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1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 514-1 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:53 am and 8:03 am Location: Oval Office The President met with unknown people [Unintelligible] The unknown people left at unknown time before 8:03 am
Conversation No. 514-2 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:53 am and 8:03 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with an unknown person Presidents schedule
Conversation No. 514-3 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 7:53 am - 7:55 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Request for John D. Ehrlichman Bull left at 7:55 am
2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 514-4 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 7:55 am - 8:02 am Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman Housing statement -Length -Morality statement -Titles -Substance -Precision of terms -Liberal line -Voters in referendum -Length -Effect -Further work -Details National Railroad Passenger Corporation/American Track [AMTRAK] -Criticism -John A. Volpe -Egil (ïBudï€) Krogh, Jr. -Unknown person from Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration Ehrlichman left at 7: 59 am [Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President between 7:59 am and 8:02 am] [Conversation No. 514-4A] [See Conversation No. 4-66] [End of telephone conversation]
3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 514-20 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 8:03 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Presidents schedule The President and Bull left the room at 8:03 am
Conversation No. 514-21 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 9:40 am Location: Oval Office Unknown people met [Unintelligible] The unknown people left at an unknown time before 9:40 am
Conversation No. 514-5 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 9:43 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with an unknown person Request for John D. Ehrlichman, Caspar W. (ïCapï€) Weinberger, and John N. Mitchell
4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 514-6 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 9:43 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator [See Conversation No. 4-67]
Conversation No. 514-7 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 9:43 am - 10:31 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with Dwight L. Chapin [Conversation No. 514-7A] [See Conversation No. 4-68] [End of telephone conversation] John D. Ehrlichman entered at 9:43 am Cabinet meeting -John N. Irwin, II, Melvin R. Laird, William P. Rogers attendance -Domestic Council -Attorney Generals schedule [The President talked with the White House operator at 9:45 am] [Conversation No. 514-7B] [See Conversation No. 4-69]
5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[End of telephone conversation] H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman entered at 9:45 am Rochester, New York briefing -Schedule -Paul Miller role Use of Presidents time -State Department briefings -Use of working lunch -Willy Brandt dinner [The President talked with Curtis W. Tarr between 9:45 am and 9:47 am] [Conversation No. 514-7C] [See Conversation No. 4-70] [End of telephone conversation] Tarr incident -Reaction Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:47 am Caspar W. (ïCapï€) Weinberger schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 9:50 am Rochester briefing -Reception attendance -Use of briefings Cabinet meeting Public issues -Penetration of conscience -John A. Volpe role -Haldeman memo
6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Presidents attributes -Strength -World leadership -Strength -Public perception -John B. Connally Weinberger entered at 9:50 am Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.) -Budget approval -Political use of budget -Elliot L. Richardson -School subsidies -Areas to help -Domestic Council -Maurice H. Stans view -Automobile safety points -Volpe -Making of jobs -Environmentalists -Nuclear plants -Forums to open plants -Legal problems -Stans view -Consumer versus environment -William D. Ruckelshaus -Consumer affairs -Unknown woman -Jobs -George W. Romney plan -Necessity of creating jobs -Housing role -Creation of jobs -Subsidies -Problems of Romney plan -Pressure on money market -Effect on interest rates -Construction projects -Immediate need -Announcements of construction projects -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] concern for construction -Congressional versus Executive spending -John Conyers, Jr. role
7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Revenue sharing -Tax reform bill -Connally role -Property tax -Richardsons view -Drawbacks -Taxes -Property tax -Problems -Drawbacks to common man -Political use -George P. Shultz -Revenue sharing -Spiro T. Agnew -Revenue sharing -Drawbacks -Analysis by outside people -Issue polls -Patrick J. Buchanan -Gallup poll -Quality -Administration polls -Nature of questions -Charles W. Colson -Harris poll -Analysis -Poll content -John F. Kennedy -Jobs -Connallys role -Shultz -Necessity of creating -San Diego effort -Administration bill for jobs -Necessity of creating jobs -Cost in other programs -Black Caucus -Robert J. Brown role -Reality of situation -Cabinet role -Cost of some proposals
Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.)
8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Tax increases -Administration focus -Federal job creation -General Services Administration [GSA] -Construction on federal land -Congressional reaction -Opportunity costs -Priorities -Model Cities -Education -Tax cuts -Public works program -Funding -Job creation -Use of existing projects -Cuts in other programs -Reaction -Immediate result programs -George Meany view -Need for a fight -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Connally -Effect -Tax cuts -Revenue sharing -Nature of local and federal taxes -Washington view -Wilbur D. Mills -City spending -Buchanan -Use of Rochester affair -Police forces -New York -John V. Lindsay -Accuracy of facts -Stans -Rogers C. B. Morton -Romney -Necessity -Donald B. Rice -Staff -Volpe operation
Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.)
9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Staff -Pilot project -Morton view -Connally view -Potomac River -Job creation -Cost -Tax increase Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.) -Popular perception -Tax shift -Tax increase -Conservatives ideological split -Weinbergers view -Alternatives -Tax credits -State taxes -Governors Conference -Aid to cities -John W. Byrnes view -Carl B. Stokes view -Legislatures view -Property taxes -Cuts -Classifying tax payers -National Railroad Passenger Corporation/American Track [AMTRAK] meeting -Board of directors -Attendance -Volpe -Egil (ïBudï€) Krogh, Jr. -Presidents schedule -Volpe instruction -Home Builders meeting -Content -Other meetings -Need for meetings -Stans -Benefits -Presidents business contacts -Lyndon B. Johnson -Local business
10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Business Council -Wage and price rhetoric -[John D.?] Harper Bull entered at unknown time after 9:43 am Presidents schedule Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.) Bull left before 10:31 am AMTRAK meeting -Volpe -Attendance Air West crash -Cause -Friedenberg [?] The President, Ehrlichman, Haldeman and Weinberger left at 10:31 am
Conversation No. 514-8 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 11:06 am - 12:00 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman American Committee on Italian Migration -Photographs Peter G. Peterson Congressional briefing -Allen amendment -Voting -Reception -Queen Elizabeth IIs garden party -Alternatives -Adjournment
11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Conflict with garden party Lyndon B. Johnsons visit to Washington, DC -Johnsons schedule -Jake Nichols -Breakfast invitation -Madison Hotel -Presidential suite -Past Nixon/Johnson visits -Johnson letter to Nixon -Nixon library Press conference Polls -Approval/disapproval question -Format -Meaning of question Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am Presidents schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 11:17 am -Need for question -Demonstrations -Marijuana question -Use in upcoming poll Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -John A. Scali -Henry A. Kissinger Haldeman left and Bull, George P. Shultz, Milton Friedman, and Oliver F. (ïOllieï€) Atkins entered at 11:17 am Japanese talks Bull and Atkins left at an unknown time before 12:00 pm
Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.)
