276–11

Conversation No. 276-11

Date: September 10, 1971
Time: 4:31 pm - 6:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

The President's speech, September 9, 1971
-Congressional response
-Unknown Congressman
-Election
-Television
-[Phase II]
-Timing of announcement
-Peter G. Peterson
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-Congressional spending
-October 7, 1971

Reform
-Disadvantages
-Timetable
-Announcement
-Consultation
-Meeting dateline
-Difficulty
-Effect on businesses
Rumsfeld
-Charles W. Colson
-Gallup poll
-Relationship with George H. Gallup
-Colson
-Harris poll
-Progress report
-Rumsfeld's previous meeting with Howard H. Baker, Jr.


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Public Affairs
-Sammy Davis, Jr.'s performance at the Sands
-Members of the audience
-Ronald V. Dellums
-Richard [?] Hatcher
-Alan Cranston
-Davis's remarks on drug laws
-Davis's remarks about the President
-James F. (“Jimmy”) Durante
-Durante's remarks about the President
-Charles G. (\"Bebe\") Rebozo
-Attitude
-The President's new supporters
-Davis
-Durante
-Durante's possible performance at the White House
-Blue Room
-Durante's age
-Events before start of campaign and convention
-Durante
-Performance at the White House


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Social events
-Charles H. Percy's call to Rumsfeld
-Gen. C. William Westmoreland and James Henry Van Alen
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-White House tennis court
-Tennis game
-Van Alen
-Development of new scoring system [VASSS]
-Reception
-Age
-White House tennis court
-Effect of White House visit
-Photograph
-The President's acquaintance
-New York City
-Socializing
-Alen
-Percy
-Social relationship
-Possible trip for Percy
-National Governors Conference

Public affairs
-Mitchell
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's speech
-Mitchell
-Agnew's appearance
-Governor's conference
-Robert J. Dole
-Rumsfeld's schedule
-Speaking engagements
-Las Vegas
-Length of stay
-Puerto Rico
-University of Illinois
-Tulane
-Senator Henry L. Bellmon
-Oklahoma
-National Conference of University Presidents
-Student body presidents
-Washington, DC
-Number attending conference
-Washington, DC
-The President's previous meeting with members of Conference
-Meeting at White House
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-1969
-Representative group
-Student body's presidents
-Presidents of universities and colleges
-Meeting in Washington
-Rumsfeld's speech
-University presidents
-Administration
-Education
-Speaking engagements


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-Birmingham, Alabama
-Business group
-Mississippi
-Speech
-Press coverage
-Television
-Support
-Government
-Speaking invitations
-Speechwriting
-Amount expended
-Difficulty
-Unknown local or state problems
-White House organization
-Channels
-Presidency
-Suitable events for speaking engagements
-Speaking invitations
-Colson's staff
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-Scheduling
-Processing
-Assignment
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] speech
-Las Vegas
-National associations
-National association
-Rumsfeld, Robert H. Finch
-Suitable for speaking engagements
-Colson
-Organization
-Speaking invitations received by the President
-Generating other speaking engagements
-Other speakers
-Maurice H. Stans
-Business group
-Television
-Mitchell
-Speaking ability
-Newsworthy
-Mitchell's recent speech on crime
-John B. Connally
-Rumsfeld
-Finch
-Television
-George W. Romney
-Television
-Rumsfeld
-Speechmaking
-Constant practice
-Cabinet Committee on Narcotics
-Europe
-Lobby
-Speaking
-Involvement
-Credibility
-Portfolio connotation
-Finch, Rumsfeld
-Public appearances
-Importance of a portfolio
-Contents
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-Credentials
-Counsel to the President
-Property Review Board
-National news
-Foreign economic policy group
-Future meetings on economy
-Rumsfeld's involvement in speech circuit
-Counsel to the President
-Member of Cabinet
-Rumsfeld's presence at events

