514–13

Conversation No. 514-13

Date: June 8, 1971
Time: 12:21 pm - 1:38 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman


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Woods left at 1:10 pm

Focus on issues
-John B. Connally/John A. Volpe view
-President’s role
-Drugs and crime
-Connally role
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-Economy
-Cabinet contributions
-Timing
-Balanced budget
-Possible poll
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Great Society programs
-Funding
-1973 Budget
-Defense cut
-Poll results
-United States versus Soviet Union
-Use as an issue
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-Fears of pro-Nixon supporters
-William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] fears
-Henry A. Kissinger’s role
-Contact with supporters
-Contact with John W. Gardner, Council of Foreign Relations [CFR], Brookings
Institution
-Needs for political help
-Buchanan’s view
-Defense spending
-Full employment budget
-Chances
-Support
-Drawbacks
-Domestic program
-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] programs
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Poll results
-Education
-Housing
-Tax desires

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 1:15 pm

Previous call from Tricia Nixon
-Photo session
-President’s schedule
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-Timing
-Location
-Life view

Time magazine article
-Atkins’ photo
-Story
-Quality Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.)
-Contrast with Life story of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
-Photos of Kennedys
-Eunice (Kennedy) Shriver
-Pat Lawford
-Outfit
-Quality of photos
-Photos of T. Nixon

Kennedy mystique

Newsweek story
-Quality

Life “After-wedding” story

Revenue sharing
-Ziegler’s comment in briefing
-Revenue sharing versus property tax increase
-Congressional criticism
-Wilbur D. Mills’ view

Laos story
-Effect in briefing
-Reason
-Age of story
-Ziegler’s comment

Wedding coverage
-Television coverage
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]/Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
coverage
-Later specials
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-”Specials”
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-Patterns of coverage
-Reception line
-Ralph Nader coverage
-Magazine coverage
-CBS special
-Impact
-T. Nixon wedding compared to Lynda B. (Johnson) Robb wedding
Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.)
Ziegler left at 1:26 pm

SALT efforts
-Kissinger role
-John A. Scali role

Casualty rate
-Melvin R. Laird
-Size
-Scali role

Jacob D. Beam
-Meeting with President
-Discussion of US-Soviet relations

John Sherman Cooper
-Meeting with President
-Report on trip

Other reports
-Volpe
-Donald McI. Kendall
-President’s schedule

Jacob K. Javits’ visit
-Kissinger’s role

Maurice H. Stans’ visit

President’s schedule
-Sisowath Sirik Matak
-General Lon Nol
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-Visit
-Benefits

Volpe
-Problems with report visits in general

Public relations
-Issues Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.)
-Domestic policy
-Foreign policy
-War criticism
-Middle East ratings
-SALT ratings
-China rating
-Scali role
-Public perception
-Factors in public perception
-Law and order
-Fighting inflation and unemployment
-Revenue sharing
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Analysis of polls
-Buchanan
-[Forename unknown] Rocher [?]
-Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
-Dr. Edward Teller
-Leadership
-”Fighting” benefits
-Congress
-Labor unions
-Foreign interests
-Demonstrators
-Foreign policy
-Kissinger’s and Scali’s views
-Sucess
-Getting credit
-SALT benefits
-Effects on intellectuals
-Bryce N. Harlow

The President and Haldeman left at 1:38 pm
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