12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Friedmans thoughts on economy Manolo Sanchez entered at unknown time after 11:17 am Refreshments Sanchez left at unknown time before 12:00 pm Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.) United States economy -Attitudes -Wage controls -Policy versus lack of policy Sanchez entered at unknown time after 11:17 am Sanchez left at unknown time before 12:00 pm -Friedman letter -Appropriate economic measures -Political judgement -Future of dollar -Hubert H. Humphrey intentions -Edmund S. Muskie intentions -Edward M. (ïTedï€) Kennedy intentions -Henry M. (ïScoopï€) Jackson intentions -Economic changes -Inflation in the future -Unemployment in the future -Overall outlook -Reasons -Economic cycles -Arthur F. Burns view -Repetition of mistakes -Interest rate rises -Short range versus long range -Overall view of economy -ïFilter downï€ of money -History of last recession -General Motors [GM] recovery -Consumer status -Polls
13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Questions -Records -Recession end -GM strike -Interest rates -Controlling factors -Construction -Government borrowing -Demand -Behavior -Focus of economic plans -Effect time of economic changes -Cost of living -Price rises -Political damage -Unemployment -Political implications -Public reaction -Democratic economists -Political judgements -Presidents creation of recession -Democratic view -Job creation -Wage and Price Board -Burns -Interest rates -Economic analysis -Humphrey -Segment analysis -Overall analysis -Performance -Overall analysis -Application to US economy -Housing loan control -Interest rates -Money manipulation -Short and long run effect -History of 1967 and 1968 -Legislative efforts -Administration policy -John D. Ehrlichman
Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.)
14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Confidence in economy -Wage/price board -Federal Reserve Board -International economics -Monetary crisis -Effect on US money -Exchange rates -Housing -Housing boom -Davis-Bacon Act -Labor -James D. Hodgson -Burns -Problems -European economy -Wall Street tycoons -Reaction to suggestions -International monetary crisis -Federal Reserve Board stability -Policy -Money policy -Past Federal Reserve Board policy -Future policy -Alfred Hayes -Attitude -Inflation fear -New York dollar market -Banking capital -Capital control -European money market -Business concern -Balance of payments -Policy changes -Unemployment reduced -Tax reduction -Effect on government spending -Deficit size -Credit -Retail sales statistics -Sears and Roebuck -Accuracy -Wage/price problem
Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.)
15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Unions -Negotiation of wages -Inflation -Steel contract -GM contract Presidents appreciation -Presentation of gifts Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:17 am -Photograph Bull left at an unknown time before 12:00 pm -Friedmans persuasive powers -Burns position Shultz and Friedman left at 12:00 pm
Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.)
Conversation No. 514-9 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:00 pm - 12:01 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Presidents schedule -John A. Volpe visit -Peter W. Rodino, Jr. visit Volpe entered at 12:01 pm Presidents schedule Introduction (applause) The President, Bull, and Volpe left 12:01 pm
16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 514-10 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John A. Volpe Volpes schedule Volpe left at 12:12 pm
Conversation No. 514-11 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:15 pm - 12:18 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Mr. and Mrs. John W. Driggs, Andrew Driggs, Douglas Driggs, Thomas Driggs, and Jon M. Huntsman Introductions -Driggs family history -Photographs -Weather -Photographs -Arrangement -Oliver F. (ïOllieï€) Atkins Presidents appreciation of Driggs effort -Presentation of centennial coin to President -Size of Phoenix -Presentation of gifts
17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Tour of White House J. W. Driggs, et al. left at 12:18 pm
Conversation No. 514-12 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:18 pm and 12:21 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Presidents schedule Bull left at unknown time before 12:21 pm
Conversation No. 514-13 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:21 pm - 1:38 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods and H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman
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18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Woods left at 1:10 pm Focus on issues -John B. Connally/John A. Volpe view -Presidents role -Drugs and crime -Connally role -Economy -Cabinet contributions -Timing -Balanced budget -Possible poll -John D. Ehrlichman -Great Society programs -Funding -1973 Budget -Defense cut -Poll results -United States versus Soviet Union -Use as an issue -Patrick J. Buchanans view -Fears of pro-Nixon supporters -William F. Buckley, Jr. -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] fears -Henry A. Kissingers role -Contact with supporters -Contact with John W. Gardner, Council of Foreign Relations [CFR], Brookings Institution -Needs for political help -Buchanans view -Defense spending -Full employment budget -Chances -Support -Drawbacks -Domestic program -Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] -Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] programs -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] -Poll results
19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Education -Housing -Tax desires Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 1:15 pm Previous call from Tricia Nixon -Photo session -Presidents schedule -Timing -Location -Life view
Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.)