Youth
-Speeches
-Criticism
-Democratic majority
-Appointment
-Cabinet minister for youth
-Special White House youth job
-Speeches for youth
-Need for content to make sense to youth
-Issues that appeal to youth
-Issues
-Foreign policy
-War
-Diplomatic moves
-Employment

Speechwriters
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Richard K. Cook
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-John J. McLaughlin
-Quality of speechwriting
-The President's speech, September 9, 1971
-Price
-Assistance to Rumsfeld

Speeches
-Knowledge of subject
-Newsworthy remarks
-Television shows
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-Speaker with expertise on subject
-Newsworthy

Rumsfeld's schedule
-Upcoming speeches
-Miami
-Indiana
-Des Moines
-Michigan
-New Orleans
-Dallas
-Georgia
-Detroit
-Birmingham
-Oklahoma
-Washington, DC
-Rumsfeld's staff
-Preparation for speaking engagements
-Group
-Program
-Other speaking guests
-Schedule
-Reaction
-Finch
-Speaking engagements
-Nationwide and in California

Questions and answers [Q&A] staff
-Development
-Circulation of Q&A books
-Rumsfeld's turn
-Answers
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Abilities
-Answers
-Answers
-Q&A books
-Buchanan's work
-Use of government for information

Melvin R. Laird
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-Spokesperson role
-Department of Defense
-Congress
-Politician
-Speaking engagements
-Non-partisan groups
-Opportunities
-1960 campaign
-Secretary of Defense
-World travels
-Using Laird as speaker
-Information
-Clark M. Clifford
-Politics
-Congress
-Democratic
-Laird as spokesperson during forthcoming campaign period

National defense
-Laird
-Right wing issue
-People's Republic of China [PRC], defense
-Polls
-American public
-US position in world
-US compared to the Soviet Union
-Superiority in defense
-Laird
-Right wing
-Reassurance
-1960 campaign
-John F. Kennedy
-Missile gap issue
-Henry M. (\"Scoop\") Jackson
-Nomination
-Democratic candidate
-\"Dove\" ticket
-Defense
-Social issue emphasis
-Bomb
-Democratic Party
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-Withdrawal of US troops
-Excess fund
-Sophisticated weapons
-Relief for ghettoes
-Proxmire-Harris proposal
-Mansfield proposal
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Total withdrawal of US troops
-Matter of conviction
-Defense budget cuts
-Laird's role
-Department of Defense [DOD]
-Conservatives
-Haldeman's relation with Laird
-Republicans
-Conservative group
-Conservative group
-Defense capability
-US compared with the Soviet Union
-Laird
-DOD
-Budget

William P. Rogers
-The President's previous conversation with Haldeman
-Use of Rogers as speaker
-College campuses
-Secretary of State
-Speeches
-Activists
-Secretary of State
-Lutheran [?] convention
-Further speaking engagements
-Campuses
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Professor
-Rogers
-Type of colleges
-Type, size of audience
-Seminar-type setting
-Closed-circuit television
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-Effects of appearance
-Target audience
-John D. Ehrlichman's theory
-Political activism
-Administration's concerns
-Princeton University
-Kissinger
-Guest lecturer
-Seminars
-Votes
-Bigger audiences
-Q&A

Administration spokesmen
-College campuses
-Kissinger and Rogers
-Administration's foreign policy
-Publicity
-Size of crowd
-Publicity
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Press
-News
-Kissinger
-Appearance at college campus
-Rogers
-Secretary of State
-Public opinion
-Impression of the President
-Apathy
-White middle class
-Presidential candidate
-Relationship with youth
-Guilt complex
-Blacks
-Indians
-Mexicans
-Catholics
-Jews
-White Protestants
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-Jews
-Jews in administration
-Intellectuals
-Chicago
-New York City
-Democrats
-Middle East

Youth
-The President's visit to college campuses
-As Vice President
-Attention of the office
-College campuses
-Rogers
-Meeting with undersecretaries
-As voter blocs
-Whites
-Parents
-Blacks
-Jewish
-Elderly
-Percentage
-Parents
-High schools
-Non-college youth
-Eligible to vote
-18-year old voters
-Voting requirements in US history
-Voting Rights Act
-Property
-Taxpayers
-Slaves
-Blacks
-Voting

Speeches
-Congressmen
-Support for the President
-Economy
-Fight unemployment
-Fight inflation
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-Numbers

Rumsfeld's schedule
-State dinner

Rumsfeld left at 5:34 pm.

