353–18

Conversation No. 353-18

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Dwayne O. Andreas.
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H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 2:30 pm.

[Conversation No. 353-18A]

[See Conversation No. 29-4; two items have been withdrawn]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-Photograph session
-Timing
-Possible trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
-Possible inclusion of congressmen
-Passage of disaster relief legislation
-Elmira, New York
-Logistics
-Aircraft
-Camp David
-Milton J. Shapp
-Visit to Wilkes College
-Relief bill
-Elmira
-Possible inclusion of congressmen and senators
-Jacob J. Javits
-James L. Buckley
-Appropriations Committee members
-Timing
-Democratic National Committee meeting

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm.

[See Conversation No. 353-18B]

The President's possible visits to Wilkes-Barre and Elmira
-Arrangements
-Inclusion of congressmen
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Plans
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-Legislative considerations
-Inclusion of Appropriations Committee members
-Inclusion of local senators


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Manolo Sanchez

The President’s schedule
-Departure time
-Haldeman’s forthcoming call
-Charles G. (\"Bebe\") Rebozo
-Robert H. Abplanalp

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm.

[See Conversation No. 353-18C]

The President's schedule
-Rebozo
-Abplanalp
-John N. Mitchell
-[Republican National?] Committee

[End of telephone conversation]

Elaine (Schwartzenburg) Edwards
-Arrival in Washington
-Meeting with Russell B. Long and the President
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-Charles W. Colson
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Appointment by Edwin W. Edwards
-Forthcoming election
-Salary
-Early resignation

Forthcoming Sequoia cruise
-Mitchell
-Dwight L. Chapin, Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert H. Finch,
Colson, Herbert G. Klein, Frederic V. Malek
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Malek
-William E. Timmons
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Location
-Chapin
-Timmons

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm.

[See Conversation No. 353-15D]

-Chapin
-Timmons

[End of telephone conversation]

-Mitchell


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Henry A. Kissinger entered at 3:00 pm.
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The President’s previous conversation with Andreas
-Bipartisan leadership meetings on foreign policy
-Invitations to Hubert H. Humphrey
-John B. Connally
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Forthcoming call from Kissinger
-Briefings
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Rebozo
-George S. McGovern
-Goals
-Reduction in campaigning
-SALT support


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Kissinger's forthcoming call to Humphrey
-Timing
-Announcement of Democratic vice presidential nominee
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Kissinger left at 3:10 pm.

Murray M. Chotiner
-Role in ballot security
-Analysis of President's campaign
-Watergate
-Youth of campaign managers
-Evaluated
-Areas of interest
-Intelligence


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-Role in previous campaigns
-\"Chapman's Friend\"
-Mitchell's evaluation
-Financial condition
-Support for President
-Financial condition
-Role in 1972 campaign
-Young campaign managers
-\"Chapman's Friend\"
-Handling of expense vouchers
-Ballot security
-Colson
-Public relations savvy
-Organizational skill
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The President's schedule
-Hawaii
-Mrs. Nixon
-William P. Rogers
-Adele (Langston) Rogers
-Adm. John S. McCain, Jr.'s retirement ceremony
-Clare Booth Luce
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Possible bipartisan reception for President
-President's support in Hawaii
-McCain's retirement ceremony
-Possible changes in time
-Kissinger
-Honolulu arrival
-Pearl Harbor
-Commander-in-Chief, Pacific [CINCPAC]
-Hilo
-Arrival of [Kakuei Tanaka]
-Meetings between the President and Tanaka
-Honolulu and Hilo arrivals
-Crowd control
-Republican National Convention
-Legal problem
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham's rally
-Problems

The President talked with Andreas between 3:19 pm and 3:22 pm.

[Conversation No. 353-18E]

[See Conversation No. 29-5]

[End of telephone conversation]

Watergate
-Discussion with Andreas

1972 Campaign
-Miami convention
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-Demonstrations
-McGovern signs
-C. Norris Paulson
-Colson
-1946 congressional race
-Dorothy Healey
-[Ned R. Healy]
-Flyers
-Distribution
-Content
-Link of Healy with Henry A. Wallace
-Connection of McGovern to local candidates
-New Hampshire
-Thomas J. McIntyre
-Flyers linking McGovern with McIntyre
-Distribution
-Chotiner
-Content
-Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia
-William B. Spong
-Flyers linking with McGovern
-Printing
-Distribution
-Supervision of flyer production and staff
-Colson
-Watergate
-Magruder and staff


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The President talked with the White House operator at 3:29 pm.

[Conversation No. 353-18F]

Request for Colson
-Executive Office Building [EOB] office

[End of telephone conversation]

John C. Stennis
-Possible birthday call from the President
-Vote on defense authorization
-Age

The President's schedule
-President's golf game
-Public reaction
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Changes in activities
-Agnew
-Golf with George Meany
-Golfing
-Freguency of games
-California
-Republican convention

Water bill
-John D. Ehrlichman's previous talk with the President
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Support
-Cost
-Environmental protection

Colson entered at 3:34 pm.


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Economy
-Unemployment
-Wholesale prices
-Food prices
-Increases
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Wholesale Price Index [WPI]
-Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein
-Farm issue
-Difficulties
-Food prices
-Food stamp program
-Support from farmers
-Stein
-Retail sales
-Increases
-Political implications
-CPI
-Possible freeze on prices
-1971
-Inflation
-Jobs
-Pulp and paper industry
-Problems


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Haldeman and Colson left 4:15 pm.