516–8

Conversation No. 516-8
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Date: June 10, 1971
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:34 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

President’s schedule
-Ambassadors breakfast Conv. No. 516-6 (cont.)
-Attendance
-Format
-William P. Rogers briefing
-Drawbacks
-Willy Brandt dinner
-Breakfasts
-President’s view
-Meeting with Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Content
-Paris Peace Talks
-Upcoming Chowder and Marching Society dinner
-Timing
-Attendance
-[Forename unknown] Lipscolm [?]
-[Forename unknown] Norblatt [?]
-Charles E. Goodell

Conversation with Mobutu Sese Seko
-Satellite hookup


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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[Duration: 2m 3s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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-Dwight D. Eisenhower Hospital
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope call to Haldeman
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-Dedication by President
-Completion of building
-Timing
-Midway Island television opportunity
-Apollo splashdown
-Announcement
-Network notification
Conv. No. 516-8 (cont.)
Stephen B. Bull entered at unknown time after 1:00 pm

-Picture with Manolo and Fina Sanchez
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins

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[Duration: 5m 38s ]


Bull left at an unknown time before 1:34 pm


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-President’s use of news summaries and memos
-Content of summaries
-Benefit of “peace of mind”
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] executive meeting with President
-Executives’ reaction
-Text of statement by President
-Editing
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Drawbacks
-Issues
-US Department of Agriculture [USDA]
-Revenue sharing
-Government reorganization
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-Length of written statements
-Benefits
-Selectivity
-Basis for selection of events
-Benefits
-Media play of “Vincent T. (“Vince”) Lombardi Memorial” event
-Ethnic, religious geographic appeal
-Committee on Italian Migration event Conv. No. 516-8 (cont.)
-John A. Volpe
-Basis of selectivity of events
-Political benefits
-Open Hour events
-Benefits
-Union meetings
-Coverage in union press

Use of John A. Scali
-Efforts for Rogers and Melvin R. Laird
-Work in the morning paper
-Vietnam reference

Public relations
-Vietnam
-Points to attack
-Richard A. Moore role
-William L. Safire role
-Kissinger role
-John D. Ehrlichman role

The President and Haldeman left at 1:34 pm