856–4

Conversation No. 856-4

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 6:06 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.

Farm policies
-Tactics
-Option paper
-Legislative package
-Earl L. Butz's opinion
-Transition program
-Farm bill
-Lack of support for change
-Butz
-Removal of subsidies
-Butz’s effort in Congress
-Consultation
-Agriculture committee

[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation may be found in RG 460, Box 58, pp.
1-13.]


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CHILE

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Cabinet meeting
-Economic report
-Phase III

[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation may be found in RG 460, Box 58, pp.
15.]

Rose Mary Woods
-Patricia R. Hitt
-Woods's memorandum
-ACTION appointment
-Meeting with Robert H. Finch


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Finch
-Candidacy in California
-Senate
-Governor
-Fear of Alan Cranston
-Party building
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Woods's memorandum
-Ehrlichman’s meeting with Woods
-President's decision
-ACTION
-Appointment for Hitt
-Labor Department
-Peace Corps
-Management abilities
-VISTA
-Grandparents program
-Peace Corps
-Dismantlement
-VISTA

Hitt
-Suggestions on ACTION
-Desire for job
-Woods's objection
-Ehrlichman’s statement
-Amenability

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.

Ronald L. Ziegler [?]
-Announcement [?]
-Report

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:06 pm.

ACTION
-Joseph N. Blatchford
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-Cut-backs
-VISTA, Peace Corps
-Foster grandparents
-Source of funds
-Youth participation
-Hitt’s role
-Deputy
-Competency

Haldeman
-Robert H. Taylor, William L. Duncan controversy
-Bad publicity
-Woods's view
-Corrective actions to counter publicity
-Responsibilities
-Need for deputy
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Lawrence M. Higby
-Popularity
-Competency
-Bull
-Taylor controversy
-Transfer
-Heath
-Talk with Ehrlichman
-New job
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Ziegler
-Secret Service
-Duncan
-Presidential detail
-Promotion
-Ziegler
-Providence incident
-Haldeman’s involvement
-Conflict between Dwight L. Chapin and Taylor
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-New York
-Press reports
-Timing of incident
-Overreaction

The President’s message
-Environment
-Secret Service
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Family

Ehrlichman left at 6:06 pm.