Time magazine article -Atkins photo -Story -Quality -Contrast with Life story of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -Photos of Kennedys -Eunice (Kennedy) Shriver -Pat Lawford -Outfit -Quality of photos -Photos of T. Nixon Kennedy mystique Newsweek story -Quality Life ïAfter-weddingï€ story Revenue sharing -Zieglers comment in briefing -Revenue sharing versus property tax increase -Congressional criticism -Wilbur D. Mills view Laos story -Effect in briefing -Reason
20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Age of story -Zieglers comment Wedding coverage -Television coverage -National Broadcasting Company [NBC]/Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] coverage Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.) -Later specials -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -ïSpecialsï€ -Patterns of coverage -Reception line -Ralph Nader coverage -Magazine coverage -CBS special -Impact -T. Nixon wedding compared to Lynda B. (Johnson) Robb wedding Ziegler left at 1:26 pm SALT efforts -Kissinger role -John A. Scali role Casualty rate -Melvin R. Laird -Size -Scali role Jacob D. Beam -Meeting with President -Discussion of US-Soviet relations John Sherman Cooper -Meeting with President -Report on trip Other reports -Volpe -Donald McI. Kendall -Presidents schedule
21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Jacob K. Javits visit -Kissingers role Maurice H. Stans visit Presidents schedule -Sisowath Sirik Matak -General Lon Nol -Visit -Benefits Volpe -Problems with report visits in general Public relations -Issues -Domestic policy -Foreign policy -War criticism -Middle East ratings -SALT ratings -China rating -Scali role -Public perception -Factors in public perception -Law and order -Fighting inflation and unemployment -Revenue sharing -Ehrlichmans view -Analysis of polls -Buchanan -[Forename unknown] Rocher [?] -Martin C. (ïMartyï€) Anderson -Dr. Edward Teller -Leadership -ï€Fightingï€ benefits -Congress -Labor unions -Foreign interests -Demonstrators Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.)
22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Foreign policy -Kissingers and Scalis views -Sucess -Getting credit -SALT benefits -Effects on intellectuals -Bryce N. Harlow Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.) The President and Haldeman left at 1:38 pm
Conversation No. 514-22 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:57 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people [Secret Service?] met [Unintelligible] The unknown people [Secret Service?] left at an unknown time before 2:57 pm
Conversation No. 514-14 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 2:57 pm - 3:03 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods
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Stephen B. Bull entered at unknown time after 2:57 pm Bull left at unknown time before 2:59 pm
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Woods left at 3:03 pm
Conversation No. 514-15 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 3:03 pm - 4:34 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Julian Goodman, Walter D. Scott, David Adams, Thomas E. Ervin, Reuven Frank, Donald Durgin, Herbert G. Klein, Charles W. Colson, and Ronald L. Ziegler Introductions Contemporary stories -Travel -Getting to airports -Bridges Cable television -Effect on televisions future -Governmental involvement -Confusion with regulations -Problems -Coexistence with regular television -Set up
24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Foundation of cable television -Control -Creation of shows -Showing -Local versus national -Copyright problems -Technical breakthroughs -Advance in photography Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.) -Dr. Edwin H. Lands conversation with the President
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-Reconnaissance -Soviet Union, Peoples Republic of China -Arms control -Verification -Importance -Suez Canal -Soviet missiles Administrations policies -Business orientation -Anti-trust legislation -Regulations -Censorship -Attitudes -Government intervention -Regulation of television industry -Concerns -Federal Trade Commission [FTC] [?]
25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Attitude toward ïbig boysï€ -Quality of television -Self-regulation -Political problems -Standard Oil suit -Equal time -Federal Communications Commission [FCC] rule Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.) -Equal time -Quality of programming -Confusion created -General attitude -Movie industry -Television advertising -Appeal -Government inquiry -Possibility of stricter rules -Standards -Effect on industry -Childrens programs -Efforts at improvement -Dean Burch -Climate in government -Distaste for networks ïbignessï€ -Philosophical difference of government and industry -Burch -Robert Wells -Effect of rules on programming -Specials -Time element -Equal time restrictions -Lack of flexibility -Lack of emphasis on broad audience -Product sales -Congressional view -Frank E. Moss bill -Content -FCC general regulations -Reversals -Misleading advertising penalties -Effect on television
26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Minority/special interest pressure -Common Cause -John W. Gardner -Criteria for equal time -Equal time philosophy of networks -Black Caucus -Republican Group -Democratic National Committee [DNC] -FCC decision on additional time -Upcoming election spots and implications -Howard K. Smith -Barbara Walters -Cigarette commercial precedent -Ecology group pressure -Legal standing -Presidential use of air time -Network handling of Presidents time requests -Campaign problems -Third party candidates -George C. Wallace -Television time -Regulatory problems -Equal time -Environmental concerns -Public interest -Defense -College attitude -Use of television -Changing nature of US public Repression -Rights of press -Coverage of Congressional hearings -Presidents efforts -Criticism of President -Desire of networks -Judgement -Television criticism -News programs -Dependence of public -Network goals
Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.)
27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Special interests -American Broadcasting Company [ABC]/Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] comments Cooperation between National Broadcasting Company [NBC] and administration -Scheduling problems -Time preferences -Campaign problems Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.) -Equal time -Lyndon B. Johnson -Edmund S. Muskie -Hubert H. Humphrey use during campaign -Financial situation of networks -Obligations to schedule -ïApolloï€ splashdown -Televising of Presidents trips -Confidentiality -Helsinki -Moscow -Soviet cooperation -Rome -Planning of trips -Upcoming schedule -Confidentiality of trip announcement -Golf -Bias of reporters -William E. Brock, III -James Hanson [?] -Network view -Danger of bias -Network criticism of President -William S. Paley -Frank J. Shakespeare -Journalism as a skilled profession -Need for criticism -Presidents debt to television Wedding -Weather -Television coverage -Timing
28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Presentation of gifts -Cuff links -Golf memento -Donald McI. Kendall [?] -Gift for wives -John B. Connally -Tricia Nixon -Paperweight -Milton Friedman -Presidents schedule -Previous lunch date with Lou Nichols Goodman, et al. left at 4:34 pm
Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.)
Conversation No. 514-16 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 4:34 pm - 4:35 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with Stephen B. Bull Request for Charles W. Colson Bull left at unknown time before 4:35 pm
Conversation No. 514-17 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 4:34 pm - 4:35 pm Location: Oval Office Charles W. Colson met with Manolo Sanchez
29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
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Conv. No. 514-17 (cont.)