William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Luncheon
-Inclusion in invitation of mother, Mrs. W F. Graham
-Age
-Situation
-Invitation

Kissinger's schedule
-Vietnam

Trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Groundwork
-October trip by Kissinger
-Press contingent and coverage
-The President's meeting with Kissinger
-Media coverage of trip
-Television
-Public viewing of the President's trip to the PRC
-Duration
-Film coverage compared to live coverage
-Time difference
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Great Wall of China
-John W. Chancellor
-The President's trip to the PRC
-Visual coverage
-Benefits to President
-Live coverage
-Transmission
-Equipment necessary
-Transmitter tower
-Personnel need for installation
-Time of arrival
-Film coverage
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-Tape
-Satellite
-Press corps
-Number
-Network television
-PRC
-Kissinger
-Permission for live coverage
-Soviet Union in 1959
-Kitchen Debate
-Censors
-PRC stance
-Kissinger
-Administration's need
-Size of press corps
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Broadcast
-Wire services
-Columnists
-Members of press corps
-Theodore H. White
-Book
-Press
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Peter Lisagor
-Charles W. Bailey
-Coverage of trip
-Life in PRC
-Crews
-Transmission problems
-PRC communication systems
-Coverage
-Kissinger’s forthcoming efforts
-Press Corps
-Size of Corps
-Wire services
-Syndication
-Networks
-Cronkite, Chancellor
-Crews
-Howard K. Smith
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-Size of Press Corps
-Television broadcast
-Newspapers
-Foreign press
-The PRC’s decision
-Kissinger
-Agenda
-Press Corps
-The President's possible entourage
-Astronaut
-Analogy
-Circus
-Trip to the Soviet Union
-Milton S. Eisenhower
-Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
-Trip to the PRC
-Rogers, Kissinger
-Department of State
-Assistants
-Other members in the President's entourage
-Communications staff
-Composition
-Equity
-PRC trip compared to European trip
-Substance
-Cabinet members
-Unknown person
-PRC

Schedule
-The President's meeting with college and student body presidents group
-Q&A

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.

President’s schedule
-Meeting with college and student body presidents

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The President's schedule
-Meeting
-Time
-Treasury Department
-Meeting
-Cost of Living Council
-White House
-Cabinet Room
-Time
-Treasury
-Cabinet Room
-Time of meeting
-Meeting with the President
-Time
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Purpose of meeting
-Announcement of program
-Consultations
-The President's press conference
-Economy
-General audience
-The President's trips
-PRC
-Rumsfeld
-Pentagon Papers
-Effect of events on public opinion polls
-Economy
-Supreme Court decision
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:57 pm.

Visit of Takeo Fukuda
-Japanese press
-Japanese delegation
-The President's meeting with Fukuda

Kissinger
-Peter G. Peterson's memos
-Attachments
-Kissinger
-The President's review of memos

Report
-Meeting between Ambassador David M. Kennedy and Fukuda

Butterfield left at 6:01 pm.

Meeting with Fukuda

Appointments
-Secretary of Commerce
-Rumsfeld
-Peterson’s position
-Peter M. Flanigan

The President's schedule
-Fukuda’s visit
-Adele (Langston) Rogers
-Patricia R. Mosbacher
-Mrs. Nixon
-Oval Room

Speech
-Price
-William L. Safire's draft

Haldeman left at 6:15 pm.
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