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Conversation No. 662-4

Date: February 1, 1972
Time: 10:03 am - 11:37 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William F. (“Billy”) Graham and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

Greetings

President’s address at prayer breakfast
-John B. Connally’s health
-Location
-Pittsburgh
-President’s speaking style
-Crowd reaction
-Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher
-Previous occasions
-Publicity
-White House staff
-Herbert G. Klein, Richard A. Moore
-Television
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Graham’s health
-President’s call to Graham
-Timing
-Quality of call
-Virgin Islands


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-Personal habits of Graham
-Rest and relaxation
-Schedule
-Speaking schedule

President’s speaking schedule
-Preparation
-1968
-1060
-Staff time
-1968

Speeches
-Interview with Dan Rather, January 2, 1972
-State of the Union
-Vietnam peace proposal, January 25, 1972
-Preparation
-Florida and California
-Presentation
-Appearance
-Suggestions from Graham
-Schedule
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-Effectiveness
-Choices
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Speech follow-up
-Personal appearances
-Graham’s preparation
-Steps taken
-President’s responsibilities
-Graham’s advice
-Campaign thrust
-Television
-Number
-Campaign stops
-Graham letter to President
-Great Britain
-Involvement in the campaign
-Politics
-President’s location
-Dignity of President
-Public desire
-Perception

President’s integrity
-Effect of India/Pakistan War
-Jack N. Anderson papers
-Contribution to office


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Rose Mary Woods entered at 10:24 am.
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Introductions
-Today Show appearance

Woods left at 10:25 am.


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Media relations
-Hedley W. Donovan call to Graham
-Time
-Lunch invitation
-Timing
-Henry Luce
-Media domination by Jews
-Paul W. Keyes
-Discussion
-Life
-Newsweek
-New York Times
-Washington Post
-Los Angeles Times
-Otis Chandler
-Networks
-Howard K. Smith, American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-David Brinkley, National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr., Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Writers
-Left wing leanings of Jews
-Young Jews
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-Israeli Jews compared to US Jews
-Golda Meir
-Moshe Dayan
-Democratic candidates
-Meir’s support of the President
-Danger to Israel
-Fear of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Jordan
-Yitzhak Rabin view
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Pornography distribution


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-Breaking of stranglehold
-President’s Jewish support
-Max M. Fisher
-Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
-Taft Schreiber
-Hiring practices
-Catholics and Quakers compared to Jews
-Danger
-Media clean-up
-Political timing
-Pornography
-Anti-American sentiment
-Television
-Movies
-Time
-Life
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-Luce
-Promotion of Graham
-Graham’s problems
-Coverage of issues
-Possible criticism of the Cabinet
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-India situation
-John Foster Dulles


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Foreign relations
-President’s remarks at breakfast
-US situation
-Waning influence
-Use of power
-General view of people
-Benefits of familiarity
-USSR-People’s Republic of China [PRC]-US relations
-Contrasting goals
-Upcoming millennium
-Reasons for peace
-Hopes for peace
-USSR and PRC children
-US needs
-Alert leadership and knowledge of US strength
-Vietnam
-US role
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-John F. Kennedy
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-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Korean War
-Counterfactual scenario
-Possible slaughter
-Dean G. Acheson
-US world strategy
-Lack of action
-Japan, Germany, and the Middle East
-Restraint of aggression
-India-Pakistan War
-USSR


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-Crisis faced by US
-Surrender compared to settlement
-Joseph M. Luns, Director-General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization
[NATO]
-European view of President
-Willy Brandt
-USSR
-British
-Common Market
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Sir Alexander F. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
-France
-Italians
-Lack of government
-Ability of US to act
-USSR, PRC
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-Defense budget
-Trips by President
-1972 election
-USSR-PRC reaction
-Importance of knowledge
-Stakes

Domestic conditions
-Crises
-Economy
-Intellectuals in US
-Universities
-Stanford University
-Professors
-Atheism
-Popular support for Christian virtues
-Percentage
-Regional differences around the US
-Northeast
-New York
-Pennsylvania
-Midwest
-Ohio
-South
-California
-Reelection
-Corrective measures mentioned
-Press
-Agnew
-Edith Efron, The News Twisters (1971)
-Irving Kristol’s review
-Efron
-Samuel J. Ervin Jr. Committee
-Jewish background
-Marriage
-Columbia University
-Media
-Jewish dominance
-Television writers
-Jack Benny
-White House Press Corps
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-Gridiron Club
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-James J. Kilpatrick, Jr.
-Jewish journalists
-Jerrold L. Schecter
-Time magazine
-David Craswell
-Los Angeles Times
-Max Frankel
-New York Times
-Stanley Karnow
-Washington Post
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-NBC
-Dan Rather
-CBS
-Attendance
-President’s upcoming trip to the PRC


