689–5

Conversation No. 689-5

Date: March 20, 1972
Time: 2:50 pm - 3:38 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

New York City trip
-Staff
-Praise
-The President
-Wire service
-Future trips
-Illinois
-Ohio
-Pennsylvania
-Public response
-Government employees
-Blacks
-Television

The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-New coverage
-Anchorage
-American public opinion
-News coverage
-Pandas
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-News coverage
-The President’s possible participation
-New York Times
-PRC Ping pong team
-Reception
-The President
-Chou En-lai
-White House tennis court
-Possible picture
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

New York City trip
-Staff
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Advance men
-Public response
-Blacks
-Busing

Foreign affairs

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming Soviet Union trip
-Television press conferences
-Timing
-Easter

Baseball season
-Opening game
-Cincinnati Reds-Houston Astros
-Time
-Regular season
-Time
-Opening game
-The President's attendance
-Bowie Kuhn
-California Angels-Texas Rangers
-Invitation to the President
-Time
-The President’s forthcoming Canada trip
-National League opening game
-New York Mets-Pittsburgh Pirates
-Houston Astros-Atlanta Braves
-San Diego Padres-San Francisco Giants
-American League
-California Angels-Minnesota Twins
-Kansas City Royals-Texas Rangers
-First ball of the season
-Cincinnati
-The President’s previous attendance at an All-Star game
-Date
-Press conference
-Texas Rangers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

-Arlington, Texas
-Kansas City Royals

The President's schedule
-Press conference
-Timing
-Busing
-Wisconsin primary
-Gridiron dinner
-Florida
-Gridiron dinner
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-John N. Mitchell
-Agnew
-Timing

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 3:02 pm.

The President's schedule
-Gridiron dinner
-The President's attendance
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-List of attendees
-Liberals
-Jerald F. (“Jerry”) terHorst
-Agnew
-Schedule
-California Republican Assembly [CRA]
-The President's attendance
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-Agnew
-Schedule
-CRA
-William P. Rogers
-Women
-List of people opposed to the President’s attendance
-Agnew
-Haldeman's role
-Florida
-Gridiron dinner
-The President's attendance
-Agnew
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

-Interest of the administration
-CRA
-Mitchell
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Timing
-Agnew
-Schedule

Ziegler's press briefing
-The President’s previous trip to New York City
-Wire services
-Drugs
-Penalties for distributors
-State laws
-Congress
-State and federal courts
-Marijuana
-Death penalty
-Drugs
-Severe penalties
-Prosecutors
-Judges
-Omnibus crime bill
-Gridiron church service

Ziegler left at 3:15 pm.

The President's schedule
-Gridiron dinner
-Gridiron church service
-Ziegler
-Agnew
-Women
-Haldeman's forthcoming talk with Agnew
-Radicals
-Press
-The administration
-California
-CRA
-Reagan
-1962 campaign
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

1972 campaign
-Political operations
-Charles W. Colson
-White House
-Mitchell's office
-Private investigators
-Mitchell
-Robert J. Dole
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-White House
-Colson
-CRP
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Justice Department
-White House
-Ziegler
-Press
-Movement
-CRP
-Funding
-Government compared to private

Leaks
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Telephone
-Walter H. Annenberg
-Arthur K. Watson story
-Anti-leak measures
-Leaks
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 27s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
-Credibility of witnesses
-Public reaction
-Awareness
-Settlement
-Public reaction to government

Drugs
-Iran
-Penalties for distributors
-Japan
-PRC
-Opium
-Addicts
-Young people
-High Schools
-Marijuana
-Haldeman's son’s voew
-Sidwell Friends
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Privacy]
[Duration: 6s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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-The President's meeting with Raymond P. Shafer, March 21, 1972
-Legalization of marijuana
-Youth
-Parents
-Scientists
-Alcohol
-Law
-Prohibition
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.

John D. Ehrlichman entered at 3:30 pm.

Drugs
-The President’s New York City trip
-The work of the staff
-Wire services
-Television
-Customs
-Jewish couple
-English couple
-Priest
-Forthcoming meeting with the Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics
Control
-Customs agents
-Hiring
-Ehrlichman's talk with Connally
-Social security
-Penalties for distributors
-Ziegler
-Omnibus crime bill
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

-Penalties for terrorists

The President's schedule
-Stephen B. Bull

Drugs
-Penalties
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Jerome H. Jaffe
-Countries
-Japan
-PRC
-Iran
-Treatment for addicts
-Archie Bunker
-Press
-Left
-Death penalty
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-State and federal courts
-Death penalty
-Interstate distributors
-Compared to Charles A. Lindbergh law
-Kidnappers
-Bombers
-Dangerous drugs
-Quantity

Busing

Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:30 pm.

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming Cabinet Committee meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:38 pm.

Drugs
-Forthcoming Cabinet Committee meeting
-Heroin examples
-New York City trip
-Press
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-5 (cont.)

-Customs shed

Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 3:30 pm.

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming Cabinet Committee meeting
-Photographs

The President, Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Ziegler left at 3:38 pm.