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Conversation No. 776-1
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:16 am and 8:57 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule -Nelson A. Rockefeller -John D. Ehrlichman
Bull left at an unknown time before 8:57 am.
Conversation No. 776-2
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:16 am and 8:57 am Location: Oval Office
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 8:45 am.
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The President's schedule -Ray Charles -Possible meeting with the President -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Visit to the National Children's Center -Publicity -The President’s view
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 8:57 am.
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Conversation No. 776-3
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 8:57 am - 9:02 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule -Ray Charles -Possible invitation to White House -Dwight L. Chapin's view -Charles W. Colson’s view -North Carolina -The President’s view -Merits of a meeting -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins's pictures 3
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-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. meeting -Nelson A. Rockefeller
Butterfield left at 9:02 am.
Conversation No. 776-4
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 9:18 am - 9:50 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Vietnam War peace negotiations -Henry A. Kissinger -Nguyen Van Thieu -Possible treaty revisions -National Committee for Reconciliation -Composition -Thieu’s view -National Liberation Front [NLF] -Government of South Vietnam [GVN] -Thieu's position -Haig’s view -Kissinger's view -North Vietnam's stance -Possible North Vietnam responses -US proposals -Thieu -Thieu -US proposals -Kissinger’s view -Instructions for Kissinger -Thieu -Present situation in Vietnam -Present trends -US stance -The President's opinion -Possible American opposition 4
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-Impact on public opinion -The President’s view -Chalmers Roberts -Max Frankel -Haig’s view -Press -Thieu's position -Coalition government -US polling information -Electoral commission -Possible composition -Election procedures -International supervision -Communists -Future elections -Thieu's position -Instructions to Kissinger -Thieu -Domestic US reaction -Coalition government -Negotiations -Previous negotiations -US military action -Effect -Effect on Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China [PRC] -Relations with North Vietnam -The President's visit to PRC -The President's visit to the Soviet Union -North Vietnam -The President’s view -Military action -US popular attitude -Mining of Haiphong harbor -Effect on national attitude -PRC -Soviet Union -Momentum of talks -Continuance -US position -The President’s view -George S. McGovern's effect -October 15, 1972 meeting 5
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-Proposals for Soviet negotiations
Future negotiations with Soviet Union -Kissinger -US negotiating tactics -European Security Conference -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] II talks -Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR] -Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE] -Final conference -Lend-Lease agreement -Trade package with Soviet Union -Future summit with Leonid I. Brezhnev -Trade agreement -Victor Louis -London Times
US foreign trade policies -Possible Kissinger press conference -Response to possible leaks -Agriculture Department -PRC -Commerce Department -Lend-Lease -Peter G. Peterson -William P. Rogers -Need for White House coordination
US foreign policy -Wheat sale -Briefing by Kissinger -George Meany -Briefing on PRC wheat sale -Rogers -Haig’s view -Rogers -Communique -Progress of talks -Rogers -European Security Conference -Kissinger -Communist Party of the Soviet Union [CPSU] 6
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-Soviet Union-US relations -European Security Conference -Expected Rogers response -Communique -Developments on issue of Lend-Lease -Momentum for SALT talks -Briefing for Rogers by Kissinger -European security talks -Brezhnev -Rogers -Work on European security talks -Kissinger -Brezhnev -Soviet position on European security -Kissinger reaction -Allocation of troops -Soviet proposal -European Security Conference -Central Europe -Rogers's reaction -Rogers -Status of current talks -SALT -Lend-Lease -Trade negotiations -Kissinger reaction -State Department -Communication with allies -Proposed text of agreement -Rogers's possible reaction -Date for announcement -State Department -Staffing -Kissinger's schedule -Talks with the President -Talks with Rogers -Camp David -Press announcement -Kissinger -Rogers -Communication to allies
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Negotiations with the Soviet Union -European Security Conference -Status -Timing of negotiations -Kissinger -Rogers -Briefing -MBFR -The President’s view -Negotiations -Kissinger -The President’s view -Rogers -European Security Conference -Joint communique with Soviet Union -Announcement date -SALT II -Rogers -Kissinger
Haig left at 9:50 am.
