386–1

Conversation No. 386-1

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 6:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Charles W. Colson and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[This recording began while the meeting was in progress]

Vietnam negotiations
-Breakdown
-Press relations
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-John B. Connally
-Richard A. Moore
-Connally
-Henry A. Kissinger’s recommendations
-The President’s possible television [TV] appearance
-Blame
-North Vietnam
-US, South Vietnam
-US military action
-Pace
-Civilians
-The President’s message to Kissinger
-North Vietnam
-Duration
-Settlement agreement
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-The President’s previous TV appearances
-Troop withdrawals
-US military action
-Cambodia
-Bombing, mining
-Purpose
-Duration
-Outline
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-Kissinger’s schedule
-Record
-Necessity
-North Vietnam, South Vietnam
-Public relations [PR]
-North Vietnam
-George S. McGovernites
-South Vietnam
-Possible domestic problem
-North Vietnam, McGovernites
-Blame on US
-Effect
-Hardhats
-1972 election
-George H. Gallup polls
-Reinhardt [sp?] [first
name unknown]
-Joseph L. Tauro
-Settlement agreement
-Cease-fire
-Communist violations
-Louis P. Harris poll

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and
2:56 pm.

[See Conversation No. 34-23]

[Conversation No. 386-1A]

[End of telephone conversation]

1972 election
-Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger’s press conference, October 26, 1972
-Reaction
-Tone
-Polls
-[Opinion Research Corporation] [ORC]
-Albert E. Sindlinger
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-Watergate
-McGovern
-Tax reform
-Unemployment
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] profile
-Whites
-Blacks
-Integration
-McGovern’s speech on the economy
-Colson’s conversation with Haldeman
-Timing

Vietnam negotiations
-Breakdown
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-The President’s possible TV appearance
-The President’s view
-Colson and Haldeman’s views

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull between 2:56 pm and 2:57 pm.

[See Conversation No. 34-24]

[Conversation No. 386-1B]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-Reception for California administration officials
-The President’s possible statement
-Robert H. Finch’s recommendation
-California Republicans
-Talent
-TV poll
-Possible meeting in San Clemente
-Timing

The President talked with the White House operator at 2:58 pm.

[See Conversation No. 34-25]
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[Conversation No. 386-1C]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-Reception for California administration officials
-Dinner
-Blair House
-Seating arrangements
-The President’s experience as Congressman
-Medals
-Presentation
-Gold
-Value
-Leonard K. Firestone
-Taft Schreiber
-Silver
-Gold
-Inscription
-Finch
-Letter
-Dinner
-Camp David
-Californians
-The President’s role
-Hand-shaking, greetings
-Seating
-Clothing
-Black tie
-The President’s possible remarks
-Vietnam War
-Departure

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 3:00 pm.

Vietnam negotiations
-Breakdown
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-Instruction for Ziegler, Haldeman, Colson
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-Consultation
-Location
-Reading

Ziegler left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.

Second term reorganization
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Departure
-Timing
-Peter G. Peterson
-Departure
-Trip to Europe
-Rejection of ambassadorship-at-large
-Trip to Europe
-Common Market
-Japan
-Brazil

The President’s schedule
-Reception for California administration officials
-Finch’s recommendation
-Blair House
-Dinner
-Medals presentation
-Tribute to Finch
-John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Rumsfeld, Peter M. Flanigan
-Reception
-Cocktails
-Purpose
-Dinner
-Entertainment
-Jonathan Winters
-[Foster Brooks]
-Clothing
-Black tie
-Entertainment
-Medals presentation
-Brooks
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-Winters

Second term reorganization
-Rumsfeld
-NATO
-Peterson
-Trip
-Study
-Ambassadorship-at-large
-Cabinet rank
-Shultz’s recommendation
-Special representative
-Plane
-David M. Kennedy
-Japan
-Gas
-Cost

The President’s schedule
-Reception for California administration officials
-Finch
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Camp David
-Timing
-Hand-shaking
-Remarks
-Speeches
-Entertainment
-Medals presentation
-White House staff
-California Republicans
-Possible meeting in San Clemente
-Timing
-Ronald W. Reagan, Finch
-Politics

Second term reorganization
-Finch and Rumsfeld
-Compared to “Hamlet”
-Rumsfeld
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-NATO

Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 3:00 pm.

