Oval #696: March 29, 1972 [Complete Tape Subject Log]

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01)

Conversation No. 696-1

Date: March 29, 1972 Time: 9:20 am - 12:29 pm Location: Oval Office

Alexander P. Butterfield met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's schedule -Cabinet meeting -Cabinet Committee on Spanish Speaking people -Press -Meeting

The President entered and Butterfield left at an unknown time after 9:20 am.

The President's schedule -Cost of Living Council [COLC] -Cabinet Committee on Spanish Speaking people -Robert H. Finch -Cabinet meetings -Frequency -Agenda

Seasons

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -John N. Mitchell -Talk with Haldeman -James O. Eastland -Commitment to Clark MacGregor -Hearings -Close -Mitchell's awareness -Hearings -Close -Charles W. Colson -Jack Gleason -Eastland -Witnesses -Secretary -Legal Counsel

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Mitchell -Close hearings -Robert C. Mardian -Talk with Eastland -Session with MacGregor and Mardian -Time -Promises -Mardian-Mitchell relationship -Richard G. Kleindienst confirmation -Filibuster -W. Clement Haynsworth, G. Harrold Carswell -Close hearings -Eastland -Agreement -Timing -Witnesses -Colson -Kleindienst possible withdrawal -Mitchell -Confirmation -Option -News coverage -MacGregor -Eastland -Colson

Media coverage -Economy -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford -CBS -Scott -Harry Reasoner -Carl B. Albert, Ford

Wayne L. Hays -Arthur K. Watson -The President's press conference remarks -"Glass houses" comment

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

State Department files -Use -William B. Macomber -David M. Abshire -Congressmen and senators

Media -News summary -Treasury security guard -Key Biscayne -Richard Harris -New Yorker magazine -The New Republic -America -Life -Time -Newsweek -U.S. News and World Report -Circulation of magazines -Scott -Harris article -Harris -Communists -Constitution -Bugging -Washington, D.C. crime bill -Mitchell -Underground press -Michael J. Mansfield -Eastland -Herbert G. Klein remark -Children's march -Matzoh ball story -Jews -Cake mixes -Candy bars

George Meany -White House reaction -George P. Shultz -Robert F. Lanzillotti

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-Price Board -Florida State University

Busing issue -Clarence Mitchell -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] -Southern reactions -Harry S. Dent -MacGregor -Judge Stephen Roth in Detroit -Robert P. Griffin -Southern leadership -Constitutional amendment -Meeting with MacGregor

White House staff -Workload -John D. Ehrlichman

Busing -Shultz -Ehrlichman -John F. Osborne -Haldeman's call to Ehrlichman -Racial balance cases -Edward L. Morgan -Briefing

Klein

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News summary -Kevin P. Phillips's analysis -Victor Lasky -Ralph de toledano -Value -Phillips’s circulation -Importance to the White House staff -News letter

Kissinger entered at 9:43 am.

Greetings

Kissinger's schedule -William F. (“Billy”) Graham's group

Vietnam -H. Ross Perot proposal -Money -Talk With Lt. Gen. Vernon A. (“Dick”) Walters -Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Release of 31 prisoners of war [POWs] -Money -Promise -US government -Seymour M. Hersh -Walters -Secret negotiations -Publicity

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Money -31 POWs -Cuba -Medical supplies -Negotiations -William J. Porter

Foreign policy -Meeting with Pakistan foreign secretary [Aziz Ahmed] -State Department -Dinner at Pakistan Embassy -Blair House -Possible formal appointment with the President -The President’s meetings with other foreign minister -The People's Republic of China [PRC] -Moscow trip

PRC -[Thomas] Hale Boggs -Ford -Watson -Kissinger’s conversations with Boggs and Ford -Timing of Boggs’s and Ford’s trip to the PRC -Mansfield’s forthcoming trip to the PRC -Kleindienst -Chinese approval -Scott and Mansfield’s forthcoming trip to the PRC -Mansfield -Foreign aid -Kleindienst -Scheduling -Chinese -Mansfield’s forthcoming trip to the PRC -Huang Hua -Vietnam Peace Plan -Cambodia Peace Plan -Scott and Mansfield’s forthcoming trip -Timing -Relations between Scott and Mansfield -Mansfield -Relations with the White House

