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1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-1 Date: May 4, 1972 Time: Unknown after 5:25-5:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman, John B. Connally, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer. The recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress. Vietnam -A rehearsal -Possible South Vietnam offensive -North Vietnamese artillery -Concentration -Ground forces -South Vietnam positions -Artillery -Availability -Reasons -US blockade -Effectiveness -Mining -Ships -Time -Nguyen Van Thieu -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Confidentiality -Blockade -Ports -Speed -Timing -Ships -Positioning -Air strikes -Possible delays -Intensity -Supply convoys -Artillery -Reports -Highway One -Gen. John W. Vogt
2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.) -Highway 137 -Vankari Pass -Highway 1052 -Dimilitarized zone [DMZ] -North Vietnam losses -South Vietnam counteraction -North Vietnam losses -Haig mission to South Vietnam -Air strikes -Dikes -Prestige of the US military -The President’s view -US plans -Officers -Amphibious landing -Bombing -Weather -Hanoi and Haiphong bombing -The President’s view -Duration -Intensity -Civilian casualties -The President’s instructions -Duration -Intensity Moorer and Haig left at 5:35 pm. Vietnam -Stakes of US -The President’s view -Power -Connally’s view -Bombing -Communist takeover -Cambodia -Laos -President's goals -Attacks on North Vietnam -Extent -Air strikes
3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.) -Duration -Intensity -Anticipated criticism -President's response -Public support -Public stance -Communist sanctuaries -North Vietnam -Laos -Cambodia -President's offers -Peace offers -Ceasefire -Concessions -President's actions -Consequences for North Vietnamese offensive -Support -Lyndon B. Johnson's policies -Deficiencies -North Vietnam offensive -President's response -Criticism -Senate -Publicity -South Vietnam civilian casualties -Media coverage -Responsibility Connally left at 5:40 pm. Speechwriters -John K. Andrews, Jr. -Speech announcing blockade -Compared with the President's previous speech on Vietnam -William L. Safire -Patrick J. Buchanan -Writing ability -Safire -Compared with Andrews Vietnam
4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.) -President's speech announcing blockade -Wording -Organization -Contents -Blockade compared bombing -Advantages -Public opinion -Psychological impact -Purposes -North Vietnam -The President’s view -Blockade -Announcement -Air strikes -Announcement -Melvin R. Laird -Blockade -Preparation -Number of ships involved -Laird -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Consequences -Advantages -Pacifist option The President talked with Rose Mary Woods at an unknown time between 5:40 and 5:55 pm. [Conversation No. 338-1A] Woods's schedule -Dinner with the President and Thelma C. (“Patâ€) Nixon [End of telephone conversation] -Camp David -Time Haldeman left at 5:55 pm.
5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.)
Conversation No. 338-2 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:58 and 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. President's speech -President's reading copy -Delivery -Location -Alexander P. Butterfield -Return call
Conversation No. 338-3 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 10:58 and before 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown man.
6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-3 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 6s ]
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Conversation No. 338-4 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:58 and 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. A delivery to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 338-5 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unkown between 10:58 and 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-37]
Conversation No. 338-6
7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01)
Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 11:07 and 11:12 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles G. (“Bebeâ€) Rebozo. [See Conversation No. 24-38]
Conversation No. 338-7 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 11:12 and before 11:16 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown man. Removal of food Manolo Sanchez -Health The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:16 am.
Conversation No. 338-8 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:12 and 11:16 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-39]
8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-9 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 11:16 and 11:21 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Melvin R. Laird. [See Conversation No. 24-40]
Conversation No. 338-10 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:21 and 11:23 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-41]
Conversation No. 338-11 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 11:23 and 11:24 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (“Patâ€) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 24-42’ one item has been withdrawn from this conversation]
Conversation No. 338-12 Date: May 9, 1972
9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Time: Unknown between 11:24 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman. Swimming pool -Installation -Location -Walter [Surname unknown] Vietnam -Blockade -Response -Charles G. (“Bebeâ€) Rebozo's report -Emotion -Democrats -Spontaneity -President's previous speech -Ronald L. Ziegler’s previous press conference
Conversation No. 338-13 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:24 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman. Vietnam -President's talk with Melvin R. Laird -Laird's possible television appearance -Scheduling in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee -Henry A. Kissinger -Haldeman -Forthcoming television appearance -Blockade -Photographs -Release
10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Public relations efforts -Laird Conv. No. 338-14 (cont.)
Conversation No. 338-14 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:24 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. Unknown person's location -Meeting with the President
Conversation No. 338-15 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-43]
11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-16 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:32 and 11:35 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-44]
Conversation No. 338-17 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:35-11:42 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with John N. Mitchell. [Conversation No. 387-17A] [See Conversation No. 24-45; two items have been withdrawn from this conversation] Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 11:37 am. [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Comments -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Charles Rhyne -[David] Kenneth Rush -John W. Dean, III [?] -Powell The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan between 11:40 and 11:41 am. [Conversation No. 338-17B]
12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-17 (cont.)
[See Conversation No. 24-46] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Comments -William P. Rogers -Powell -Rush -Powell -John B. Connally -Rogers -Powell Duke Law school reunion dinner -Photograph session -Weather -Participants Butterfield left at 11:42 am.