Haldeman’s schdedule
-Ziegler
-Connally
-Meeting with the President
-Timing

Haldeman left at 3:10 pm.

Vietnam negotiations
-Breakdown
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-The President’s possible TV appearance
-The President’s previous TV appearances
-Cambodia
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
-Enemy trickery
-US military action
-Duration
-POWs
-PR
-US
-North Vietnam, press relations
-Possible domestic problem
-North Vietnam
-McGovernites
-Press relations
-Washington, DC
-Pressure on Kissinger
-North Vietnam
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-B-52s
-PR
-Administration supporters
-Administration opponents
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Tone
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-Public expectations
-Washington, DC
-Compared to Wall Street
-Morale
-North Vietnam
-The President’s trips to the People’s Republic of China
[PRC] and the Soviet Union
-Kissinger’s resignation
-Haldeman’s and the President’s view
-Ziegler’s view
-“Dramatic” effect
-US military action
-Pace
-Statements
-18th and 19th Parallels
-Previous statements
-Kissinger’s “peace is at hand” statement, October
26, 1972
-The President’s address, “Look to the Future,”
November 2, 1972
-Settlement agreement
-Signing
-Timing
-US troops remaining in
South Vietnam
-Draft
-Casualties
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-North Vietnam’s intransigence
-Settlement agreement
-South Vietnam
-Recess
-North Vietnam’s intransigence
-POWs
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Kissinger’s recommendation
-The President’s possible TV appearance
-PR
-“Peace is at hand”
-Kissinger’s possible statement
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-TV
-US military action
-Duration
-POWs
-Kissinger’s message
-North Vietnam-South Vietnam relations
-Vietnamization
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Haiphong, Hanoi
-North Vietnam
-Settlement agreement
-“Peace is at hand”
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Duration
-Le Duc Tho
-North Vietnamese intransigence
-Settlement agreement
-Signing
-POWs
-Questions
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-The President’s possible TV appearance
-PR
-Public interest in Christmas shopping, POWs
-“Peace is at hand”
-North Vietnam’s reversion

Press relations
-Ziegler’s announcement
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-Peterson’s departure
-Leak
-Shultz

Vietnam negotiations
-Breakdown
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Tone
-Previous statements
-Timing of signing of settlement agreement [November 2, 1972
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statement]
-Compared to “peace is at hand”
-POWs
-PR
-POW wives
-North Vietnam
-1972 campaign
-Honor
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-Assessing blame
-Honor
-Statement
-US military action
-Statement
-Necessity
-North Vietnam’s possible position
-Kissinger’s credibility
-“Peace is at hand”
-Settlement agreement
-North Vietnam’s possible subversion of South Vietnam
-The President’s message to South Vietnam
-Settlement agreement
-Congressional relations
-End of war
-Kissinger’s credibility
-Kissinger’s relationship with the President
-Pressure on South Vietnam
-Delays
-Congressional relations
-1972 election
-The President’s victory margin
-Breakdown
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-The President’s possible TV appearance
-Necessity
-Timing
-Christmas
-1972 election
-Tone
-Strategy
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-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Hanoi
-PR
-B-52 loss [November 22, 1972]
-Effect
-Kissinger’s view
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Points

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:10 pm.

The President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Reception for California administration officials
-Blair House
-Clothing
-Suit
-Zosimo T. Monson

Sanchez left and Connally and Haldeman entered at 3:30 pm.

Connally’s schedule
-Jetstar

Press relations
-Ziegler’s press conference
-Second term reorganization
-Eugene T. Roussides’s and Charls E. Walker’s departures
-The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Walker
-The President’s conversation with Shultz
-Camp David
-Ziegler’s conversation with Shultz
-Camp David
-Return
-Second term reorganization
-Peterson’s departure
-Statement
-Shultz
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Ziegler left at 3:35 pm.

