617–24

Conversation No. 617-24

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: 6:20 pm - 6:55 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

Cabinet
-Recent meeting
-Haldeman's notes to William P. Rogers
-John A. Volpe
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-Report on trip
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Associate's [William Bird’s] presentation on TRANSPO '72
-Details
-Ehrlichman

The President's schedule
-Volpe
-Paul W. McCracken

McCracken
-Forthcoming trip to Europe
-Tenure in office
-Teaching schedule
-Role in the President's economic policy
-Replacement
-Herbert Stein
-The President's forthcoming conversation with George P. Shultz
-John B. Connally

Stein
-Meeting with the President

Peter M. Flanigan

Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Ezra Solomon
-Unknown man's political party

The President’s schedule

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-Africa
-Rogers
-Edward W. Brooke
-Roger E. and Louise Johnson
-Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Advance trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-James D. (“Don”) Hughes's Plan
-Vernon C. Coffey
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Tape Subject Log
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-John (“Jack”) V. Brennan

Budget
-Continuing resolution
-The President's conversation with John B. Connally
-Forthcoming vote
-Timing
-Announcement
-Allen J. Ellender's committee schedule
-Senate compared to House bills

Volpe
-Tenure in office
-1972 election
-Future role with Administration
-Report of trip
-Meeting with unknown Prime Minister
-Duration
-Ehrlichman

Cabinet
-Recent meeting
-Clifford M. Hardin

The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-German visitors
-Minister of Agriculture
-Mayor of Berlin
-Other officials
-Christian Democratic Party
-German-American conference
-White House reception
-Gen. Charles A.J.M. De Gaulle
-Kissinger
-Brazilian Ambassador
-Camp David

Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Paul Healy's article
-Schedule
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Tape Subject Log
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-Cleveland
-Press
-Mayor
-Question and Answer [Q&A] session
-Healy's article

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:20 pm.

Healy's article in New York Daily News

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:20 pm.

Healy's article in New York Daily News

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.

The President's schedule
-Budget
-Ehrlichman
-California trip

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:20 pm.

Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Healy's article
-Haldeman

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.

-Photograph


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Congress
-Connally's view
-Possible White House attacks
-Budget
-Ronald L. Ziegler

The President's schedule
-Football game
-Thanksgiving Day
-Washington Redskins
-Oklahoma
-Nebraska
-Henry L. Bellmon
-Carl B. Albert
-Page Belcher
-Quadriad
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
convention
-Victor Riesel's view
-Democrats
-Speakers
-George Meany
-James D. Hodgson
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Announcement of candidacy
-Timing
-Tallahassee
-Press conference
-Quadriad
-Congressmen

Cabinet
-Recent meeting
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Meetings
-Relationship with the President
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Tape Subject Log
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-Volpe's presentation

Clark MacGregor
-Kissinger's views

The President's press conference of November 12, 1971
-Kissinger

MacGregor


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The President's schedule
-Press conferences
-Television
-California

The President's recent press conference
-George E. Allen's views
-Press reaction

The President's schedule
-AFL-CIO convention
-Meany
-Redskins
-Florida
-Key Biscayne
-AFL-CIO convention
-Speech
-Press conference
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 617-24 (cont.)


-People's Republic of China [PRC] announcement

Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Healy's article
-John F. Kennedy
-Washington Post
-Schedule
-Press coverage


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The President's schedule
-November 15, 1971
-Flexibility
-Meeting with legal historians
-Birthday calls to members of Congress
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Effect
-Calls to handicapped
-Press coverage
-Value
-Examples
-[Don Smith]
-[Willis O. Preston]
-[Ralph Sambuchi]
-Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Importance

Volpe
-Presentation in Cabinet meeting
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Tape Subject Log
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-Haldeman's notes to Rogers

The President and Haldeman left at 6:55 pm.