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Conversation No. 642-3

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 8:15 am - unknown before 8:45 am
Location: Oval Office

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

The President's schedule
-Peter G. Peterson
-John N. Mitchell
-William P. Rogers
-Peterson resignation
-John A. Scali
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Peterson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 642-3 (cont.)


-John B. Connally
-Paul A. Volcker
-Forthcoming call from Haldeman
-Clark MacGregor
-Pending legislation
-The President's possible actions

Pending legislation
-Political considerations

The President’s schedule
-Peterson meeting
-Mitchell

The President's previous interview with Dan Rather, January 2, 1972
-Reactions
-The President’s forthcoming efforts
-Jack B. Krueger, editor of Dallas News
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Rather
-Effect on the President's reelection
-The President's previous conversation with Manolo Sanchez
-Question on Vietnam and the President's reelection
-The President's answer
-Haldeman’s view
-Questions
-Rather's delivery
-Reactions
-International Chief of Operating Engineers
-Questions
-The President's response
-Economy
-Rather

Rogers
-Conversations with the President and Haldeman
-Reaction to the President's interview with Rather
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 642-3 (cont.)


Press conferences
-Compared with the President's interview with Rather
-Rather
-Questions on race relations and \"Ms.\" issues
-Sarah McLendon
-Press conference format
-Follow-ups
-Reporters

The President's interview with Rather
-Reactions
-Robert H. Bork
-Sidney Hook
-Impression of rehearsal
-Compared with the President’s interview with Howard K. Smith
-Rogers’s view
-Rather's attempt to show political motivations in the President
-Political questions
-Rather’s motives
-The President's responses
-Political effect
-Smith
-Calls
-White House operator
-Rather
-The President's handling
-Performance
-Compared to press conference format
-Question on women's liberation
-Closing remarks
-Questions on Vietnam
-Bombing
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Troop withdrawals
-1968 troop levels
-Unemployment question
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 642-3 (cont.)


-Figures
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Democrats
-Rogers's view
-Interviews of other administration officials

Rogers
-Forthcoming interview with Smith
-Compared with Henry A. Kissinger
-Views regarding Cabinet as spokesmen

The President's interview with Rather
-Question of the President's personality and performance
-Polls
-The President's response
-Polls
-Rhetoric

The President's schedule
-Political implications
-Decisions
-Peterson
-American Hospital Association officials
-Importance of events
-Press conferences
-The President's performance
-Equal time for Democrats
-Validity

The President's interview with Rather
-Reactions
-Rather's performance
-Question on economy
-Reactions
-Compared with speech format

Speeches
-The President's preparation
-Speechwriters
-State of the Union speech
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 642-3 (cont.)


-Workload

Possible press conference
-Question on Vietnam troop withdrawal
-India-Pakistan issue

The President’s schedule
-New Hampshire

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-The President's response during interview to question concerning second term


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The President's interview with Rather
-Points covered
-Moscow summit
-Peking summit
-Vietnam
-Economic plan
-Presidential term
-Activities
-Politics
-1968 bombing pause
-Lyndon B. Johnson

Robert H. Finch

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 8:15 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 642-3 (cont.)


Delivery

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:45 am.

News summary
-Big stories that the President needs to know about
-The President's reading of New York Times and Washington Post
-Television stories
-Length
-\"Week in Review\"
-Cover sheet of latest news
-Judgment call by staff
-The President's action and thought
-\"Week in Review\"
-Day of issuing
-News magazines

Haldeman's schedule
-Domestic Council staff, Congressional liaison staff and speechwriters
-George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman and Kissinger
-Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, MacGregor, Shultz, Ehrlichman, Kissinger, Peterson
and Flanigan
-The President's schedule
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Ehrlichman's schedule
-Location of particular staff members

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 8:45 am.