468–7

Conversation No. 468-7

Date: March 16, 1971
Time: 10:02 am - 10:31 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

President’s schedule
-John B. Connally
-Robert J. Dole
-Time
-John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz
-Possible meeting with the President
-Previous meeting with the President
-Connally

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 10:04 am

Vietnam
-Troop withdrawals
-Briefing by Department of Defense [DOD]

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:04 am
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President’s schedule
-Connally
-Time
-Cabinet meeting
-Dole
-Connally
Conv. No. 468-6 (cont.)
Butterfield left at 10:04 am

Vietnam
-Troop withdrawals
-Briefing by DOD
-Melvin R. Laird
-Possible statement
-Henry A. Kissinger
-President’s previous statements
-Forthcoming Presidential statement

Ziegler left at 10:06 am

President’s schedule
-Robert H. Finch
-Youth
-Priorities
-Connally
-Dole
-Connally
-Call
-Dole
-Cabinet meeting
-Connally and Dole
-Priorities

Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am

-Connally
-Schedule
-Rolls-Royce meeting
-Time of meeting

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:27 am
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-Schedule
-Dole
-Other attendees
-Connally
-Time
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Dole Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
-A delayed meeting


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Haldeman’s conversation with William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Graham’s schedule
-Lexington, Kentucky
-Lyndon B. Johnson Library dedication
-Johnson’s health
-Funeral

Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am

President’s schedule
-Connally
-Dole

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:27 am

-Length of meeting
-Time
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Dole
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Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)

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Stock market
-March 16, 1971 Dow-Jones average

Haldeman’s White House staff meetings
-President’s image
-Connally’s suggestion

Public relations
-The President’s image
-Coverage
-Need for White House effort
-President’s accomplishments
-Domestic policy
-Foreign affairs
-Cambodia
-Laos
-November 3, 1969
-President’s opponents
-Current situation
-Possible White House action
-Laos
-Timing
-Cambodia and Laos
-President’s forthcoming statement
-Summer 1971
-Stewart J. O. Alsop’s column
-Vietnam
-The President’s policy
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-A memorandum concerning staff
-Charles W. Colson
-Ziegler’s office
-Herbert G. Klein’s office

Personnel
-Donald H. Rumsfeld’s work
-Possible position as US Trade Representative Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
-Shultz
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Peter G. Peterson
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Shultz
-Staff
-Office of Economic Opportunity
-Future
-President’s position
-Trade representative job

President’s schedule
-John N. Mitchell
-Frequency of meetings
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Frequency of meetings
-Kissinger
-Frequency of meetings
-Access to President
-Cabinet members
-Mitchell
-Connally
-Arthur F. Burns
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Kissinger


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Press
-White House action
-Timing
-Enemies Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
-Colson’s responsibility
-Networks
-Polls
-President and Agnew’s appearances
-Timing
-Laos operation (Lam Son)
-Cambodia operation
-November 3, 1969
-Future events


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Public relations
-President’s image
-”Confidence factor”

Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am

Greetings

The President left at an unknown time before 10:27 am

Irish
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Haldeman left at 10:27 am

The President entered at an unknown time after 10:27 am

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
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An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:27 am

President’s schedule
-John M. (“Jack”) Lynch arrival ceremony

The President, et al. left at 10:31 am