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Sanchez left at unknown time before 4:35 pm
Conversation No. 514-18 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 4:35 pm - 5:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Charles W. Colson Television media -Meeting with National Broadcasting Company [NBC] executives -Bias of reports -Confirmation of biases -William S. (ïBillï€) White -John A. Scali -Presidents manner -Impression conveyed -Julian Goodman reaction -Walter D. Scott -Economic discussion -Criticism of reporters -Bias -Presidents demeanor -John Loeb -Criticism of network reporters -Presentation of facts
30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Psychology of meeting -Goodman/Colson meeting -Network executives reaction -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Criticism of press -Loss of credibility -Robert J. Dole attacks on press Conv. No. 514-17 (cont.) -Presidents fielding of questions -White -Presidents image -Presidents demeanor -Handling of ïtotalitariansï€ -Nikita S. Khrushchev -Nicolae Ceausescu -Andrei A. Gromyko -Use of voice level -Use of honesty -Repetition of conversation -Effect on Goodman -NBC bias -War reporting -Compared to Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Economic report -Comparison with CBS -Equal time advertising -Federal Trade Commission [FTC] [?] investigation An unknown person [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 4:35 pm Presidents schedule The unknown person [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 5:12 pm -Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] -Budget problems -Personnel problems -Public relations -Budget cuts -H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman -Reaction of networks -Martin Z. Agronsky criticism
31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Bull entered at unknown time after 4:35 pm Presidents schedule -Briefing delay -Photography session -Ronald L. Ziegler -Timing Bull left at unknown time before 5:12 pm Meeting with NBC executives -Federal Communications Commission [FCC]/FTC [?] investigation -Contact with Goodman -FCC/FTC [?] contact with White House -Conservationists -Orbach [?] -Creation as an issue -Jean Jacques Rousseau -Philosophy -Colson critique of meeting -Scali handling of media -Scali and Ziegler ïFace The Nationï€ -Haldeman -Soldier guests -Tony MacDonald -Questions from panel -George Herman apology -Bruce Morton -Responses -Support for President -Success of Vietnamization -War crimes -Appearances -ïDick Cavett Showï€ -ïToday Showï€ Networks -Equal time for Democrats
Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.)
32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Use of air time to make partisan points -Strategy -Response to partisan questions -Paul N. (ïPeteï€) McCloskey, Jr., George S. McGovern, Mark O. Hatfield -CBS view versus NBC view -Newspaper responses versus broadcast responses -Bias Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.) -Play of economy -Play of casualty numbers -Scali role -Comparison of figures Hatfield/McGovern Act -Status in Congress -Michael J. (ïMikeï€) Mansfield -Haldeman The President left at unknown time before 5:00 pm Haldeman entered at 5:00 pm Network meeting -Presidents performance -Content The President entered at unknown time after 5:00 pm -Herbert G. Klein and Ziegler -Presidents reaction -Lyndon B. Johnson -Biased discussion -Goodmans reaction -Presidents image -Use of television -Haldeman discussion with Time -Ziegler -1956 and 1968 campaigns -Liberals versus President -Use of weapons against networks -Reaction by executives -Reaction by executives
33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Klein -Reuven Frank -Executive ability to curb bias -Goodman view of Presidents success -New York executives -Haldeman Time interview -Number of public relations men in White House -William L. Safire -Responsibilities -Richard A. Moore -Background -Colson -Background -Advertising versus public relations -Background of White House men -Haldemans hiring role -J. Walter Thompson, Co. -Success of Nixon Administration -Reason for misperception -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Klein -Patrick J. Buchanan -Background -Present responsibilities -Need for public relations men -Presidents press conference performance -Reaction of executives -Content of discussion -Bias -Training of reporters -Herbert E. Kaplow -Civil rights stance -Other stances -Handling of executives -Agnew -Henry A. Kissinger -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Ceausescu -Gromyko -Colson -Goodman reaction
Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.)
34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Presidents New York trip -Attendance -Zieglers role -Kleins role The President, Colson, and Haldeman left at 5:12 pm Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.) Conversation No. 514-23 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:12 pm and 5:22 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people [Secret Service?] met [Unintelligible] The unknown people [Secret Service?] left at an unknown time before 5:22 pm
Conversation No. 514-19 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 5:22 pm - 5:31 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman Meeting with National Broadcasting Company [NBC] executives -Charles W. Colson reaction An unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?] entered at unknown time after 5:22 pm Refreshments The unknown person [Sanchez?] left before 5:31 pm
35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Meeting with NBC executives -Rebuttal to press abuse -Need for honesty -Press honesty -Herbert G. Klein, John A. Scali, Ronald L. Ziegler -Criticism of President -Press view -Presidents effectiveness as an adversary -Handling of executives -Reaction of executives -Other attacks on press -Spiro T. Agnew -Robert J. Dole -Michael J. (ïMikeï€) Mansfield -Apologies Press coverage -Curtis W. Tarr story -Economic stories -Figures -Haldeman -Conversation with newspaper employee -Background of economy story -Presentation -Hobart Rowen versus author -Washington Star economic coverage -NBC economic coverage -NBC war coverage -Presidents demeanor -Bias discussion -Other approaches -Drawbacks -Contact with other media people -Election coverage -1966 campaign -Presidents desires -Equal time -Criteria for equal time -Timing of press conferences -Network view -Presidents view
36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Administration needs Stephen B. Bull entered at unknown time after 5:22 pm Presidents schedule -Peter G. Peterson briefing -Attendance -Members of Congress The President, Haldeman, and Bull left at 5:31 pm
Conv. No. 514-19 (cont.)
