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590–11

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590–11
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Rose Mary Woods
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • Stephen B. Bull
  • White House operator
  • UNKNOWN
October 13, 1971
Conversation No. 590-11

Date: October 13, 1971
35

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 590-10 (cont.)


Time: 1:00 pm - 1:43 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

Greetings

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and
1:09 pm.

[Conversation No. 590-11A]

The President's schedule
-Ambassadors

[End of telephone conversation]

Woods's report
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Parents
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Goldthwaite H. Dorr
-Forthcoming birthday

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:00 pm.

The President's schedule
-Ambassadors

Stephen B. Bull [?] entered at an unknown time after 1:00 pm.

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.

-Procedure
-Philippines
-Panama
-Philippines
-Eduardo Romualdez
-Imelda Marcos
-Visit to the US
-Ferninand E. Marcos
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)


-October 23, 1971
-Florida
-Doar’s birthday
-Al Smith dinner
-Possible press conference
-Republican Women
-Florida
-Walt DisneyWorld
-Doar
-Woods
-Court
-Birthday party
-Press conference
-Law firm
-John N. Mitchell's views
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Press
-The President's Supreme Court announcement
-Press conference
-Marshal Josef Broz Tito
-In-office press conference
-Kendall's parents
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger's location

Haldeman left at 1:09 pm.

The President talked with White House operator at 1:09 pm.

[Conversation No. 590-11B]

[See Conversation No. 11-84]

[End of telephone conversation]


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 32s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)




END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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Michigan

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman returned at an unknown time after 1:09 pm.

Kissinger

Cabinet
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-George P. Shultz
-Appearances
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Attendance at dinner
-Administration’s accomplishments
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Maurice H. Stans
-Richardson
-John B. Connally

Haldeman left at 1:15 pm.

The President's schedule
-West Virginia
-Mrs. Nixon
-Elkins, West Virginia
-Proposed telephone call to Kendall

Cabinet
-Rumsfeld
-Richardson
-Compared to Robert H. Finch
-Compared to John A. Volpe
-Connally
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)


-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Stans
-Trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Peter G. Peterson
-Stans
-The President's philosophy
-Mitchell
-Kissinger
-Laird
-John H. Chafee

Woods's conversation
-John W. Mulcahy
-Terence Cardinal Cook
-Supreme Court decision
-Education
-Tax deduction
-Private schools
-Supreme Court
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Health Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Situation of Catholic Church
-Gift presentation at unknown event
-Money
-Treasury Department

Cabinet
-Morton
-Public relations efforts
-Administration accomplishments
-California
-Woods's conversation with Mrs. Patricia R. Hitt
-Robert J. Hitt
-Background
-The President's role during the Eisenhower administration
-Rogers

Intra-administration rivalries
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Israel
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)



Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Liberia
-William R. Tolbert, Jr.
-Blacks

Blacks and Jews
-Question of political support
-Israel
-William Kunstler
-Falashas

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 1:15 pm.

[Unintelligible]

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:42 pm.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 2s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6

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Steve [Surname unintelligible]
-Presidential certificate
-Boy Scout troop

The President's schedule
-Unknown man

White House responsibilities
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Woods
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)


-Guest lists
-Stag events
-Marshal Josef Broz Tito
-Mechanics of composing the guest list
-Charles W. Colson
-Henry C. Cashen, II
-Harry S. Dent
-Guest lists
-Robert J. Brown
-Harry F. and Katherine Haldeman
-JoAnne Haldeman
-Church services
-Coordination problems
-Butterfield
-Woods
-Colson
-Victor Reisel
-Brown
-Shirley Temple Black
-Tito
-Brown
-Mrs. Haldeman
-Distribution
-Church services
-Dent
-Joe Lewis
-Affiliation


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 17s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)


The President's social responsibilities
-Hand shaking
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-White House policemen
-Secret Service
-Military aides
-White House tour
-Mrs. Nixon
-Diplomatic credential ceremonies
-Dinner guests
-Tito

White House social events
-Guest list
-Host
-Tito
-George W. Romney
-Minister of Housing from Spain
-Policy
-Tito
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Vice President’s office
-Frank [?] Blair
-Brown
-White House staff
-Blacks
-Brown

Rose Mary Woods left at 1:43 pm.
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