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1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-1 Date: March 22, 1972 Time: 4:01 pm - 4:03 pm Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. Call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. [See Conversation No. 324-37]
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Conversation No. 22-2 Date: March 23, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:20 am and 1:31 pm Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 325-10B] Request for call to William L. Safire Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 1:31 pm.
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Forthcoming Pay Board statement by the President, March 23, 1972 -Spoken -Written [End of conferral] Haldeman talked with Safire. [See Conversation No. 325-10C] The President’s Pay Board statement for television -Safire draft of a paragraph -Criticism of George Meany -Wage increase to longshoremen -Inequity -Meany’s walkout
Conversation No. 22-3 Date: March 23, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:20 am and 1:31 pm Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 325-10D] Request for call to William L. Safire [Pause] Haldeman talked with Safire. [See Conversation No. 325-10E] The President’s television statement on Pay Board, March 23, 1972 -Wage earners -Percent in American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial
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Organizations [AFL-CIO] -Safire’s return call -President’s Executive Office Building [EOB] office
Conversation No. 22-4 Date: March 23, 1972 Time: 2:36 pm - 2:40 pm Location: White House Telephone William L. Safire talked with the President. The President’s Pay Board statement, March 23, 1972 -Changes -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Problems -Pay Board -George Meany -George P. Shultz and John B. Connally recommendations -Pay Board -Decisions -The President’s role -Blame on Meany -The President’s attitude on labor -Proposed language -Labor leaders -Protection of wage earners’ buying power -Figures -Labor leaders -Representativeness of wage earners -Connally’s view -The President’s view
Conversation No. 22-5 Date: March 23, 1972
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Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 5:33 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 692-7B] Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler
Conversation No. 22-6 Date: March 23, 1972 Time: 5:33 pm - 5:34 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler. [See Conversation No. 692-7C] Chile -Ziegler’s comments on International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] involvement -State Department -Statement -Edward M. Korry statement -Dominican Republic -Jack N. Anderson Ziegler conferred with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [End of conferral] -ITT statement -Instructions -Salvador Allende Gossens -Latin American and Chile -The President’s previous comments
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Conversation No. 22-7 Date: March 23, 1972 Time: 7:41 pm - 7:47 pm Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. Call from Tricia Nixon Cox Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President between 7:41 pm and 7:47 pm.
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Conversation No. 22-8 Date: March 23, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:53 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Charles W. Colson
Conversation No. 22-9
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Date: March 23, 1972 Time: 7:53 pm - 8:05 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. The President’s Pay Board statement on George Meany, March 23, 1972 -Follow-up -Clark MacGregor -John B. Connally -Congressional response -Jacob K. Javits -Labor Committee -Hugh Scott -Gerald R. Ford -Opposition to special interests -Kenneth W. Clawson -Calls to editors -Washington Star -Washington Post -New York Times -Editorial comment -Donald H. Rumsfeld forthcoming statement -Intensity of effort -Connally -Rumsfeld International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -A report from J. Edgar Hoover -John D. Ehrlichman conversation with Hoover -Experts’ conclusions -Ehrlichman’s conversation with Hoover -Disagreements among experts -Conclusions -Dita D. Beard -Revelations in press -Judiciary Committee -James O. Eastland -Talk with Robert C. Mardian -Edward M. Kennedy -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] report
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-Kennedy -Leaks -Conrad [first name unknown] -Unknown man on Kennedy’s staff -Colson’s call to Ehrlichman -Kennedy’s knowledge of investigation Bureaucratic hostility to the President -Colson’s view -1930’s -Department of Justice -FBI -Meany -Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] -Consumer Price Index [CPI] Meany response to the President’s statement -Conversation with George P. Shultz -Unknown labor official -American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] -ITT case -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Call from Colson -Relations with Meany -Call from Meany -Pay Board -Building trades
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8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
ITT case -Ehrlichman -Kennedy -Knowledge of FBI report
Conversation No. 22-10 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:18 am and 9:38 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 326-3] Request for call to Charles W. Colson
Conversation No. 22-11 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 9:38 am - 9:45 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 326-4] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] report -Latest developments -John D. Ehrlichman -Robert C. Mardian -J. Edgar Hoover -Walter McCrone -Delivery to Judiciary Committee -McCrone’s findings
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-Jack N. Anderson’s findings -Unknown action -Ehrlichman -Discussion with Hoover -Delivery to Senate -Hoover’s motives -Ehrlichman and Mardian -Changes in report -James O. Eastland -FBI -Dita D. Beard -Investigation -FBI report -Forgery -Experts’ conclusions -Release -Eastland -Radio report -Richard A. Moore -Denial of forgery -Counter testimony -Effect -Expert testimony -Hoover -McCrone -Findings -Character of typewriter type -Date -Pearl L. Tytell -Date -Composition of paper -June 25th document -Character of typewriter type -Tytell -Unknown man -Date -McCrone versus the FBI -McCrone’s request for meeting with Hoover -McCrone -Mardian -FBI -Judiciary Committee
10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Eastland -Edward M. Kennedy -Release to press -Moore -McCrone -Tytell -White House strategy -Timing -Forgery -Beard -Future committee testimony -Tytell -McCrone
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Conversation No. 22-12 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:45 am and 12:54 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 326-15] Request for call to Charles W. Colson
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Conversation No. 22-13 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 12:54 pm - 1:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 326-16] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -The President’s upcoming press conference -Latest developments -President’s statements -Administration’s antitrust record -Colson’s memorandum -Patrick J. Buchanan -Alger Hiss case -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] file -Period of greatest growth -John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations -FBI report -Letter -Contradiction of experts’ finding -Other tests -White House instigated -Possible results -ITT press conference of experts -Colson -Date -Tests -FBI -ITT -Pearl L. Tytell test -Walter McCrone test -McCrone -Meeting with FBI on March 24, 1972 -John D. Ehrlichman -FBI -Leak of story
12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Results of test on Dita D. Beard memorandum -ITT strategy -Timetable -FBI conclusions -Colson’s advice -Unknown Senators’ trip to Denver -The President’s strategy -Beard -FBI tests -James O. Eastland -Response -Department of Justice -Committee hearings -Beard -Hugh Scott -John N. Mitchell Section 315 vote on suspension of equal time requirements for the Presidential election -Eastland’s vote -Previous vote -Howard H. Baker, Jr. Amendment -Defeat in Senate -Previous vote -Partisanship -Democrats -Publicity -Kenneth W. Clawson -The President’s press conference -Possible question -Response -Repeal -Number of candidates -Debates -Television networks -Free television time -Congressional limitations on spending in presidential campaigns -Possible veto -Public response -Tax check off -Free television time -Draft of veto message by Colson
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The President’s statement on George Meany, March 23, 1972 -Public response -Network coverage -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Statements on the President’s statement -Edward M. Kennedy -Michael J. Mansfield -Hugh Scott -Gerald R. Ford -Jacob K. Javits -Support for the President -Haldeman -Donald H. Rumsfeld The President’s instructions to Colson -Letters to Time and Newsweek -Cover story -Letters to networks -Busing issue -Effectiveness -Timing -Telephone calls -Busing issue -Time and Newsweek -Number of letters -Letters to Time -Clifford Irving hoax -Cover story -Spiro T. Agnew
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-Jack N. Anderson compared to Irving ITT case -Unknown action of Colson -The President’s support -Beard -Document -Colson -Public response -Memorandum to the President -Mail to Congressmen -Effect -Source of information -California -San Diego -Duration of publicity -Anderson -Roman L. Hruska statements -Anderson compared with Louella Parsons -News coverage -White House instructions to Republican Congressmen Labor -Meany statement -Network coverage -Timing with Consumer Price Index [CPI] -The President’s view -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Request for call to Colson -Leaks in Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] -CPI -Meany -Officials -Colson’s view -George P. Shultz -Geoffrey H. Moore -The President’s view -Colson’s view -Arthur F. Burns -John B. Connally -Appearances -Split between Building Trades Council and American Federation of Labor –
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Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] -George Meany -Effects Messages to Congressmen and Senators -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Connally -Herbert Stein -Democrats and Meany -Louis P. Harris poll -Attitude towards Meany -Timing of release of poll -Wage increases compared to stabilized prices Fourteenth Amendment -Court interpretation -Racial balance -Busing
Conversation No. 22-14 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:12 pm and 1:16 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler
Conversation No. 22-15 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 1:16 pm - 1:17 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.