Conversation No. 514-24 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 8:10 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people met [Unintelligible] The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:10 pm
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Conversation No. 514-1 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:53 am and 8:03 am Location: Oval Office The President met with unknown people [Unintelligible] The unknown people left at unknown time before 8:03 am
Conversation No. 514-2 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:53 am and 8:03 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with an unknown person Presidents schedule
Conversation No. 514-3 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 7:53 am - 7:55 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Request for John D. Ehrlichman Bull left at 7:55 am
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Conversation No. 514-4 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 7:55 am - 8:02 am Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman Housing statement -Length -Morality statement -Titles -Substance -Precision of terms -Liberal line -Voters in referendum -Length -Effect -Further work -Details National Railroad Passenger Corporation/American Track [AMTRAK] -Criticism -John A. Volpe -Egil (ïBudï€) Krogh, Jr. -Unknown person from Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration Ehrlichman left at 7: 59 am [Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President between 7:59 am and 8:02 am] [Conversation No. 514-4A] [See Conversation No. 4-66] [End of telephone conversation]
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Conversation No. 514-20 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 8:03 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Presidents schedule The President and Bull left the room at 8:03 am
Conversation No. 514-21 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 9:40 am Location: Oval Office Unknown people met [Unintelligible] The unknown people left at an unknown time before 9:40 am
Conversation No. 514-5 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 9:43 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with an unknown person Request for John D. Ehrlichman, Caspar W. (ïCapï€) Weinberger, and John N. Mitchell
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Conversation No. 514-6 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 9:43 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator [See Conversation No. 4-67]
Conversation No. 514-7 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 9:43 am - 10:31 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with Dwight L. Chapin [Conversation No. 514-7A] [See Conversation No. 4-68] [End of telephone conversation] John D. Ehrlichman entered at 9:43 am Cabinet meeting -John N. Irwin, II, Melvin R. Laird, William P. Rogers attendance -Domestic Council -Attorney Generals schedule [The President talked with the White House operator at 9:45 am] [Conversation No. 514-7B] [See Conversation No. 4-69]
5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
[End of telephone conversation] H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman entered at 9:45 am Rochester, New York briefing -Schedule -Paul Miller role Use of Presidents time -State Department briefings -Use of working lunch -Willy Brandt dinner [The President talked with Curtis W. Tarr between 9:45 am and 9:47 am] [Conversation No. 514-7C] [See Conversation No. 4-70] [End of telephone conversation] Tarr incident -Reaction Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:47 am Caspar W. (ïCapï€) Weinberger schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 9:50 am Rochester briefing -Reception attendance -Use of briefings Cabinet meeting Public issues -Penetration of conscience -John A. Volpe role -Haldeman memo
6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Presidents attributes -Strength -World leadership -Strength -Public perception -John B. Connally Weinberger entered at 9:50 am Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.) -Budget approval -Political use of budget -Elliot L. Richardson -School subsidies -Areas to help -Domestic Council -Maurice H. Stans view -Automobile safety points -Volpe -Making of jobs -Environmentalists -Nuclear plants -Forums to open plants -Legal problems -Stans view -Consumer versus environment -William D. Ruckelshaus -Consumer affairs -Unknown woman -Jobs -George W. Romney plan -Necessity of creating jobs -Housing role -Creation of jobs -Subsidies -Problems of Romney plan -Pressure on money market -Effect on interest rates -Construction projects -Immediate need -Announcements of construction projects -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] concern for construction -Congressional versus Executive spending -John Conyers, Jr. role
7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Revenue sharing -Tax reform bill -Connally role -Property tax -Richardsons view -Drawbacks -Taxes -Property tax -Problems -Drawbacks to common man -Political use -George P. Shultz -Revenue sharing -Spiro T. Agnew -Revenue sharing -Drawbacks -Analysis by outside people -Issue polls -Patrick J. Buchanan -Gallup poll -Quality -Administration polls -Nature of questions -Charles W. Colson -Harris poll -Analysis -Poll content -John F. Kennedy -Jobs -Connallys role -Shultz -Necessity of creating -San Diego effort -Administration bill for jobs -Necessity of creating jobs -Cost in other programs -Black Caucus -Robert J. Brown role -Reality of situation -Cabinet role -Cost of some proposals
Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.)
8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Tax increases -Administration focus -Federal job creation -General Services Administration [GSA] -Construction on federal land -Congressional reaction -Opportunity costs -Priorities -Model Cities -Education -Tax cuts -Public works program -Funding -Job creation -Use of existing projects -Cuts in other programs -Reaction -Immediate result programs -George Meany view -Need for a fight -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Connally -Effect -Tax cuts -Revenue sharing -Nature of local and federal taxes -Washington view -Wilbur D. Mills -City spending -Buchanan -Use of Rochester affair -Police forces -New York -John V. Lindsay -Accuracy of facts -Stans -Rogers C. B. Morton -Romney -Necessity -Donald B. Rice -Staff -Volpe operation
Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.)
9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Staff -Pilot project -Morton view -Connally view -Potomac River -Job creation -Cost -Tax increase Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.) -Popular perception -Tax shift -Tax increase -Conservatives ideological split -Weinbergers view -Alternatives -Tax credits -State taxes -Governors Conference -Aid to cities -John W. Byrnes view -Carl B. Stokes view -Legislatures view -Property taxes -Cuts -Classifying tax payers -National Railroad Passenger Corporation/American Track [AMTRAK] meeting -Board of directors -Attendance -Volpe -Egil (ïBudï€) Krogh, Jr. -Presidents schedule -Volpe instruction -Home Builders meeting -Content -Other meetings -Need for meetings -Stans -Benefits -Presidents business contacts -Lyndon B. Johnson -Local business
10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Business Council -Wage and price rhetoric -[John D.?] Harper Bull entered at unknown time after 9:43 am Presidents schedule Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.) Bull left before 10:31 am AMTRAK meeting -Volpe -Attendance Air West crash -Cause -Friedenberg [?] The President, Ehrlichman, Haldeman and Weinberger left at 10:31 am
Conversation No. 514-8 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 11:06 am - 12:00 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman American Committee on Italian Migration -Photographs Peter G. Peterson Congressional briefing -Allen amendment -Voting -Reception -Queen Elizabeth IIs garden party -Alternatives -Adjournment
11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Conflict with garden party Lyndon B. Johnsons visit to Washington, DC -Johnsons schedule -Jake Nichols -Breakfast invitation -Madison Hotel -Presidential suite -Past Nixon/Johnson visits -Johnson letter to Nixon -Nixon library Press conference Polls -Approval/disapproval question -Format -Meaning of question Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am Presidents schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 11:17 am -Need for question -Demonstrations -Marijuana question -Use in upcoming poll Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -John A. Scali -Henry A. Kissinger Haldeman left and Bull, George P. Shultz, Milton Friedman, and Oliver F. (ïOllieï€) Atkins entered at 11:17 am Japanese talks Bull and Atkins left at an unknown time before 12:00 pm
Conv. No. 514-7 (cont.)