Conversation No. 338-18 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:42 and 11:50 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-47]
Conversation No. 338-19
13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:50 am Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 24-48]
Conversation No. 338-20 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:53 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-49]
Conversation No. 338-21 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 11:53-11:56 am Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. The President talked with [David] Kenneth Rush between 11:55 and 11:56 am. [See Conversation No. 24-50]
Conversation No. 338-22 Date: May 9, 1972
14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Time: Unknown between 11:56 am and 12:05 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-51]
Conversation No. 338-23 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 12:05 and 12:06 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Adm. Arthur W. Radford. [See Conversation No. 24-52]
Conversation No. 338-24 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:06 and 12:09 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-53]
15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-25 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 12:09 and 12:13 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller. [See Conversation No. 24-54]
Conversation No. 338-26 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:13 and 12:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-55]
Conversation No. 338-27 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 12:27 and 12:29 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler. [See Conversation No. 24-56]
16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-28 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:29 and 12:31 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-57]
Conversation No. 338-29 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 12:31 pm Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 24-58]
Conversation No. 338-30 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:31 and 12:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. Unknown topic
17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-31 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 12:37-1:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam -Kissinger's previous press conference -Ronald L. Ziegler's report -Ronald W. Reagan and Nelson A. Rockefeller -Talks with Kissinger Rockefeller -President's call -Statement of support for the President -President's call -Letter from the President to Terence Cardinal Cooke -Responsibility Vietnam -Reagan -Support for the President -Telegram campaign -Blockade -Melvin R. Laird -Television appearance -William P. Rogers -Public appearance -Kissinger’s view -Senate Foreign Relations Committee -Laird -Public relations abilities -Kissinger’s view
18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
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Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm. -Support for President's blockade decision -Kissinger -A Baptist official -Dr. [Forename unknown] Jackson -Kissinger's briefing -Negotiations -Press response -Attitude -Compared with Cambodia -Comments about the Soviet Union -Soviet Summit -Blockade -President's peace terms -Ceasefire, Prisoners of war [POWs], withdrawal -Support Democrats -President's support for John F. Kennedy in 1962 Cuban missile crisis -Effect on President's gubernatorial campaign -Rockefeller -Criticism -Reasons -Duration -Success -North Vietnam offensive -Latest reports -Hue
19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Kontum -South Vietnam losses -A firebase -Hue -South Vietnam counteraction -Spoiling tactics -Blockade -Impact on South Vietnam morale -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Nguyen Van Thieu -Movement of forces -First Airborne Division -North Vietnam offensive -Hue -Kontum -Pleiku -Kontum -Blockade -Supporters of the President -Message from President to Sir Alexander F. (“Alecâ€) Douglas-Home -Congressional response -Possible vote on antiwar legislation -Air strikes -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Public support -Targets -Petroleum, oils, and lubricants [POL] dumps -Blockade -Mining operation -Air strikes -POL dumps in Hanoi area -Protests from North Vietnam -Negotiations -US stance -North Vietnam offensive -Duration -Resources -POL -Air strikes in North Vietnam -President's decision to blockade -Forthcoming election Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Edward M. Kennedy -Impact on US -Soviet response -Frank Shakespeare -Comments on Soviet position -Soviet Summit -President's position -Kissinger’s view -Support for the President -Rockefeller -Call to the President Harvard -Request for Kissinger’s resignation -Kissinger’s conversation with a former colleague Vietnam -Press reports -James B. (“Scottyâ€) Reston -Rogers -Statements -Appearance -Meeting with J. William Fulbright -President's speech -Comparison with other speeches -Previous speech on Vietnam -Press comments -Joseph W. Alsop -Rowland Evans -President's policies -Withdrawal of troops -An unknown person's praise for speech -Alsop -Stakes for US and the free world -Consequences of US defeat -The President’s view -Military performance -Kissinger’s view -Air strikes -Power plants -Impact Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Secondary targets -POL -Rails -Germany in World War II -Targets in Britain -Air fields -Timing -Red Cross -Israelis The President talked with Moorer between 12:56 and 12:58 pm. [Conversation No. 338-31A] [See Conversation No. 24-59] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Moorer -Public support -Rogers -Statements -Subcabinet briefing -Statements -Subcabinet -Support -Columnists -"Hawks" -Kissinger meeting -Richard (“Dickâ€) Wilson -William S. White -Alsop -Evans -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Possibility -President's decision -Plans -Cancellation Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
-Timing -A statement -Rogers -Postponement -President's Vietnam policies -Impact -Blockade -Impact -North Vietnam offensive -Possibility of South Vietnam defeat -US options -US Marines -Military exercises -South Vietnam operations -I Corps -Hue -Air strikes -B-52 sorties -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Intensity -Impact on North Vietnam -Compared with World War I artillery barrages -Abrams -Use of air power -Command structure -Forthcoming meeting [Unintelligible] Kissinger and Haig left at 1:12 pm.
23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-32 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:12 and 1:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Rose Mary Woods (?). Meeting with the President -Weather
Conversation No. 338-33 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 1:12 and before 1:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. [Unintelligible] The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:17 pm.
Conversation No. 338-34 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:12 and 1:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. Vietnam -Blockade -Implementation -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-34 (cont.) -Meeting with John C. Stennis -Support for President President's schedule -Florida trip -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Timing -President's handling Vietnam -Blockade -Demonstrations -Size -Cambodian invasion -Kent State -Support -Scope -Extent -Wires
Conversation No. 338-35 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 1:17-2:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Rose Mary Woods. Vietnam -Blockade -Support for the President -Messages -Thelma C. (“Patâ€) Nixon -Thomas A. Pappas
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25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 17s ]
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-President's speech -Pappas's response -Mrs. Nixon -Response -Pappas's response -Calls -Taft Schreiber's response -Max M. Fisher -Leonard Garment -President's demeanor -Press reports -Television coverage -James D. Hughes -Woods's brother -Report on call-ins -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Public opinion -President's speech -Offers for Soviets -People's Republic of China [PRC] ships The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 1:17 and 2:00 pm. [Conversation No. 338-35A]
26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) Vietnam -Air strikes -PRC ships -Damage -Reports [End of telephone conversation] President's schedule -Camp David -Dinner for Duke Law School classmates -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Dance -Years of attendance -Reunion picture An unidentified woman -Previous conversation with Woods Vietnam -Blockade -President's speech -References to people of Soviet Union, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, US -References to Soviet Union Soviet Union -Possible Summit cancellation -Responsibility for India-Pakistan war -Cuba -Policies toward Vietnam -Summit President's policies -Necessity of victory in Vietnam North Vietnam goals The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 1:17 and 2:00 pm. [Conversation No. 338-3B]
27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) Vietnam -Press release -Public support for he President -Kissinger -Soviet Summit -Publicity for President's position -Charles W. Colson -Albert E. Sindlinger poll [End of telephone conversation] Pro-Palestinian Arab guerrillas -Hijacking of Belgian plane -Demands -Rescue -Deaths President's Vietnam policies -Need for strong leadership -President's speech on the blockade -Opponents -Interviews with George Washington University students -Woods’s view -President's support for John F. Kennedy in missile crisis -Compared with Edward M. Kennedy -Support -Woods’s brother-in-law -Credit -Compared with John F. Kennedy -Second coming of Christ -John the Baptist -Saint Paul -Saint Peter -Absalom An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 1:17 pm. Drinks The President’s schedule
28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.