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[See Conversation No. 326-18] The President’s forthcoming press conference -Ziegler’s forthcoming meeting with the President -Last minute details
Conversation No. 22-16 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 1:28 pm - 1:29 pm Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. Call from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Haldeman talked with the President between 1:28 pm and 1:29 pm. [See Conversation No. 326-19B] Interest rates -[John B. Connally’s] advice -Link with demand -Administration’s views -Prime rate -Statement -Increase -Reasons
Conversation No. 22-17 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:29 pm and 2:05 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator.
17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler
Conversation No. 22-18 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 2:05 pm - 2:06 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler. [See Conversation No. 326-20] The President’s press conference -Ziegler’s meeting with Frank Cormier and Helen A. Thomas -United Press International [UPI] -Wire services -Order of questions
Conversation No. 22-19 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 2:22 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 326-21] Request for call to Edward J. Gurney
Conversation No. 22-20
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Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 2:22 pm - 2:23 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Edward J. Gurney. [See Conversation No. 326-22] Gurney’s performance as Senator -The President’s view -Media coverage -The President’s news summary -Florida primary George Meany -Gurney’s view -Views -Historical analogy -19th Century -Gurney’s response -Public response
Conversation No. 22-21 Date: March 26, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:21 pm and 7:39 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Charles W. Colson
Conversation No. 22-22 Date: March 26, 1972 Time: 7:39 pm - 7:44 pm
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Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Colson message to the President -Manolo Sanchez -Dita D. Beard -Health -Questioning by Edward M. Kennedy -News report -Senators’ response -Conference -Diagnosis -Colson’s talk with an unknown doctor -Time -Diagnosis -News photographs -Kennedy -Questioning of Beard -Beard’s consent to be questioned -Motives -Content -Unknown Colson source -Report -Possible wires to Kennedy -President’s possible statement -Questioning -Public response -News reports -Helen A. Thomas -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin -Beard -Questioning by Edward J. Gurney -Health -Senators’ response -Developments -Unknown reporter -White House strategy -Response The President’s schedule
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Conversation No. 22-23 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: 9:21 am - 9:22 am Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. Call from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Haldeman talked with the President between 9:21 am and 9:22 am. [See Conversation No. 327-4] Staff meeting The meeting with Haldeman
Conversation No. 22-24 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:11 am Location: White House Telephone Ronald L. Ziegler talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Charles W. Colson Ziegler conferred with the President. Wire service Testimony [End of conferral]
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Ziegler talked with an unknown woman in Colson’s office. Request for call to Colson Colson’s location -Joan [Hall] -Capitol Hill -Return call
Conversation No. 22-25 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: 11:10 am - 11:11 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Charles W. Colson -Location -Capitol Hill The President conferred with Ronald L. Ziegler. The White House operator’s response [End of conferral]
Conversation No. 22-26 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:11 am and 12:06 pm Location: White House Telephone Ronald L. Ziegler talked with Charles W. Colson.
22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Press briefing -No comment on International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -William R. Merriam -Request for call to Dita D. Beard -White House -Request for call to Edward J. Gerrity, Jr. -Request for call to Merriam
Conversation No. 22-27 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:11 am and 12:04 pm Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. Request for calls to Robert H. Finch and Herbert G. Klein -Locations
Conversation No. 22-28 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:11 am and 12:04 pm Location: White House operator H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Robert H. Finch. International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Finch calls to ITT -San Diego -Finch’s denial -Dita D. Beard -Request for call to Finch -Meeting of ITT executives and Finch -Finch’s Latin American trip -Chile
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-Finch calls to ITT -William R. Merriam and Edward J. Gerrity, Jr. -Finch’s denial -Content -Beard -Possible calls to ITT -Herbert G. Klein -Robert C. Wilson
Conversation No. 22-29 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:11 am and 12:04 pm Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Herbert G. Klein. Klein’s location International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Dita D. Beard testimony -Klein call to ITT -William R. Merriam and Edward J. Gerrity, Jr. -Klein’s denial -Unknown campaign -Source of story -Leon [surname unknown] -Robert C. Wilson -Robert C. Mardian theory -Wilson -Meeting with Harold S. Geneen -Meeting with Merriam -Money -Request for call to Beard -Merriam -Mardian -Jack Gleason -Conversation with Merriam -Conversation with William E. Timmons -White House person -Beard
24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Merriam -Wilson -Beard -Margaret (“Maggie”) Young (Wilson’s secretary) -Relationship Klein’s schedule -San Diego
Conversation No. 22-30 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: 12:59 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 328-5] Request for call to Charles W. Colson -Colson’s location
Conversation No. 22-31 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: 1:05 pm - 1:09 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 328-7] Request for call to Colson The President talked with Colson between 1:05 pm and 1:09 pm. [See Conversation No. 328-7]
25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Colson’s location -Capitol Hill International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Meeting with Hugh Scott -Briefing of Scott and Roman L. Hruska -Press conference -Democrats -Hearings -Schedule -Colson, Clark MacGregor, Wallace H. Johnson -Hruska -Scott Colson’s schedule The President’s schedule -Forthcoming diplomatic credentials ceremony -Return call to Colson ITT case -William R. Merriam affidavit -White House call -Denial of call -Dita D. Beard -Convention arrangements -White House involvement -Beard memorandum -Media coverage -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Edward M. Kennedy -Media coverage -Hruska -Press conference -Kennedy’s questioning of Beard -Media coverage -New York Times -Graham [first name unknown] story -Washington Post -Sanford J. Unger story -White House call -Denial
26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-White House strategy -Hruska -James O. Eastland -Conversation with Robert C. Mardian -Richard G. Kleindienst -Confirmation
Conversation No. 22-32 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: 7:48 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Charles W. Colson Colson’s location
Conversation No. 22-33 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:48 pm and 7:51 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-34 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: 7:51 pm - 8:04 pm Location: White House Telephone
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The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Kissinger’s previous trip -Location -Activities International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Duration -Evidence -Dita D. Beard -Denials Luis Echeverria Alvarez -Previous meeting with Kissinger -US foreign policy -Forthcoming visit to the US -Date Kissinger’s schedule US-Soviet Union relations -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Upcoming meeting with Kissinger Middle East -Kissinger’s previous conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -1972 election -Agreement -Timing -Summit meeting -US policy -Soviet presence -State Department -Perspective of State Department compared to perspective of Administration -Soviet Union Arthur K. Watson -The President’s view -Haig -US-People’s Republic of China [PRC] negotiations -Paris
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-New York -State Department -The President’s previous press conference -Kissinger’s view -The President’s view Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] post -Confirmation -Requirement -John C. Stennis Ambassadorships -Nominations -Campaign contributions -Richard G. Kleindienst Vietnam -North Vietnamese ambassador -Suspension and resumption of peace talks -Date -Kissinger’s views -Forthcoming meeting with North Vietnamese -Date -Possible settlement -The President’s reelection -North Vietnamese view Mexico -1972 US presidential election -Mexican view -Kissinger’s previous talk with Foreign Minister -Acapulco -Kissinger’s previous talk with Echeverria -Mexico City -Echeverria’s future visit to the US -Itinerary -Chicago -Los Angeles -San Antonio -Latin American policy -Organization of American States [OAS]
29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Echeverria’s views -Proposed communique -Itinerary -Chicago -Los Angeles -San Antonio -Colorado River -Foreign Minister -President’s previous trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Mexican viewing of television coverage -Acapulco Washington, DC -The President’s view -Foreign policy -Domestic policy ITT case -Edward M. Kennedy -John N. Mitchell -Kleindienst Kissinger’s schedule -Appearance
Conversation No. 22-35 Date: March 27, 1972 Time: 8:05 pm - 8:26 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Colson’s schedule International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Media coverage -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -Hugh Scott
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-Roman L. Hruska -Remarks -Edward M. Kennedy -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Interview with Peter M. Flanigan -Ronald L. Ziegler -The President’s response -Colson’s call to CBS -Flanigan -Involvement -Kennedy -Remarks -Dita D. Beard -Health -ABC -Flanigan interview -Ziegler -Policy regarding appearances by administration officials -Henry A. Kissinger -John A. Scali -Flanigan -Hruska’s press coverage -Talk with Colson -Appearance -ABC -Remarks -Democrats -Lawrence F. O’Brien, Jr. -Kennedy -Gary W. Hart -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. -Beard -Kennedy -Health -Diagnosis -Lawyer -Kennedy -White House plan -Clark MacGregor -Visit with James O. Eastland -Richard G. Kleindienst
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-Strategy -Television time -Press releases Albert E. Sindlinger -Talk with Colson -Poll results -Approval of the President -Male response -Female response
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ITT case -Kleindienst -Confirmation -Opponents -Wallace H. Johnson -Chris Gay [sp?] -Kennedy inquiry -Witnesses -Beard -Public response -ITT as an issue -Impact on election -Media coverage -Funds -White House call -Kennedy -CBS -Flanigan
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-NBC -Denver -Marlow W. Cook interview -Kennedy -ABC -Wires -Edward J. Gurney -Robert J. Dole -Hruska -Network coverage -White House counter measures -Easter -Kleindienst confirmation -Remarks to Senate Committee -Talk with White House -MacGregor -Eastland -Timing -Eastland -Committee hearings -Filibuster -Media coverage -Talk with the President -Talk with John N. Mitchell -Mitchell -Talk with Colson -Democrats Democrats -Major issues -Food prices -Connally ITT case -Kleindienst confirmation -Results of publicity -Public response -MacGregor
