44–90

Conversation No. 44-90

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: 9:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.

President’s March 29 speech
-Television [TV] picture
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
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-William H. Carruthers
-Haldeman’s opinion
-Backdrop
-President’s appearance
-President’s delivery
-Ending
-Col. Robinson Risner
-Structure
-Progression of topics
-Vietnam
-Budget
-Defense
-Peace settlement
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-News programs
-POWs
-President’s writing
-Content and structure
-Henry A. Kissinger’s version
-“Buck stops here”
-Kissinger’s opinion
-Attendance at Russian art reception
-Content and delivery
-Mixture of domestic and foreign topics
-Budget message
-George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman’s suggestions
-President’s writing
-Haldeman’s opinion
-US budget
-Household budget
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger’s reaction
-Patriotism
-Budget
-Price controls
-Harry S. Truman
-Veterans
-Defense budget
-William P. Rogers
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-Elliot L. Richardson
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Charles W. Colson’s departure
-Peter J. Brennan’s reaction
-Veterans
-Amnesty policy
-Richardson’s reaction
-Ending
-Content
-Congressional reaction
-Reactions
-George De Bree
-Democrat
-Cleveland
-Price controls
-Impoundment
-Joseph P. Tonelli
-United Paper Workers
-Price controls
-Peter Fosco
-International Laborers Union
-Price controls
-Vietnam
-New Majority
-John F. Collins
-Boston
-Price controls
-Veterans
-Thomas Lee Jensen
-Tennessee state legislator
-Budget
-Program cuts
-John Carl West
-South Carolina
-Price controls
-Democrat
-Billy [Gene] Mills
-Los Angeles
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-Price controls
-Thomas P. Allen
-Olympia, Washington
-Strong speech
-Deficit
-Letters to Congress members
-President’s request for mail
-Baroody operation
-Reactions
-Tom Moody
-Columbus
-Vietnam
-Letters to Congress
-John W. Driggs
-Phoenix
-Price controls
-Use of teleprompter
-Vietnam
-Congress
-Baroody

Congressional relations
-William E. Timmons’s suggestions
-Meetings
-Church services
-Watergate
-Baroody operation
-Activities
-Support groups
-Need of catalyst
-Mail
-Defense lobby
-Need for calls to defense lobby
-Baroody
-Richardson
-Timmons
-Defense budget
-Baroody
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 44-90 (cont’d)



-Melvin R. Laird
-Reaction to President’s March 29 speech

President’s statement on John W. Dean, III
-Timing
-Effects
-George H. W. Bush

Congressional relations
-White House staff
-Defense
-Budget
-Vietnam
-Watergate
-Baroody operation
-President’s request for reactions