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Bogg’s and Ford’s forthcoming trip -Scheduling -Moscow trip -Ford -Mansfield’s forthcoming trip to the PRC -Scheduling -Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting -Scott -Timing -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Ford and Boggs -Scheduling -Paris Peace Talks -Ireland -Moscow trip -Ford -Talk with Kissinger -Kissinger’s forthcoming talk with Huang Hua -Scheduling -Moscow trip -Chinese -Soviets -Kissinger's meetings with the Chinese -Ford [and Boggs] -Mansfield -Scheduling -Moscow trip

The President’s meeting with Aziz Ahmed -India -PRC -Timing -Kissinger’s role -Zulfikar Ali Bhutto -Length -Kissinger's office -Pakistan -Timing

Kissinger's schedule -Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Mansfield -Vietnam -PRC

Foreign policy -Hussein ibn Talal [Hussein, King of Jordan] -State Department -William P. Rogers -Leaks

Conservatives -Kissinger's role

Kissinger left at 10:03 am.

Meetings with Foreign Ministers -Pakistan -Cyprus -France -Sir Alec Douglas-Hume -Germany -Egon Bahr

Kissinger -Television -Local -National news -CBS

Life article -Loudon Wainwright -Previous work

Media -News summary -Political summary -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin -Importance -Effect -Columnists -New Republic

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-John F. Osborne -Columns -Phillips -Nicholas P. Thimmisch -Lasky -[John?] Sears -Editorializing -Staff -Effect -Importance

Russell A. Kirk -Age -Meeting with the President -Patrick J. Buchanan’s view -Conservative columnists -Unknown person -John R. Chamberlain -Robert Nisbet -California -Age -Production of the White House research staff -Buchanan -Meeting with the President -Significance -Russian poet [Yevgeny Yevtushenko?]

White House staff -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Buchanan -William L. Safire -Bureaucracy

The President's family -White House scheduled activities -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -New York -Illinois -Ohio -Television -New Jersey

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Tennessee -North Carolina -Georgia -Texas -Pennsylvania -Missouri -California -South Carolina -Tricia Nixon Cox -Haldeman’s view -Compared to Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Schedule -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Tricia Nixon Cox -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -The President -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Schedule -St. Louis -Salute to Women -Gateway Arch -Television -San Antonio -Bilingual education classroom -Girl Scouts -Television -National Center For Disease Control -David N. Parker -Work on the White House staff -Scheduling

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -Presidential seats -Alexander P. Butterfield -Policy regarding use -Congressmen -Senators -Cabinet members -Personnel -Recruiting -John B. Connally

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Rogers -Congressmen -Thank you notes -Butterfield -Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan -Cabinet members -Members of Congress -Colson's office -Financial contributors -Influential individuals -White House staff -Congressmen -Barbara H. Franklin -Recruits

Franklin -The President -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Mrs. Nixon -Constance M. Stuart -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Public relations -Rose Mary Woods -Patricia R. Hitt -Anne L. Armstrong -Haldeman’s view -Gladys O'Donnell -Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] -Federation of Republican Women

Kissinger -trip -Meeting with Aziz Ahmed

Media -Kissinger -Local television -Audience -Marvin L. Kalb -Foreign affairs -Soviet Union

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-PRC -Peter M. Flanigan appearance in Robert Pierpoint interview -The President’s view -CBS -The PRC trip -Coverage of the administration -Compared to NBC -Dan Rather -Interview of the President -Response -Walter L. Cronkite, Jr. -[Arnold] Eric Sevareid

The President's family -Schedule -Parker -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Talk with the President -Scheduling importance -Haldeman's talk with Parker and Dwight L. Chapin

The President's schedule -Aziz Ahmed -Catholic Education Conference -Philadelphia -Tax benefits for private schools -Possible change -Ehrlichman -Connally -Timing -Attendance -John Cardinal Krol -Sons of Italy dinner -Timing -Canadian trip -Press conference -Camp David -Gettysburg

The President left at an unknown time after 10:03 am.

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

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The President entered at an unknown time before 11:27 am.

