569–11

Conversation No. 569-11

Date: September 10, 1971
Time: 12:58 pm - 2:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-9 (cont.)


The President met with an unknown person; Secret Service agents were present at the beginning
of the meeting.

The unknown person and agents left and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 12:59 pm.

The President's September 9, 1971 speech draft
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-John B. Connally
-Memo sent via Dex telecopier
-Texas
-Connally's office
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-William L. Safire
-Draft
-Connally
-First drafts
-Safire
-Texas
-COLC
-Revisions of drafts
-Price
-Staff
-Connally
-Reporters
-Drafts
-Connally's office
-Transmission of text via Dex system
-Texas
-The President's forthcoming meeting

The President's schedule
-COLC meeting
-Time
-Meeting with Arthur F. Burns
-Meeting with Paul W. McCracken
-Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
-Meeting with Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Attendance at Governors' Conference
-Report on Illinois

White House worship service
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Invitations
-Congress
-Graham
-Forthcoming call from Haldeman
-Lunch invitation

Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Approval rate
-Release date
-Intensity rate
-Approval rate
-Popularity
-Louis P. Harris
-White House poll
-Approval rate
-Disapproval rate
-Reasons
-Vietnam War
-Troop withdrawal
-Wage and price freeze
-Economy
-Civil rights and race relations
-Busing
-Unemployment
-Wage and price freeze
-Favored big business
-Inflation
-Taxes
-Foreign relations
-Vietnam election
-Welfare
-Spending
-Reaction to incumbent
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Approval rate
-Disapproval rate
-Undecided
-Economic conditions
-Approval rate
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Disapproval rate
-The President's new economic policies
-Fairness of policies
-Rates
-Favored groups
-Business
-Labor
-Consumer
-Wealthy
-Confidence in the future
-Rates
-Criticism of the President's economic policies
-Labor union leaders
-Views of union members
-Rates
-Legalization of marijuana
-In favor
-Against
-Rates
-Gallup poll
-October 1969
-Busing issue

Refreshment
-Manolo Sanchez
-Coffee

The President left and Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:59 pm.

Refreshments

Sanchez left and the President entered at an unknown time before 2:05 pm.

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:59 pm.

[Delivery of refreshments]

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:05 pm.

White House poll
-Busing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Gallup poll
-In favor
-Against
-Rates
-Changes
-Responsibility for busing
-Congress
-President
-Supreme Court
-State and local school officials
-Analysis of rates
-School integration
-Busing
-Minimum required by law
-Agreed
-Disagreed
-School integration plan
-Extensive busing
-Required
-Ralph Nader
-Effectiveness
-American industry
-Consumers
-Harris poll
-White House poll
-Comparisons between results
-Improve quality of services
-Harris poll
-Compared to White House poll
-Popularity
-Representation of American industry
-Fairness
-Agreed
-Disagreed
-Harris poll
-White House poll
-Interpretation of results of polls
-Harmful to attack Nader
-Nader's supporters
-Nader's influence
-Income
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Education
-Age
-Labor issue
-Effect on US
-1967
-1970
-1971
-Changes in popular feelings
-Against strikes
-Response from union and non-union families
-Comparison
-Labor union leaders
-Position
-Leaders
-Excellent
-Good
-Fair
-Poor
-Labor unions
-Public attitude
-Demands for higher wages
-Produce higher prices
-1966
-1967
-1968
-1969
-1970
-1971
-Overall trend in figures
-Union families
-Nixon administration's drug traffic controls
-Evaluation
-Public
-Television
-Media
-Meeting small groups
-Public perceptions
-Uniform low rate
-Copies of results
-Ehrlichman
-Charles W. Colson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Labor
-The President's trips
-The President's vacations
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Admittance to United Nations [UN]
-US military capability
-Comparison to the Soviet Union
-US military superiority
-Importance of issue
-Maintaining US superiority
-Focus of issue
-Conservative issue
-Public opinion
-US military superiority over the Soviet Union

Drug control policy
-Administration's efforts
-Public relations
-Ehrlichman
-Colson
-Public perception
-Drug problem unsolved
-Different approach by administration