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Economy -Unemployment insurance claims -Decline -Herbert Stein ITT case -Breaks for administration -Resolution -Senate hearing -Public response -Media coverage -Flanigan interview -Substance -Thomas F. Eagleton -Senate hearings -Kennedy
Conversation No. 22-36 Date: March 28, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 5:30 pm Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Clark MacGregor Haldeman talked with MacGregor. International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Senate hearings -MacGregor meeting with Robert C. Byrd -Termination of hearings -Hugh Scott -Roman L. Hruska -Edward J. Gurney -Marlow W. Cook -Strom Thurmond -Hiram L. Fong
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-Location -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Location -Upcoming meeting with MacGregor -James O. Eastland -MacGregor talk with John N. Mitchell -MacGregor meeting with Eastland -Witnessess -MacGregor’s location -Scott’s office -Witnesses -Testimony -Time -MacGregor and Robert C. Mardian meeting with Eastland -MacGregor’s location -Wallace H. Johnson -John W. Dean III -Charles W. Colson -Termination of hearings -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.’s vote -Peter M. Flanigan statement -Dean -Colson -Republican Senators’ strategy -Executive privilege -Dean strategy -Hruska-Flanigan correspondence -MacGregor call to John D. Ehrlichman MacGregor conferred with Colson. Unknown person’s wishes Sine qua non [End of conferral] ITT case -Flanigan statement -Republican Senators -Eastland -Byrd
35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Edward M. Kennedy -Strategy -Vote -Fong -MacGregor’s meeting with Mathias
Conversation No. 22-37 Date: March 28, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 5:30 pm Location: White House Telephone The President conferred with an unknown person between 2:10 and an unknown time before or at 5:30 pm. Unknown person’s knowledge of something The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 5:30 pm. [See Conversation No. 327-8A] Request for call to Stephen B. Bull
Conversation No. 22-38 Date: March 28, 1972 Time: 5:30 pm - 5:31 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Stephen B. Bull. [See Conversation No. 327-9] Barber -Schedule
Conversation No. 22-39
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Date: March 28, 1972 Time: 5:31 pm - 5:32 pm Location: White House Telephone Stephen B. Bull talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 327-10] Barber -Visit by the President -Time of day -Appointment
Conversation No. 22-40 Date: March 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:19 am and 11:27 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 696-1A] Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Conversation No. 22-41 Date: March 29, 1972 Time: 11:27 am Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 696-1B]
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Conversation No. 22-42 Date: March 29, 1972 Time: 12:17 pm - 12:18 pm Location: White House Telephone Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 696-1C]
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Conversation No. 22-43 Date: March 29, 1972
38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Time: Unknown between 12:18 pm and 3:07 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 328-17] Request for call to Clark MacGregor
Conversation No. 22-44 Date: March 29, 1972 Time: 3:07 pm - 3:15 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Clark MacGregor; H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman can be heard in the background. [See Conversation No. 328-19] Busing -MacGregor’s meeting with Southern Congressmen -Busing issue -Number -Members of the House -Location -Leslie C. Arends’s whip office -Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. -Thomas N. Downing -Results -Gerald R. Ford -Richard H. Poff -Constitutional amendment -Moratorium -Congressmen’s views -Moratorium -Congressmen’s views -Court order -Section 406 of five and ten year cleansing provisions
39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Moratorium -Waggonner Amendment -Old and new busing order -Equal Educational Opportunities Act proposal -Waggonner Amendment -Language -Three Sisters Bridge opinion -[Warren E. Burger] -Authority of Congress -Administration support -Ford and Poff support International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Senate hearings -Report to the President -James O. Eastland’s position -Latest developments -Discussion -Haldeman -Charles W. Colson -Wallace H. Johnson -Vote on termination -Eastland -Possible filibuster -Timing -Continuation of hearings -Republican Senators’ views -Richard G. Kleindienst debate -White House opposition -Senate Judiciary Committee -MacGregor’s report to the President -Harold S. Geneen testimony -Additional witnesses -Eastland -Unknown secretary and unknown lawyer -Geneen -Performance -Termination of hearings -Republican Senators’ views -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Hugh Scott -Strategy
40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Kleindienst confirmation -White House position -Edward M. Kennedy versus the President on the issue -Vote Haldeman can be heard talking in the background. -Termination of hearings -Number of votes needed -MacGregor’s efforts -Public response -ITT confusion
Conversation No. 22-45 Date: March 29, 1972 Time: 3:50 pm - 3:51 pm Location: White House Telephone Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.
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Conversation No. 22-46 Date: March 29, 1972
41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Richard G. Kleindienst The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm; the President and Haldeman conferred in the background. [See Conversation No. 328-23A] Haldeman talked with Kleindienst. [See Conversation No. 328-23B] A concert -Kleindienst’s views -Mexico City -Transfiguration of Jesus Christ -Length of performance Kleindienst’s forthcoming meeting with the President -Entrance to the White House -South Grounds -Diplomatic Entrance -Discretion -Library -Discretion
Conversation No. 22-47 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:38 am and 10:10 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator; Henry A. Kissinger can be heard in the background.
42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[See Conversation No. 697-2A] Request for call to John C. Stennis
Conversation No. 22-48 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 10:10 am - 10:12 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with John C. Stennis. [See Conversation No. 697-2B] Previous dinner with the First Family -Henry A. Kissinger -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -John B. Connally -Coy (Hines) Stennis -Joseph W. Alsop and others Forthcoming US-Soviet summit -Kissinger’s forthcoming call to Stennis -Senate action -Information for Stennis -Stennis’s schedule -Timing of call -Stennis’s help Stennis’s proposed meeting with the President -Kissinger -Topics -Arrangements -Confidentiality Kissinger’s call to Stennis
43 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-49 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 11:28 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Conversation No. 22-50 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:28 am and 11:39 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 697-10] Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Conversation No. 22-51 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 11:39 am - 11:42 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. [See Conversation No. 697-11]
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Conversation No. 22-52 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:42 am and 12:45 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 697-25] Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger -Map Room
Conversation No. 22-53 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 12:45 pm - 12:47 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 697-28] Kissinger’s location The President’s morning briefing -North Vietnam’s offensive into South Vietnam
45 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-The President’s view -US reaction -Understanding between the US and the Soviet Union -The President’s correspondence with Leonid I. Brezhnev -The President’s talk with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Kissinger’s response
Conversation No. 22-54 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:13 pm and 7:16 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Conversation No. 22-55 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 7:16 pm - 7:20 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
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46 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-56 Date: March 30. 1972 Time: Unknown beteween 7:20 pm and 7:22 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Tricia Nixon Cox
Conversation No. 22-57 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 7:22 pm - 7:26 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
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Conversation No. 22-58
47 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Date: March 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:26 pm and 7:33 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Charles W. Colson
Conversation No. 22-59 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:26 pm and 7:33 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Charles W. Colson -Schedule -Return call
Conversation No. 22-60 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 7:33 pm - 7:45 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Colson’s schedule Stock market -Decline -Rise -Colson’s previous talk with Donald T. Regan -Colson memorandum -The President’s reading file
48 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Regan’s views Economy -Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.’s report -Economic indicators -Daniel L. Schorr -Economic indicators -Rise -Herbert Stein -Talk with Cronkite -Talk with John W. Chancellor -The President’s meeting with Cronkite -Retail sales -Colson memorandum International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Administration strategy -Washington Star column Economy -Retail sales -Recent figures -Increases -Durable and non-durable goods -Colson contacts in New York City -Ichiro Nakayama -Position -Article on government statistics -Mild winter -Effect on clothing and utilities market -Spring increases -Retail sales -Increases -Colson’s talk with Stein -Government statistics -Stein’s views -Unemployment -Decline -Stock market -Rise -Interpretation -Regan’s views
49 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Month-to-month figures compared to day-to-day figures -New York Times -Dow Jones -International Business Machines [IBM] listing -Health of market -David E. Bradshaw -Talk with Colson -ITT -Illinois -Economy -Travels -California and Florida -Mobile homes -Public response -Housewives -Albert E. Sindlinger -John B. Connally’s remarks -Colson follow-up -White House strategy -Letter from the President -Colson’s call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
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Colson’s schedule -Patricia Colson
Conversation No. 22-61
50 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Date: March 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:45 pm and 8:02 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-62 Date: March 30, 1972 Time: 8:02 pm - 8:07 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Laos -Washington Star report -Gunship in Laos -Kissinger’s report -Surface-to-Air Missiles [SAMs] -Attack -US response -Delay -Possible attack on SAM sites -Previous responses -Air Force planes -Radar -Gunship -Number of crewmen -The President’s view -Protective reaction -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Weather -Scope of response -North Vietnamese offensive -Kissinger’s view -Military
51 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Moorer -Kissinger’s calls to Moorer Soviet Union -Response
Conversation No. 22-63 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: 9:33 am - 9:34 am Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [See Conversation No. 700-3A] Tricia Nixon Cox call to the President Haldeman conferred with the President. [See Conversation No. 700-3] Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President.
