Date: January 2, 1972
Time: 3:58 pm - 4:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 311-48]
John B. Connally
-Talk with Haldeman
-Good spirits
-Connally's call to President, January 1st
-New Year’s greetings
-Connally meeting with President, January 5th
-President's interview with Dan Rather
-Connally's assessment
-Domestic and international arenas
-Public mood
-Optimism
-Stock market
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-Bombing in Vietnam
-News worthiness
-International area
-US trading partners
-US interests
-Connally’s advice
-Schedule
-William P. Rogers's schedule
-President’s upcoming trip to Florida
-Mode of travel for Connally
-Newporter Hotel
Daniel L. Schorr's article on Connally
-Gerald L. Warren
-Calvin E. Brumley
-Brumley's comments
-Interview with Fortune
-Date and time
-President's call to Connally on Christmas
-Connally
-Attitude
-Article in Newsweek on Connally
-Origin of Schorr's article
-Warren
-No press inquiries concerning Schorr’s article
Connally
-President's dinner with Connally, January 5th
-Bombing in Vietnam
-George H. Mahon and F. Edward Hebert
-Reactions
Bombing in Vietnam and India-Pakistan
-Reaction of the press
-Public opinion
News Summary
-Tendency to be critical
-Rogers's comments
-Wire services
-Frank F. Church
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-Charles W. Colson
-Problems
-Balance
-“Story of the Day”
President's schedule
-Peter G. Peterson meeting
-Rogers
-Maurice H. Stans
-William D. Eberle
-Council on Economic Policy
-Paul A. Volcker
-Peterson
Rogers
-Meeting with Haldeman
-Advice
-Ability in public relations
-Praise from the President
-Compared to Henry A. Kissinger