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Conversation No. 882-12

Date: March 17, 1973
Time: 12:47 pm - 2:10 pm
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Location: Oval Office

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

President’s schedule
-Telephone call [?]

Conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger

An unknown man entered at 12:47 pm.

Refreshment

The unknown man left at 12:47 pm.

Kissinger
-Conversations with Joseph C. Kraft, James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Vietnam War
-December 1972 bombing
-Haig
-Work with White House

Kissinger's comments on William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird in Henry Brandon's book
-Kissinger’s comment on Haldeman
-Parking of airplane
-Kissinger’s press relations
-Collaboration with Brandon
-William L. Safire's analysis of book
-President's role in foreign policy
-Kissinger's role

President's public appearances’ influence on presidential approval polls
-Speech
-Local visits
-Laos
-Chicago
-Value
-Attempt to divert attention characterized
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-John D. Ehrlichman's opinion
-Problems
-Public relations stunts
-People's Republic of China [PRC] trips
-Value, pitfalls
-May 8, 1972 decision
-Problem of back-firing
-Washington Technical Institute
-Protests
-Press coverage
-Youth awards
-Vietnam
-Evening at the White House
-Ray Connif singers
-Protest
-Benefits
-Merle Haggard
-Television [TV] special
-Ed Sullivan
-Patriotism
-Press relations
-Criticism of youth
-Freedom
-Background
-Prison
-Welfare

President’s schedule
-Meeting with Theodore H. (‘Teddy”) White
-Deadlines


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-Dentist appointment

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-White
-Arrival
-New York
-Treatment of administration in book
-\"Frontiers of science” group
-Oklahoma high school program
-Henry Ballmon, John Jarman
-Support for President

Congressional relations
-William E. Timmons's work
-William J. (“Jack”) Edwards [?]
-Caldwell Butler
-Meetings with President
-Supporters of President


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George H. W. Bush
-Political work
-William T. Cahill
-President’s role
-California
-Robert H. Finch
-Nelson A. Rockefeller in New York
-President’s meeting
-Responsibilities for political work
-Charles W. Colson
-Cahill

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White House counsellor positions
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-Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong
-Ehrlichman's ideas
-Cabinet rank
-Republican leadership
-Senior staff meetings
-Ehrlichman
-Kissinger
-Haldeman’s presence
-Ash
-Peter M. Flannigan
-Herbert G. Klein
-Timmons
-Quality of work
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Roles in administration
-Meetings of counselors
-Ehrlichman
-Purpose
-Ash
-Ehrlichman
-Haldeman’s presence
-Armstrong
-Meetings with President

President's schedule
-State of the Union Address [?]
-Congressional leaders meeting
-Frequency
-Bipartisan meetings
-Republicans
-Cabinet
-Haldeman's role
-David N. Parker, Ehrlichman
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Disabled American Veterans [DAV]
-Speeches, press conferences
-Baseball opening
-Pittsburgh
-Cincinnati
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-American League
-National League
-Anaheim, California
-Washington Senators
-[First name unknown] Jenkins
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
-Mrs. Roberto Clemente
-Anaheim
-Advantages
-Dodgers’ stadium
-Los Angeles
-Blacks
-POW tribute
-Herman Kahn
-News summaries
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Social events
-Wives
-Governors
-Mrs. Linwood Holton
-Conversation with President
-Golda Meir
-Round table dinners
-Guests of honor
-Problems
-Long tables
-Advantages
-Guilio Andreotti
-Lee Kwan Yew
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Telephone calls
-Jack McCarthy
-Irish parade in New York
-Television [TV] appearance
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Tax legislation
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-Timmons's and Richard K. Cook's recommendation
-Appearance on \"Meet the Press\"
-Congressional relations
-Timmons
-Problems
-Ehrlichman
-George P. Shultz

Congressional relations
-Clark MacGregor
-Work with White House
-Necessity
-1974 elections

President’s schedule
-Books
-Interviews
-White
-Safire
-Source of details
-Winston S. Churchill comparison
-News summaries
-Public relations
-Kissinger, Haldeman, Ehrlichman as sources
-Interviews
-Newbold (“Newby”) Noyes, Jr. [?]
-Domestic Council
-Cabinet
-Counsellors
-Meeting with Safire
-Meeting with Dean
-Telephone call to Mills
-Flanigan
-Shultz

John W. Dean, III entered at 1:25 pm.

Mills
-Negotiation
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-Congressional leaders meeting
-Flanigan
-Arkansas
-Bipartisan meeting
-Shultz
-Trade

Haldeman left at 1:25 pm.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation appears in RG 460, Box 173, 1-26;
SRPC, 157-160 (1-4); US vs Mitchell et al., Govt. Ex. 10, pp. 00055 - 00070.]

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 10:25 am.

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 1:42 pm.

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and
1:42 pm.

[Conversation No. 882-12A]

[See Conversation No. 37-139]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President talked with Wilbur D. Mills between 1:42 pm and 1:52 pm.

[Conversation No. 882-12B]

[See Conversation No. 37-140]

[End of telephone conversation]

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:52 pm.

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.

Dean left at 2:10 pm.
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