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635–6
- Stephen B. Bull
December 10, 1971
Conversation No. 635-6
Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 9:10 am - 10:31 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Notes
-Cambodia
-Barber
-Timing
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 9:10 am.
The President's schedule
-Presidential addresses
-Prayer breakfast for the Armed Forces
-Tapings
-Proposed length
-Desired length
-Telegrams
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Wire from Lyndon B. Johnson
-Eisenhower Center
-Length
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3m 2s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Robert A. Taft, Sr.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Possible timing of attitude change
-Health
-Awareness of illness
Kissinger entered at 9:20 am.
India-Pakistan situation
-Pakistan Army
-Ceasefire
-East Pakistan
-Awami League
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG]
-Ceasefire resolution
-United Nations [UN] Security Council
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-USSR
-Timing of resolution
-Communications with USSR
-Movement of carrier and planes
-Agreement with the USSR
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 5s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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-Kissinger's Meeting With Golda Meir
-Timing
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer meeting
-Kissinger’s schedule
-[Vietnam]
-Possible military action
-PRC
-Priority of issues
-Armed Forces
-Proposed cancellation of Moorer meeting
-President’s orders
-Cambodia
-Air strike reports
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Moorer
-Importance of daily reports
-The President's and Kissinger's schedule
-USSR meeting
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-[Anatoliy F. Dobrynin]
-Timing
-Moorer meeting
-Air strikes
-Department of Defense [DOD]
-Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.
-Rescheduling of Moorer meeting
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
[National Security]
[Duration: 3m 45s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
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-Report
-Ceasefire in the East
-Civilian bombing
-US planes strafed
-State Department
-News summary
-Public protest in regards to US planes shot down
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-John F. [?] Kennedy
-Unknown Harvard associate of Kissinger
-Previous discussion about India
-Pakistan
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-Message to USSR
-Kennedy memorandum
-Meeting with the President
-President’s instructions
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-India
-Civilian bombing
-Indian protests of US action in North Vietnam
-State Department protest
-Strafing
-Public relations
-Possible call to John N. Irwin, II
-PRC
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[National Security]
[Duration: 6s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
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-Pakistani Ambassador
-Leak
-Kennedy memorandum
-Vorontsov
-Obligation
Kissinger left at 9:35 am.
State Department
White House staff
-Proposed action
American planes strafed
-News summary
-Public relations
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-John A. Scali
-Kissinger
-Foreign policy
-Public relations
-Scali
-Clark MacGregor
-News summary
-George H.W. Bush
-Vietnam
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 7s ]
INDIA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
**********************************************************************
-News summary
-Stories
-Television and newspapers
-Public opinion
-Vietnam
-Media coverage
-Compared to World War II
-Kissinger
-State Department
-William P. Rogers
An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 10:31 am.
Willis Smith, Sr. funeral
-Wreath
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Harry S. Dent's attendance
-Call to Mrs. Willis Smith, Sr. [Anna Lee Smith]
-Letter from the President
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Location
-Possible telephone call or visit
National 4-H Congress speech, December 1, 1971
-Follow-up
-Colson
-Coverage
-Black youth
-Chicago Defender story
Christmas special
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Constance M. Stuart
-Discussion on feasibility of Christmas special
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-The President's one-on-one interview
-The President’s commitment to interview
-Stuart
-Memorandum
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation
-Julie Eisenhower
-Tricia Nixon Cox
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
**********************************************************************
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Charles B. Kuralt
-Host of Christmas program
-CBS
-Highlights of program
-Christmas decorations
-Diplomatic children's party
-Christmas tree
-Approval for program
-David N. Parker
-Hope holiday specials
-Tricia Cox
-Wedding
-Tour
-Rose Mary Woods
-Haldeman's talk with Julie Eisenhower
-Julie Eisenhower's schedule
-Durham, North Carolina
-Duke University Research Center
-CBS
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-William H. Carruthers