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52 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-64 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:46 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Camp David
Conversation No. 22-65 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: 11:46 am - 11:49 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Weather Easter egg roll -Attendance -Weather -Music -Navy, Marine, Army, and Air Force bands
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53 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-66 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:49 am and 3:19 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 328-33] Request for call to Charles W. Colson
Conversation No. 22-67 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: 3:19 pm - 3:33 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 328-35] The President conferred with an unknown person at 3:19 pm. [End of conferral] The President’s schedule -Foreign policy matter -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -George S. McGovern -Questioning by the press -Mistake -The President’s view -Primary -Press coverage
54 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Staff -Links with Edward M. Kennedy’s staff -Mistake -Taxes -Investigation by the Committee -Kennedy staff man -McGovern’s statement -Press criticism Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Criticism of New York Times -Boeing employee Media -Coverage of Senators ITT case -Dita D. Beard -Criticism of Vance Hartke statment -Developments -Time and Newsweek -Public response -Peter Lisagor -Lack of evidence -Colson’s efforts -Creating doubt -Public response -Administration’s strategy -Timing Economy -Food prices -Colson’s talk with Albert E. Sindlinger -Poll -Public attitude -John B. Connally’s remarks -Upcoming Marina von N. Whitman briefing -Wholesale Price Index [WPI] Vietnam -Public issue -North Vietnam offensive into South Vietnam
55 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Bombing by the US -Publicity -White House strategy -US withdrawal -Democrats’ strategy on issue -The President’s view -McGovern -Edmund S. Muskie statement -Military action -Disadvantages -Public response -North Vietnamese aggression -Treaties -Demilitarized zone [DMZ]
Colson’s schedule -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -School issue -Activities
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George Meany -Withdrawal from the Pay Board -James Rademacher’s criticism -Threatened withdrawal from the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] -International Brotherhood of Teamsters -Request for call to Colson -Support for the President
56 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Teamsters and building trades -Basis of labor support -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Rademacher -Catalyst role -Talk with George T. Bell ITT case -Developments -Other issues -Food prices -Busing Busing -Richmond case -Importance -Media coverage -Department of Justice cases -Frequency -John D. Ehrlichman -Public attitude -Symbolic areas -Richmond and Detroit
Conversation No. 22-68 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:35 pm and 7:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-69
57 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Date: April 3, 1972 Time: 7:12 pm - 7:19 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam -Weather -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer’s report to Kissinger -Tanks -Naval gunfire -Route One -Naval gunfire -Kissinger’s view -Use in North Vietnam -Dong Hoi area -Authorization -Timing -Moorer -Route One -Location -Cruisers and destroyers -Weather -Improvement -Ceiling -Air strikes -Damage assessment -Tanks and trucks -Weather -Improvement -Results -Tanks, guns, artillery, surface-to-air-missiles [SAMs] -Troops -Weather -Change -Timetable -Kissinger’s view -Possible settlement -North Vietnamese offensive -Date -Moorer -Melvin R. Laird
58 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Support for air strikes -Moorer -The President’s view -Haiphong Attack -Kissinger’s view -Timing -Soviet response Soviet Union -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Message to Moscow -Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit -Berlin -German treaties -US message to Willy Brandt -The President’s decision -The President’s forthcoming trip to Poland -Message from the Soviets -Delay -Kissinger’s view -Poles -Soviet response -Possibility of a news leak Kissinger briefing for someone -Forthcoming meeting with the President
Conversation No. 22-70 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:19 pm and 7:24 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
59 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-71 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: 7:24 pm - 7:26 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam -Naval bombardment -Range to shore -Merit -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer’s response -Instructions -Indian Ocean -Aircraft carrier -Bombing compared to shelling -Cruisers and destroyers -Quang Tri -Range -Cruisers -Da Nang -Impact -Authorization -Kissinger’s call to Moorer -Message to Melvin R. Laird -Commander-in-Chief, Pacific [CINCPAC] -Bombardment -Carriers -Hawaii -Cruisers and destroyers -Sea of Japan -Impact
Conversation No. 22-72 Date: April 4, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:08 am and 9:24 am
60 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 701-2B] Request for call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
Conversation No. 22-73 Date: April 4, 1972 Time: 9:24 am - 9:28 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer. [See Conversation No. 701-2C] Vietnam -Air strikes -Number -Weather -Report for the President -B-3 Area -Instructions -Current operations -Number of sorties -Ho Chi Minh Trail -Number -B-3 area -Military Region Three -Military Region One -Demilitarized zone [DMZ] -Ben Hai River bridge -The President’s instructions -Morning report -B-3 area -Naval bombardment -Instructions -DMZ -Range of naval weapons
61 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Additional ships -Singapore -Destroyers -Cruiser -Pearl Harbor -Western Pacific -Number of ships -The President’s forthcoming instructions -Henry A. Kissinger -Seventh Fleet -Timetable -Cruisers and destroyers -Deployment -DMZ -The President’s instructions -Psychological operations -Cruisers and destroyers -Seventh Fleet -Deployment -Report to Kissinger -Timing of report
Conversation No. 22-74 Date: April 4, 1972 Time: 10:44 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 701-7] Request for call to George P. Shultz
Conversation No. 22-75
62 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Date: April 4, 1972 Time: 10:45 am - 10:46 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with George P. Shultz. The President’s meeting with Robert S. Ingersoll -Ingersoll’s forthcoming trip -Chicago -Tokyo -Ingersoll -The President’s view -Ingersoll’s remarks on Shultz -Ingersoll’s job as ambassador -The President’s view -The President’s letters to Eisaku Sato and Takeo Fukuda
Conversation No. 22-76 Date: April 4, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-8] Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-77 Date: April 4, 1972 Time: 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
63 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[See Conversation No. 329-9] Vietnam -Weather -Report -Kissinger’s call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Projection -Results -Shelling -Time -Time Of Day -Ground Action -Weather -Projection -Possible clearing -Opportunities for air strikes -Possible air strike at Haiphong -Plan -Weather -Timing -Possible diplomatic reaction -List of ships in the harbor -Nguyen Van Thieu -Kissinger summary -South Vietnamese ambassadors -Talks with other ambassadors -Demilitarized zone [DMZ] attacks -US ambassadors -The President’s instructions -Air attacks -Air Force -Men -Equipment -B-3 area -Attacks -Instructions to Moorer -Military Region One [MR 1] -Air sorties -Number -B-52s -Areas of bombardment
64 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-MR 1 -Authority -DMZ -Surface-to-air Missiles [SAMs] -Moorer -Weather
Conversation No. 22-78 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 8:45 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-3] Invitation to John K. Andrews -Executive Office Building [EOB] office
Conversation No. 22-79 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:16 am and 9:27 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-7A] Request for call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
65 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-80 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 9:27 am - 9:32 am Location: White House Telephone Henry A. Kissinger talked with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer. [See Conversation No. 330-7B] Vietnam -Kissinger’s meeting with the President -Briefing by Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr. -Air attacks -Air commander -The President’s concerns -Experience -[Forename unknown] Macnichol [sp?] -Background -Moorer’s view -Thailand -Recommendation -Gen. Lucius DuB. Clay, Jr. -Vogt -Moorer’s recommendation -Talk with the Air Force Chief of Staff -Naval bombardment -Destroyers -B-52 strikes -“Iron hand” aircraft -Vogt The President talked with Moorer at an unknown time between 9:27 am and 9:32 am. -B-52 strikes -The President’s instructions -Impact -Altitude -Number of sorties -B-3 area -Increases -Reasons
66 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Weather -Technical problems -B-3 area -Number of missions -Region One -Additional aircraft -Timing -Air commander -The President’s view -Experience -Need for change -Imagination -Melvin R. Laird -Moorer recommendation -Time
Conversation No. 22-81 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 9:56 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-8] Request for call to Stephen B. Bull
Conversation No. 22-82 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 9:57 am - 9:58 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.
