Oval #547: July 27, 1971 [Complete Tape Subject Log]
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1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Conversation No. 547-1 Date: July 27, 1971 Time: 9:04 am - 9:05 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield. The President's schedule -General James D. (“Don”) Hughes’ meeting -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Butterfield left at 9:05 am. Conversation No. 547-2 Date: July 27, 1971 Time: 9:05 am Location: Oval Office An unknown woman met with Stephen B. Bull. Spiro T. Agnew -Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base -Time Bull and the unknown woman left at 9:05 am. Conversation No. 547-3 Date: July 27, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:05 am and 10:35 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) The President's schedule -John B. Connally meeting -John N. Mitchell -July 28, 1971 -Spiro T. Agnew -Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base -William P. Rogers -White House Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Previous trips -Compared to Vice President Nixon's Latin American trip during Eisenhower administration -John Foster Dulles -Perceptions -Compared to Henry A. Kissinger's arrival in San Clemente from People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip -Timing of arrival -Purpose of Africa trip Agnew -Funeral of William V.S. Tubman -Meeting with the President -Use of helicopters -Rogers, Melvin R. Laird -Trip -Press reaction -Schedule -Activities, conduct -Golf -African leader’s reaction -Comment about Blacks -Relations with the Secret Service -Vice President's Secret Service detail -Relations with the President's detail -Secret Service Robert S. McNamara -Job with World Bank -Candidacy -Connally -Kissinger's attitude, Rogers’ view -Connally’s opinion -Bi-lateral relationship 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Comparison with multilateral organization -Handling -Release of Pentagon Papers -Reaction -Barry M. Goldwater -Perception Agnew Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Trip abroad -Comparison with the President -Types of events, sites visited during trip -Arrival ceremony -Handling -Patrick J. Buchanan -Compared to Harry S. Truman's attendance at funeral of Thomas J. Pendergast -Presidential succession -Agnew -Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** Presidential radio speech series -Raymond K. Price, Jr., William L. Safire -Themes -Possible name for series -Frequency of speech broadcasts -1976 Bicentennial era -Safire -Issues covered -Steel settlement, Kansas City speech 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Labor Day -Dignity of work Pentagon Papers -Douglas L. Hallet -Duties -Analysis of papers -Future tasks -Charles W. Colson Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Youth effort Agnew -Arrival ceremony, July 28, 1971 -President's role -Congressional event, July 28, 1971 -Recommendations -Buchanan, John D. Ehrlichman Polls -Albert E. Sindlinger -Analysis -Ehrlichman -Colson's contacts -Louis P. Harris -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Effectiveness Economic group -Ehrlichman -Paul W. McCracken's comments in meeting -Connally, George P. Shultz, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan -McCracken -Departure from job -Other job possibilities -Federal Reserve Board -Arthur F. Burns’ possible actions -Herbert Stein -Shultz's attitude towards economic situation -Haldeman's conversation about Edwin L. Harper's memorandum -Activism -Public perceptions -Presentation -Harper analysis 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Wage and price control option -Public reaction -Establishment of group -Connally, Peterson, Shultz -Flanigan, Colson, McCracken Public relations -Safire's efforts Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Shultz -Economic issues -Burns -Press coverage -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Peterson, Flanigan, Connally -Focus of efforts -Pentagon Papers -PRC initiative -Presidential leadership -Establishment of goals -White House staff -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson -Kissinger Robert H. Finch -Possible job -Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP] -Reaction ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ********************************************************************** -Business offers 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Donald H. Rumsfeld -Mitchell -Contact -Possible meeting with the President Press conferences -Preparation of briefing book -Buchanan Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Scheduling -The President's trip to New York City -Tricia Nixon Cox -Ronald L. Ziegler -Kissinger -Budget -Administration’s posture Foreign relations -Effect of the US initiative towards the PRC -Press coverage -Vietnam war -New