568–12

Conversation No. 568-12

Date: September 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:05 pm and 6:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

President’s schedule
-John B. Connally
-Concert Hall opening at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
-Attendance
-Connally

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman was present at an unknown time after 4:05 pm.

-Connally
-Reception
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The President talked with Rose Mary Woods between 5:06 pm and 5:08 pm.

[Conversation No. 568-12A]

[See Conversation No. 8-79; three items have been withdrawn from the conversation]

[End of telephone call]

Kennedy Center Concert
-Reception
-Presidential box, anteroom
-National Symphony Orchestra
-Arrangements
-Timing, transportation

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:11 pm.

Federal Court appointments
-Raymond R. Shafer
-Circuit Court
-Unnamed candidate for military court seat

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon between 5:11 pm and 5:12 pm.

[Conversation No. 568-12B]

[See Conversation No. 8-81; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

[End of telephone call]

Shafer
-Position
-1968
-Support for Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Pennsylvania election results
-Administration's stance on appointments

Administration
-President’s previous conversation with John B. Connally
-Memorandum form President
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-Negotiations with the Japanese
-Peter G. Peterson’s receipt
-Instructions
-Devaluation
-Handling of memorandum
-Signing
-Coordination and consultation
-George P. Shultz
-Memos
-Handling
Japanese negotiations
-William P. Rogers, Peterson
-Connally
-State Department
-Arthur F. Burns
-Exchange rates

Administration
-Peterson
-Routing of memos
-Action paper

Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 5:12 pm.

Memorandum on Japanese negotiations
-Percentage rate
-Memorandum from Connally
-Handling
-Peterson, Henry A. Kissinger
-The President's role
-Connally's input and role
-Paul A. Volcker
-Devaluation
-Handling

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:25 pm.

Appointment
-Unknown woman [Romana A. Banuelos?]
-President’s schedule
-California
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-Connally
-Timing

Haldeman talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 5:25 pm.

[Conversation No. 568-12C]

Request to join meeting

[End of telephone call]

The President's September 9, 1971 speech
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-Vatican emissary
-The President's standing among Catholics
-Massachusetts

President’s schedule
-Al Smith dinner
-Invitation
-1971 compared to1972
-Possible remarks

Kissinger entered at 5:25 pm.

The President's September 9, 1971 speech

Memorandum on Japanese negotiations
-Connally
-Butterfield
-Kissinger, Peterson
-Handling
-Revaluation
-Treasury Department
-Handling
-Agency responsibilities
-Connally
-Volcker
-Coordination
-Focus
-Treasury
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-State Department
-Peterson
-Instruction to Kissinger
-Telephone call to Connally
-Handling
-Volcker-Kissinger conversation
-Senior Review Group
-Focus
-State Department
-Volcker's possible actions
-Peterson
-Connally, Kissinger
-Roles
-Burns, State Department (Rogers)
-Philip H. Trezise
-Connally
-The President
-September 9, 1971
-Conclusion
-Audience response
-Connally
Volcker


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-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Relations with other countries
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-Action on Latin America
-Military forces
-Peterson, George P. Shultz, Connally, Kissinger, State Department
-Philosophy
-Other countries
-Burns
-Central bankers
-State Department
-Nathaniel Samuels
-Rogers
-Treasury Department
-Volcker's handling of rate issue
-Trezise's negotiations with the Japanese
-Connally
-State Department
-Kissinger
-Peterson
-Response
-Unknown person
-[Forename unknown] Walker
-Peterson
-Kissinger's forthcoming telephone call to Connally
-Trezise

The economy
-Peterson
-Handling of bureaucracy
- Staff Man
- Line Man
-Possible Cabinet role
-Opening
-Departure of Maurice Stans
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Handling of Stans’ economic committee
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Role of assistants to the President vis-a-vis the bureaucracy
-Handling of roles
-Policy group
-Kissinger, Shultz, the President, Connally
-Peterson
-Cabinet presentation
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-Focus
-Handling of current role
-Bureaucracy
-Staff roles
-White House
-Bureaucracy
-Connally
-Trip to Europe
-Future meeting
-The President, Kissinger, Shultz
-Handling of economic relations
-Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Japan
-The President
-Eisaku Sato
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Rolls Royce
-Interests
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-Georges J.R. Pompidou

State Department

The President's September 9, 1971 speech
-Reaction
-George S. McGovern
-Frank F. Church
-Public attitude

Memorandum on Japanese negotiations
-Kissinger's forthcoming call to Connally
-Butterfield
-Kissinger, Peterson
-Focus of efforts
-State Department
-Volcker

Kissinger left at 5:43 pm.

Volcker's action

Connally
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-White House contact
-Haldeman
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Handling
-Reaction to the President's September 9, 1971 speech

The President's September 9, 1971 economic speech before Congress
-Length
-Rhetoric
-Reaction

Catholics
-Possible Al Smith dinner speech
-Length, focus
-Gridiron dinner remarks
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-Main speaker
-Focus
-Catholic support for the President
-Massachusetts
-New York


The President’s schedule
-Connally

The President's September 9, 1971 economic speech
-Reaction
-The press
-Congress
-Wage and price freeze duration
-Clark MacGregor
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Reaction
-Tax proposals
-Shultz
-Coordination on lifting freeze
-Announcement
-Connally
-William L. Safire's draft
-Telephone call
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Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 6:00
pm.

Haldeman talked with Shultz at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 6:00 pm.

[Conversation No. 568-12D]

[See Conversation No. 8-82]

[End of telephone call]

The economy
-Handling of issues

Winston L. Prouty
-Health
-Jennette Herbert (Hall) Prouty
-Telephone call
-Son-in-law's conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Impending death
-Funeral
-President’s attendance
-Handling
-Impact
-Military aide
-Lovella (Carver) Dirksen

Vermont
-Governor
-Deane C. Davis
-Robert T. Stafford
-Appointment to seat held by Prouty

Prouty
-Past support for the President
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Kennedy Center
- Mass by Leonard Bernstein
-Forthcoming New York Times review
-Lyn [Franklyn C. Nofziger?]
-Amalgam of West Side Story , Jesus Christ Superstar , Hair

The President's September 9, 1971 speech
-Response
-Sense of leadership
-Delivery
-Television ratings

Kennedy Center
-Eisenhower Center
-Financial costs
-Delays in construction
-Air routes to National Airport
-Jet traffic

Schedule
-September 10, 1971
-Labor group
-Japanese

The President and Haldeman left at 6:00 pm.