67 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[See Conversation No. 330-9] Barber -The President’s appointment
Conversation No. 22-83 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 9:59 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-10] Request for call to Charles W.Colson
Conversation No. 22-84 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 10:00 am - 10:05 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 330-12] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -News summary report -Hearings -Republicans -United Press International [UPI] dispatch -Wallace H. Johnson [The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:05 am.]
68 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
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69 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Campaign financing -Public response -Democrats -George A. Smathers’s role -Mansfield -Press coverage -Commentary on the fcase -Bill Gill -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Talk with John A. Scali -Public response -Kennedy -Perseverance -Staff -[Forename unknown] Foug [sp?] and [Forename unknown] Epstein -Hearings -Eastland -John N. Mitchell -Eastland -Supporters -Robert C. Byrd -John L. McClellan -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Rules -Proxies -Filibuster -Kennedy and Tunney -Mansfield comments -Tunney -Possible talk with Eastland and Mansfield -Republicans -Scott -Trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Staff -Mathias -Supposed statement -Defections -Problems -Partisanship -Robert H. Finch remark -Timetable -Witnesses
70 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-William R. Merriam -Unknown ITT employee -Susan Lichtman -Press conference -Robert C. Wilson -Johnson’s talk with Colson -Edwin Reinecke -William E. Timmons -Peter M. Flanigan
Conversation No. 22-85 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:43 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-14] Request for call to Charles W. Colson
Conversation No. 22-86 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 11:43 am - 11:44 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 330-15] The President’s schedule -Speech drafts Colson’s meeting with the President in the Executive Office Building [EOB]
71 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-87 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 703-1A] Request that the White House operator call Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon for Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Conversation No. 22-88 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm Location: White House Telephone Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 703-1B] Julie Eisenhower’s location People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip television special -The President’s question -Mrs. Nixon’s schedule -Arbor Day -Script writers -William L. Safire -John Reagan (“Tex”) McCrary -Duration -Substance -Voice over -Prepared remarks
72 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule -The President and Mrs. Nixon’s forthcoming trip to Canadian -Script writers -McCrary -Herbert G. Klein -Attendance on trip -Arrangements
Conversation No. 22-89 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:19 pm and 7:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-90 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 7:00 pm - 7:09 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam -Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr. -Assignment to Vietnam -Schedule -Proposed meeting with the President -Instructions -Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] meeting -The president’s schedule -Philadelphia -Importance of his new command
73 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Future of the US Air Force -Key Biscayne -Adm. Thomas h. Moorer -Timing -Air strikes -Reports -Targets -B-3 area -Concentration of force -Number -Capability -Kissinger’s talks with Moorer -Nguyen van thieu -Statements -Ronald W. Reagan -Call to Kissinger -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Call to Kissinger -Weather -Haiphong -Potential for an attack -Public attitude -Intensity -The President’s view -William P. Rogers -Kissinger’s view -Supply lines -Naval gunfire -Restriction of air strikes -19th parallel -The President’s instructions -Attack on road -Number of ships -Demilitarized zone [DMZ] -Kissinger’s view -Rear areas -Supply routes -18th Parallel -Laos -Destroyer deployment -Moorer -Deployment above the 19th Parallel
74 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-DMZ -Plans compared with Lyndon B. Johnson’s plans -National Security Council [NSC] -Bombing -Naval shelling -Kissinger’s recommendation -Sustainability -The President’s view -Purpose -Psychology -Weather -Orders to Moorer -Dong Hoi -Report to the President -Philadelphia -Necessity -Dong Hoi -Petroleum, oil, lubricants [POL] -Supply depots -Destroyers, planes, cruisers -Thieu -US public -Follow up report
Conversation No. 22-91 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:09 pm and 7:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Charles W. Colson
Conversation No. 22-92 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:09 pm and 7:12 pm
75 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Location: White House Telephone An unknown person talked with the White House operator. [Aborted telephone call]
Conversation No. 22-93 Date: April 5, 1972 Time: 7:12 pm - 7:31 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
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Stock market -Increase -1000 mark -Predictions Economy -Unemployment -Latest figures -Increase -March 1972 figures -Seasonal adjustment -October 1971
76 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Jobs -Increase in number -Job force increase -Figures -Married males -Adult women -Herbert Stein -New jobs -Validity of figures -Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] -Geoffrey H. Moore -Percentage of work force -Inconsistency with Census figures -George P. Shultz -Summer months -Unknown person’s testimony in Congress -Joint Economic Committee -William Proxmire -Colson’s view -Colson’s talk with Shultz -James D. Hodgson’s call to Colson -Decline -Survey -Work force -Stein -Wholesale food prices -Marina von N. Whitman -Visits to supermarkets -Compared with Virginia H. Knauer -Colson’s view International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Hearings -Schedule -Colson’s meeting with Clark MacGregor, John N. Mitchell, Richard G. Kleindienst, Robert C. Mardian, L. Patrick Gray, III and Wallace H. Johnson -Republicans -James O. Eastland’s position -Mitchell observation -Filibuster -Edward M. Kennedy and John V. Tunney
77 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Mitchell’s and Kleindienst’s role -Republicans’ positions -MacGregor’s and Johnson’s observations -Eastland and Robert C. Byrd -Outcome -Hugh Scott and Roman L. Hruska -Public statements -Political inquisition -Filibuster -Administration response
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ITT case -Hearings -Termination
Conversation No. 22-94 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:44 pm and 12:50 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 705-13A] Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
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Conversation No. 22-95 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: 12:50 pm - 12:51 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 705-13B] Irini Dobrynin -Proposed meeting with Mrs. Nixon -Time -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Return to Moscow -Mrs. Nixon’s schedule -Time -Location
Conversation No. 22-96 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 12:59 pm Location: White House Telephone Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard in the background. [See Conversation No. 705-13C] Request for call to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
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Conversation No. 22-97 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 12:59 pm Location: White House Telephone Henry A. Kissinger talked with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin. [See Conversation No. 705-13D] Kissinger’s talk with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Mrs. Nixon’s tea with Irini Dobrynin -Time -Entrance to White House -Diplomatic entrance -Location
Conversation No. 22-98 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-26] Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield
Conversation No. 22-99 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: 2:59 pm - 3:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.
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[See Conversation No. 330-27] The President’s forthcoming speech in Canada -Draft -Completion -Delivery to the President -Completion Conversation No. 22-100 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: 3:05 pm - 3:06 pm Location: White House Telephone Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 330-28A] Speech draft -Time of completion
Conversation No. 22-101 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: 8:23 pm - 8:32 pm Location: White House Telephone Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President.