12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Friedmans thoughts on economy Manolo Sanchez entered at unknown time after 11:17 am Refreshments Sanchez left at unknown time before 12:00 pm Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.) United States economy -Attitudes -Wage controls -Policy versus lack of policy Sanchez entered at unknown time after 11:17 am Sanchez left at unknown time before 12:00 pm -Friedman letter -Appropriate economic measures -Political judgement -Future of dollar -Hubert H. Humphrey intentions -Edmund S. Muskie intentions -Edward M. (ïTedï€) Kennedy intentions -Henry M. (ïScoopï€) Jackson intentions -Economic changes -Inflation in the future -Unemployment in the future -Overall outlook -Reasons -Economic cycles -Arthur F. Burns view -Repetition of mistakes -Interest rate rises -Short range versus long range -Overall view of economy -ïFilter downï€ of money -History of last recession -General Motors [GM] recovery -Consumer status -Polls
13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Questions -Records -Recession end -GM strike -Interest rates -Controlling factors -Construction -Government borrowing -Demand -Behavior -Focus of economic plans -Effect time of economic changes -Cost of living -Price rises -Political damage -Unemployment -Political implications -Public reaction -Democratic economists -Political judgements -Presidents creation of recession -Democratic view -Job creation -Wage and Price Board -Burns -Interest rates -Economic analysis -Humphrey -Segment analysis -Overall analysis -Performance -Overall analysis -Application to US economy -Housing loan control -Interest rates -Money manipulation -Short and long run effect -History of 1967 and 1968 -Legislative efforts -Administration policy -John D. Ehrlichman
Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.)
14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Confidence in economy -Wage/price board -Federal Reserve Board -International economics -Monetary crisis -Effect on US money -Exchange rates -Housing -Housing boom -Davis-Bacon Act -Labor -James D. Hodgson -Burns -Problems -European economy -Wall Street tycoons -Reaction to suggestions -International monetary crisis -Federal Reserve Board stability -Policy -Money policy -Past Federal Reserve Board policy -Future policy -Alfred Hayes -Attitude -Inflation fear -New York dollar market -Banking capital -Capital control -European money market -Business concern -Balance of payments -Policy changes -Unemployment reduced -Tax reduction -Effect on government spending -Deficit size -Credit -Retail sales statistics -Sears and Roebuck -Accuracy -Wage/price problem
Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.)
15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Unions -Negotiation of wages -Inflation -Steel contract -GM contract Presidents appreciation -Presentation of gifts Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:17 am -Photograph Bull left at an unknown time before 12:00 pm -Friedmans persuasive powers -Burns position Shultz and Friedman left at 12:00 pm
Conv. No. 514-8 (cont.)
Conversation No. 514-9 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:00 pm - 12:01 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Presidents schedule -John A. Volpe visit -Peter W. Rodino, Jr. visit Volpe entered at 12:01 pm Presidents schedule Introduction (applause) The President, Bull, and Volpe left 12:01 pm
16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 514-10 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John A. Volpe Volpes schedule Volpe left at 12:12 pm
Conversation No. 514-11 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:15 pm - 12:18 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Mr. and Mrs. John W. Driggs, Andrew Driggs, Douglas Driggs, Thomas Driggs, and Jon M. Huntsman Introductions -Driggs family history -Photographs -Weather -Photographs -Arrangement -Oliver F. (ïOllieï€) Atkins Presidents appreciation of Driggs effort -Presentation of centennial coin to President -Size of Phoenix -Presentation of gifts
17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Tour of White House J. W. Driggs, et al. left at 12:18 pm
Conversation No. 514-12 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:18 pm and 12:21 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull Presidents schedule Bull left at unknown time before 12:21 pm
Conversation No. 514-13 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 12:21 pm - 1:38 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods and H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman
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Woods left at 1:10 pm Focus on issues -John B. Connally/John A. Volpe view -Presidents role -Drugs and crime -Connally role -Economy -Cabinet contributions -Timing -Balanced budget -Possible poll -John D. Ehrlichman -Great Society programs -Funding -1973 Budget -Defense cut -Poll results -United States versus Soviet Union -Use as an issue -Patrick J. Buchanans view -Fears of pro-Nixon supporters -William F. Buckley, Jr. -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] fears -Henry A. Kissingers role -Contact with supporters -Contact with John W. Gardner, Council of Foreign Relations [CFR], Brookings Institution -Needs for political help -Buchanans view -Defense spending -Full employment budget -Chances -Support -Drawbacks -Domestic program -Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] -Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] programs -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] -Poll results
19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Education -Housing -Tax desires Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 1:15 pm Previous call from Tricia Nixon -Photo session -Presidents schedule -Timing -Location -Life view
Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.)