The President's schedule -Outstanding young farmers -Earl L. Butz -Office visit -John C. Whitaker -Camp David -Visit to farmer -Food prices -Butz -Food prices -Chain store representatives -Connally's schedule -C. Jackson Grayson, Jr.’s schedule -Young farmers -Possible meeting -Florida visit -Ft. Campbell, Kentucky -Stopover -101st Airborne Division -Return from Vietnam -Highlighting troop withdrawal -Key Biscayne -Timing -Television -Media -Vietnam veterans -Compared to trip to Camp Pendleton, April 30, 1971 -Farmers -Publicity -Butz -The President -Hubert H. Humphrey -Prices -Once a week events

Issues -One-a-week

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-The President's memorandum -Media coverage -Welfare mothers -Cherry Blossom Queen -March of Dimes -Mrs. Nixon -Retarded children -Calvin Hill

Public relations -Connally’s view -Presentation of the President -Barbara Walters Show -Image -Compared to Humphrey -Family man -Reserved -Coverage of the President -Safire -Richard A. Moore -Produced by the White House -Hard work -Coverage -Retarded children -Muscular Dystrophy -Mrs. Nixon's image -Cherry Blossom Queen -March of Dimes -Boys Clubs of America -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

Agnew -Attendance at Congressional leadership meetings -Compared to the President as Vice President -Cabinet meetings -National Security Council [NSC] meetings -Time with Congress -Leadership meetings

The President’s possible appearance at a Catholic education conference -Parochial schools

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Education -Ehrlichman -Edwin L. Harper -The President -Domestic Council -Administration strategy -Conference in Philadelphia -Proximity -Timing -Camp David -The President's schedule -Easter egg roll -Timing -Vietnam speech

Soviet trip -Length -Compared to the PRC trip -Mrs. Nixon -Poland -Stopover -Length -Kissinger’s view -The PRC trip -Haldeman’s view -Agenda -Kremlin -Leningrad -Moscow -Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic -Iran -Stopover -Reception -Poland -Kissinger -Meeting With Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Crowds -Polish People -Compared to Chinese -Haig -Stopover

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-Importance -Iran -Stopover -Length -Poland stopover -Itinerary -Poland stopover -Length -Kissinger -Rogers -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] visit -Rogers -European trip -NATO meeting -Bonn -Dwight D. Eisenhower's projected trip to the Soviet Union, 1960 -Length of stay -Kremlin -Spaso House -Kremlin -Length of stay -Kissinger -Chapin -Gen. Charles A.J.M. De Gaulle -Kissinger -Compared to guest home in Peking -Accommodations -Guest House -Dacha -Kremlin -Length of stay -Guest house -Yuli M. Vorontsov -Spaso House -Rogers -Kremlin -Length of stay -Guest house -Spaso House -Eisenhower's projected trip to the Soviet Union -Television Speeches

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Nikita S. Khrushchev's visit to the US -The President’s television speech in the Soviet Union -Meet the Press -Moscow -Leningrad -Kiev -Arrival and departure statements -toast -Press conference -James C. Hagerty -Accommodations -Kremlin -Christian A. Herter, Jr. -Spaso House -Rogers -Accommodations -Kremlin -Advantages -Rogers -Eisenhower -Herter -Travel arrangements

Easter egg roll -Preparations

Soviet trip -Accommodations -Kremlin -Eisenhower -John Foster Dulles -Herter -Comparison to Rogers -Moscow -The President as Vice President -Length of visit -Length -Poland -Stopover -Length -Kissinger

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-The PRC trip -Communique -Chou En-lai -Effectiveness of brief meetings -Hussein meeting -Dinner -The President's toast -Moscow -Warsaw -Haig -Kissinger -Turkey

ITT case -Close hearings -Eastland -Limit the list of witnesses

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ITT case -Hearings -Close -Colson -Mitchell -MacGregor -The President -Colson -John B. Connally -Press coverage

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Kleindienst -Witnesses -Gleason -William R. Merriam -Colson -MacGregor -Edward M. Kennedy

Soviet trip -Scheduling -Kissinger's discussions -Haldeman's attendance -Chapin -Scott and Mansfield -Kissinger

Vietnam -Kissinger -North Vietnamese -Porter -Lunch

Mexican ambassador -Kissinger's forthcoming telephone call -Luis Echeverria Alvarez -Accommodations for upcoming trip to the US -Camp David -Europeans