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Manolo Sanchez -Popularity among White House staff
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Soviet Summit -Possible cancellation -Mrs. Nixon -Timing -Likelihood -Consequences
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29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m 8s ]
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Soviets -The President’s view -Summit -US public opinion -The President’s view Vietnam -President's previous speech on the blockade -Preparation time -Challenge in delivering speech -Support -Telephone call from Jack Cauley [sp?] -Southern Pines, North Carolina -Public support -Stakes for US -Compared with England, France -Possible communist world domination -Woods’s view -Nelson A. Rockefeller and Ronald W. Reagan -Telephone calls -John N. Mitchell Rockefeller -Quality of support Reagan -Woods’s view -The President’s view Rockefeller
30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) -The President’s view Ann Whitman -Invitation to White House -Dinner -Evening -Dinner for Mexican representatives -Tables -Setting -Woods’s view -Son -Rockefeller -Accomodations White House dinners -Rockefeller -W. Kenneth Riland -Woods -Marina von N. Whitman -Next state dinner -Evening at the White House -Timing -California -Miami -Plans -Frank A. Sinatra -"The Godfather" -Fred Waring -Movie evening with movie stars Time of day Woods left at 2:00 pm.
Conversation No. 338-36 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 2:00 and before 4:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building
31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) The President met with an unknown person. Greeting The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.
Conversation No. 338-37 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:22 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-72]
Conversation No. 338-38 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Between 11:32 and 11:33 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 24-73]
Conversation No. 338-39 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Between 11:34 and 11:35 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01)
[See Conversation No. 24-74; one item has been withdrawn from this conversation]
Conversation No. 338-40 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:35 and 11:43 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman (?).
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President's schedule -Breakfast meeting with Wilbur D. Mills -Meeting with Nikolai S. Patolichev -Mills -Reference to Harry S. Truman
Conversation No. 338-41 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: 11:43 am-12:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson and H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman.
33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01)
Vietnam -Blockade -Press reports -Confusion -President's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Discussion -Polish language and Russian language -Soviet summit -Cancellation -Henry A. Kissinger -Public response -Blockade -Polls -Wilbur D. Mills -Comments about Harry S. Truman -Democrats -Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll -Network coverage -Albert E. Sindlinger and ORC polls -New York Times and Washington Post coverage -New York Times advertisement -Drafting -Sindlinger (?) -Hugh Scott and Robert P. Griffin -Television appearance -Defense of the President The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:43 and 11:49 am. [Conversation No. 338-41A] [See Conversation No. 24-75] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Supporters of the President -Criticism of Democrats
34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Scott -Defense of the President -Notification of Senate -Possible leaks -Military considerations -Opponents -The President’s view -Scott -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson -Roles in Vietnam -Opposing senators -Network coverage -Melvin R. Laird press conference -Television coverage -Scott -Rhetoric -Press conference -Criticism of media -Effect on Capitol Hill The President talked with Scott between 11:49 and 11:51 am. [Conversation No. 338-41B] [See Conversation No. 24-76] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Public support -Radio shows -Local polls -Publicity efforts The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:51 and 11:56 am. [Conversation No. 338-41C] [See Conversation No. 24-77]
35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Public opinion -Change -Polls -Increase -Glenn J. Beall, Jr. -Call to Colson -Montgomery County, Maryland -Change in opinion -Richard S. Schweiker -Support for the President -Spontaneity -Networks -Criticism -Scott, Griffin -Report on polls -Criticism -Credit -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Frank Stanton -Reports -Hue battle -CBS -Dan Rather -Howard K. Smith -Qualified support -Meeting with Kissinger -Democratic critics -Mervin Field poll -Los Angeles Times -Approval rating -Conclusion The President talked with Griffin between 11:56 and 11:57 am. [Conversation No. 338-41D]
36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) [See Conversation No. 24-78] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Public support -A letter -Polls -Scott and Griffin -Today show -Face the Nation appearance -Local polls -Church -National City Christian Church [Washington, DC] -Lyndon B. Johnson -Minister -Support for the President -Letter to the President -Church service invitation -Denomination -Whittier, California -Doctrine -Compared with Presbyterians -Location -Lyndon B. Johnson -Thomas Circle [Washington, DC] -Press reports -Warnings of possible World War III -People's Republic of China [PRC] protests -Effect on foreign policy -President's PRC trip -Soviet Summit -Progress -Letter to the President -Parents of killed-in-action [KIA] -Parents of Air Force enlistee -Public support -Tone -Bakersfield City Council -Democrats
37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Letter and wires to the President -President, Dakota State College, Madison, South Dakota -College president -National Rifle Association [NRA] -Power -Cuban exiles -Rolando (?) Espinosa of Miami -Cubans -Charles G. (“Bebeâ€) Rebozo -Letters to the President -Mufreesboro, Tennessee parents of enlistee -College Republicans -Scottsdale College -Democrats, liberals -Carl and Edna [Surname unknown] -President, Central Missouri State College -Warren [Surname unknown] -Louis P. Harris poll -Results -Sindlinger and ORC polls -Publicity -Messages to the President -Democrats -Max Barash -Poem -Young woman -Television -Western Union -Frank L. Rizzo -James Drury -William E. Brock, III -John Wayne -Omar N. Bradley -Mrs. Bradley -Democratic affiliation -Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor -Letters to Congressmen -Number -Number for the President -Ratio -Messages to the White House
38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Democrats -Silence -George S. McGovern -Statements -Hubert H. Humphrey -Statements -Barry M. Goldwater statement -Dr. Carl McIntyre -Rally for the President -John Birch Society -Statement -Democrats in Congress -Impeachment resolution -John Conyers, Jr. -Ronald V. Dellums -Bella S. Abzug -William Ryan -Shirley Chisholm -Emanuel Celler’s view -Protests -Prayer vigil -[Forename unknown] Murphy -Location -Purpose -The President’s view -Criticism by a doctor -Madison, Wiscosin -Size -Albuquerque protesters -Haldeman’s view -Television coverage -Appearance -Slogans -Demonstrations -Radicalism -Moderates -Alienation -Cambodia -Kent State -Wisconsin -University of Minnesota
39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Prayer vigil -Harold E. Hughes -Paul N. McCloskey -Abzug -Edward M. Kennedy -Alan Cranston -Kennedy -William P. Rogers -Meeting with the President -Reason -A press story -John B. Connally -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Kissinger -Business Council -Testimony -Press conference -Handling -Meeting with the President -Purpose -Press conference -Handling -Answer to Soviets -Handling -Laird -Congress -Legislation -Funds predictability -Rogers -Administration line -Soviet Summit -Eagerness to make an appearance -Laird -Kissinger -Legislative funds cut-off -Senate -House of Representatives -Peace offer -Offensive military action Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 11:57 am.