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-Graham’s conservative nature
-Compared to the President
-Abraham Rosenthal
-New York Times
-Jewish view of Graham
-Friendships
-Israel
-Graham’s feelings
-Reaction to Jewish dominance
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-Conservatives in media
-Speech writers
-Religious writers
-Trip to PRC
-Lack of conservative columnists
-William S. White, William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Protest in religious magazines
-Eugene Kashatsky
-Trip to Moscow
-Religious papers
-Bankruptcy
-Postal rates
-Percentages
-For Graham’s mailing
-For pornography
-Effect on Graham
-Possible difficulties
-Effect on Christian publications
-Christian Century
-Christianity Today
-Christian Century
-Publishing background
-Chicago
-Joseph Irwin Miller


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Connally
-Strength
-Topics discussed with the President
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-Work load
-Age
-Health
-Schedule
-Graham talk to Connally
-Possible consequence of reelection failure
-Timing
-President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Key Biscayne visit
-Ruth McC. (Bell) Graham, Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
-Invitation to Connally from Graham
-Graham schedule
-William Walker
-The President’s schedule
-Trip to the PRC
-Benefits for Connally
-Texas
-George A. Smathers
-Jamaica visit
-John Rawlings home
-Amenities
-Holiday Inn
-Possible use by the President
-Seclusion


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-Value of Connally to President
-International monetary situation
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-New Economic Policy [NEP]
-Connally’s importance
-John N. Mitchell
-Politics
-Conservatives
-PRC trip
-Connally view of US situation
-Personal commitment
-Resignation possibility
-Confidant to President
-Ability to make a difference
-Staff
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Cabinet officers
-William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird
-Difference in viewpoints
-Connally values


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-Possible invitation to Connally for vacation
-Possible call from Graham
-Graham attendance
-Relaxation
-Logistics
-Communication
-US Secret Service protection
-Graham’s attendance
-Mobility
-Household help
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Gifts
-Grady Wilson
-Money clips
-Cuff links
-Transportation
-Graham’s schedule
-Golf balls
-Money clips
-Presidential seal


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Offer of prayers

Farewells
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Graham left at 11:14 am.

President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Apollo XV astronauts
-Time limits
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Frank Borman
-Staff members
-Poland
-Visit by President
-Previous dinners with astronauts at Camp David
-Cancellation
-Names
-Graham meeting
-Politics

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:18 am.

President’s schedule
-Kissinger
-Upcoming meetings
-University of Nebraska football team
-Photograph and film requests
-Daniel J. Evans, Ronald W. Reagan photo
-Benefits in Nebraska
-National Championship
-Plaque
-Stephen B. Bull
-Boy Scouts meeting
-Astronauts
-Purpose of meetings
-Political benefits
-Nebraska photographs
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Release
-Nebraska football team meeting
-President’s instructions
-Attendance
-Photographers
-Reporters
-Boy Scouts
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-Kissinger
-Television

PRC trip
-Reporter accompaniment
-Boston Globe
-Buckley
-Letter

Prayer breakfast
-Publicity by administration personnel
-President’s remarks
-Graham
-Use of notes
-4-H

Ziegler left at 11:23 am.

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:23 am.

President’s schedule
-Apollo astronauts
-Location
-Kissinger request for time

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:37 am.

-Meeting with State Department personnel
-Rogers’s view
-Marshall Green
-Motives
-Kissinger
-White House staff
-Consultations prior to PRC trip
-The President’s preparations
-Kissinger’s view
-State Department reports
-Lack of reporting
-Rogers
-Press handling
-News summaries
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 662-4 (cont.)


-Visibility of President
-Television news
-Press conference compared to speeches
-Proposed benefits
-State of the Union speech
-Visibility of President
-Advantages
-Dan Rather
-A Day in the Life of the President
-Vietnam speech
-Speech quality
-Raymond K. Price, Jr. role
-Material for prayer breakfast
-Connally
-Speeches
-Press conference
-Difference between Graham and Nixon operations
-Speeches
-William L. Safire role
-Newsweek
-Periscope
-Moore role
-President’s notes
-Breakfast remarks

Public relations
-Phone call story
-Moore
-Graham
-Need for contact
-Kissinger
-John N. Mitchell
-Connally
-George W. Romney
-John A. Volpe


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-Connally
-Tenure
-Haldeman staff use
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Harry S. Dent
-PRC trip
-News summary
-Tone
-Kissinger
-New York Times
-Washington Post
-CBS
-Use
-Source of information
-Jews


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-Media
-Earlier protestor [Carol Feraci]
-Cynicism
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Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:23 am.

President’s schedule
-Astronaut visit
-Certificate

Bull and Haldeman left at 11:37 am.