White House poll
-Approval rate for the President
-Shift of rates
-By age group
-Teenagers
-Young adults
-Adults
-Elderly
-Changes in rates
-Majority
-Patterns
-Drop in conservatives
-Drop in liberals
-Increases
-Middle-of-the-road
-George C. Wallace 1968 voters
-Nixon voters
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Hubert H. Humphrey's 1968 supporters
-Regional voting patterns
-East
-Midwest
-Drop
-South
-West
-Increase
-Return to normal
-By region
-Breakdown of Agnew poll
-Rate related to age
-Youth
-Republicans and Independents
-Approval rate
-Democrats
-Unfavorable
-Conservatives
-Strong supporters
-Regional support
-Wallace

Other polls
-Economic rating
-Breakdown
-Similar to approval rate
-By regions
-Midwest
-Decrease
-Far West
-Increase
-Lower unemployment
-Midwest
-Michigan
-The President's appearance
-Ohio
-Illinois
-Effect on poll
-Date of poll
-Unions
-Harris poll
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Higher wages
-Inflation
-Current figures
-Union leaders
-Busing issues
-Public opinion
-Majority in agreement with the President's plan
-Democrats
-Non-whites
-The President's vacation
-Minority
-Criticism
-Other polls
-The President
-Democrats, Liberals, and Humphrey supporters
-The President's trips in the US
-Increase number of trips
-East
-Catholics
-Republicans
-Economic programs
-Approval rate high
-Union leaders
-Lack of support from unions' members or public
-Opposition
-Democrat Party
-Public support
-Unions' demands
-Higher prices
-Inflation
-Crackdown
-Administration's action
-Election time

Harris poll
-Colson
-Release date
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


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Comparison of Harris and White House polls
-White House polls
-Increase
-Support for the President
-Gallup poll
-White House poll
-Approval rate
-Gallup
-Changes in nature of approval


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The President's approval rate
-Breakdown by age
-Youth
-The President's trip to the PRC
-Foreign policy
-Soviet Union
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Economy
-Employment
-College students
-Appeal of speakers on campus
-William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Peter G. Peterson
-Materialism
-Idealism
-Racial issue
-Peace issue
-Ehrlichman
-Understanding youth's goals
-Approach by the President
-Scranton Committee
-Universities

The economy
-Public support
-Unemployment
-Harmful effect of statistical release
-White House poll
-The President's conversation with Connally
-Follow-up programs

The President's approval rating
-Improvement
-Intensity of approval
-Kenneth T. Norris
-PRC trip
-Compared to announcement
-Photographs
-News coverage
-Wage and price freeze
-Action
-Boldness
-Leadership
-Hard work
-Family man
-Poll
-Warmth
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Lack of improvement in polls
-Press
-The President's actions
-Speeches
-Appearances
-Public relations
-Handicapped

Press
-The President's public image
-Forthcoming publication of book [by Edith Efron]
-1968 campaign
-John F. Kennedy
-Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Public relations
-Perception of the President
-Leadership compared to warmth
-Interviews
-Effect
-The President's public appearances
-The President's speech, September 9, 1971
-Television audience
-The President's demeanor
-Podium
-Vice President [Agnew]
-Speaker of the House of Representatives [Carl B. Albert]
-American flag
-Ovation
-Congress
-Public need
-The President's public image
-American public
-Leadership
-Messiah
-Courage
-Family man
-Parade magazine
-Cover story
-The President and Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon
-Cover photo of walking on the beach
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-Newsweek
-Kennedy Center
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Wedding
-Impact
-Television
-Economy
-Negative aspects of administration
-Economy
-Vietnam War
-International stature
-PRC trip
-Haldeman's conversation with Kissinger
-Interest by others in visiting the PRC
-Kissinger
-Soviet Union
-Summit announcement
-Timing
-Impact on public opinion

The President's supporters
-Opponents

Cabinet members
-Spokesman roles for the administration
-George W. Romney
-Work for administration
-Lenore L. Romney
-Romney
-John A. Volpe
-Connally
-Rogers
-Use of the President's supporters

Polls
-Elections
-Henry M. (\"Scoop\") Jackson
-Vietnam election
-Motives
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


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Wilbur D. Mills

The press
-Media events
-The PRC
-Soviet Union
-Press conferences
-Presentation of campaigns
-1968 campaign
-1968 convention
-Acceptance speech
-Substantial lead
-Democrats
-Bombing halt in Vietnam
-Media
-Effect on campaign
-Travels
-Bombing halt
-Telethons
-Television
-South Vietnam
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Bombing halt
-Kissinger
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Bombing halt

The President's schedule
-Japanese visitors
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 569-11 (cont.)


-William F. (“Billy”) Graham

The President and Haldeman left at 2:05 pm..