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Conversation No. 318-3

Date: January 26, 1972
Time: 3:29 pm - 4:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[Conversation No. 318-3A]

[See Conversation No. 19-108]

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 3:29 pm; the President conferred with
Haldeman during the phone conversation.

[End of telephone conversation]

Kissinger's briefing
-Quality
-Attitude, tone, content
-Television
-William P. Rogers's press conference
-Distribution
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Conv. No. 318-3 (cont.)


-Questions and answers [Q & A] format
-William L. Safire
-The President's previous conversation with Alexander P. Haig, Jr. and
Colson
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

Agnew
-Consultation on peace plan
-Leaders meeting
-Performance
-Policy-making role
-Cabinet meetings
-Leaders meeting
-Bryce N. Harlow's possible reaction
-Forthcoming call from Haldeman

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and
3:58 pm.]

[Conversation No. 318-3B]

[See Conversation No. 19-109]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's Vietnam speech of January 25, 1972
-Television rating
-Timing
-Prime time
-Network programs
-Interruption
-Welfare veto
-Public reaction
-East
-West
-California
-Rebroadcast on radio of January 26, 1972
-The President's projection

[Haldeman talked with Harlow at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:58 pm.]
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 318-3 (cont.)


[Conversation No. 318-3C]

[See Conversation No. 19-110]

[End of telephone conversation]

Rogers's forthcoming press conference, January 27, 1972
-Television
-Kissinger's briefing
-The President's previous conversation with Colson
-Haldeman's forthcoming meeting with Rogers
-Kissinger's Q & A
-Delivery to Rogers

Kissinger's schedule
-Forthcoming National Press Club dinner speech
-White House Communications Agency [WHCA]
-Phone hook-up
-Phone call from the President during Kissinger's performance
-Projection to audience
-Possible format
-Conversation
-Humorous effect
-Identification of the President
-The President's possible presence
-Compared with a telephone call

The President's Vietnam speech
-Delivery
-The President's knowledge of subject
-Compared with other Oval Office speeches
-Phase II
-Compared with \"podium speeches\"
-Reaction
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Paul W. Keyes
-Call to the President
-The President's self-consciousness
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] crew
-Work
-Unknown man's reaction
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 318-3 (cont.)


-Previous work for the President on Christmas show
-News commentators and producers

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and
3:58 pm.]

[Conversation No. 318-3D]

[See Conversation No. 19-111]

[End of telephone conversation]

Forthcoming call to Frank Stanton
-Colson
-CBS crews
-Interview with Dan Rather, January 2, 1972
-The President's Vietnam speech
-Christmas special
-Marvin L. Kalb

George H. Gallup poll
-George P. Shultz's theory on economy
-Public attitudes on unemployment and inflation
-Timing of polls
-Price freeze

Haldeman’s schedule
-Rogers

Secretary of Commerce position
-Announcement
-Maurice H. Stans, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan
-The President’s appearance
-Stans’s possible comments

[The President talked with Stanton between 3:58 pm and 4:01 pm.]

[Conversation No. 318-3E]

[See Conversation No. 19-112]
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[End of telephone conversation]

Secretary of Commerce position
-Announcement
-Possible comments
-Stans
-Peterson
-Flanigan
-The President’s appearance

White House staff
-Vietnam speech of November 3, 1969
-Haldeman’s role
-Colson
-Cambodia
-John A. Scali
-Contacts

Richard A. Moore
-View of the President's appearance during Vietnam speech
-Possible call from Haldeman
-William H. Carruthers
-Technical detail
-Forthcoming call from Haldeman

[Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:20
pm.]

[Conversation No. 318-3F]

[See Conversation No. 19-113]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s Vietnam speech
-Handling of text
-Camera shot
-Lighting

Vietnam
-As issue
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 318-3 (cont.)



[Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:20 pm.]

[Conversation No. 318-3G]

Kissinger's Press Club dinner speech
-Phone call from the President
-Technical set-up by WHCA
-Phone
-Public address system
-Notification of Press Club staff
-Possible conversation
-Technical set-up
-WHCA
-Timing with the President

[End of telephone conversation]

-First line
-Reasons for tardiness
-Phone call from the President
-Timing

[Haldeman talked with Carruthers at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:20 pm.]

[Conversation No. 318-3H]

[See Conversation No. 19-114]

[The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:20
pm; this conversation occurred concurrently with Haldeman's phone conversation.]

[Conversation No. 318-3I]

The President's schedule
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland

[End of Haldeman's conversation]

-Arrangements for meeting
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 318-3 (cont.)


[End of the President's conversation]

The President's Vietnam speech
-Carruthers's view
-The President's first economic speech
-The President's delivery
-Pace
-Subject matter
-Confidence
-Technical mistakes
-Construction of speech
-Clarity, concision
-Confidence
-Lights, cameras
-The President's appearance
-The President's trip to Florida
-Lighting and setting
-Weariness
-Compared with economic speech
-Television
-Close-up
-Makeup
-Preparation
-[State of the Union Address]
-Attitude
-Trip to Florida
-The President's delivery
-Pacing
-Duration of speech
-Number of words
-Compared with Lyndon B. Johnson
-Carruthers's view
-The President's delivery
-Pacing
-Length of speech
-Concern over time in TV industry

Kissinger's Press Club dinner speech
-The President's phone call
-Timing
-Dinner
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 318-3 (cont.)


-Master of ceremonies
-Effect
-Timing

Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Role with administration
-Ronald W. Reagan's recent conversation with the President
-William French Smith
-Haldeman’s forthcoming talk with Weinberger
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Department of Justice
-Cabinet
-Attorney General
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-The President’s view

Haldeman left at 4:20 pm.