40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) [Converstion No. 338-41E] -Copy of Congressional resolution -Location [End of telephone conversation] -Offensive capability -Surveillance -Kissinger -Delays -Blockade -Soviet reply -Statement -Summit possibility -Meeting with Patolichev -Democrats -Polls -Results -Field -Questions -US stakes in Vietnam -Communists -Support -Scott -Beall -Frank F. Church The President talked to an unknown person at an unknown time before 12:40 pm. [Conversation No. 338-41F] Kissinger’s location -Meeting [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Public relations -Advertisements
41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Herbert G. Klein -Republican publications -Attacks on media -Network executives and editors -Propaganda -News stories Rockefeller -Talk with the President -New York Times story -Terence Cardinal Cooke -News stories -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -Washington Post -New York Times A news story -Ronald L. Ziegler -Polls -Telegrams and letters Vietnam -President's policies -Polls -Publicity -Questions -Results -Change in opinion -Support for the President -Hawkish sentiment -Percentages -Compared with Cambodian action
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42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ********************************************************************** Vietnam -Blockade -Support for the President -Laird -Rogers -International law -Kissinger -Meeting with Congressional leaders -Schedule Colson and Haldeman left at 12:40 pm.
Conversation No. 338-42 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:04 and 12:51 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President dictated a memorandum for the files.
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Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:51 pm.
43 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01)
Vietnam -Air strikes -Report -Bridges -Damage -Soviet Summit -Haiphong Harbor -Instructions -Soviet ships H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman entered at 12:53 pm. -Damage -Bridges -Petroleum, oils, and lubricants [POL] -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. cable -USS Newport News -Shelling -Air strikes -POL -Power plants -Destruction -Impact -Le Duc Tho (?) -Blockade -Soviet protests -Mines -Soviet shipping -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Propaganda efforts -Leaflets -North Vietnam offensive -An Loc -Casualties -Kontum -An Loc -Tanks -Destruction -Number
44 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:53 pm. Refreshments The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:12 pm. Vietnam -Air strikes -Intensity Soviet Union -German treaties -Relations with Hanoi -North Vietnam public statements -Tone Vietnam -William P. Rogers -Public statements -Contents -Kissinger’s view -Press conference -Meeting with the President -Purpose -Advisability -Purpose -Legality of blockade -Soviet reply -Legislation on Vietnam -President's peace offer -Soviet statements -Melvin R. Laird -Rogers -Public statements -Legality -Criticism of Soviets -Peace offer -Interpretation -Kissinger’s view -Forthcoming testimony on Capitol Hill
45 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) -Business Council -Press conference -Blockade -Soviet ships -Kissinger’s previous conversation with Jerzy Michalowski -Soviet public statements -Tone -President's Soviet trip [Soviet Summit] -Warsaw stopover -Approval -Significance -Announcement -Kissinger meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Summit -Camp David -Possible incident concerning Soviet ships -President's meeting with Nikolai S. Patolichev -Soviet response to President's previous speech -US air strikes -Limitations -Air strikes -Damage -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Likelihood -German treaties -Ratification -Willy Brandt’s role -Plenary sessions -US position -President's meeting with Foreign Trade Minister [Patolichev] -Cancellation -Likelihood -President's meeting with Patolichev -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Significance -Soviet Union, Iran comparison -Mohammed Reza Tahlavi [Shah of Iran] -Kissinger meeting with Dobrynin -Purpose -Rogers
46 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) -Public statements -Administration line -Soviet response -Advisability -Kissinger’s view -Effect Kissinger left at 1:12 pm. Vietnam -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Timing -Soviet intentions -President's position -Cancellation -US reactions -Public opinion -President's critics -Haldeman’s view -President's press conference -Scheduling -Timing -Soviet summit -News reports -Robert B. Semple, Jr. -John B. Connally -New York Times -John F. Osborne -Wall Street Journal -Effect
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47 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) ********************************************************************** President's schedule -Camp David -Meeting with Rogers -Meeting with Wilbur D. Mills -Camp David Vietnam -Support for the President Haldeman left at 1:29 pm.