***********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Privacy]
[Duration: 1m 36s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
**********************************************************************
Haldeman's talk with John B. Connally
-Politics
-Economy
-The President’s schedule
12
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
India-Pakistan situation
-Public concern with US involvement
-Media
-Mail to White House
-Colson
-USSR compared with PRC
-The President’s PRC initiative
-India
-Possibility of casualties
The President's schedule
-Barber
-Kissinger
-Timing
-Haldeman's calls to Otto E. Passman and Dr. John A. Hannah
-Thanks from the President
-Letter to Passman
-George P. Shultz
-Kissinger
-Foreign aid
-The President's call to Passman
-William E. Timmons
-Passman’s involvement
-Peace Corps
-Amount to be cut
-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Kissinger
-ACTION
-Proposed budget cuts
-Robert H. Finch
-Joseph H. Blatchford
-ACTION
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Timmons
-Side during budget battle
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts appropriation
-Passing of tax bill
13
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Timing
-Roger L. Stevens
-Closing center to tourists
-Lack of funds
-Congress
-Stevens’ discussions with Haldeman
-White House
-Blame
-Apparent mismanagement of the Kennedy Center
-William McCormick Blair
-Timmons
-Charles H. Percy
-Republican support
-Minority members of the Public Works Committee
-Timmons
-MacGregor
-Shultz
-Possible response concerning the Kennedy Center
-General Accounting Office [GAO]
Peace Corps
-Timmons
-Letter from the President
-Passman
-Budget
Tax bill [Revenue Act of 1971]
-Signing ceremony
-Timing
-Camp David
-Tax cuts
-Publicity
-Timing of ceremony
William H. Rehnquist nomination
-Congressional action
-Possible approval
-MacGregor
-Special session
-Washington Post
-Haldeman's talk with MacGregor
14
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Special session
-Possibility of Rehnquist not nominated
-Congressional recess
-MacGregor
-Timmons
The President’s schedule
-Florida
-India/Pakistan Situation
-Rogers
-Connally
-Possible travel
-Upcoming Christmas holiday
The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:31
am.
[Conversation No. 635-6A]
American planes strafed
-Kissinger
-State Department protest
[End of telephone conversation]
-Complaints of delay
-USSR
-Kissinger
-Cambodian bombing comparison
-Element of surprise
Joseph W. Alsop column
-Value-added tax
-Ehrlichman
-Praise for column
-Property tax
-Democrats
-Parochial schools
-Education issues
-Supreme Court
-Robert C. Byrd
15
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Rehnquist
-Connally
-Ehrlichman
-Talk with the President
-Possible telephone call from Haldeman
-Praise for column
-Haldeman’s talk with Ehrlichman
Vietnam
-Vermont Royster article
-Public opinion
-Politics
-Economic issues
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Attitudes toward war
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy
-Dinner
-Talk with Haldeman
-Los Angeles Times
-Mike Royko column
-Murphy’s meeting with Ford Motor Company Board of Directors
-Timing
-John Kennedy
-Compared to the President
-Edward Kennedy
-Ordering re-prints of Royko column
-Meeting with Leonard Bernstein, Norman Cousins, Black Panthers
-Discussion
-John V. Lindsay
-Cousins
-Edward Kennedy
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Similarities
-Conservatism
-General Electric [GE]
-View
-Economy
-Ford Board of Directors
-USSR trip
16
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-PRC trip
-Unemployment
-Peace
-The President’s efforts
-Carol (Crothers) Finch
-Concerns from the American public
-Vietnam
-Peace issue
-Perceptions
-Analogy to Winston S. Churchill
Pentagon Papers
-Haldeman's talk with Ehrlichman
-Timing after PRC trip
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] program: “A Day in the Life of the
President”
-NBC special on the Pentagon Papers
-Ngo Dinh Diem assassination
-John Kennedy
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[National Security]
[Duration: 2m 17s ]
PAKISTAN
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
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Brazil
-Prospects
India
-Democracy
17
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Voters
-Literacy
Vietnam
-Murphy
-Withdrawal
-Final announcement
-Troops
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Numbers
-Bombing
-Residual American force
-Administration opponents
Murphy
-USSR and PRC trip
Child-care veto
-Poverty program
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Conservatives
-Support for programs
-John Birch Society
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Buchanan
-Liberals
India-Pakistan situation
-State Department protest
-Kissinger
-Location
Haldeman talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:31 am.
[Conversation No. 635-6b]
State Department protest note
[End of telephone conversation]
Strafing American planes
18
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-News summary
-Protest already on file
The President's schedule
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:35 am.
Kissinger
-Notes
Haldeman and Sanchez left at 10:31 am.
Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 9:10 am - 10:31 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Notes
-Cambodia
-Barber
-Timing
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 9:10 am.
The President's schedule
-Presidential addresses
-Prayer breakfast for the Armed Forces
-Tapings
-Proposed length
-Desired length
-Telegrams
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Wire from Lyndon B. Johnson
-Eisenhower Center
-Length
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
**********************************************************************
***********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3m 2s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
**********************************************************************
Robert A. Taft, Sr.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Possible timing of attitude change
-Health
-Awareness of illness
Kissinger entered at 9:20 am.
India-Pakistan situation
-Pakistan Army
-Ceasefire
-East Pakistan
-Awami League
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG]
-Ceasefire resolution
-United Nations [UN] Security Council
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-USSR
-Timing of resolution
-Communications with USSR
-Movement of carrier and planes
-Agreement with the USSR
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 5s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
**********************************************************************
-Kissinger's Meeting With Golda Meir
-Timing
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer meeting
-Kissinger’s schedule
-[Vietnam]
-Possible military action
-PRC
-Priority of issues
-Armed Forces
-Proposed cancellation of Moorer meeting
-President’s orders
-Cambodia
-Air strike reports
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Moorer
-Importance of daily reports
-The President's and Kissinger's schedule
-USSR meeting
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-[Anatoliy F. Dobrynin]
-Timing
-Moorer meeting
-Air strikes
-Department of Defense [DOD]
-Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.
-Rescheduling of Moorer meeting
**************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
[National Security]
[Duration: 3m 45s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
**************************************************************************
-Report
-Ceasefire in the East
-Civilian bombing
-US planes strafed
-State Department
-News summary
-Public protest in regards to US planes shot down
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-John F. [?] Kennedy
-Unknown Harvard associate of Kissinger
-Previous discussion about India
-Pakistan
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-Message to USSR
-Kennedy memorandum
-Meeting with the President
-President’s instructions
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-India
-Civilian bombing
-Indian protests of US action in North Vietnam
-State Department protest
-Strafing
-Public relations
-Possible call to John N. Irwin, II
-PRC
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[National Security]
[Duration: 6s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
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-Pakistani Ambassador
-Leak
-Kennedy memorandum
-Vorontsov
-Obligation
Kissinger left at 9:35 am.
State Department
White House staff
-Proposed action
American planes strafed
-News summary
-Public relations
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-John A. Scali
-Kissinger
-Foreign policy
-Public relations
-Scali
-Clark MacGregor
-News summary
-George H.W. Bush
-Vietnam
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 7s ]
INDIA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
**********************************************************************
-News summary
-Stories
-Television and newspapers
-Public opinion
-Vietnam
-Media coverage
-Compared to World War II
-Kissinger
-State Department
-William P. Rogers
An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 10:31 am.
Willis Smith, Sr. funeral
-Wreath
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Harry S. Dent's attendance
-Call to Mrs. Willis Smith, Sr. [Anna Lee Smith]
-Letter from the President
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Location
-Possible telephone call or visit
National 4-H Congress speech, December 1, 1971
-Follow-up
-Colson
-Coverage
-Black youth
-Chicago Defender story
Christmas special
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Constance M. Stuart
-Discussion on feasibility of Christmas special
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-The President's one-on-one interview
-The President’s commitment to interview
-Stuart
-Memorandum
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation
-Julie Eisenhower
-Tricia Nixon Cox
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
**********************************************************************
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Charles B. Kuralt
-Host of Christmas program
-CBS
-Highlights of program
-Christmas decorations
-Diplomatic children's party
-Christmas tree
-Approval for program
-David N. Parker
-Hope holiday specials
-Tricia Cox
-Wedding
-Tour
-Rose Mary Woods
-Haldeman's talk with Julie Eisenhower
-Julie Eisenhower's schedule
-Durham, North Carolina
-Duke University Research Center
-CBS