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Tricia Cox’s schedule -Ping Pong tournament between US and People’s Republic of China [PRC] -University of Maryland -Mike Douglas show -The President’s view -Ping Pong tournament -Tennis crowd -Tricia Nixon Cox to welcome players Vietnam -Tricia Cox’s public comments -Instructions -Phraseology -Invasion of South Vietnam -Bombing -Date of comments -Invasion of South Vietnam -Bombing -US air power -Defense against Communist invasion -US defense of South Vietnam -Administration spokesmen’s talking points -Delivery to Tricia Cox -South Vietnam -American role -Positive attitude -Defense -Treaties The President’s forthcoming trip to Canada -Date -Draft dodgers -Demonstrators -Soviet Union -Pierre E. Trudeau -Schedule -Dinner -Governor General [Roland Michener]
82 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Parliament address -State affair -Trudeau -Signing of agreement Vietnam -Tricia Cox’s public comments -Invasion of South Vietnam -Defense -American pilots -Use of word “Communist”
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Conversation No. 22-102 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:49 am Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 706-2B] Request for call to Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
83 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-103 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:49 am Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters. [See Conversation No. 706-2C] Congratulations -Confirmation as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Swearing in The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Overnight stop before arrival in Moscow -US Mediterranean Base -Rota, Spain -Location -Cadiz -Majorca -Air field -Sicily -Naval base at Sigonella -Catania -Rota and Sicily compared -Weather -Naples -Housing -Sicily -Rota -Naval base -Switzerland -Commercial facilities -Iceland -Distance -Arrival time in Moscow -Germany -Rota -Azores -Distance -Time zones
84 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Spain -England -Zaragoza, Spain -Air Force base -Moron, Spain -Seville -Air Force base -France -Georges J.R. Pompidou -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
Conversation No. 22-104 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:49 am Location: White House Telephone The President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [See Conversation No. 706-2] [End of conferral] The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 706-2D Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger -Location
85 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-105 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: 10:49 am - unknown before 10:54 am Location: White House Telephone H. R. Haldeman talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 706-2E] Haldeman’s location The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Stopover place -Austria -Salzburg -Vienna -Length of stay -Meeting with Chancellor [Bruno Kreisky] -Kissinger’s response -Switzerland The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:54 am. -Spanish base -Azores -Switzerland -Ireland -Austria -The President’s past trips -Karl J. Gruber -Nonalignment -Salzburg -Airfield capacities -Constellation -Salzburg Festival -Meeting with Kreisky -Switzerland -The President’s view -Kissinger’s view -Austria -Gruber
86 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Eisenhower Administration -The President’s previous visits -Hungarian refugees -Facilities -Reception -Weather -Reception -The President’s view -Meeting with Kreisky -Proximity to Moscow -Check with Austrian ambassador -Kissinger -Office -State Department -Soviets -Gruber
Conversation No. 22-106 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-18A] Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield
87 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-107 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: 1:12 pm - 1:14 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield. [See Conversation No. 329-19] Congress -Leadership meeting -Agenda -Defense briefing -Melvin R. Laird -Henry A. Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Laird -Kissinger to give briefing -Committee chairmen -John G. Tower -Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen -William E. Minshall -George D. Aiken -Thomas C. Korologos and Clark MacGregor -Attendance -The People’s Republic of China [PRC] briefing -Kissinger’s attendance -Briefing by Kissinger -Photographs
Conversation No. 22-108 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator.
88 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[See Conversation No. 329-20] Request for call to Richard M. Helms
Conversation No. 22-109 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: 2:06 pm - 2:08 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Richard M. Helms. [See Conversation No. 329-21] Vietnam -The President’s previous conversation with Henry A. Kissinger -Helm’s reports -B-52 strikes -North Vietnamese silence on strikes -US broadcasts -Air strikes -Naval units -B-52s -Scope and effectiveness -Number of vessels and aircraft involved
Conversation No. 22-110 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:21 pm and 7:41 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-111
89 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Date: April 11, 1972 Time: 7:41 pm - 7:54 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Kissinger’s location Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s meeting with Irini Dobrynin -Gift -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Vietnam -Message Vietnam -Melvin R. Laird -B-52 strikes -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Forthcoming trip to Southeast Asia -Length of trip -Talk with Kissinger -John B. Connally -Previous talk with the President -Talk with Armand Hammer -Message to the President -Advice concerning Russians -Blockade -US activity -Russian ships -Aircraft -Submarines -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer’s instructions -Blockade -The President’s view -Timing -Necessity -Prisoners of war [POWs] for withdrawal deadline -Election -Public response -Moorer -Previous talk with Kissinger
90 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Briefing of Congressmen -Report on Congress’s mood -Compared to 1967 -Laos -Son Tay raid -Cambodia -Support for administration -Max Frankel -Previous talk with Kissinger -Support for Administration -Interest in Israel -The President’s strategy -Haig’s comment -Kissinger’s views -North Vietnamese tanks -Washington Star report -Destruction -B-52s -Haig’s report -South Vietnamese responsibility -B-52s -Capabilities -Military Region One [MR1] -Results of the war -The President’s view -Honor of US and its military establishment -Support of Congress -Moorer’s report -Forthcoming briefing -Attendance -Moorer -Laird -Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Kissinger’s handling of briefing -Moorer -Laird -Length -Rogers -Negotiations -Presence at briefing -Moorer
91 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Laird -Laird -Presence -Vietnamization -Cambodia -Saigon -Tactical aircraft [TACAIR] -The president’s instructions to Moorer -Ship deployment -Distance to Hanoi -Current movement -Haiphong -Air strikes -TACAIR -Weather -B-52s -Moorer arrival -Statement -Weather -Clearance -North Vietnamese trucks -Hanoi -Destruction -TACAIRr -Capabilities -Timing -Connally’s advice -Public opinion -[David] Kenneth Rush -State Department -Communication with Kissinger -Kissinger’s view -William H. Sullivan -Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] -Frankel -Synchronization -Comments on the President’s policies Foreign policy -Dobrynin -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Michael J. Mansfield and Hugh Scott
92 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Kissinger’s schedule Vietnam -Air strikes -Public response -The President’s talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Polls -Influence -Democrats’ response -Edward M. Kennedy -Hubert H. Humphrey -Connally observation -Kennedy -George S. McGovern -The President’s instructions to Moorer -Ships and planes -B-3 area -Naval attacks
Conversation No. 22-112 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:54 pm and 8:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to J. Edgar Hoover
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Conversation No. 22-113 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: 8:00 pm - 8:01 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with J. Edgar Hoover. Greetings Hijacking incidents -Hoover’s handling -The President’s compliments -Provo, Utah: San Diego: and Seattle -Ransom money -Recovery -Hijackers -Arrests -The President’s compliments to agents Vietnam -The President’s orders to attack -Necessity -Public support -Current activities
Conversation No. 22-114 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:58 am and 8:02 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator.
94 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[See Conversation No. 707-1] Request for call to Anne Mansfield -Location -Phone number
Conversation No. 22-115 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: 8:02 am - 8:03 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Anne Mansfield. [See Conversation No. 707-2] Anne Mansfield’s wedding -The President’s previous talk with Michael J. Mansfield -Preparations -Senator and Mrs. Mansfield -Forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -The President’s previous talk with Mansfield -Wedding present
Conversation No. 22-116 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:33 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 707-9] Request for call to John B. Connally
95 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-117 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: 11:33 am - 11:36 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with John B. Connally. [See Conversation No. 707-10A] Selection of a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System -Arthur F. Burns -[Jeffrey M. Bucher] -Connally’s view -[Forename unknown] Krebs -Connally’s view -The President’s approval for post -Delay -Burns Appointments -Youthful candidates -Advantages -Burns Price Daniel -Connally’s message to the President -Connally’s talk with Daniel -The President’s early support -William F. Knowland -Tidelands bill -Connally’s talk with Attorney General and Daniel -US Government suit -Richard G. Kleindienst -Civil suit
96 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Lands division -Daniel -Brief -Tidelands fight -Unknown man The conversation was cut off at 11:36 am.
Conversation No. 22-118 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: 3:20 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-39] Henry A. Kissinger to return the President’s call
Conversation No. 22-119 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: 3:23 pm - 3:26 pm Location: White House Telephone The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull. [See Conversation No. 330-40] [End of conferral] Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 330-40A]
97 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Vietnam -Message to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Dobrynin’s response -The President’s decision -Dobrynin’s message to Moscow -Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Meeting with Hanoi ambassador -Statement -Response of Kissinger’s Soviet expert -Canada -The President’s remarks during forthcoming visit -Air strikes -Weather -Improvements The President’s meeting with Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Kissinger’s schedule -Camp David -Schedule -Location -Kissinger’s presence -Need for meeting -Camp David -Haig’s presence -Time
Conversation No. 22-120 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: 3:27 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 330-42] Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield
98 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-121 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: 3:27 pm - 3:28 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield. [See Conversation No. 330-43] The President’s meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Haig’s schedule -Helicopter for return trip Trip to Camp David -Departure time -John N. Mitchell -Rose Mary Woods -Nellie L. Yates -Beverly [Kaye?] The conversation was cut off at 3:28 pm.
Conversation No. 22-122 Date: April 13, 1972 Time: 2:56 pm - 2:57 pm Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower Haldeman conferred with the President at 2:56 pm. [See Conversation No. 329-32B] [End of conferral]
99 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.