Conversation No. 338-43 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:29 and 1:50 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. President's schedule -Visit with Manolo Sanchez -Car
Conversation No. 338-44 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:29 and 1:50 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. President's schedule -Visit with Manolo Sanchez -Car
1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-1 Date: May 4, 1972 Time: Unknown after 5:25-5:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman, John B. Connally, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer. The recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress. Vietnam -A rehearsal -Possible South Vietnam offensive -North Vietnamese artillery -Concentration -Ground forces -South Vietnam positions -Artillery -Availability -Reasons -US blockade -Effectiveness -Mining -Ships -Time -Nguyen Van Thieu -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Confidentiality -Blockade -Ports -Speed -Timing -Ships -Positioning -Air strikes -Possible delays -Intensity -Supply convoys -Artillery -Reports -Highway One -Gen. John W. Vogt
2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.) -Highway 137 -Vankari Pass -Highway 1052 -Dimilitarized zone [DMZ] -North Vietnam losses -South Vietnam counteraction -North Vietnam losses -Haig mission to South Vietnam -Air strikes -Dikes -Prestige of the US military -The President’s view -US plans -Officers -Amphibious landing -Bombing -Weather -Hanoi and Haiphong bombing -The President’s view -Duration -Intensity -Civilian casualties -The President’s instructions -Duration -Intensity Moorer and Haig left at 5:35 pm. Vietnam -Stakes of US -The President’s view -Power -Connally’s view -Bombing -Communist takeover -Cambodia -Laos -President's goals -Attacks on North Vietnam -Extent -Air strikes
3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.) -Duration -Intensity -Anticipated criticism -President's response -Public support -Public stance -Communist sanctuaries -North Vietnam -Laos -Cambodia -President's offers -Peace offers -Ceasefire -Concessions -President's actions -Consequences for North Vietnamese offensive -Support -Lyndon B. Johnson's policies -Deficiencies -North Vietnam offensive -President's response -Criticism -Senate -Publicity -South Vietnam civilian casualties -Media coverage -Responsibility Connally left at 5:40 pm. Speechwriters -John K. Andrews, Jr. -Speech announcing blockade -Compared with the President's previous speech on Vietnam -William L. Safire -Patrick J. Buchanan -Writing ability -Safire -Compared with Andrews Vietnam
4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.) -President's speech announcing blockade -Wording -Organization -Contents -Blockade compared bombing -Advantages -Public opinion -Psychological impact -Purposes -North Vietnam -The President’s view -Blockade -Announcement -Air strikes -Announcement -Melvin R. Laird -Blockade -Preparation -Number of ships involved -Laird -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Consequences -Advantages -Pacifist option The President talked with Rose Mary Woods at an unknown time between 5:40 and 5:55 pm. [Conversation No. 338-1A] Woods's schedule -Dinner with the President and Thelma C. (“Patâ€) Nixon [End of telephone conversation] -Camp David -Time Haldeman left at 5:55 pm.
5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-1 (cont.)
Conversation No. 338-2 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:58 and 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. President's speech -President's reading copy -Delivery -Location -Alexander P. Butterfield -Return call
Conversation No. 338-3 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 10:58 and before 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown man.
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Conversation No. 338-4 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:58 and 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. A delivery to Henry A. Kissinger
Conversation No. 338-5 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unkown between 10:58 and 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-37]
Conversation No. 338-6
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Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 11:07 and 11:12 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles G. (“Bebeâ€) Rebozo. [See Conversation No. 24-38]
Conversation No. 338-7 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 11:12 and before 11:16 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown man. Removal of food Manolo Sanchez -Health The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:16 am.
Conversation No. 338-8 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:12 and 11:16 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-39]
8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-9 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 11:16 and 11:21 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Melvin R. Laird. [See Conversation No. 24-40]
Conversation No. 338-10 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:21 and 11:23 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-41]
Conversation No. 338-11 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 11:23 and 11:24 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (“Patâ€) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 24-42’ one item has been withdrawn from this conversation]
Conversation No. 338-12 Date: May 9, 1972
9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Time: Unknown between 11:24 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman. Swimming pool -Installation -Location -Walter [Surname unknown] Vietnam -Blockade -Response -Charles G. (“Bebeâ€) Rebozo's report -Emotion -Democrats -Spontaneity -President's previous speech -Ronald L. Ziegler’s previous press conference
Conversation No. 338-13 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:24 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman. Vietnam -President's talk with Melvin R. Laird -Laird's possible television appearance -Scheduling in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee -Henry A. Kissinger -Haldeman -Forthcoming television appearance -Blockade -Photographs -Release
10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Public relations efforts -Laird Conv. No. 338-14 (cont.)
Conversation No. 338-14 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:24 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. Unknown person's location -Meeting with the President
Conversation No. 338-15 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-43]
11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-16 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:32 and 11:35 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-44]
Conversation No. 338-17 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:35-11:42 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with John N. Mitchell. [Conversation No. 387-17A] [See Conversation No. 24-45; two items have been withdrawn from this conversation] Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 11:37 am. [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Comments -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Charles Rhyne -[David] Kenneth Rush -John W. Dean, III [?] -Powell The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan between 11:40 and 11:41 am. [Conversation No. 338-17B]
12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-17 (cont.)
[See Conversation No. 24-46] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Comments -William P. Rogers -Powell -Rush -Powell -John B. Connally -Rogers -Powell Duke Law school reunion dinner -Photograph session -Weather -Participants Butterfield left at 11:42 am.