Time magazine article -Atkins photo -Story -Quality -Contrast with Life story of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -Photos of Kennedys -Eunice (Kennedy) Shriver -Pat Lawford -Outfit -Quality of photos -Photos of T. Nixon Kennedy mystique Newsweek story -Quality Life ïAfter-weddingï€ story Revenue sharing -Zieglers comment in briefing -Revenue sharing versus property tax increase -Congressional criticism -Wilbur D. Mills view Laos story -Effect in briefing -Reason
20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Age of story -Zieglers comment Wedding coverage -Television coverage -National Broadcasting Company [NBC]/Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] coverage Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.) -Later specials -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -ïSpecialsï€ -Patterns of coverage -Reception line -Ralph Nader coverage -Magazine coverage -CBS special -Impact -T. Nixon wedding compared to Lynda B. (Johnson) Robb wedding Ziegler left at 1:26 pm SALT efforts -Kissinger role -John A. Scali role Casualty rate -Melvin R. Laird -Size -Scali role Jacob D. Beam -Meeting with President -Discussion of US-Soviet relations John Sherman Cooper -Meeting with President -Report on trip Other reports -Volpe -Donald McI. Kendall -Presidents schedule
21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Jacob K. Javits visit -Kissingers role Maurice H. Stans visit Presidents schedule -Sisowath Sirik Matak -General Lon Nol -Visit -Benefits Volpe -Problems with report visits in general Public relations -Issues -Domestic policy -Foreign policy -War criticism -Middle East ratings -SALT ratings -China rating -Scali role -Public perception -Factors in public perception -Law and order -Fighting inflation and unemployment -Revenue sharing -Ehrlichmans view -Analysis of polls -Buchanan -[Forename unknown] Rocher [?] -Martin C. (ïMartyï€) Anderson -Dr. Edward Teller -Leadership -ï€Fightingï€ benefits -Congress -Labor unions -Foreign interests -Demonstrators Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.)
22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Foreign policy -Kissingers and Scalis views -Sucess -Getting credit -SALT benefits -Effects on intellectuals -Bryce N. Harlow Conv. No. 514-13 (cont.) The President and Haldeman left at 1:38 pm
Conversation No. 514-22 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:57 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people [Secret Service?] met [Unintelligible] The unknown people [Secret Service?] left at an unknown time before 2:57 pm
Conversation No. 514-14 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 2:57 pm - 3:03 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods
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Stephen B. Bull entered at unknown time after 2:57 pm Bull left at unknown time before 2:59 pm
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Woods left at 3:03 pm
Conversation No. 514-15 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 3:03 pm - 4:34 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Julian Goodman, Walter D. Scott, David Adams, Thomas E. Ervin, Reuven Frank, Donald Durgin, Herbert G. Klein, Charles W. Colson, and Ronald L. Ziegler Introductions Contemporary stories -Travel -Getting to airports -Bridges Cable television -Effect on televisions future -Governmental involvement -Confusion with regulations -Problems -Coexistence with regular television -Set up
24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Foundation of cable television -Control -Creation of shows -Showing -Local versus national -Copyright problems -Technical breakthroughs -Advance in photography Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.) -Dr. Edwin H. Lands conversation with the President
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-Reconnaissance -Soviet Union, Peoples Republic of China -Arms control -Verification -Importance -Suez Canal -Soviet missiles Administrations policies -Business orientation -Anti-trust legislation -Regulations -Censorship -Attitudes -Government intervention -Regulation of television industry -Concerns -Federal Trade Commission [FTC] [?]
25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Attitude toward ïbig boysï€ -Quality of television -Self-regulation -Political problems -Standard Oil suit -Equal time -Federal Communications Commission [FCC] rule Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.) -Equal time -Quality of programming -Confusion created -General attitude -Movie industry -Television advertising -Appeal -Government inquiry -Possibility of stricter rules -Standards -Effect on industry -Childrens programs -Efforts at improvement -Dean Burch -Climate in government -Distaste for networks ïbignessï€ -Philosophical difference of government and industry -Burch -Robert Wells -Effect of rules on programming -Specials -Time element -Equal time restrictions -Lack of flexibility -Lack of emphasis on broad audience -Product sales -Congressional view -Frank E. Moss bill -Content -FCC general regulations -Reversals -Misleading advertising penalties -Effect on television
26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Minority/special interest pressure -Common Cause -John W. Gardner -Criteria for equal time -Equal time philosophy of networks -Black Caucus -Republican Group -Democratic National Committee [DNC] -FCC decision on additional time -Upcoming election spots and implications -Howard K. Smith -Barbara Walters -Cigarette commercial precedent -Ecology group pressure -Legal standing -Presidential use of air time -Network handling of Presidents time requests -Campaign problems -Third party candidates -George C. Wallace -Television time -Regulatory problems -Equal time -Environmental concerns -Public interest -Defense -College attitude -Use of television -Changing nature of US public Repression -Rights of press -Coverage of Congressional hearings -Presidents efforts -Criticism of President -Desire of networks -Judgement -Television criticism -News programs -Dependence of public -Network goals
Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.)
27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Special interests -American Broadcasting Company [ABC]/Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] comments Cooperation between National Broadcasting Company [NBC] and administration -Scheduling problems -Time preferences -Campaign problems Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.) -Equal time -Lyndon B. Johnson -Edmund S. Muskie -Hubert H. Humphrey use during campaign -Financial situation of networks -Obligations to schedule -ïApolloï€ splashdown -Televising of Presidents trips -Confidentiality -Helsinki -Moscow -Soviet cooperation -Rome -Planning of trips -Upcoming schedule -Confidentiality of trip announcement -Golf -Bias of reporters -William E. Brock, III -James Hanson [?] -Network view -Danger of bias -Network criticism of President -William S. Paley -Frank J. Shakespeare -Journalism as a skilled profession -Need for criticism -Presidents debt to television Wedding -Weather -Television coverage -Timing
28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Presentation of gifts -Cuff links -Golf memento -Donald McI. Kendall [?] -Gift for wives -John B. Connally -Tricia Nixon -Paperweight -Milton Friedman -Presidents schedule -Previous lunch date with Lou Nichols Goodman, et al. left at 4:34 pm
Conv. No. 514-15 (cont.)