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Vietnam -Talking points -Sent to Tricia Nixon Cox -Julie Eisenhower -Rose Mary Woods -Tricia Cox -Letter from the President Julie Eisenhower’s appearance in Louisiana -Turnout -F. Edward Hebert -Speech -Tribute to the President -Soldiers -Press reports -Sailing of the Midway -Volunteers -Press coverage
100 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-123 Date: April 13, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm Location: White House Telephone Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 708-9A] Request for call to William P. Rogers
Conversation No. 22-124 Date: April 13, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm Location: White House Telephone Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 708-9B] William P. Rogers’s location -Arrival time -Secretary -Meeting with Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-125 Date: April 15, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-36]
101 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Conversation No. 22-126 Date: April 15, 1972 Time: 12:20 pm - 12:22 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon [See Conversation No. 329-37]
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Conversation No. 22-127 Date: April 15, 1972 Time: 12:25 pm - 12:27 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Raymond J. Arbuthnot. [See Conversation No. 329-39]
102 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
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Conversation No. 22-128 Date: April 15, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-43] Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Conversation No. 22-129 Date: April 15, 1972 Time: 2:04 pm - 2:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [See Conversation No. 329-44] Latest developments Haldeman’s talk with Charles W. Colson
103 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Unknown activity Henry A. Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -Plans The President’s message to William P. Rogers -Delivery by Kissinger -Rogers’s testimony Vietnam -Air strikes -Melvin R. Laird -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Necessity -The President’s previous talk with Kissinger -Blockade -Timing -Public response -Colson and his staff -Clark MacGregor -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -War effort John N. Mitchell -Latest news -Call from Haldeman The President’s state visits -Canada trip -Kissinger -The President’s view -Foreign relations John D. Ehrlichman -Busing issue -Drug issue Rogers -The President’s memorandum -Laird -Statements -Compared with Laird
104 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Congressmen, Senators -Future meetings with the President -Conditions for negotiations -Public response -Haldeman’s view -The President’s view John B. Connally -Latest news -Location -Texas Vietnam -Air strikes -Kissinger’s concern -B-52 strikes -Public response -Hanoi-Haiphong complex -Justification -Colson and his staff -Conditions for halt -Colson -Public campaign -”Tell it to Hanoi” Committee -Advertisements -Speakers -Barry M. Goldwater -John G. Tower -Gerald R. Ford -MacGregor
Conversation No. 22-130 Date: April 15, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:01 pm and 11:05 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with White House operator.
105 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 22-131 Date: April 15, 1972 Time: 11:05 pm - 11:27 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Dinner for Latin American ambassadors Vietnam -Kissinger’s previous meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Message from the North Vietnamese -Reply to Kissinger’s message to Yuli M. Vorontsov -Reply to Kissinger’s previous talk with Dobrynin -Content -Transmittal by Soviets of message from North Vietnam to the US -Contents -Private and plenary meetings between North Vietnam and the US -Dobrynin’s response -American presidency -Impact of Vietnam war -Private and plenary meetings -Scheduling -Message from the North Vietnamese -Contents -Politburo -Foreign Minister -Moscow -Paris -Air strikes -Intensity -Hanoi reply -Continuance -Kissinger’s trip to Moscow -Instructions from the President -Chairman of the communist party
106 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Relation to Vietnam settlement -Air strikes -Truck parks -Number of trucks -Ho Chi Minh trail -Haiphong attacks -Dobrynin’s meeting with Kissinger -Kissinger’s trip to Moscow -Possible US-Soviet Summit -Soviet response -Soviet-West Germany agreements -[Franz Josef?] Strauss -Willy Brandt -Dobrynin -Instructions from central committee -Soviet intermediary role -Lyndon B. Johnson -Hanoi -Air strikes -Timing -North Vietnamese message -Peace talks delay -Melvin R. Laird -William P. Rogers -Previous talk with the President -Response to critics -Kissinger’s letter to someone -Talking points -Private talks -The president’s directives -Leadership meeting -Rogers -State department officials -Advice -Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] meetings -Lack of attacks in South Vietnam -An loc -Kissinger’s view -Air strikes -Number of sorties -Kissinger’s message to Rogers -South Vietnamese air force
107 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Extent of destruction -Casualties -B-52s -South Vietnam -Kissinger’s view -Blockade -Kissinger’s settlement with the Soviets -Filibuster -Forthcoming US-Soviet summit -US conditions -Strength of South Vietnam -Failure of North Vietnam US-Soviet relations -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -Schedule -Politburo meeting -Departure Vietnam -Air strikes -Intensity -Location -Hanoi -Haiphong -Agreements -Naval gunfire -Limits -20th Parallel -Haiphong -Air strikes -Concentration -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -US discussions with the Soviets -North Vietnamese interpretations -Air strikes -News reports -B-52s -Tonnage dropped -Haiphong area -Extent of destruction -Visual strikes
108 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Weather -Johnson’s strategy -Compared with the president’s -Kissinger’s view -Power plants -Destruction -Hanoi -Intensity and plane capacity -Compared with World War I and World War II -Rogers -Support of policies -Forthcoming US-Soviet summit -Possible settlement -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -Timing -Meeting with North Vietnamese -Administration strategy -Laird strategy -Results -Kissinger’s view -Impact on soviets -Defense of an loc -Blockade -Aircraft carriers -Air attacks -Weather -I Corps -Panhandle -Abrams The president’s previous meeting with Latin American leaders -Organization of American States [OAS] -The President’s view -Brazil Vietnam -Kissinger’s forthcoming briefing at the Pentagon -Rogers -Public statements -Compared with Laird
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Conversation No. 22-132 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:57 am and 10:55 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”0 Haldeman
Conversation No. 22-133 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-56] H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s location -The President’s return call
Conversation No. 22-134 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-57] Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time.
110 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[No conversation] The President talked with Mrs. Nixon.
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Conversation No. 22-135 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-58] Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm. [No conversation] The President talked with Mrs. Nixon.
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Conversation No. 22-136 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-59] Request for call to Military Aide’s office
Conversation No. 22-137 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Major John V. (“Jack”) Brennan. [See Conversation No. 329-60] The President’s trip to Camp David -Helicopter -Departure -Time -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Manolo Sanchez
112 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Vietnam -Air strikes -Henry A. Kissinger’s report on Pentagon reaction
Conversation No. 22-138 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-62] Trip to Camp David -Message for Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Departure time Request for call to Rose Mary Woods
Conversation No. 22-139 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 329-63] The President’s call to Woods -Woods’s location -Marjorie P. Acker -Return call
113 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 22-140 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-64] Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Haldeman’s location
Conversation No. 22-141 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-65] Request for call to Major John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
Conversation No. 22-142 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [See Conversation No. 329-66] Church
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Vietnam -Air strikes -Effectiveness -Pentagon -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Visual method -Extent of damage -Haiphong -Truck parks -Oil storage -Naval bombardment -Shore batteries -Cessation -Henry A. Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -Duration -Secrecy -William P. Rogers -Defense in testimony -Strategy toward critics -Critics -Hubert H. Humphrey -Call for the President to convene the United Nations [UN] Security Council -People’s Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union -Veto The President’s schedule -Forthcoming trip to Camp David
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-Departure time -Return to Washington -Forthcoming luncheon for William M. Colmer -Forthcoming meeting with John B. Connally -Future call from Haldeman -Camp David Connally -Possible resignation -Timing -Forthcoming US-Soviet summit -The President’s forthcoming trip to Texas -Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit The President’s schedule -Free time -Duration -Cabinet meeting -Value -The President’s attendance -Briefings on Vietnam -Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -The President’s attendance -Value -Value -Substitute for meeting -Briefing on military situation -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer and Laird -Previous briefing of Congressmen and Senators -Location -Pentagon -Cabinet and sub-Cabinet -Selling points -Kissinger -Laird -Timing -Rogers’s forthcoming testimony -Congressional leaders meeting -Congressional retirees dinner -Cabinet meeting
116 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Decision Vietnam -Public support -Charles W. Colson and staff -Clark MacGregor -John D. Ehrlichman -Haldeman’s previous talk with Colson and MacGregor -Attacks on critics -Advertisements -Colson’s ideas and projects -Colson Richard G. Kleindienst -Decision on nomination -Upcoming Haldeman talk with John N. Mitchell -Colson, MacGregor and Ehrlichman views -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] hearings -Jack Gleason testimony -Timing -James O. Eastland -Possible absence -Motives -1970 contributors -Lawyer -Relation with the White House -Peter M. Flanigan testimony -Ehrlichman’s views -White House conditions -Gleason testimony -Committee decision -Ehrlichman’s, William E. Timmons’s, Herbert G. Klein’s and Robert H. Finch’s testimony -Flanigan testimony -White House strategy -Restrictions -Withdrawal of Kleindienst’s name -Halt of Gleason testimony -Upcoming Haldeman talk with Mitchell -Time -Colson talk with Mitchell -Mitchell’s concerns