Connally’s schedule

The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Shultz

US-Soviet Union Gas Deal
-Kissinger
-US-Soviet Union Summit, 1973
-Involvement
-Commerce and State Departments
-White House
-Connally’s responsibility
-Shultz
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Conversation with Kissinger
-The President’s conversation with Kissinger
-Florida
-Politics
-Kissinger
-Economics
-Shultz
-Costs
-Loan guarantees
-White House
-The President’s conversations with Kissinger, Shultz
-Connally’s conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger’s return from Paris
-Dobrynin
-Announcement
-Timing
-US-Soviet Union summit, 1973
-May or June
-Arms control
-Dobrynin
-Soviet Union trade minister [Nikolai S. Patolichev]
-Possible meeting with Connally
-Pipeline companies
-Connally’s role
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-Connally’s possible trip to Soviet Union
-Connally’s responsibility
-The President’s view
-Armand Hammer
-The President’s schedule
-Capital
-Credit
-Investments
-El Paso Company
-US interests
-Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank
-Joint East-West Bank
-Loans
-US underwriting
-Involvement
-Secretary of Commerce
-White House
-Kissinger
-Politics
-Flanigan

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:35 pm.

Refreshments

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:20 pm.

-Ex-Im Bank
-Gas prices
-Gamal Abdel Nasser
-Relations with US
-Diplomatic relations
-Peterson
-Successor
-Harry S. Dent
-South Carolina
-Loyalty
-Algeria
-Iraq
-Connally’s possible trip to
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-Saudi Arabia
-Hammer
-[Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia] Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz-al-Saud
-Possible message from the President
-Haldeman
-Kissinger
-Concessions
-Iran
-[Shah of Iran] Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
-Algeria
-President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Committee [PFIAB]
-Hammer
-Concessions
-The President’s experience as Vice President
-World trip
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Timing
-January 1973
-Connally’s contacts
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Shultz
-William J. Casey
-Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
-Relationship

Second term reorganization
-State Department
-Casey
-Conversation with Ehrlichman
-William P. Clements, Jr.
-Conversation with Connally
-Oil deal lawsuit
-Argentinians
-Senate Armed Services Committee
-H. Ross Perot
-Vietnam War
-Cease-fire
-POWs, missing in action [MIAs]
-Records
-Commission
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-MIAs
-International organization
-POWs and families

Vietnam negotiations
-Breakdown
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-The President’s possible TV appearance
-Connally’s view
-Details of October 1972 agreement
-Kissinger’s messages
-PR
-Cease-fire
-Translation excuse
-Alternative
-Ziegler’s view
-Previous statements
-“Peace is at hand”
-Compared to timing of signing of settlement
agreement [November 2, 1972 statement]
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Pace
-Effect
-Ziegler’s view
-Draft
-Casualties
-Timing
-Connally’s view
-Recess
-North Vietnamese intransigence
-South Vietnam
-The President’s meeting with Nguyen Phu Duc
-Settlement agreement
-Changes
-North Vietnam
-Withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops from
South Vietnam
-Congressional relations
-US aid to South Vietnam
-Cut off
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-POWs
-Cease-fire
-South Vietnam’s self-determination
-North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam
-Cease-fire
-North Vietnam
-Congressional relations
-Cut off of US aid
-North Vietnamese intransigence
-October 8, 1972 agreement
-Thieu
-US presence in South Vietnam
-Compared to October 26, 1972 agreement
-Changes
-Congressional relations
-Cut off of US aid
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Christmas
-Announcement
-B-52s
-Civilian casualties
-Status of negotiations
-October 1972
-Settlement agreement
-Coalition government
-Communists
-North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Tone
-October 26, 1972 agreement
-“Peace is at hand”
-Instructions to Haldeman for message to Kissinger
-October 26, 1972 agreement
-Congressional relations
-US funds for US military action and
military and economic aid to South
Vietnam
-Settlement agreement
-South Vietnam
-Impasse
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-Consultations
-Resumption of talks
-Kissinger
-Emotions
-Resignation
-The President’s trips to the PRC and the
Soviet Union
-Timing
-Instructions to Haldeman for message to Kissinger
-Kissinger’s efforts
-Consultations
-Resumption of talks
-US military action
-Pace
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Length
-Ziegler’s view
-Tone
-Translation excuse
-North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam
-Coalition government
-National Council of National
Reconciliation and Concord [NCRC]
-Thieu’s veto
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Pace
-“Hawks”
-Duration
-POWs
-McGovern
-R. Sargetn Shriver
-Connally’s TV speech,
October 20, 1972
-PR
-Peace with honor
-McGovern
-Details
-Christmas
-Economy
-Retail sales
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-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Kissinger’s messages
-Kissinger’s outlook
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Instructions to Haldeman for message to Kissinger
-Initiative
-Recess
-Consultations
-Return to Washington, DC
-PR
-Delays
-Translation
-“Organization”
-Administration opponents
-Administration supporters
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Duration
-POWs
-The President’s previous statements
-Cambodia
-Supplies
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
-US bombing and mining of North Vietnam
-Instructions to Haldeman for message to Kissinger
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Tone
-The President’s meeting with Connally
-North Vietnamese intransigence
-October 26, 1972 agreement
-Congressional relations
-Funds
-Haldeman’s conversations with others
-Connally
-“Hawks”
-Congressional relations
-Funds
-Consultations
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
-Kissinger’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Kissinger’s return
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-Kissinger’s meeting with Connally
-North Vietnam
-US-Soviet Union summit
-Cancellation
-Speech
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-US-Soviet Union summit
-Breakdown
-North Vietnamese intransigence
-Cut off of arms to North Vietnam and South Vietnam
-US-Soviet Union and US-PRC relations
-Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]
-Europe
-Dobrynin
-Paris
-Kissinger’s recommendations
-The President’ possible TV appearance
-Kissinger’s morale
-North Vietnam
-Blame
-US military action
-Resumption of talks
-Terms
-October 8, 1972 agreement
-PR
-Congressional relations
-Funds
-Continuation of war
-US-North Vietnam bilateral deal
-POWs
-Cessation of US mining and bombing of North Vietnam
-Cut off of US military and economic aid to South Vietnam
-Thieu
-Congressional relations
-Cut off of US military and economic aid to South Vietnam
-Vietnamization
-Responsibility
-Thieu
-Haldeman’s message to Kissinger
-Timing
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-The President’s possible TV appearance

