865–6

Conversation No. 865-6

Date: February 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:15 am and 9:01 am
Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Employment of minorities and ethnics
-Failure to follow President's directives
-Frederick V. Malek's approach
-Competency
-Transportation Department
-Appointments
-Ambassadors
-Advisory committees
-Percentage of minority
-Goal
-Mexicans
-Anne L. Armstrong
-Tejanos, Californeros
-Robert F. Finch, Patricia R. Hitt
-Poles, Italians, Mexicans
-Eastern Europeans
-Political commitments
-Effect of inaction
-Italian appointments compared with Polish, Eastern European, Mexican
-Michael P. Balzano, Jr.
-Blacks
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Symbolism
-Job losses
-Prestige positions

Congressional relations
-Social events at White House
-Ehrlichman, Haldeman, and William E. Timmons
-Meetings with small groups
-Ehrlichman, Gerald R. Ford, Hugh Scott
-Vetoes
-Demands of President’s time
-Bryce N. Harlow, Clark McGregor, Timmons, George H. W. Bush,
Ehrlichman
-Recommendation
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Conversation No. 865-6 (cont’d)


The President talked with Willie J. Usery, Jr. between 8:42 am and 8:43 am.

[Conversation No. 865-6A]

[See Conversation No. 37-3]

[End of telephone conversation]

Congressional relations
-Certain individual groups to be emphasized
-Republican, Democratic supporters
-Need for plan
-Maurice H. Stans
-Timing
-Efficacy of social events
-Evenings at White House, Church services
-Substantive talks

The President finished dictating at an unknown time before 9:01 am.