117 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Flanigan deal -Gleason -Kleindienst -Public response -Restrictions -Reasons for Kleindienst investigation -Richard W. McLaren -Involvement -Flanigan deal -Ehrlichman’s views -Executive privilege -Cover up -White House strategy -Options -Gleason -Talk with Maurice H. Stans -Testimony -Perjury -ITT cash contributions to 1970 Congressional campaign -Gleason’s knowledge -ITT settlement -Flanigan deal -Executive privilege -Mitchell -Call from Haldeman -White House approval -Announcement -Television time -Timing -Gleason testimony -Flanigan -ITT case -Overshadowed by war reports -Nomination -Flanigan deal -White House doubts -Russell B. Long -Flanigan testimony -News summaries -Democrats -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Timing
118 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Public relations -Preparations of offer -Ehrlichman -Colson and MacGregor -Timing -Kleindienst’s withdrawal -Gleason testimony -Cessation of hearings -MacGregor’s views -Reason for hearings
Conversation No. 22-143 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Major John V. (“Jack”) Brennan. Sequoia -Availability -Check with Alexander P. Butterfield -Offer to William P. Rogers Camp David -Weather conditions -Predictions -Thurmont, Maryland -Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Conversation No. 22-144 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone
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The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Conversation No. 22-145 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
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Conversation No. 22-146 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Major John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
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Conversation No. 22-147 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Major John V. (“Jack”) Brennan. Sequoia -Offer to William P. Rogers -Delay The President’s trip to Camp David -Weather -Predictions -Report to the President -Use of Sequoia
Conversation No. 22-148 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Conversation No. 22-149 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
121 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Apollo 16 -Lift off -Television coverage -Haldeman’s talk with John N. Mitchell The President’s possible trip to Camp David -Weather -Delay -Postponement Richard G. Kleindienst nomination -Mitchell strategy -Peter M. Flanigan testimony -Paul J. Fannin -Deal with Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Robert C. Byrd -Michael J. Mansfield -Jack Gleason testimony -Delay -Harry D. Steward testimony -James O. Eastland’s return -Steward -San Diego -Ervin’s approval -Filibuster -Byrd’s approval -Chances -Mitchell’s view -Flanigan testimony -Gleason testimony -Gleason’s attorney -Taking the 5th amendment -Rules of germaneness -Eastland’s presence -Ervin’s approval -Fannin’s offer -Charles W. Colson and Clark MacGregor plan -Talk with Haldeman -Flanigan testimony -Publicity -Ervin’s response
122 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Acceptance -Confirmation -Chances -Mitchell’s understanding -Ervin acceptance of offer -In committee and on the floor -Filibuster -Vote in Committee -Ervin disruption -Flanigan testimony -Fannin -Talk with Ervin -White House authority -Contacts with Mitchell -Haldeman’s talk with Mitchell -Colson and MacGregor -Delays
Conversation No. 22-150 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Rose Mary Woods. Camp David -Postponement -Weather Woods’s schedule Vietnam -Air strikes -Arthur F. Burns -Previous talk with Woods -Support for the President -Political consequences -Ships and planes
123 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Woods’s schedule -Dinner -Sequoia -Camp David
Conversation No. 22-151 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Conversation No. 22-152 Date: April 16. 1972 Time: 2:25 pm - 2:29 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Richard G. Kleindienst nomination -Haldeman report -Paul J. Fannin -Contacts with Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Talks with John N. Mitchell and Clark MacGregor -Mitchell/MacGregor meeting -Report to Haldeman -Withdrawal -Russell B. Long -Mitchell view -Chances of confirmation -Termination of International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] hearings
124 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-MacGregor’s view -Republicans -Walkout -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Peter M. Flanigan testimony -Mathias deal -Authority -Mitchell -Jack Gleason testimony -Charles W. Colson and MacGregor view -Kleindienst withdrawal -Timing -Avoidance -Content of testimony -Confirmation chances -MacGregor’s views -Ervin -Filibuster -Edward M. Kennedy -Public interest -Flanigan testimony -Corruption in administration -John D. Ehrlichman study -Mitchell -Contacts with Fannin -Urgency
Conversation No. 22-153 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 2:35 pm - 2:36 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Kissinger’s location Kissinger’s schedule
125 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Vietnam -Report from Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Return call
Conversation No. 22-154 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm and 3:19 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Conversation No. 22-155 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 3:19 pm - 3:27 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Richard G. Kleindienst nomination -Report from Haldeman -Haldeman’s talk with John N. Mitchell -Paul J. Fannin -Location -Call to Peter M. Flanigan -California -Confirmation -Mitchell’s efforts -Jack Gleason testimony -Charles W. Colson’s views -Gleason testimony -Campaign contributions
126 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Corporate compared with private -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] -Republican Party -Campaign contributions -Questionnaires for Congressmen -Journalist -Report -Kenneth W. Clawson -Flanigan strategy -Speech -Mitchell -Talk with Kleindienst -Republican Convention issue -Confidentiality -Speech -Colson -Timing -Gleason testimony -Schedule -Mitchell -Talk with James O. Eastland -Delay in hearing -Talk with Casper W. Weinberger -Possible appointment -Report to the President
Conversation No. 22-156 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 3:39 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to Major John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
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Conversation No. 22-157 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 3:29 pm - 3:30 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Major John V. (“Jack”) Brennan. Camp David trip -Cancellation Sequoia
Conversation No. 22-158 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 3:33 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. Request for call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham
Conversation No. 22-159 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 3:35 pm - 3:54 pm Location: White House Telephone Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President. Vietnam -Report from Alexander M. Haig, jr. -Air strikes -Success -Talk With Ellsworth F. Bunker -Talk With Gen. James F. Hollingsworth
128 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Third Corps -Route 13 -Unknown cities -B-52s -An Loc -Situation -Enemy movement -Tanks -Artillery -Stabilization -Air strikes -Tactical situation -21st Armored Division -5th Division -Duong Van Minh -Third Corps -North Vietnamese losses -Hollingsworth’s estimates -Tanks -T-54s [?] -An Loc -Morale of garrison -Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] morale -Vietcong -I Corps -Fourth Corps -Con Tien -Survey team -Change in attitude -US aircraft -US naval reinforcements -Rebuilding -Future strategy -US position -Kissinger’s view -Kissinger’s schedule -Liberals -Cambodia -David K.E. Bruce -Arthur F. Burns -Comment to Rose Mary Woods -Support for the President’s stands
129 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Soviet Union -Navigator -Pilot -Criticism -Victory -ARVN -Blockade -Haig’s report -North Vietnamese losses -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, jr. -Use of US power -Reinforcements -Air strikes -Number of sorties -B-52s -Effectiveness -Tactical aircraft -Phantoms -Israelis -US
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-Soviet Union and PRC -Hanoi -Soviet Union -German Treaty -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip
130 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-B-52 strike -Richard M. Helms talk with Kissinger -Lyndon B. Johnson strategy -The President’s view Kissinger’s meeting with an unknown person Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with the President -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -The President’s schedule -Camp David -Date -Kissinger’s schedule -Message to Chinese -The President’s schedule -Domestic issues -Kissinger’s preparations -Camp David -Kissinger’s arrival for meeting -Plans Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -William P. Rogers -Notification of Kissinger’s trip -Haig and Haldeman -Kissinger’s meeting with the North Vietnamese and Soviets -Date -Paris -Kissinger’s departure -Results -Possible conversation between Rogers and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Message from Leonid I. Brezhnev -Substance -Haldeman and Haig -Need for notification -Possible US-North Vietnam meeting in Paris -Soviet request -Kissinger discussion of Vietnam matter -Possible attendance of North Vietnamese -Private meetings -Arrangements -Rogers’s knowledge of private meetings
131 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Haig -The President’s talking paper -Kissinger’s previous talks with Rogers -Receipt of talking paper Haig’s return Kissinger’s departure -Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with the President -Kissinger’s schedule -Dinner party -Newspaper editors -Appearance -Departure -The President’s travel plans -Key Biscayne -Camp David -Advantages -Privacy -Ronald L. Ziegler The President’s schedule -Forthcoming reception for editors -Camp David
Conversation No. 22-160 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 3:57 pm - 4:09 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with William F. (“Billy”) Graham. Greetings John B. Connally -Health -Previous talk with Graham -Texas
132 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-The President’s view The President’s health Lyndon B. Johnson -Message via Graham -Relationship with the President -Treatment by Democrats -Candidates’ relationship -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Hubert H. Humphrey -Edmund S. Muskie -Treatment by Republicans -Children -Luci Baines (Johnson) Turpin -Lynda Bird (Johnson) Robb Vietnam strikes A brief disconnection or telephone malfunction occurred at an unknown time. -Success -Haiphong area Recording was disconnected at an unknown time between 3:57 pm and 4:09 pm.