Conversation No. 338-18 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:42 and 11:50 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-47]
Conversation No. 338-19
13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:50 am Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 24-48]
Conversation No. 338-20 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:53 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-49]
Conversation No. 338-21 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 11:53-11:56 am Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. The President talked with [David] Kenneth Rush between 11:55 and 11:56 am. [See Conversation No. 24-50]
Conversation No. 338-22 Date: May 9, 1972
14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Time: Unknown between 11:56 am and 12:05 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-51]
Conversation No. 338-23 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 12:05 and 12:06 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Adm. Arthur W. Radford. [See Conversation No. 24-52]
Conversation No. 338-24 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:06 and 12:09 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-53]
15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-25 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 12:09 and 12:13 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller. [See Conversation No. 24-54]
Conversation No. 338-26 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:13 and 12:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-55]
Conversation No. 338-27 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Between 12:27 and 12:29 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler. [See Conversation No. 24-56]
16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-28 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:29 and 12:31 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-57]
Conversation No. 338-29 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 12:31 pm Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 24-58]
Conversation No. 338-30 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:31 and 12:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. Unknown topic
17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-31 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 12:37-1:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam -Kissinger's previous press conference -Ronald L. Ziegler's report -Ronald W. Reagan and Nelson A. Rockefeller -Talks with Kissinger Rockefeller -President's call -Statement of support for the President -President's call -Letter from the President to Terence Cardinal Cooke -Responsibility Vietnam -Reagan -Support for the President -Telegram campaign -Blockade -Melvin R. Laird -Television appearance -William P. Rogers -Public appearance -Kissinger’s view -Senate Foreign Relations Committee -Laird -Public relations abilities -Kissinger’s view
18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
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Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm. -Support for President's blockade decision -Kissinger -A Baptist official -Dr. [Forename unknown] Jackson -Kissinger's briefing -Negotiations -Press response -Attitude -Compared with Cambodia -Comments about the Soviet Union -Soviet Summit -Blockade -President's peace terms -Ceasefire, Prisoners of war [POWs], withdrawal -Support Democrats -President's support for John F. Kennedy in 1962 Cuban missile crisis -Effect on President's gubernatorial campaign -Rockefeller -Criticism -Reasons -Duration -Success -North Vietnam offensive -Latest reports -Hue
19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Kontum -South Vietnam losses -A firebase -Hue -South Vietnam counteraction -Spoiling tactics -Blockade -Impact on South Vietnam morale -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Nguyen Van Thieu -Movement of forces -First Airborne Division -North Vietnam offensive -Hue -Kontum -Pleiku -Kontum -Blockade -Supporters of the President -Message from President to Sir Alexander F. (“Alecâ€) Douglas-Home -Congressional response -Possible vote on antiwar legislation -Air strikes -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Public support -Targets -Petroleum, oils, and lubricants [POL] dumps -Blockade -Mining operation -Air strikes -POL dumps in Hanoi area -Protests from North Vietnam -Negotiations -US stance -North Vietnam offensive -Duration -Resources -POL -Air strikes in North Vietnam -President's decision to blockade -Forthcoming election Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Edward M. Kennedy -Impact on US -Soviet response -Frank Shakespeare -Comments on Soviet position -Soviet Summit -President's position -Kissinger’s view -Support for the President -Rockefeller -Call to the President Harvard -Request for Kissinger’s resignation -Kissinger’s conversation with a former colleague Vietnam -Press reports -James B. (“Scottyâ€) Reston -Rogers -Statements -Appearance -Meeting with J. William Fulbright -President's speech -Comparison with other speeches -Previous speech on Vietnam -Press comments -Joseph W. Alsop -Rowland Evans -President's policies -Withdrawal of troops -An unknown person's praise for speech -Alsop -Stakes for US and the free world -Consequences of US defeat -The President’s view -Military performance -Kissinger’s view -Air strikes -Power plants -Impact Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) -Secondary targets -POL -Rails -Germany in World War II -Targets in Britain -Air fields -Timing -Red Cross -Israelis The President talked with Moorer between 12:56 and 12:58 pm. [Conversation No. 338-31A] [See Conversation No. 24-59] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Moorer -Public support -Rogers -Statements -Subcabinet briefing -Statements -Subcabinet -Support -Columnists -"Hawks" -Kissinger meeting -Richard (“Dickâ€) Wilson -William S. White -Alsop -Evans -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Possibility -President's decision -Plans -Cancellation Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-31 (cont.)
-Timing -A statement -Rogers -Postponement -President's Vietnam policies -Impact -Blockade -Impact -North Vietnam offensive -Possibility of South Vietnam defeat -US options -US Marines -Military exercises -South Vietnam operations -I Corps -Hue -Air strikes -B-52 sorties -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Intensity -Impact on North Vietnam -Compared with World War I artillery barrages -Abrams -Use of air power -Command structure -Forthcoming meeting [Unintelligible] Kissinger and Haig left at 1:12 pm.
23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conversation No. 338-32 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:12 and 1:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Rose Mary Woods (?). Meeting with the President -Weather
Conversation No. 338-33 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 1:12 and before 1:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. [Unintelligible] The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:17 pm.
Conversation No. 338-34 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:12 and 1:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. Vietnam -Blockade -Implementation -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-34 (cont.) -Meeting with John C. Stennis -Support for President President's schedule -Florida trip -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Timing -President's handling Vietnam -Blockade -Demonstrations -Size -Cambodian invasion -Kent State -Support -Scope -Extent -Wires
Conversation No. 338-35 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 1:17-2:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Rose Mary Woods. Vietnam -Blockade -Support for the President -Messages -Thelma C. (“Patâ€) Nixon -Thomas A. Pappas
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25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 17s ]
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-President's speech -Pappas's response -Mrs. Nixon -Response -Pappas's response -Calls -Taft Schreiber's response -Max M. Fisher -Leonard Garment -President's demeanor -Press reports -Television coverage -James D. Hughes -Woods's brother -Report on call-ins -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Public opinion -President's speech -Offers for Soviets -People's Republic of China [PRC] ships The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 1:17 and 2:00 pm. [Conversation No. 338-35A]
26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) Vietnam -Air strikes -PRC ships -Damage -Reports [End of telephone conversation] President's schedule -Camp David -Dinner for Duke Law School classmates -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Dance -Years of attendance -Reunion picture An unidentified woman -Previous conversation with Woods Vietnam -Blockade -President's speech -References to people of Soviet Union, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, US -References to Soviet Union Soviet Union -Possible Summit cancellation -Responsibility for India-Pakistan war -Cuba -Policies toward Vietnam -Summit President's policies -Necessity of victory in Vietnam North Vietnam goals The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 1:17 and 2:00 pm. [Conversation No. 338-3B]
27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) Vietnam -Press release -Public support for he President -Kissinger -Soviet Summit -Publicity for President's position -Charles W. Colson -Albert E. Sindlinger poll [End of telephone conversation] Pro-Palestinian Arab guerrillas -Hijacking of Belgian plane -Demands -Rescue -Deaths President's Vietnam policies -Need for strong leadership -President's speech on the blockade -Opponents -Interviews with George Washington University students -Woods’s view -President's support for John F. Kennedy in missile crisis -Compared with Edward M. Kennedy -Support -Woods’s brother-in-law -Credit -Compared with John F. Kennedy -Second coming of Christ -John the Baptist -Saint Paul -Saint Peter -Absalom An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 1:17 pm. Drinks The President’s schedule
28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.
