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1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 309-1 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident -Robert O. Welander -Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Talk with David R. Young, Jr. -Concern over quality of evidence -Ehrlichman -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger and Haig -Tape of Welander interview -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Kissinger and Haig -Satisfaction with Moorer -Backchannels -Kissinger monologue to Ehrlichman -Timing -William P. Rogers -Moorer’s possible replacement -Praise for Moorer -R. C. (“Hugh”) Robinson interview -Haig -Melvin R. Laird -Previous conversation with the President -John F. Kennedy administration -Lyndon B. Johnson administration -Time on Appropriations Committee
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Radford incident -Moorer -Kissinger -Haig -Kissinger -Reactions -State Department -Leaks -Kissinger -Rogers -John F. Kennedy -Pakistan -Kissinger’s style -Rogers -Relationship with the President -India-Pakistan War -Situation compared to Cuba by State Department -Secretary of State -Joseph F. Kraft -Kissinger -Conflict with Rogers Rogers's press conference -Bombing of North Vietnam Kissinger entered at 12:15 pm.
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Ehrlichman -Water Quality Bill [?] -Discussed at a later date Radford incident -Moorer -[Unintelligible] -Briefcases -Haig -John N. Mitchell -Moorer -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] Liaison Office -Background -David [?] Ginsberg -Laird -Haig -Robinson -Interrogation -Ehrlichman -President’s displeasure with Radford incident -Amount of time -JCS -National Security Council [NSC] -McGeorge Bundy -Source -Use information -Moorer resignation -Decision -Potential risks -Laird -[Unintelligible] -US public opinion -Complexity of Radford incident -Difficult to understand -Wall Street Journal editorial -Leaks within government -Moorer -Survival of military establishment -Future for Radford
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-Pentagon -Documents -Jack N. Anderson -Unknown name -Briefcase -Moorer resignation -Consideration -Transfer of Radford -Under surveillance -Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI] -Mitchell -Talk with Ehrlichman -Anderson -Press coverage of Radford incident -Concern -Surveillance of Radford -Length of time -Moorer -Proposed talk with Kissinger -[Unintelligible] -President’s instructions to Ehrlichman -John B. Connally's knowledge -Spiro T. Agnew's knowledge -Kissinger, Haig and Young -JCS -Laird -Mitchell -President’s instructions -Informing Laird
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-JCS -White House staff -Secretaries -Unknown person -Laird’s General Counsel -Richard G. Kleindienst -Robert C. Mardian -Anderson -Laird -Effect on administration -Effect on the military -Potential damage -Ehrlichman's call to Mitchell -Laird's talk with Mitchell -Laird -Moorer -Kissinger’s attitude -[Unintelligible] -JCS -Johnson Administration -Historical significance -Haig -People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip Kissinger's schedule -Timing PRC and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] trips Foreign policy -Vietnam -North Vietnamese -Actions -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -Negotiations -Release of POWs Busing (school cases) -Justice and State Departments
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-Solicitor General -Mitchell -Erwin N. Griswold -President’s forthcoming call to Griswold Kissinger's schedule -New York The President's schedule -Photo opportunities -Phone calls -Number ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Privacy] [Duration: 1m 18s ]
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-Kissinger's relationship with Rogers -Ehrlichman’s view -Rogers -Tensions with Kissinger -Differences -Press conference -Particular strengths and skill -State Department -Praise from the President -Kissinger's and Rogers's working relationship Environmental legislation -Treasury Department -Connally -Tax impact -Ehrlichman to write to Connally -Need for Connally’s assistance -Presidential support -Water Bill -Progress in the House -Veto -Administration strategy -George P. Shultz -Budgetary implications -Potential problems -Conference committee -Possible reservations by the President Real estate taxation legislation
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-Charles W. Colson, Richard A. Moore and Scali -Edmund S. Muskie -Connally -State of the Union Address -Ehrlichman's talk with Connally -McElroy Commission -Ehrlichman's conversation with [Forename unknown] Walton -Ehrlichman meeting with William Baroody and other conservatives in education field -Timing -Interest groups -John W. Byrnes -Colson -Real estate tax -Neil H. McElroy -Commission -Real estate taxes -Legislative proposal
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Ehrlichman's schedule -California -President’s forthcoming meeting with Eisaku Sato President's State of the Union Message -To be worked on in California Value added tax -Connally's reaction to
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-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. [?] -President’s view -Trade unions -President’s instructions -White House's reaction to -Elliot L. Richardson’s view -Connally to speak -Dick [Surname unknown] -President's State of the Union Message -Meeting with Connally -Apparent difficulties -Ehrlichman’s schedule -President's State of the Union Message -Amount of time to be worked on Defense budget -President’s telephone list -Unknown man -Laird -Support for budget -Shultz -Laird -Shultz -Kissinger Kissinger and Rogers -Kissinger -Value to the administration -Concerns -Rogers -India-Pakistan War -Kissinger -Style and demeanor -Laos -India-Pakistan War -Laos -Effect on public opinion -Marquis Childs -Kraft -James B. (“Scotty”) Reston -“Kissinger’s world”
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-Family and personal life -Style on the job -Connally -Compared to other White House staffers -Family life -Rogers -Family life -Press conference on India-Pakistan War -News summary -New York Times -John F. Kennedy -Apparent lack of focus -President's personnel management abilities -Time magazine -Previous interview with Ehrlichman -Shultz’s phone calls -Kissinger's relations with Laird and Rogers -Kissinger -Kissinger's response during crisis -Style -Various political and domestic problems -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Rogers -Aspects of the President’s job -Israel -Middle East -Laos Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope comments on release of POWs -Haig -Kissinger -Reactions Moorer and incident with Radford -Welander -Kissinger -JCS