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

Media -The PRC trip -Party for press corps -Certificate for press corps -Ronald L. Ziegler -Reporters unable to attend -Certificate for press corps -Pictures -Safire -The President and Chou En-lai -Boston Globe -“New China hands” -Presidential seal -Mrs. Nixon -The President -Lettering -The President and Chou En-lai -Hands -Forthcoming Soviet Union trip -Austin H. Kiplinger -Attendance -The President's prior trip, 1959 -Kitchen Cabinet -Call to Klein -Priority for attendance -Haldeman's talk with Ziegler -Members of Kitchen Cabinet -Attendance -The President's instructions -James B. (“Scotty”) Reston -Klein

Legislation -Magazines -Ehrlichman -Financial beneficiaries - Readers Digest -Life -Readers Digest -Life -Circulation

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Costs -Compard to Look -Advertising loss -Readership analysis -Readers Digest -Subscribers -Compared to Life subscribers -Sensationalism -Haldeman's father -Location of the magazine -James A. Michener article -The PRC trip -Michener's writing style -Description

Public relations -The PRC trip -The President’s memorandum -Significance -Mrs. Nixon’s meeting with the Advertising Council -Woods -Stuart -Roger M. Blough -The President’s schedule -Mrs. Nixon’s celebrity status -Haldeman's schedule -Dinner at La Nicoise -Location -Owners -Pro-Nixon -Unknown man from Cleveland -Talk with Haldeman -The PRC trip -Unknown man's impression -Cartoonist -Talk with Haldeman -The PRC trip -Wife -Unknown man -Cleveland -Connally

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-The President -Public support -Washington, DC

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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:03 and 11:27 am.

[Conversation No. 696-1A]

[See Conversation No. 22-40]

[End of telephone conversation]

[No conversation]

Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President at 11:27 am.

[Conversation No. 696-1B]

[See Conversation No. 22-41; one item has been withdrawn]

[End of telephone conversation]

[No conversation]

Political strategy -Connally

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Appearances -Middlesex Club -Chicago Executives Club -San Francisco Commonwealth Club -Television -Peter G. Peterson -George W. Romney -Peterson -College campuses -Rogers -Hearings -College appearances

Soviet Union trip -Ireland stopover -John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy -Scotland Stopover -Eisenhower Castle -Glasgow -Ireland -Mulcahy -Appearances -Prime Minister [John M. Lynch] -Shannon Airport -Dublin -Haldeman’s view -Scotland -Eisenhower Castle -Mulcahy -Poland -Flight from Tehran -Ireland stopover -Flight time -Sleeping arrangements -andrews Air Force Base

[No conversation]

ITT case -Committee meeting -Colson

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-MacGregor -Vote -MacGregor -Eastland -Mitchell -The administration's position -Close hearings -Witnesses -Secretary -Lawyer -Close hearings -Colson -Dita D. Beard memorandum -Hearings -Press coverage -Television press conference -Schedule -Wisconsin primary -Senate vote -Cover-up -Press -Issue -Mitchell -Kennedy -Eastland -Peter M. Flanigan -Question and answer -Television appearance -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -CBS versus senator

-Television -Kissinger -Appearances -House Foreign Affairs Committee -Senate Foreign Relations Committee

[No conversation]

White House trees -Blooming

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Weather

Public relations -White House image -Press -The President’s appearances -Boy Scouts, Girls Nation

The President's schedule -Philadelphia -Speech -Ehrlichman -Talk with Haldeman -Talk with Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Speech -Buchanan -Rev. John J. McLaughlin -Price -Safire -Soviet trip -Speech writers attendance -Possible subsequent public appearances -Price -Safire -Compared to the PRC trip -Buchanan

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Ehrlichman

Photograph portrait of the President -Arrangements -Fred Maroon -Unknown photographer -Critique of previous portrait -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins -Florida -Unknown photographer -Atkins

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Public relations -Atkins -Photographs -The PRC trip -Movie crew -Classroom services -Hearst Movietone -Associated Press [AP] -United Press International [UPI] -The PRC trip -Studies -Compared to 1960 efforts -Ambassador of Friendship film -1972 -Documentary -Republican National Convention

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

Kissinger entered at 11:51 am.

Greetings

Kissinger's previous meeting with Graham's group -Number of participants

US foreign policy -Bangladesh -US recognition -Timing -Chinese -State Department -Senate Foreign Relations Committee -State Department -J. William Fulbright -The President’s previous press conference -Indian Missionary -Pakistan

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:51 am.

