790–2

Conversation No. 790-2

Date: October 2, 1972
Time: 8:15 am - 8:33 am
Location: Oval Office

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

The President's schedule
-Presentation of credentials
-African ambassadors
-Niger
-Tanzania
-Sierra Leone
-Malagasy Republic
-Zaire
-Lombo Lo Mangamanga
-Frequency of Ambassadorial changes
-Secretary of State
-Possible change in second term
-Vice President
-Secretary of State
-Annual diplomatic reception
-Entertainment
-Thailand
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-New Zealand
-Jamaica
- [Douglas Valmore Fletcher]
-Frequency of changes
-New Zealand

John B. Connally
-Health
-Broadcast
-Son
-Health
-Haldeman’s recent conversation with Connally
-Connally’s morale
-Connally’s location
-Houston
-The President’s upcoming conversation with Connally
-Possible meeting with the President


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 59s ]


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United Press International [UPI] editors' wives reception
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Mrs. Nixon's role
-Handshaking
-The President’s involvement
-White House
-Possible tour
-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
-Camp David
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-Rita Rajneih DeSantis
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-William R. Codus
-Upcoming call to Mrs. Nixon
-The President's schedule
-UPI wives
-American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE]
-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
-The President's schedule
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Husbands
-Timing
-The President’s location
-Codus
-Forthcoming telephone call to Mrs. Nixon
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-George S. McGovern

The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Timing
-Connally
-Upcoming meeting
-Gromyko
-Upcoming meeting


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 26s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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John D. Ehrlichman entered at 8:26 am.

Debt limit-expenditure ceiling bill
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-The President’s possible letter to Congressmen
-Republicans
-Democrats
-Impact on vote
-Presidential activity
-The President’s view
-Possible letter to Congressional leaders
-Grandstanding before 1972 election
-Leaders of Congress
-Forthcoming meeting
-Wilbur D. Mills
-George H. Mahon
-Substitute
-Congressional veto
-The President’s proposed cut
-Deadline

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:26 am.

The President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:33 am.

-Possible letter
-William F. Timmons
-Upcoming conversation with Ehrlichman
-Forthcoming meeting
-Ehrlichman's role
-Timmons’s role
-Casper W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Memorandum
-Camp David
-Ability at getting Congressional votes compared to ability to preset a case
-Compared to Clark MacGregor
-Weinberger
-Ehrlichman
-Agenda
-Ehrlichman’s role
-Press
-The President’s interest in bill passage
-Charls E. Walker
-Schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-Debt limit extention
-Deficit
-Inflation
-Economic impact
-George P. Shultz
-Timmons


Ehrlichman left at 8:32 am.

The President’s recent conversation with Ehrlichman

Haldeman left at 8:33 am.