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Kissinger -Talk with the President -Talk of leaving the Administration -Intellectualism -Potential problems -President’s view -Religion -Universities -“Liberal intellectualism” -Scientists -Universe -Relationship with President -President’s justification President's signing the National Cancer Act of 1971 -News stories -Newspaper and television -Edward M. Kennedy -Audience -John G. Schmitz[?] -Individual receiving pen from the President -E. Kennedy -President's remarks -Money Movie "Brian's Song" -Channel 2 -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] show -Gale E. Sayers and Brian Piccolo -Cancer -Race relations
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-President's recommendation Ehrlichman and all White House staff see it -Screening in the White House -Ehrlichman's role -Paul Fisher -Timing -Ehrlichman’s schedule Movie "French Connection" -Police -Drug traffic -Compared to unknown movie -Realism Kissinger's personality Public reaction -India-Pakistan War -Georges J.R. Pompidou -International monetary affairs -Middle East -US Jewish population -Media coverage -India Indira Gandhi's visit to US Kissinger and Rogers -PRC and Soviet trips -William C. Sullivan -Sullivan’s remark to Kissinger -State Department -Conflict between Kissinger and Rogers -Rogers's reaction to the PRC trip -PRC and Soviet trips compared -Significance State Department -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Leaks -Staff during Democrat administrations
13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07) Conv. No. 309-1 (cont.)
Government bureaucracy -Liberals -Conservatives -Jews Kissinger -San Clemente -Ehrlichman's talks with Kissinger President's relations with his staff -Socializing -Kissinger -Dinners -Compared to Dwight D. Eisenhower's relations with his staff -Administration’s effort to promote goodwill -Praise from the President
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F. Donald Nixon -Ehrlichman’s previous conversation with Donald Nixon -Christmas plans -Activities -European business connections -Robert L. Vesco -Investors Overseas Services, Ltd. [IOS] -Donald Nixon’s boss -[Forename unknown] Straub -Meeting with Ehrlichman -Donald Nixon’s move to Bahamas
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-Donald Nixon’s appeal -White House Connection -Efforts to see the President -Vesco -Jail -Harry L. Sears -Mitchell
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President's schedule -California -Florida -Eisaku Sato -Upcoming meeting President's upcoming interview with Dan Rather
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Radio message -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Story about Vietnam War -Soldier Christmas and New Year greetings
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Kissinger Cole -Oklahoma [?] President's State of the Union message -Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Ehrlichman
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Ehrlichman left at 1:37 pm.
Conversation No. 309-2 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 1:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-4] Request for a call to George P. Shultz
Conversation No. 309-3 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 1:37 pm - 1:46 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with George P. Shultz. [See Conversation No. 17-5; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
Conversation No. 309-4 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Stephen B. Bull. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes's wish to talk to the President on the phone
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-Liberia First Family Christmas photos -Blue Room -Ronald L. Ziegler and Constance M. Stuart -Photo by wire services and Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins President’s instructions -Gen. Walter R. Tkach Bull left at an unknown time before 1:48 pm.
Conversation No. 309-5 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-6] Request for a call to Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
Conversation No. 309-6 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 1:48 pm - 1:49 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes. [See Conversation No. 17-7]
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Conversation No. 309-7 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 1:49 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-8]
Conversation No. 309-8 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 1:50 pm - 1:51 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes. [See Conversation No. 17-9]
Conversation No. 309-9 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 1:56 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 17-10] Request for a call to John W. Chancellor
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Conversation No. 309-10 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 1:56 pm - 2:01 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with John W. Chancellor. [See Conversation No. 17-11]
Conversation No. 309-11 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-12] Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller
Conversation No. 309-12 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 2:06 pm - 2:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller. [See Conversation No. 17-13; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
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Conversation No. 309-13 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 2:16 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-14] Request for a call to Ronald W. Reagan
Conversation No. 309-14 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 2:16 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. Letters -Out box Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:16 pm.
Conversation No. 309-15 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 2:16 pm - 2:21 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Ronald W. Reagan. [See Conversation No. 17-15; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]