Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:07 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met with William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Richard G.
Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson,
George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch,
Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark
MacGregor, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, General
Brent G. Scowcroft, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, General Alexander M. Haig,
Jr., Herbert Stein, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger, and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
[Recording begins while the news broadcast is in progress]
[Conversation No. 101-1A]
Viewing of television news broadcast
-John W. Chancellor
-Vietnam War
[End of television viewing]
The President entered at 9:28 pm
Applause
Vietnam
-The President’s May 8, 1972 speech
-Cabinet
-The President’s appreciation for meeting
-Discussion
-Advance text
-Rogers and Melvin R. Laird
-The Vice President
-Connally
-Blockade
-Cabinet
-Speeches
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