Conversation No. 514-16 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 4:34 pm - 4:35 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with Stephen B. Bull Request for Charles W. Colson Bull left at unknown time before 4:35 pm
Conversation No. 514-17 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 4:34 pm - 4:35 pm Location: Oval Office Charles W. Colson met with Manolo Sanchez
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Sanchez left at unknown time before 4:35 pm
Conversation No. 514-18 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 4:35 pm - 5:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Charles W. Colson Television media -Meeting with National Broadcasting Company [NBC] executives -Bias of reports -Confirmation of biases -William S. (ïBillï€) White -John A. Scali -Presidents manner -Impression conveyed -Julian Goodman reaction -Walter D. Scott -Economic discussion -Criticism of reporters -Bias -Presidents demeanor -John Loeb -Criticism of network reporters -Presentation of facts
30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Psychology of meeting -Goodman/Colson meeting -Network executives reaction -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Criticism of press -Loss of credibility -Robert J. Dole attacks on press Conv. No. 514-17 (cont.) -Presidents fielding of questions -White -Presidents image -Presidents demeanor -Handling of ïtotalitariansï€ -Nikita S. Khrushchev -Nicolae Ceausescu -Andrei A. Gromyko -Use of voice level -Use of honesty -Repetition of conversation -Effect on Goodman -NBC bias -War reporting -Compared to Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Economic report -Comparison with CBS -Equal time advertising -Federal Trade Commission [FTC] [?] investigation An unknown person [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 4:35 pm Presidents schedule The unknown person [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 5:12 pm -Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] -Budget problems -Personnel problems -Public relations -Budget cuts -H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman -Reaction of networks -Martin Z. Agronsky criticism
31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Bull entered at unknown time after 4:35 pm Presidents schedule -Briefing delay -Photography session -Ronald L. Ziegler -Timing Bull left at unknown time before 5:12 pm Meeting with NBC executives -Federal Communications Commission [FCC]/FTC [?] investigation -Contact with Goodman -FCC/FTC [?] contact with White House -Conservationists -Orbach [?] -Creation as an issue -Jean Jacques Rousseau -Philosophy -Colson critique of meeting -Scali handling of media -Scali and Ziegler ïFace The Nationï€ -Haldeman -Soldier guests -Tony MacDonald -Questions from panel -George Herman apology -Bruce Morton -Responses -Support for President -Success of Vietnamization -War crimes -Appearances -ïDick Cavett Showï€ -ïToday Showï€ Networks -Equal time for Democrats
Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.)
32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Use of air time to make partisan points -Strategy -Response to partisan questions -Paul N. (ïPeteï€) McCloskey, Jr., George S. McGovern, Mark O. Hatfield -CBS view versus NBC view -Newspaper responses versus broadcast responses -Bias Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.) -Play of economy -Play of casualty numbers -Scali role -Comparison of figures Hatfield/McGovern Act -Status in Congress -Michael J. (ïMikeï€) Mansfield -Haldeman The President left at unknown time before 5:00 pm Haldeman entered at 5:00 pm Network meeting -Presidents performance -Content The President entered at unknown time after 5:00 pm -Herbert G. Klein and Ziegler -Presidents reaction -Lyndon B. Johnson -Biased discussion -Goodmans reaction -Presidents image -Use of television -Haldeman discussion with Time -Ziegler -1956 and 1968 campaigns -Liberals versus President -Use of weapons against networks -Reaction by executives -Reaction by executives
33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Klein -Reuven Frank -Executive ability to curb bias -Goodman view of Presidents success -New York executives -Haldeman Time interview -Number of public relations men in White House -William L. Safire -Responsibilities -Richard A. Moore -Background -Colson -Background -Advertising versus public relations -Background of White House men -Haldemans hiring role -J. Walter Thompson, Co. -Success of Nixon Administration -Reason for misperception -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Klein -Patrick J. Buchanan -Background -Present responsibilities -Need for public relations men -Presidents press conference performance -Reaction of executives -Content of discussion -Bias -Training of reporters -Herbert E. Kaplow -Civil rights stance -Other stances -Handling of executives -Agnew -Henry A. Kissinger -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Ceausescu -Gromyko -Colson -Goodman reaction
Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.)
34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Presidents New York trip -Attendance -Zieglers role -Kleins role The President, Colson, and Haldeman left at 5:12 pm Conv. No. 514-18 (cont.) Conversation No. 514-23 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:12 pm and 5:22 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people [Secret Service?] met [Unintelligible] The unknown people [Secret Service?] left at an unknown time before 5:22 pm
Conversation No. 514-19 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: 5:22 pm - 5:31 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (ïBobï€) Haldeman Meeting with National Broadcasting Company [NBC] executives -Charles W. Colson reaction An unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?] entered at unknown time after 5:22 pm Refreshments The unknown person [Sanchez?] left before 5:31 pm
35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Meeting with NBC executives -Rebuttal to press abuse -Need for honesty -Press honesty -Herbert G. Klein, John A. Scali, Ronald L. Ziegler -Criticism of President -Press view -Presidents effectiveness as an adversary -Handling of executives -Reaction of executives -Other attacks on press -Spiro T. Agnew -Robert J. Dole -Michael J. (ïMikeï€) Mansfield -Apologies Press coverage -Curtis W. Tarr story -Economic stories -Figures -Haldeman -Conversation with newspaper employee -Background of economy story -Presentation -Hobart Rowen versus author -Washington Star economic coverage -NBC economic coverage -NBC war coverage -Presidents demeanor -Bias discussion -Other approaches -Drawbacks -Contact with other media people -Election coverage -1966 campaign -Presidents desires -Equal time -Criteria for equal time -Timing of press conferences -Network view -Presidents view
36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Administration needs Stephen B. Bull entered at unknown time after 5:22 pm Presidents schedule -Peter G. Peterson briefing -Attendance -Members of Congress The President, Haldeman, and Bull left at 5:31 pm
Conv. No. 514-19 (cont.)
Conversation No. 514-24 Date: June 8, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 8:10 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people met [Unintelligible] The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:10 pm
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