Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 10:37 am - 11:05 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Length of meeting
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Murray M. Chotiner
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-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
Ziegler entered at 10:37 am.
The President's schedule
-Chotiner meeting
Bull left at 10:37 am.
Arthur F. Burns
-Guidance on handling story on Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
-Ziegler's call to John B. Connally
-FRB
-Burns’ responsibilities
-1947 Act
-Wording, meaning of press statement
-Perceptions
Economy
-News stories
-George P. Shultz
-Connally
Chotiner entered at 10:43 am.
Economic news stories
Ziegler left at 10:43 am.
Spiro T. Agnew
-Conversation with Chotiner in Madrid, Spain
-Notes
-Status of events
-The People's Republic of China [PRC]
-US initiative
-Domestic issues
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Seattle, Washington
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Handling
-Agnew's role
-Ehrlichman's role
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-Treatment by White House staff
-Role in administration
-Instructions on comment on Presidential announcement
-PRC initiative
-Henry A. Kissinger
-John A. Scali
-Role in news story
-Trips abroad Conv. No. 551-3 (cont.)
-Agnew's preferences
-Greece
-Peking, Taiwan
-PRC initiative
-Need for secrecy
-Agnew's reaction
-Second term
-Options
-Robert C. Hill
-Nicholas Thimmesch
-J. Edgar Hoover, Harry A. Blackmun, Agnew
-Perceptions
-Perception of treatment by the President
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Richard M. Nixon as Vice President
-Agnew's state of mind
-Hill
-Dinner during trip to Spain
-Hill
-Generalissimo Francisco Franco
-Prince Juan Carlos
-Role
-Toast
-Reaction
-Staff advice
-Agnew's conversation with Hill
-Comments about Bryce N. Harlow
-Trip
-Korea
-Chotiner’s conversation with Harlow
-Hugh Scott
-Agnew’s trip
-Vice Presidency
-Agnew's state of mind
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-Effect
-World trip
-Press coverage
-Events attended
-Staff
-Comparison to Nixon's Vice Presidential trip
-Arrival ceremonies
-Latin America Conv. No. 551-3 (cont.)
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-William P. Rogers
-Agnew’s handling of World trip
-Meetings
-Africa
-Cannibals
-Comments
-Public appeal
-Attitude towards the press
-Loyalty
-Press relations
-Relations with the White House
-Ehrlichman
-Scali
-The President's July 28, 1971 meeting
-Possible action
-Second term
-State of mind
-Arrival ceremony
-Rogers
-Chotiner's coordination with John N. Mitchell
-Contact
-Handling of problem