Conversation No. 776-5
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:57 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown woman.
Request for Stephen B. Bull
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 9:57 am.
Conversation No. 776-6
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Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule -Frank L. Rizzo -Length of meeting -John Jarman -Tom S. Gettys -John D. Ehrlichman -Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:57 am.
Conversation No. 776-7
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:57 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:57 am.
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Conversation No. 776-8
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 9:57 am - 11:23 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.
Greetings
National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] space shuttle contract -Forthcoming meeting with Nelson A. Rockefeller -Grumman Corporation -Contract allotment -North American Rockwell Corporation -McDonnell Douglas -Announcement time -Rockefeller -Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
Revenue sharing -Rockefeller's stance -Status of bill in Congress -Senate allocation revisions -New York's share -Amendment to limit social services -New York's interest -New York politics -Meeting in Florida between the President and Rockefeller -Future state legislation -Promise of White House aid -Rockefeller's schedule -New York -St. Louis -Allocation formula on revenue sharing -Possible photograph -Ronald L. Ziegler
Rockefeller entered at 10:03 am. 10
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Greetings -St. Louis trip -Christopher S. (“Kit”) Bond
Revenue sharing bill -Rockefeller’s role -Camp David -Conference Committee in Congress -Administration actions -Ehrlichman -Support -Proposal for meeting -Nation's leaders -Governors -Major city mayors -John V. Lindsay -County officals -East Room -Signing ceremony -Logistics for meeting -Proposed dates -Wilbur D. Mills -Ways and Means Committee -Russell B. Long -Aid for bill -Hugh L. Carey -Barber B. Conable -Bipartisan nature of guest list -Number of attendees -Formula -New York -Amendments for bill -Revision of New York's share -Rockefeller's staff -Lobbying efforts -Social service restriction -Effect on New York -Mills -Expanded ceiling -Aid to big states -Arkansas 11
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-White House stand on bill -Proposed revisions -Options for states -Long plan -Mills plan -James Cannon -Proposed changes -Growth money -Available budget money -Dual formulas -Industrial states -Rural states -Mills -Possibility of passage -Treasury Department -Conflict among states -Income tax -Distribution -Rockefeller’s future meeting with Ehrlichman -Herman T. Schneebeli -Pennsylvania -Support for revision -Mills -Ceiling on budget -Cannon -White House position -Effect on social programs -Political effect -Democrats' reaction -Senate actions
Budget ceiling -New York's position
White House domestic policy -Benefits to New York -Ehrlichman's aid -State bankruptcy -Lindsay -Treasury Department -Budget -George P. Shultz 12
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The President's Administration -Aid to New York state -Dwight D. Eisenhower -John F. Kennedy -Lyndon B. Johnson
Rockefeller governership -Time in office -1958 election -Fourth term -John A. Love -California -Demographics -New York City -Democratic support -Thomas E. Dewey -Whitman Knapp Commission -Criminal justice system -Rockefeller action -District attorneys -Administration's aid -Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA]
Law enforcement -Washington, D.C. -The President’s view -Tourism -New York City -Police department -Lindsay -Egil G. ("Bud") Krogh, Jr. -Crime rate -Democrats' position -Ernst and Ernst Accounting firm -Audit -Washington, D.C. -Crime rate -Effect on tourists -Madison Hotel -District Attorney investigations -Police department 13
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-Dewey -New York state plan -Rockefeller efforts -Maurice Nadtari -Experience -Owens [?] [first name unknown] -Suffolk County -Appointment -Effect -Police force -District Attorney's office -Judges -Criminal justice investigation -Corruption in goverment -Knapp Commission -White House aid -Lindsay
NASA contract -North American Rockwell announcement -Sub-contracts -Grumman -Engineering -Logistics of announcement -Congress position -Timing -Future Rockefeller briefing -Cannon -Krogh -Ehrlichman -NASA -Budget -McDonnell Douglas -Grumman -OMB recommendation -Krogh -New York politics -North American Rockwell -Long Island's economic interest
