645–3

Conversation No. 645-3

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: 11:33 am - unknown before 12:02 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

Haldeman's forthcoming meeting with John N. Mitchell and William P. Rogers

Rogers
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Call to Haldeman
-Briefings by Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-State Department
-Henry A. Kissinger's assurances
-Cables
-Consistency between White House and State Department
-Jack N. Anderson papers
-Mitchell's previous conversation with Rogers
-Instructions to State Department
-Refusal to comment
-Leaks
-State Department
-Need for cooperation
-Forthcoming meeting between Rogers, Mitchell and Haldeman

Cabinet
-Relations with the President
-Pressures on the President
-1972
-Magnitude of problems
-Bureaucracy
-Settlement of problems outside of Oval Office
-Rogers
-George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
-Maurice H. Stans
-Rogers
-Kissinger
-Complaints about Rogers
-Conversation with the President, January 10, 1972
-Contacts with press
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Tape Subject Log
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-India-Pakistan
-Controversy with Rogers
-The President's trips to PRC and Soviet Union

Kissinger
-Emotional state
-Haldeman's conversation with Mitchell, January 10, 1972
-The President's conversation with Kissinger, January 10, 1972
-Time
-Haig's conversations with Kissinger, January 10, 1972
-Nelson A. Rockefeller's call to Mitchell, January 10, 1972
-Kissinger's call to Rockefeller, January 10, 1972
-Kissinger's planned resignation, January 27, 1972
-Rockefeller's assessment
-Kissinger's possible motive
-Mitchell's view
-Haldeman's conversation with Kissinger, January 10, 1972
-Kissinger's concerns
-Speech, Vietnam
-Conversations with Rockefeller and Haldeman, January 10, 1972
-Concern regarding the President's support of Kissinger
-Mitchell's concern
-Haig
-Possible trip to California
-Conversation with Haldeman, January 11, 1972
-Conversation with Kissinger, January 11, 1972
-The President's conversation with Kissinger, January 11, 1972
-Kissinger’s meeting with staff
-Mitchell's concern
-The President's support of Kissinger
-Previous work with John F. Kennedy administration
-Resignation
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Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


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-Relations with the President
-Compared with how John B. Connally would react as President
-Compared to other White House staff
-Tolerance of behavior
-Haig's view
-Kissinger's possible resignation
-Kissinger's conversation with Rockefeller
-Timing
-Rockefeller’s view
-Possible resignation
-Timing
-PRC and Soviet Union
-Haldeman's conversation with Haig
-Haig’s possible role
-Mitchell’s view
-Kissinger's schedule
-Return to Washington, D.C.
-Haig's forthcoming conversation with Haldeman
-The President's recent conversation with [David] Kenneth Rush
-Haldeman’s call
-Col. Richard T. Kennedy
-Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG]
-The President
-Mitchell
-Melvin R. Laird
-Relations with State Department
-Haig
-Mitchell
-Foreign policy
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Tape Subject Log
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-State Department personnel
-Haig
-The President’s knowledge
-Restlessness
-Variety of work
-Haig's view

Administration officials
-Changes after election
-State Department
-Cabinet

Kissinger
-Emotional state
-Mitchell's conversation with Haldeman
-The President's conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger's call to Rockefeller
-Mitchell's call to Kissinger
-Timing
-Rockefeller's views
-Kissinger’s position on Rockefeller’s staff
-Haig’s conversation with Haldeman


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-The President's support of Kissinger
-The President's relations with Kissinger
-Haldeman
-Inconsistencies
-Haig's view
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Tape Subject Log
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-Press coverage
-The President’s responsibilities

Frank L. Rizzo
-Conversation with John D. Ehrlichman, January 11, 1972
-Rizzo's request for meeting with the President
-Rizzo's forthcoming conversation with Walter H. Annenberg
-Speech
-Attack on Democratic candidates
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Press conference
-Praise for the President
-Conversation with Ehrlichman
-Federal funds for Philadelphia
-Relations with administration
-Status
-Ehrlichman

The President's schedule
-Cabinet meeting
-Kissinger
-Timing
-Budget release
-State of the Union message
-Republican leaders meeting
-Prayer breakfast
-Meetings with Barend W. Biesheuvel and Emilio Colombo
-Timing
-State of the Union message
-Bipartisan meeting
-The President's trip to PRC
-Congress' schedule
-Romney
-Haldeman's conversation with Ehrlichman
-Possible flight with the President
-State of the Union message
-Romney's previous conversations with the President and Ehrlichman
-Domestic Council meeting
-Ehrlichman’s strategy
-Connally's schedule
-The President's television appearance on January 18, 1972
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


-State of the Union message
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.'s draft
-Kissinger's draft
-Framework and rhetoric

Abraham Lincoln
-Cabinet
-Compared to the President’s
-Edwin Stanton
-Relations with Lincoln
-Performance in War Department
-Meetings with Lincoln

Kissinger
-Personality
-The President’s view
-Meetings with the President
-Cambodia
-Pentagon Papers
-Middle East
-[Unintelligible]
-Performance

Rogers
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Haldeman
-Possible objections to Kissinger's handling of negotiations
-Trips
-Forthcoming speech
-Compared with Connally and Melvin R. Laird
-Loyalty

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:33 am.

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming swearing-in ceremony
-Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman

Haldeman left at 12:01 pm.

-Forthcoming ceremony
-Arthur S. Flemming
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


-Ronald L. Ziegler

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm.