468–16

Conversation No. 468-16

Date: March 16, 1971
Time: 4:02 pm - 4:50 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John N. Mitchell, Robert J. Dole, and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Gridiron dinner
-Dole’s effort
-President’s non-attendance
-Fistfight
-Edward E. Mitchell and [Thomas] Hale Boggs

E. E. Mitchell

Boggs
-Behavior at dinner
-E. E. Mitchell
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Gridiron dinner
-Dole’s speech
-President’s appreciation
-Speeches
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Unknown man’s [Bob Haley?] observation
-Behavior
-Dole’s speech Conv. No. 468-16 (cont.)
-Agnew’s speech
-J. N. Mitchell’s attendance


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Vietnam War
-1961-1969
-Number of US troops
-Combat deaths
-President’s administration
-President’s policy
-Laos
-Effect of media
-Confidence factor
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-A program on the media at Vanderbilt University
-Gary Sheppard, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] News, Time
magazine
-Dole’s complaints
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Coverage
-William E. Brock, III
-CBS filming and use
-Future
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-”Dove” Republicans
-Charles H. Percy
-Jacob K. Javits
-President’s policy
-Dole’s actions
-Democrats
-Cambodia, peace offer
-President’s accomplishments Conv. No. 468-16 (cont.)
-Media coverage
-Dole’s view
-Vanderbilt program
-John W. Chancellor, Roger H. Mudd
-Effect on public opinion
-White House campaign
-Time story on “New Doves” compared with “Old Doves”
-J. William Fulbright
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Walter F. Mondale
-William B. Saxbe
-Mondale’s resolution
-Saxbe
-Boggs’ prediction on passage


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Issues and Administration accomplishments
-Vietnam War
-Dole’s view
-Budget
-Revenue sharing
-Economy
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-Vietnam War
-Dole’s actions
-President’s instructions
-President’s policy
-Cambodia and Laos
-Percy
-Neo-isolationists
-Defense Conv. No. 468-16 (cont.)
-President’s speech at Newport, Rhode Island
-Speeches
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Pentagon
-Noel C. Koch
-Buchanan
-Republican National Committee [RNC] staffer [Forename unknown]
Sullivan
-Henry A. Kissinger’s staff
-Koch
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Reduction of military bases
-Dole’s statements
-Importance
-Highways, Social Security, Medicare
-Budget cuts
-Koch or Buchanan speech for Dole
-President’s speech at Newport
-Campaign spending
-Democrats and press statements
-Possible statement by President
-John O. Pastore
-Marlow W. Cook
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Maurice H. Stans’ comments
-Possible administration bill
-President’s previous veto
-Hugh Scott’s bill
-Effect of a proposed limit on RNC
-John B. Anderson
-Gerald R. Ford
-Supporters
-Congressional campaigns
-Spending limits, disclosure
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-Cole’s role
-Press coverage
-Broadcast industry
-Scott
-Possible action by President
-Possible Republican position
-Pastore
Conv. No. 468-16 (cont.)

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Dairy industry
-Parity
-Carl B. Albert
-Wilbur D. Mills

Thomas E. Dewey
-Death
-J. N. Mitchell’s encounter, March 13, 1971
-Death
-Golfing with Dwayne O. Andreas in Florida
-Plans to attend President’s party, March 16, 1971
-Age
-Plans to attend President’s party

Elder Republican statesmen
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Alfred M. (“Alf”) Landon
-Appearance, March 13, 1971
-A press conference
-Landon lecture
-Scott
-Elliot L. Richardson
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Dewey
-Circumstances of death
-Health
-Plans to attend President’s party
-Kitty Carlisle
-Appearance, March 13, 1971
-Attendance at Gridiron dinner Conv. No. 468-16 (cont.)
-Golfing plans
-Carlisle
-Plans to attend President’s party
-Invitation to Dole at Seaview
-Anti-Semitic rules
-Andreas
-Anti-Semitic rules


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Mitchell, et al. left at 4:50 pm
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