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Watergate -Rockefeller -Television appearance -Upcoming indictments -Democratic National Committee -Maurice H. Stans -John N. Mitchell -Public opinion -1968 Nixon campaign plane -J. Edgar Hoover -Johnson -Dirty tricks -Vietnam war -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -W. Ramsey Clark -Pierre Salinger -George S. McGovern -1968 campaign -FBI -Johnson -Telephones to state governors -James B. ("Scotty") Reston -Mitchell’s recent conversation with the President -Reston’s meeting with Rockefeller -Republican National Convention in Miami, 1968 -Rockefeller -Ronald W. Reagan -Pentagon Papers -National security -Leaks -India-Pakistan conflict 15
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Administration’s plans for second term -The President’s call to Rockefeller -Dewey -Stewart J.O. Alsop -Formulation of new programs -Ehrlichman -State of Union address -International activities, November 1972 -Domestic Council staff -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -State of Union address -Revenue sharing -Government reorganization -Environment -Housing -Need for change -Urban transportation -Use of highway funds -Domestic emphasis -Administration's international accomplishments -First term accomplishments -The President’s recent meeting with Congressional leaders -Reorganization of Post Office and Cabinet -Environmental laws -Revenue sharing -Public perception -International policies -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson -Harry S. Truman -Greek-Turkish aid plan -George C. Marshall Plan -The President -Arms control -Congress -Initiative by the President
Domestic issues -Executive-legislative relations -New Majority -Legislative implications -New Republican majority 16
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-Robert J. Dole -Allied Democrats -Need for electoral mandate -Need for supportive Congress -Johnson -1956 election -Kennedy -1968 election -Effect on second term -Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days -US Bicentennial celebration -Foundation for future
Re-organization of Federal Government -Eisenhower's efforts -Rapid changes -Need for changes -Regulatory agencies -Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC] -Railroads -Trucking companies, shipping yards -Anti-trust laws
Agriculture
US energy issues -Rockefeller’s view -The President’s view -Laurance S. Rockefeller -Nuclear fuel -Delays in reactor openings -Con-Edison Power Company -Oil companies -Lack of capital for 1980 goals -New York Times article -Oil depletion allowance -Natural gas -Lack of incentive -Prices -Robert S. Kerr-Mills bill -The President’s vote -Free enterprise system 17
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-Government's role -Lack of fuel -Arab countries -Oil resources -Added revenues -Use -Cooperative efforts
Role of Federal Government -Restructuring of regulatory functions -Reappraisal of tax structure -Mills -Role of states in US -Possible study -Congress' role -Rockefeller’s view -John B. Connally’s view -Cannon -Proposed Congressional commission -Future plans -Environmental issue -Paper -Illustrations -Energy issue -Housing
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:03 am.
The President’s schedule -Rogers C.B. Morton
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:01 am.
Government reorganization -1972 election -Inaugural address, 1973
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:03 am.
The President’s schedule
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:01 am. 18
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-New direction for youth -Vietnam war -Need for new governmental framework -Opposing factions
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon entered at 11:01 am.
Greetings
Possible speech -Social services
Morton and John C. Whitaker entered at 11:02 am.
[Members of the press and the White House photographer were present at the beginning of this meeting.]
Greetings
Yellowstone National Park -One hundredth anniversary
Mrs. Nixon’s schedule -Dedication of highway -Yellowstone
Rockefeller proposals -California
Ehrlichman and Rockefeller left at 11:02 am.
Morton's discussion with Johnson -Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson -Johnson's health
[Photograph session] -[General conversation]
National parks centennial -Morton’s press briefing 19
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-Public interest -Park use -Monthly visitations -Increase in visitors -New visitors -Tour of park system -Yellowstone -Tetons -Rocky Mountains -The President's visit to Grand Tetons -Grand Canyon -Morton's role as Secretary of the Interior -Teton National Park -Snake River overlook -Child from Detroit -Public land -Protectiveness of nation -Alaska -The President's park program -Effect on public
National parks situation -Energy issue -Mrs. Nixon schedule -Yellowstone trip -Apparel -Anne Morton -Message -Schedule -Trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:02 am.
