848–9

Conversation No. 848-9

Date: February 5, 1973
Time: 10:05 am - 10:38 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull.

The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-John D. Ehrlichman
-“Troika”
-Arthur F. Burns
-Attendance
-Roy L. Ash
-Herbert Stein
-George P. Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Arrangements
-Ash
-Counselors meeting
-Attendance
-Ash
-Shultz
-Stein
-Ehrlichman
-US News and World Report

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:26 am.


Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Itinerary
-Manila
-Length of visit
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-Kuala Lampur
-Golf
-Singapore
-Jakarta
-Manila
-Return to the US
-Kissinger
-Return to the US
-President's instruction
-Cable
-Cabinet meeting
-Agnew’s telephone call to Haldeman
-Coordination of meeting in California
-The President’s possible trip
-Agnew’s Lincoln Day speech
-Cabinet meeting
-Agnew's attendance
-Trip to California
-Scheduling
-Reporting from Agnew and Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Arrival in Hanoi
-Agnew in Southeast Asia
-Statements
-Lincoln Day speech in Los Angeles
-Presence in Manila
-Compared to Saigon
-Return to the US
-Scheduling
-Kissinger
-Agnew's extension of Southeast Asia trip
-Prisoners of War [POWs] return
-Manila
-Agnew’s motives
-Kissinger
-Scheduling demands
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-Telephone call to Haldeman
-Extension of trip to Manila
-Possible meeting with the President in California
-Speech
-Kissinger’s cable
-Haldeman’s conversation with Kissinger
-Cabinet meeting
-California
-The President’s telephone call
-Kissinger
-Decision

The President's trip to California
-Alternate plans
-Florida

The President’s call to Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Follow-up
-United Nations [UN]

Ambassadorships
-Great Britain
-Wiley T. Buchanan
-Letter to the President
-Maurice H. Stans
-John N. Mitchell
-Vincent W. de Roulet
-Sweden
-Gordon L. Allott
-Norway

Reception for Robert J. Dole
-Mai Britt [?]
-Blacks
-Bryce N. Harlow, Annie L. Armstrong, Earl L. Butz, Hugh Scott, Gerald R.
Ford, William E. Timmons
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-The President's Attendance
-Capitol Hill Club
-The President’s previous visits
-White House reception
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-“Harlow Syndrome”
-Visits to Capitol Hill
-Dole
-Remarks
-Armstrong
-Representative

Telecommunications policy
-Meeting with Charles W. Colson and Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead
-Ehrlichman
-Colson’s briefing paper
-Coordination
-Domestic Council
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Legislation
-Ehrlichman’s objections
-The President’s meeting with broadcasters
-Implementation
-Meeting with Colson and Whitehead
-Attendance
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Ehrlichman
-US News and World Report
-Timmons
-Legislation
-Budget
-Cole
-Cable television [TV] policy
-Contributions to meeting
-Ehrlichman
-Cabinet Committee
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-Cable TV policy
-License renewals bill
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Herbert G. Klein
-Cole [?]
-Colson’s memorandum
-Cable TV
-Discussion
-Decision
-Ehrlichman
-License renewals
-Other viewpoints
-Whitehead
-Haldeman’s conversation with Colson

De Roulet
-John B. Connally

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:05 am.

Kissinger's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:26 am.

De Roulet
-Haldeman’s family
-State Department
-Connally


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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Report for the President
-Military release
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-Commanding officer
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Marty Hanberger
-Scott
-Harry S. Dent
-George H. W. Bush
-Scott

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Kissinger entered at 10:26 am.

Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Return to the US
-Scheduling
-Cabinet meeting
-Stop in the Philippines, Kuala Lumpur
-Golf
-Commander-in-Chief, Pacific [CINCPAC]
-Hawaii
-Press coverage
-Timing with Kissinger's trip to Hanoi
-Statements to the press
-CINCPAC
-Visit by Agnew
-Ziegler
-Security in Laos and Thailand
-Itinerary in South Vietnam
-Saigon
-Changes
-Actions on trips
-Hospitals, orphanages
-United Stated Secret Service [USSS]
-Economic development project
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-USSS
-Hiding
-Meetings with heads of state

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:26 am.

The President’s schedule

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:38 am.

Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Actions on trips
-Color
-Compared to President’s trips as Vice President
-Publicity
-Compared to Kissinger
-Substance
-Avoidance
-Saigon
-CINCPAC
-Rest in Hawaii
-Honolulu
-Report to the Cabinet

Meeting with Colson and Whitehead
-Telecommunications
-Cole

Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Stop in Manila
-CINCPAC
-Implications of visit
-Military overtones
-Peace mission
-Kissinger’s trip
-Manila
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-Ferdinand E. Marcos
-Stop in California
-Lincoln Day speech
-Statements
-Avoidance of military groups
-Timing with Kissinger's trip to Hanoi
-Report to the President
-California, Florida
-Delays
-Florida
-Statements
-Telegram

The President’s schedule
-Meeting with the Price Board and Pay Commission
-Telecommunications policy
-Meeting
-Colson
-Whitehead
-Questions
-Klein
-Ziegler

The President, Haldeman, and Kissinger left at 10:38 am.