1972 election


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Democratic National Committee [DNC]
-New chairman
-Robert S. Strauss
-Possible actions
-Traits
-George S. McGovern supporters
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Attitudes

Politics
-Democrats and Republicans
-Connally’s view
-Third party
-Liberals, conservatives
-Connally as candidate
-Ability to win
-California
-Edmund G. (“Pat”) Brown nomination
-Ronald Reagan nomination
-John V. Tunney
-Third party
-American National Party
-American Independent Party
-Koch [?] [first name unknown]
-Ken Moore [?]
-Public reaction
-Vietnam war
-Leadership
-Elections
-Connally’s proposals
-Money [?]
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
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-New York
-1972 election
-1968 election
-John N. Mitchell
-Florida
-Texas
-Georgia
-Texas
-Blacks
-Voting habits
-Registration
-Party selection

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Connally
-Presidency
-Public opinion
-William Benton
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s home
-Connecticut
-Conversation with Connally
-Possible meeting in New York
-H(uey) Paul Simon
-Dallas
-Conversation with Connally
-Responsible liberals
-Democratic Party
-1972 election
-California
-Charles D. (“Tex”) Thornton
-Conversation with Connally
-Litton Industries
-Roy L. Ash
-William Proxmire
-Debt
-California
-Asa V. Call, Sizemore [first name unknown]
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-Kissinger’s view
-Agnew
-Ehrlichman, Dent
-Republican Party


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Politics
-Third party
-Republican Party
-Strength
-Compared to Democratic Party
-Liberals
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Charles H. Percy
-Democratic Party
-Presidential nominations
-Liberals
-Strauss
-Blacks
-Attitudes
-Republican Presidential nominees
-Rockefeller
-Reagan
-Percy
-Mathias
-William E. Brock, III
-Rockefeller
-Third party
-Compared to Republican Party
-New Majority
-Name change
-Characteristics
-Structure
-Haldeman’s view

Congress
-William E. Timmons
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-Gerald R. Ford
-1972 election
-Ford
-Democratic members compared to Republican
-Number
-Usefulness to Republicans
-George H. Mahon

Republican Party
-Traits
-Assistance to the President
-Haldeman’s view
-Control
-John C. Stennis
-Russell B. Long
-J. Strom Thurmond
-Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
-James O. Eastland
-John L. McClellan
-Seniority in Congress
-Attrition
-Mathias
-Mahon
-The President’s supporters
-Presidential nominees for 1976 election
-Rockefeller
-Reagan
-Traits
-Chances for success
-Future elections
-Connally as candidate
-Duration of office
-California primary
-Strategy
-Dwight D. Eisenhower campaign
-Connally as candidate
-Chances for success
-Democratic Party nomination
-Compared to Republican Party
-Support in California
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-Radicals
-Moderates
-Firestone
-Republican primary
-Republican primaries
-New Hampshire
-Colorado
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Reagan