[General conversation] -Dogs -Vicky -Dog house -Gift
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:23 am.
Park Service discussion 20
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-Mrs. Nixon’s role -President’s representative -Domestic Conference Panel -Congress participation -White Paper study -International aspects -Stockholm convention -Heritage trust around the world -Technical services -Offer to all nations -Mrs. Nixon's role -Americans abroad -Mrs. Nixon's speech before conference -Morton's birthday -Crowds -Western states -Montana -Wyoming -Idaho -North and South Dakota -Colorado -World Conference on Parks -History of National Parks Service -Preservation of land -Ulysses S. Grant -First park bill -Environmentalists' impact -Universal use of park -Charles A. Lindbergh -Core of untouched parks -Wilderness areas -Need for facilities -Family attractions -Backpackers -Yosemite -Buses -Anne Morton's schedule -Campfires for backpackers -Flamingo Park -Miami -Tour of Mount McKinley -Yosemite 21
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-Youth -Support for the President -Mrs. Nixon's schedule -Two-day tour -New Jersey -New York -Morton's schedule -Shakerstown, Kentucky -Louis B. Nunn -Dedication ceremony -National Parks -Effect on public -Future use
Park Services -Defeat of Wayne N. Aspinall in election -Redistricting -Aspinall’s age -Urbanization of West -Urbanization of West -Western ethic -New demographics -Sheep herders, ranchers -Gordon Allot -Denver -Greeley, Colorado -Floyd Haskell -1976 Olympic Games funding vote -Denver -Colorado -Aspinall -Administration's policy -Love -Munich games -Environmentalism -Love -National Land Use Policy Act -Organic bill for public land -Failure of passage
Congress -Age 22
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-The President’s view -Strom Thurmond -John J. Sparkman -Age -Winton M. (“Red”) Blount -John L. McClellan -Allen J. Ellender -Judges -Mandatory retirement bill -John B. Williams -Industry -Supreme Court -Lewis F. Powell
Parting remarks -Rockefeller story -Thomas F. Eagleton -Edward M. Kennedy
Mrs. Nixon et al. left at 11:23 am.
Conversation No. 776-9
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:23 am and 11:28 am Location: Oval Office
The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.
The President's schedule -Finance statement -John N. Mitchell
Conversation No. 776-10
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Time: 11:28 am - 11:30 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule -John D. Ehrlichman -Document copy -Location -Camp David
Bull left at 11:30 am.
Conversation No. 776-11
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:36 an and 11:39 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Request -Richard K. Cook -William E. Timmons
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:39 am.
Conversation No. 776-12
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 11:39 am - 11:47 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with William E. Timmons.
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Richard K. Cook memorandum -Carl B. Albert -Melvin Warshaw’s letter to the President -Response by telephone -Timmons
Albert -Mrs. Albert -White House reception -Speakership -Incidents -Jack N. Anderson -Congressional leadership -[Thomas] Hale Boggs -Public figures -The President’s view
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Albert -The President’s view -Timmons’s view -Democrats -John W. McCormack -Sam Rayburn -McCormack and Rayburn -The President’s view -Lyndon B. Johnson as Senator -Everett M. Dirksen -Oklahoma delegation -McCormack 25
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-Instructions for Timmons -Bryce N. Harlow
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:39 am.
The President's schedule -Tom S. Gettys
Bull and Timmons left at 11:47 am.
Conversation No. 776-13
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 11:47 am - 11:49 am Location: Oval Office
The President met with Tom S. Gettys, John E. Nidecker, and Max L. Friedersdorf.
[The White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.]