York Times article about Cambodia -South Vietnam -PRC -Kevin P. Phillips -Analysis -Orientation Radio speech preparation Declassification effort -Ehrlichman -General Services Administration [GSA] -World War II era documents -Korean war -Collection of documents for the President -Bay of Pigs -Cuban missile crisis -Berlin -John F. Kennedy-Lyndon B. Johnson administration -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.'s assignment 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Agnew -Arrival ceremony -Mitchell -Compared to Rogers -Attendance by Cabinet members -Rogers C. B. Morton, Rogers Budget Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Approach -Shultz's views -Perception of Great Society Programs -Effect of cuts -Congress, special interest groups -Timing -Forthcoming election year -1973 -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] -Family Assistance Program -Unemployment -Special revenue sharing -Symbolism -Job Corps -Shultz’s attitude Press coverage of President's visit to the Bohemian Grove -Press pool -Goldwater appearance precedent -Coverage -Grove members -Robert B. Semple, Jr. -Press pool -Networks, wire services -Press assignments -Ziegler Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes entered at 10:25 am. Air Force One Presidential airplane -Name change to "Spirit of '76" -Lettering options -Handling of change 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Wives of prisoners of war [POWs] -Meeting with Kissinger -Vigil -Attitude Hughes left at 10:28 am. Bohemian Grove Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Presidential visit -Press coverage -President's situation compared to Goldwater -Baseball game analogy -Difference from White House events -Goldwater's visit -Boat trip on river -Ziegler -Presidential advance work -Arrangements, assignment -Level of handling McCracken -Contributions -Shultz's comments on efforts -Comparison with Stein -Effectiveness as spokesman Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:28 am. Alfred P. Chamie's arrival for meeting Bull left at an unknown time before 10:35 am. McCracken -Perception of departure -Washington, D.C. -Stein -Burns, Connally -Briefings, Congressional testimony 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Personnel -President’s request for Haldeman to meet with Mitchell -Finch -Rumsfeld Radio speech series Haldeman left at 10:35 am. Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) Conversation No. 547-4 Date: July 27, 1971 Time: 10:35 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull. Press photograph of meeting -Participants -Recommendations -Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson Bull left at 10:35 am. Conversation No. 547-5 Date: July 27, 1971 Time: 10:36 am - 1l:03 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Alfred P. Chamie, Norman Conn, James B. Williams and Charles W. Colson; members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting. Introductions Arrangements for photographs 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Conn and Williams left at 10:37 am. The Vietnam War -American Legion’s position -Chamie’s speeches -Vietnamization -Casualty figures for the preceding weeks Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.) -Public perception -US troop withdrawals -Vietnamization -South Vietnamese Army -Laos -North Vietnamese Army -Prospective settlement -South Vietnam -Upcoming elections -Opposition to Nguyen Van Thieu -US role -Duong Van (“Big Minh”) Minh -Chamie’s opinion -Possibility of a cease fire The American Legion -Tasks of the National Commander -Speaking engagements -Official travel -Chamie’s tour of Israel -Resolution on Israel Israel -US military support -The Suez Canal -Richard M. Helms visit -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] report -Golda Meir The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -The President’s opinion of Israelis -The Suez Canal -The coup in Sudan -Egypt 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) The American Legion -Chamie’s official travel -Taiwan, Republic of China [ROC] -Meeting with Chiang Kai-shek -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., Gen. Lucius DuB. Clay, Jr. -Korea -Political influence -Philippines Conv. No. 547-5 (cont.) -Philippines -Ferdinand E. Marcos -Economic situation -Compared to the US -Belgium, Switzerland -Marcos -American Legion support -Advisors -Manila Chamber of Commerce -Economic ties with USSR -President’s view US initiative towards the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Announcement -Chamie’s opinion -Perceptions -Effects -PRC United Nations [UN] membership -US policy towards Taiwan The American Legion -Forthcoming convention in Houston -Possibility of President’s attendance -The President's prior commitment to attend the Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] convention -Resolution