Refreshment

The President and the unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:14 pm.

Haldeman's schedule

Soviet Union trip -Poland -Haig -Length -Schedule

The President entered at an unknown time before 12:14 pm.

-Departure Date -Length -Poland -Stopover

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-People -US -Chicago Wards -Dobrynin -Meeting With Kissinger -The President’s trip to Poland while Vice President -Public comments -Polish reason For Visit -Demonstrations -PRC Comparison -Crowds in the Soviet Union compared to a crowd in Poland -Substance of summit -Poland -Summit -Poland -Dobrynin -Meeting With Kissinger -Tehran stopover -State Department -Rogers -Poland -The President’s 1959 trip -Warsaw -Demonstrations -Kissinger’s view -Compared to Moscow -Soviet Statue -Schedule -Accommodations -Kremlin -Advantages compared to disadvantages -State House -Guest House -Dobrynin's meeting with Kissinger -Size -Peking's Forbidden City -Vatican -Symbolism -De Gaulle -Georges J.R. Pompidou -Eisenhower's proposed stay

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-Length

PRC -Mansfield-Scott trip -Timing -Soviet trip -Boggs and Ford -Order of visits -Length of stay -Mansfield -Votes -Mansfield -Votes -Vietnam -Schedule -Democratic National Convention

Vietnam -End of use of draftees -POWs -Democrats -Withdrawal of troops -Negotiations -Control of South Vietnamese government -Nguyen Van Thieu -Resignation -Election Results

PRC -Scott-Mansfield trip -Vietnam issue -Discussion -Chou En-Lai -North Vietnamese -Seven points -Communique -Hanoi -The President's remarks at the Great Wall

Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Aziz Ahmed

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

Soviet Union trip -Kissinger's meeting with Dobrynin -Summit -Success -Poland -Schedule -Baku to Iran -Iran to Poland -Time spent in each location -Chapin's meeting with Vorontsov -Banquet -First night -Kissinger’s view -Schedule -Leningrad -Ballet -Banquet -toasts -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Meetings

Kissinger's meeting with Aziz Ahmed

Kissinger left at 12:14 pm.

Soviet Union trip -Events -Meals -Theater -Gymnastics -Meals -Children -Sports -Eating

Canadian trip -Speech -Parliament -Toronto -Governor General's Luncheon -Dinner compared to Luncheon

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Prime Minister -Cultural show

Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President between 12:17 and 12:18 pm.

[Conversation No. 696-1C]

[See Conversation No. 22-42; one item has been withdrawn]

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Canadian trip -Tree planting -Parliament -Dinners -Luncheons -The PRC trip -Dinners -Parliament -Diplomatic corps -Lyndon B. Johnson -Eisenhower -John F. Kennedy -Compared to the US Congress -Hussein -Pompidou -Importance

Speeches -Writing -Writers -White House staff -Eloquence -Price -Individual needed -Kirk -Buchanan -Kirk compared to Buchanan

Canadian trip -The President’s speech before Parliament

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-Dinner -Toronto -Luncheon -Speech -Motorcade -Demonstration -Antiwar Americans -Ottawa -Compared to meetings with Brezhnev and Aleksei N. Kosygin -Diplomatic corps -Tree planting -The President’s speech before Parliament -Governor General Dinner -Parliament -Johnson

Soviet Union trip -Schedule -The President's possible television Appearance -Haldeman’s forthcoming talk with Kissinger -Eisenhower, 1960 -The President as Vice President, 1959 -Domestic impact of speech -Translation -[Forename Unknown] Akaloski [?] -The President’s 1959 speech -Walters -State Department -Unknown Romanian -Unknown person -Unknown Yugoslavian -Experience at US embassy -Akaloski [?] -Letter to Haldeman -Impressions of trip -Walters -Recommendation -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]

Ross Perot -Hersh

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Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 696-1 (cont.)

-Walters’ view

The President’s forthcoming meeting with Aziz Ahmed

the President and Haldeman left at 12:29 pm.

Conversation No. 696-2

Date: March 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:57 and 4:48 pm Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

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An unknown man talked with an unknown man.

[Conversation 696-2A]

The President’s location -Executive Office Building [EOB]

[End of telephone conversation]

The unknown men left, at an unknown time before 4:48 pm.