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Manolo Sanchez -Popularity among White House staff
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Soviet Summit -Possible cancellation -Mrs. Nixon -Timing -Likelihood -Consequences
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29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m 8s ]
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Soviets -The President’s view -Summit -US public opinion -The President’s view Vietnam -President's previous speech on the blockade -Preparation time -Challenge in delivering speech -Support -Telephone call from Jack Cauley [sp?] -Southern Pines, North Carolina -Public support -Stakes for US -Compared with England, France -Possible communist world domination -Woods’s view -Nelson A. Rockefeller and Ronald W. Reagan -Telephone calls -John N. Mitchell Rockefeller -Quality of support Reagan -Woods’s view -The President’s view Rockefeller
30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-35 (cont.) -The President’s view Ann Whitman -Invitation to White House -Dinner -Evening -Dinner for Mexican representatives -Tables -Setting -Woods’s view -Son -Rockefeller -Accomodations White House dinners -Rockefeller -W. Kenneth Riland -Woods -Marina von N. Whitman -Next state dinner -Evening at the White House -Timing -California -Miami -Plans -Frank A. Sinatra -"The Godfather" -Fred Waring -Movie evening with movie stars Time of day Woods left at 2:00 pm.
Conversation No. 338-36 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown after 2:00 and before 4:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building
31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) The President met with an unknown person. Greeting The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.
Conversation No. 338-37 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:22 and 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-72]
Conversation No. 338-38 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Between 11:32 and 11:33 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 24-73]
Conversation No. 338-39 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Between 11:34 and 11:35 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01)
[See Conversation No. 24-74; one item has been withdrawn from this conversation]
Conversation No. 338-40 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:35 and 11:43 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman (?).
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President's schedule -Breakfast meeting with Wilbur D. Mills -Meeting with Nikolai S. Patolichev -Mills -Reference to Harry S. Truman
Conversation No. 338-41 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: 11:43 am-12:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson and H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman.
33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01)
Vietnam -Blockade -Press reports -Confusion -President's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Discussion -Polish language and Russian language -Soviet summit -Cancellation -Henry A. Kissinger -Public response -Blockade -Polls -Wilbur D. Mills -Comments about Harry S. Truman -Democrats -Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll -Network coverage -Albert E. Sindlinger and ORC polls -New York Times and Washington Post coverage -New York Times advertisement -Drafting -Sindlinger (?) -Hugh Scott and Robert P. Griffin -Television appearance -Defense of the President The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:43 and 11:49 am. [Conversation No. 338-41A] [See Conversation No. 24-75] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Supporters of the President -Criticism of Democrats
34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Scott -Defense of the President -Notification of Senate -Possible leaks -Military considerations -Opponents -The President’s view -Scott -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson -Roles in Vietnam -Opposing senators -Network coverage -Melvin R. Laird press conference -Television coverage -Scott -Rhetoric -Press conference -Criticism of media -Effect on Capitol Hill The President talked with Scott between 11:49 and 11:51 am. [Conversation No. 338-41B] [See Conversation No. 24-76] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Public support -Radio shows -Local polls -Publicity efforts The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:51 and 11:56 am. [Conversation No. 338-41C] [See Conversation No. 24-77]
35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Public opinion -Change -Polls -Increase -Glenn J. Beall, Jr. -Call to Colson -Montgomery County, Maryland -Change in opinion -Richard S. Schweiker -Support for the President -Spontaneity -Networks -Criticism -Scott, Griffin -Report on polls -Criticism -Credit -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Frank Stanton -Reports -Hue battle -CBS -Dan Rather -Howard K. Smith -Qualified support -Meeting with Kissinger -Democratic critics -Mervin Field poll -Los Angeles Times -Approval rating -Conclusion The President talked with Griffin between 11:56 and 11:57 am. [Conversation No. 338-41D]
36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) [See Conversation No. 24-78] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Blockade -Public support -A letter -Polls -Scott and Griffin -Today show -Face the Nation appearance -Local polls -Church -National City Christian Church [Washington, DC] -Lyndon B. Johnson -Minister -Support for the President -Letter to the President -Church service invitation -Denomination -Whittier, California -Doctrine -Compared with Presbyterians -Location -Lyndon B. Johnson -Thomas Circle [Washington, DC] -Press reports -Warnings of possible World War III -People's Republic of China [PRC] protests -Effect on foreign policy -President's PRC trip -Soviet Summit -Progress -Letter to the President -Parents of killed-in-action [KIA] -Parents of Air Force enlistee -Public support -Tone -Bakersfield City Council -Democrats
37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Letter and wires to the President -President, Dakota State College, Madison, South Dakota -College president -National Rifle Association [NRA] -Power -Cuban exiles -Rolando (?) Espinosa of Miami -Cubans -Charles G. (“Bebeâ€) Rebozo -Letters to the President -Mufreesboro, Tennessee parents of enlistee -College Republicans -Scottsdale College -Democrats, liberals -Carl and Edna [Surname unknown] -President, Central Missouri State College -Warren [Surname unknown] -Louis P. Harris poll -Results -Sindlinger and ORC polls -Publicity -Messages to the President -Democrats -Max Barash -Poem -Young woman -Television -Western Union -Frank L. Rizzo -James Drury -William E. Brock, III -John Wayne -Omar N. Bradley -Mrs. Bradley -Democratic affiliation -Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor -Letters to Congressmen -Number -Number for the President -Ratio -Messages to the White House
38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Democrats -Silence -George S. McGovern -Statements -Hubert H. Humphrey -Statements -Barry M. Goldwater statement -Dr. Carl McIntyre -Rally for the President -John Birch Society -Statement -Democrats in Congress -Impeachment resolution -John Conyers, Jr. -Ronald V. Dellums -Bella S. Abzug -William Ryan -Shirley Chisholm -Emanuel Celler’s view -Protests -Prayer vigil -[Forename unknown] Murphy -Location -Purpose -The President’s view -Criticism by a doctor -Madison, Wiscosin -Size -Albuquerque protesters -Haldeman’s view -Television coverage -Appearance -Slogans -Demonstrations -Radicalism -Moderates -Alienation -Cambodia -Kent State -Wisconsin -University of Minnesota
39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Prayer vigil -Harold E. Hughes -Paul N. McCloskey -Abzug -Edward M. Kennedy -Alan Cranston -Kennedy -William P. Rogers -Meeting with the President -Reason -A press story -John B. Connally -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Kissinger -Business Council -Testimony -Press conference -Handling -Meeting with the President -Purpose -Press conference -Handling -Answer to Soviets -Handling -Laird -Congress -Legislation -Funds predictability -Rogers -Administration line -Soviet Summit -Eagerness to make an appearance -Laird -Kissinger -Legislative funds cut-off -Senate -House of Representatives -Peace offer -Offensive military action Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 11:57 am.