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-William H. Carruthers
***********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Privacy]
[Duration: 1m 36s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
**********************************************************************
Haldeman's talk with John B. Connally
-Politics
-Economy
-The President’s schedule
12
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
India-Pakistan situation
-Public concern with US involvement
-Media
-Mail to White House
-Colson
-USSR compared with PRC
-The President’s PRC initiative
-India
-Possibility of casualties
The President's schedule
-Barber
-Kissinger
-Timing
-Haldeman's calls to Otto E. Passman and Dr. John A. Hannah
-Thanks from the President
-Letter to Passman
-George P. Shultz
-Kissinger
-Foreign aid
-The President's call to Passman
-William E. Timmons
-Passman’s involvement
-Peace Corps
-Amount to be cut
-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Kissinger
-ACTION
-Proposed budget cuts
-Robert H. Finch
-Joseph H. Blatchford
-ACTION
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Timmons
-Side during budget battle
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts appropriation
-Passing of tax bill
13
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Timing
-Roger L. Stevens
-Closing center to tourists
-Lack of funds
-Congress
-Stevens’ discussions with Haldeman
-White House
-Blame
-Apparent mismanagement of the Kennedy Center
-William McCormick Blair
-Timmons
-Charles H. Percy
-Republican support
-Minority members of the Public Works Committee
-Timmons
-MacGregor
-Shultz
-Possible response concerning the Kennedy Center
-General Accounting Office [GAO]
Peace Corps
-Timmons
-Letter from the President
-Passman
-Budget
Tax bill [Revenue Act of 1971]
-Signing ceremony
-Timing
-Camp David
-Tax cuts
-Publicity
-Timing of ceremony
William H. Rehnquist nomination
-Congressional action
-Possible approval
-MacGregor
-Special session
-Washington Post
-Haldeman's talk with MacGregor
14
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Special session
-Possibility of Rehnquist not nominated
-Congressional recess
-MacGregor
-Timmons
The President’s schedule
-Florida
-India/Pakistan Situation
-Rogers
-Connally
-Possible travel
-Upcoming Christmas holiday
The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:31
am.
[Conversation No. 635-6A]
American planes strafed
-Kissinger
-State Department protest
[End of telephone conversation]
-Complaints of delay
-USSR
-Kissinger
-Cambodian bombing comparison
-Element of surprise
Joseph W. Alsop column
-Value-added tax
-Ehrlichman
-Praise for column
-Property tax
-Democrats
-Parochial schools
-Education issues
-Supreme Court
-Robert C. Byrd
15
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Rehnquist
-Connally
-Ehrlichman
-Talk with the President
-Possible telephone call from Haldeman
-Praise for column
-Haldeman’s talk with Ehrlichman
Vietnam
-Vermont Royster article
-Public opinion
-Politics
-Economic issues
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Attitudes toward war
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy
-Dinner
-Talk with Haldeman
-Los Angeles Times
-Mike Royko column
-Murphy’s meeting with Ford Motor Company Board of Directors
-Timing
-John Kennedy
-Compared to the President
-Edward Kennedy
-Ordering re-prints of Royko column
-Meeting with Leonard Bernstein, Norman Cousins, Black Panthers
-Discussion
-John V. Lindsay
-Cousins
-Edward Kennedy
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Similarities
-Conservatism
-General Electric [GE]
-View
-Economy
-Ford Board of Directors
-USSR trip
16
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-PRC trip
-Unemployment
-Peace
-The President’s efforts
-Carol (Crothers) Finch
-Concerns from the American public
-Vietnam
-Peace issue
-Perceptions
-Analogy to Winston S. Churchill
Pentagon Papers
-Haldeman's talk with Ehrlichman
-Timing after PRC trip
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] program: “A Day in the Life of the
President”
-NBC special on the Pentagon Papers
-Ngo Dinh Diem assassination
-John Kennedy
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[National Security]
[Duration: 2m 17s ]
PAKISTAN
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
**********************************************************************
Brazil
-Prospects
India
-Democracy
17
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-Voters
-Literacy
Vietnam
-Murphy
-Withdrawal
-Final announcement
-Troops
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Numbers
-Bombing
-Residual American force
-Administration opponents
Murphy
-USSR and PRC trip
Child-care veto
-Poverty program
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Conservatives
-Support for programs
-John Birch Society
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Buchanan
-Liberals
India-Pakistan situation
-State Department protest
-Kissinger
-Location
Haldeman talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:31 am.
[Conversation No. 635-6b]
State Department protest note
[End of telephone conversation]
Strafing American planes
18
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.)
-News summary
-Protest already on file
The President's schedule
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:35 am.
Kissinger
-Notes
Haldeman and Sanchez left at 10:31 am.
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