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Date: October 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:36 am and 11:08 am
Location: Oval Office

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

John B. Connally's schedule
-Hot Springs, Arkansas
-James D. Hughes
-Use of airplane
-Donald McI. Kendall
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham

Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon's schedule


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Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 9:38 am.

Supreme Court nominees
-John N. Mitchell
-Woman appointment
-Press stories
-Ziegler's possible comments to the press

Ziegler left at 9:40 am


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[Personal Returnable]
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Agriculture
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Meeting with Jack Miller on October 13, 1971
-Corn prices
-Corn blight
-Corn harvest
-Possible departure from post
-Miller
-The President's schedule
-Carl T. Curtis
-Haldeman’s view
-Corn
-Prices
-Price supports
-Possible administration action
-Politics
-Robert J. Dole
-Wheat
-Significance
-Ohio, Illinois, Indiana
-Wheat
-Hogs
-Miller
-Milk
-Hardin
-Hardin
-Possible successors
-Mitchell
-Louis B. Nunn
-Earl L. Butz
-Unintelligible name [Irwin Coates?]
-Butz
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-Possible tenure
-Mitchell
-Requirements
-Miller
-William B. Spong
-Sugar


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Agriculture
-William J. Scherle
-Hardin

The President’s schedule
-Senators


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Michael J. Mansfield amendment
-Administration action
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-Strategy
-F. Edward Hebert
-Military procurement
-Timing for seeking legislation
-Administration strategy
-Trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons
-Hebert
-Leslie C. Arends
-Melvin R. Laird
-MacGregor
-Republicans

Peace
-Nationwide moratorium, October 13, 1971
-Veterans Day event
-White House march
-Permit
-Campuses
-Grades
-Scholarships

Connally
-Conversation with the President
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Work habits
-Compared with the President

The President's schedule
-Reception for Citizens for a New Prosperity
-Composition of group
-Robert B. Anderson
-Judge William E. Walk
-Rotary
-Receiving lines
-League of Women Voters
-Leonard Garment
-Aid to underdeveloped countries
-Arthur F. Burns
-Level of knowledge of people at receptions
-John Birch Society
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-Receptions
-After dinner entertainment at the White House
-Marshal Josef Broz Tito


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Corn prices
-George P. Shultz
-Price support increases
-Hardin
-Curtis
-Miller
-Curtis
-MacGregor's possible call

Support for the President's policies
-Miller
-Curtis
-Miller
-Charles H. Percy

The President's schedule
-Miller
-Page Belcher
-Aircraft highjacking convention
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Charles W. Colson
-State Department
-Malcolm S. Toon
-Tito
-State Department
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-Kissinger
-Flight
-Graham
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Camp Hoover
-Weather
-Camp David
-Description
-Mrs. Lewis


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-Lewis
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Graham
-Mrs. Lewis
-Connally
-Business Council

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.

John D. Ehrlichman's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:18 am.

Agriculture
-Hardin

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.
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Ehrlichman's schedule
-Newsweek magazine
-Kissinger

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:18 am.

-Henry Hubbard

Laird
-Previous press conference
-The President’s accomplishments

Supreme Court
-Nominations
-Mitchell
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-The President’s view

John D. Ehrlichman entered at 10:18 am.

Agriculture
-Corn prices and federal subsidies
-Hardin's position
-The President’s view
-Budget
-Robert J. Dole
-Wheat
-Political benefit
-Political importance
-Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
-Tobacco, wheat, soy beans
-Milk
-Colson
-Administration action
-Importance of swift action
-Hardin's successor
-Haldeman
-Butz
-Nunn
-Corn subsidies
-The President’s schedule
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-Miller
-Curtis

Haldeman left at 10:25 am.

Supreme Court appointments
-Mitchell
-Nominations
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Warren E. Burger
-ABA
-Future submissions
-The President’s view
-Democrats
-Media
-Leaks of names
-Dow Jones wire
-The President's previous conversation with Ziegler
-Possible women nominee
-Mitchell
-Announcements
-The President’s plan
-Herschel H. Friday
-By New York Times
-Background
-Political outlook
-John W. Dean, III
-William J. Brennan
-Political outlook
-Wife
-League of Women Voters
-J. William Fulbright
-Charles Clark
-Mississippi
-Friday
-Ehrlichman’s questioning
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Husband
-Investigation
-Friday
-Dean
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-(Miranda v. Arizona) Decision
-Busing
-Forced integration
-Political outlook
-Clark
-Forthcoming interview with Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Mitchell's views
-Mississippi
-James O. Eastland
-Judicial experience
-Friday
-Civil Rights
-Dean
-Confirmation
-Richard H. Poff
-California candidate
-William French Smith
-William H. Mulligan
-Catholics
-Conservatives
-Southerners' concerns
-Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Poff
-Friday
-The President’s view
-Mitchell
-Dean
-Women
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Qualifications
-Educational and professional background
-Senate Judiciary Committee
-Federal Bar Association
-Arizona
-Ehrlichman's possible conversation with Mitchell
-The President’s view
-Conservative
-Byron R. (“Whizzer”) White
-Rhodes scholar
-Background
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-South
-Haynesworth, Carswell, Poff
-Political considerations
-Kleindienst
-President's possible conversations with Mitchell
-Dean
-Mitchell
-Ehrlichman's possible conversation
-Appointments
-Kleindienst
-Eastland
-Age
-Justice Department
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Robert T. Mardian
-Friday
-Dean
-Kleindienst
-ABA

Newsday series on the President's finances
-Purchase
-Lots
-Stock sale
-Article, October 14, 1971
-Stock sale
-Ehrlichman’s investigation
-Preemptive right of stockholders
-Price
-John J. (“Jack”) Caulfield's investigation
-Dick Wilson
-Ehrlichman
-The President's departure from his law firm
-Mitchell
-Garment
-Possible story
-Stock purchases
-The President’s recollection
-Fred T. Maroon
-Ehrlichman’s investigation
-Charter Corporation
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-Joseph D. Tydings
-Colson
-Life Magazine
-Press plan
-Ehrlichman
-Columnists
-The President’s view
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
-Contents of article
-Accuracy
-Wilson
-Ehrlichman
-Article
-Rebozo
-Knowledge
-Schedule
-Ehrlichman's schedule
-The President's schedule
-Camp Hoover
-North Carolina
-Graham
-Series of articles
-The President’s view
-Ehrlichman’s assessment
-Inquiries to White House
-Dean's replies
-Rebozo's transactions with Federal government
-Relationship with the President
-Fisher’s Island, Coco Lobo
-Dante B. Fascell
-Park Department
-Contract
-Fisher’s Island
-Ehrlichman’s assessment
-Price per share of stock
-Rebozo
-The President’s recollection
-Maroon
-Contacts with the President
-Rebozo
-Question of libel
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-Rebozo’s godson
-Florida
-Schedule
-Wilson
-Law firm
-Ehrlichman’s previous conversation
-The President’s action
-The President's account
-The Pierre Hotel
-The President's sale
-Fisher's Island
-Documents
-Improvements
-Need for response
-Jews
-Newsday magazine
-Marty Schram
-Greenstein, Greenberg [Robert Greene]
-Rebozo
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Rebozo
-Possible comments to press
-Possible libel suit
-Media
-News summary
-Colson
-Accuracy of press
-Walter Cronkite
-Investigation
-Johnson
-[Forename unknown] Morrison
-Administration response
-The President’s finances
-Drew Pearson
-Allegations
-Jack N. Anderson
-Law firm
-Possible conversation with Ehrlichman
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Kissinger

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