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Second term reorganization
-Winton M. (“Red”) Blount
-Peterson
-NATO
-Economics
-NATO
-Rumsfeld
-Frederic V. Malek
-Peterson
-Paper
-Cabinet rank
-Washington, DC
-Ambassador at large
-Europe, Japan
-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD]
-NATO
-Japan
-Shultz
-Commerce Department
-European Economic Community [EEC]
-Report
-Spring 1973
-US relations
-Recommendations
-Departure
-Kissinger
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-State Department
-Rush
-William J. Casey
-William J. Porter
-Ambassadorships
-Walter H. Annenberg
-Chad
-West Germany
-Martin J. Hillenbrand
-John A. Volpe
-Italy
-Loyalty
-Justice Department
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Announcement
-Loyalty
-Edward L. Morgan
-Schedule C
-Kleindienst
-John N. (“Jack”) Irwin, II
-Justice Department
-John N. Mitchell
-Judges
-US
-Supreme Court
-Irwin
-Supreme Court
-South
-Age
-South
-Age
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Connally


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Politics
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-Connally as candidate
-Change in party
-Grass roots movement
-Timing
-Strategy
-Change in party
-Republican Party
-High-level delegation
-Strategy
-Democratic Party
-Presidential nomination
-Momentum
-Past tactics
-Success
-Timing
-DNC
-Independents
-Democratic Party
-Republican nomination
-Connally’s departure
-Independents
-Strauss
-Independents
-Coalition
-Third party
-Liberals
-Robert M. LaFollette
-Republican Party
-Voting habits
-Political orientation
-Polls
-La Follette
-Minnesota Farmer Labor party
-West Virginia
-Republican Independent Coalition
-The President’s supporters
-Public reaction
-Senate
-Chances for success
-Republican Party
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-Eisenhower
-The President’s experience
-Need for change
-Republican Independent Party
-Youth
-Republican demographics
-Compared to Democrats
-Voting habits
-Democrats
-Compared to Republicans
-Definition
-James O. Eastland
-Bella S. Abzug
-Compared to Republicans
-Reagan
-Jacob K. Javits
-Third party
-New name
-Independents
-Conservatives
-Coalition
-Name
-Republicans
-Independents
-Anne L. Armstrong [?]
-Inclusiveness
-Future
-Connally as candidate
-Motivations
-Democrats
-Republicans
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Competition with Connally
-The President’s view
-Democratic Party
-The President’s conversation with Edward Bolland [?]
-Traits
-Vice Presidential experience
-Connally-Agnew contest
-Need to avoid
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-California Republicans
-Rockefeller
-Nominee
-Agnew
-Motivations

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Presidency
-The President’s schedule
-Trips to Florida
-Agnew
-Shultz
-Economic expertise
-Foreign policy
-Kissinger
-Cronies
-Secret Service
-Staff relations
-Cronies
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo, Robert H. Abplanalp
-Lunches, dinners, social contact
-Secret Service
-Social contact
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Sherman Adams
-W. Alton (“Pete”) Jones
-Charles S. Jones
-Compared to the President
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman


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Politics
-George C. Wallace [?]
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-Republicans
-Youth
-Organization
-Connally as candidate
-Democrats and Republicans
-Voting
-1976 Presidential nominee
-Rockefeller
-Compared to Agnew
-Vulnerabilities
-Reagan
-Chances for success
-Melvin R. Laird
-Traits
-Polls
-Robert J. Dole [?]
-Telephone calls
-1962 gubernatorial race
-California
-Republican Party
-Connally as candidate
-Rationale
-Alternatives
-Chances for success
-Liberal intellectuals
-Support from Republicans
-1932 election
-Herbert C. Hoover
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Connally’s view
-Support
-George W. Romney
-Liberal
-George S. McGovern
-New voters
-Third party
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-George H. W. Bush
-Roosevelt
-Senate
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Connally’s career
-Per-hour salary

Connally and Haldeman left at 6:20 pm.