler’s location
-Schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:26 pm

Press briefing
-Colson
-May Day demonstrations
-Press reaction

President’s schedule
-Meeting with Keating
-Meeting with Indian Foreign Minister
-Kissinger
-White House reception for Advertising Council
-June 7 meeting with homebuilders
-Support for President’s policies
-John B. Connally
-Rescheduling of Rochester trip
-Tricia Nixon’s wedding
-Meeting with Senegalese official
-Rochester trip
-University’s schedule
-Mayors’ meeting
-Maine trip
-[Forename unknown] Dreyfus [?]
-Views of John A. Scali, John N. Mitchell
-New Hampshire
-Itinerary
-Medical group in Atlantic City, New Jersey
-Press conference
-[Forename unknown] Hufty dinner
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-New Hampshire
-Mitchell
-President’s previous campaigns
-Maine


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Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)
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-Atlantic City
-Rochester, New York
-Maine
-Hufty dinner
-Possible Chicago trip
-American Association of Retired Persons [AARP]
-Milk producers
-AARP
-Thursday night press conference
-California trip
-Florida
-Kissinger
-Midway Island
-Florida trip
-Press
-AARP
-California
-Midway Island
-California
-Press conference
-Congress
-Republican National Committee [RNC] meeting
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Automobile testing
-Automobile Testing Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
-Ohio

Foreign Technology Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
-Possible move to Florida
-Number of personnel affected
-Reasons for move Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)
-Location
-Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
-Support of Edward J. Gurney
-Opposition of William B. Saxbe
-Considerations
-Budget
-Politics
-Clark MacGregor

May Day demonstrations
-Department of Justice
-Position on posting bond for demonstrators
-Mitchell
-Constitutional arguments
-Compensation for damages
-Supplemental appropriations bill
-Amount

President’s schedule
-Meetings with John B. Connally and George P. Shultz
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Colson
-Efforts to insure “equal time”
-Morning meeting with Mitchell and Connally
-White House briefing for chief state school officers
-Federal education programs
-Revenue sharing
-Post Office
-Winton M. (“Red”) Blount
-Retirement from the Cabinet
-Launching the Postal Service
-Ceremonies
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-Reorganization
-Effects
-Cabinet dinner
-Location
-Attendees
-Secretaries
-Under secretaries
-Agency heads Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)
-Possible Wisconsin trip
-National Association of Counties
-Knights of Columbus dinner in New York City
-Number of attendees
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] function in August
-Rose Garden concerts for undiscovered artists
-Leonard Garment and Lucy A. Winchester
-Outdoor events
-Temperature
-Bull
-Jewish groups
-Council of Foreign Relations dinner in New York City
-Kissinger’s views
-David Rockefeller
-Conservatives’ views
-Herbert C. Hoover
-John Foster Dulles
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-General Douglas MacArthur
-Kissinger

Ziegler entered at 1:26 pm

Ziegler’s previous press briefing

Announcement of Rochester visit

Ziegler’s previous press briefing
-Federal-sponsored life insurance for law enforcement officers
-Amount
-Government insurance for servicemen killed in Vietnam
-Amount
-New York City police commissioner Patrick V. Murphy
-Comments about President’s meeting with police officials
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-White House meeting with police chiefs
-William E. Kirwan
-Mitchell, J. Edgar Hoover
-Frank L. Rizzo
-Peter J. Pitchess’ comments
-Newsmen’s questions to Ziegler
-William A. Gill, Jr.
-Newsmen Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)
-Attitude
-Forrest Boyd
-Jerald F. (“Jerry”) terHorst
-Comments by police chiefs
-Police officials’ comments to Ziegler
-Political questions
-Newsmen’s questions to Ziegler
-Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Ziegler’s comments to newsmen
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr., Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey,
Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy


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-Unknown reporter’s question
-Los Angeles police commissioner Edward M. Davis
-Response
-Treatment of press
-Press conferences
-Questions
-Dan Rather’s comments contrasted with Roger H. Mudd’s comments
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CBS news
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Rather

President’s press conferences
-Follow-up questions
-Newsmen’s concerns
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)
-May Day demonstrators

Vote on Los Angeles police pension funds
-Police chief Davis
-Vote distribution by ethnicity
-Jewish community

President’s press conferences
-Follow-up questions
-Value to President
-Mood of press
-Issues
-Public sector jobs
-Revenue sharing

Press releases
-Energy message
-Edward L. Morgan
-Housing message
-Timing

Press
-Attitude
-Previous administrations

Drugs
-Problem in military
-Ziegler’s comments
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Colson
-Unknown veteran’s comments regarding heroin and marijuana
-Extent of problem
-Popular perceptions
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-President’s program
-Upcoming announcement

Radio speeches

Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:26 pm

President’s schedule Conv. No. 509-9 (cont.)

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:57 pm

Radio speeches
-Schedule
-Location

Press
-Attitudes at press conferences
-Johnson
-Reaction to President

Unemployment statistics
-Compared to earlier statistics

Vietnam
-Casualties
-Causes
-Press reports

Haldeman and Ziegler left at 1:57 pm