40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) [Converstion No. 338-41E] -Copy of Congressional resolution -Location [End of telephone conversation] -Offensive capability -Surveillance -Kissinger -Delays -Blockade -Soviet reply -Statement -Summit possibility -Meeting with Patolichev -Democrats -Polls -Results -Field -Questions -US stakes in Vietnam -Communists -Support -Scott -Beall -Frank F. Church The President talked to an unknown person at an unknown time before 12:40 pm. [Conversation No. 338-41F] Kissinger’s location -Meeting [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Public relations -Advertisements
41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) -Herbert G. Klein -Republican publications -Attacks on media -Network executives and editors -Propaganda -News stories Rockefeller -Talk with the President -New York Times story -Terence Cardinal Cooke -News stories -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -Washington Post -New York Times A news story -Ronald L. Ziegler -Polls -Telegrams and letters Vietnam -President's policies -Polls -Publicity -Questions -Results -Change in opinion -Support for the President -Hawkish sentiment -Percentages -Compared with Cambodian action
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42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-41 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ********************************************************************** Vietnam -Blockade -Support for the President -Laird -Rogers -International law -Kissinger -Meeting with Congressional leaders -Schedule Colson and Haldeman left at 12:40 pm.
Conversation No. 338-42 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:04 and 12:51 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President dictated a memorandum for the files.
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Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:51 pm.
43 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01)
Vietnam -Air strikes -Report -Bridges -Damage -Soviet Summit -Haiphong Harbor -Instructions -Soviet ships H. R. (“Bobâ€) Haldeman entered at 12:53 pm. -Damage -Bridges -Petroleum, oils, and lubricants [POL] -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. cable -USS Newport News -Shelling -Air strikes -POL -Power plants -Destruction -Impact -Le Duc Tho (?) -Blockade -Soviet protests -Mines -Soviet shipping -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Propaganda efforts -Leaflets -North Vietnam offensive -An Loc -Casualties -Kontum -An Loc -Tanks -Destruction -Number
44 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:53 pm. Refreshments The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:12 pm. Vietnam -Air strikes -Intensity Soviet Union -German treaties -Relations with Hanoi -North Vietnam public statements -Tone Vietnam -William P. Rogers -Public statements -Contents -Kissinger’s view -Press conference -Meeting with the President -Purpose -Advisability -Purpose -Legality of blockade -Soviet reply -Legislation on Vietnam -President's peace offer -Soviet statements -Melvin R. Laird -Rogers -Public statements -Legality -Criticism of Soviets -Peace offer -Interpretation -Kissinger’s view -Forthcoming testimony on Capitol Hill
45 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) -Business Council -Press conference -Blockade -Soviet ships -Kissinger’s previous conversation with Jerzy Michalowski -Soviet public statements -Tone -President's Soviet trip [Soviet Summit] -Warsaw stopover -Approval -Significance -Announcement -Kissinger meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Summit -Camp David -Possible incident concerning Soviet ships -President's meeting with Nikolai S. Patolichev -Soviet response to President's previous speech -US air strikes -Limitations -Air strikes -Damage -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Likelihood -German treaties -Ratification -Willy Brandt’s role -Plenary sessions -US position -President's meeting with Foreign Trade Minister [Patolichev] -Cancellation -Likelihood -President's meeting with Patolichev -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Significance -Soviet Union, Iran comparison -Mohammed Reza Tahlavi [Shah of Iran] -Kissinger meeting with Dobrynin -Purpose -Rogers
46 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) -Public statements -Administration line -Soviet response -Advisability -Kissinger’s view -Effect Kissinger left at 1:12 pm. Vietnam -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Timing -Soviet intentions -President's position -Cancellation -US reactions -Public opinion -President's critics -Haldeman’s view -President's press conference -Scheduling -Timing -Soviet summit -News reports -Robert B. Semple, Jr. -John B. Connally -New York Times -John F. Osborne -Wall Street Journal -Effect
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47 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 338-42 (cont.) ********************************************************************** President's schedule -Camp David -Meeting with Rogers -Meeting with Wilbur D. Mills -Camp David Vietnam -Support for the President Haldeman left at 1:29 pm.
Conversation No. 338-43 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:29 and 1:50 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. President's schedule -Visit with Manolo Sanchez -Car
Conversation No. 338-44 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:29 and 1:50 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. President's schedule -Visit with Manolo Sanchez -Car
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