Forthcoming Congressional election
Navy service -Ottumwa, Iowa -Guam
J.P. ("Dick") Richards -Service with the President on Christian A. Herter Committee -Age
Presentation of gifts -Richards
Parting remarks
Gettys et al. left at 11:49 am.
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Conversation No. 776-14
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:49 am and 12:02 pm Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule -Senators -Representatives of Philadelphia Police Athletic League -Photograph session -Frank L. Rizzo -John D. Ehrlichman
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm.
Conversation No. 776-15
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 12:02 pm - 12:45 pm Location: Oval Office
The President met with Frank L. Rizzo, Anthony Zecca, Paul Klieman, Anthony Cortegene, Joseph O'Neill, Vincent Furlong, John Field, Donna Agnew, Nora Kramer, Marilyn M. Scott, Louis Farrar, Robert Anatasia, Anthony Longo, Steven Kapustiak, Michael McPoyle, Nelson Ramirez, John Sims, and John G. Carlson.
[The White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.]
Greetings and introductions -Longo -Sims
[Photograph session] -Logistics 27
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Photograph -Copies
Press
Philadelphia -Clothier -Benjamin Freeman
Presentation of petition -[Photograph session]
John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. and members of the press entered at 12:13 pm.
Introduction of members of the press -Andrew Mitchell -KYW -Fred Hamilton -Philadelphia Bulletin -Norm Pasco -Max Williams -KYW-TV -Howie Meyer -Daily news -Channel 10-TV -Unknown woman
Washington Redskins
Presentation of gifts -Members of the press -Cufflinks
White House decorations -Presidential seal -Rug -Flag -Painting -Unknown British artist -Potomac River -State gifts 28
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-Mexican president -Trees -Walter H. Annenberg -Steuben glass -Philadelphia Inquirer
Parting remarks -Rizzo -White House tour -Unknown person
Members of the Philadelphia Police Athletic League, Carlson, members of the press, and the White House photographer left at 12:16 pm.
Photograph -Tom Fox -Ehrlichman and Cole
Election 1972 -Rally for George S. McGovern -Mary Jo Kopechne -Newspaper column author -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
Philadelphia -Revenue sharing -Nelson A. Rockefeller -New York -Pledge of Administration aid -Announcement of aid -Ehrlichman -Timing -Rizzo support for the President -The President's Philadelphia electoral outlook -Milton J. Shapp -John R. Bunting, Jr. -Support for McGovern -International Exposition -Opposition to the President -Rizzo -Richard Bond -Everly Murphy 29
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-Annenberg -Philadelphia treasury funds -Philadelphia Inquirer -Harry Karafin -Jail term -First Pennsylvania Bank -First Pennsylvania Bank -Possible administration actions -Ehrlichman -Cole -Tax information -Bunting tax returns -George P. Shultz -Federal funds -Bunting -Assistance to Shapp -McGovern -Chairman of citzens' committee -McGovern -Xerox -Support for McGovern -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -General Services Administration [GSA] -International Business Machines [IBM] -Xerox -Xerox General Manager -Philadelphia business law firms
Presentation of gift -Cole
Pledge of White House aid to Philadelphia
Forthcoming presidential election -McGovern -Rockefeller -The President's campaign strategy -Presidential duties and responsibilities -The President's schedule -Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania -Texas -Democrats for Nixon 30
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-High school visit
The President's schedule -Advantages of incumbency -Rizzo’s view -Campaign tactics
McGovern’s visit to Philadelphia -City Hall site event -Hecklers -Chappaquiddick -Kennedy -Shapp -Philadelphia police commissioner -Joseph O'Neill
Forthcoming presidential election -The President's Philadelphia votes -Lack of blacks' support -Jewish vote -Rizzo's Jewish support -Vietnam War -Israel -The President’s policy -McGovern -Television interview in Philadelphia -Larry Kane -Support for Israel -Invasion of Israel -Ground troop commitment -McGovern stance on Navy -Vietnam withdrawal -Television interview in Philadelphia -Kane -Shapp's effect on McGovern campaign -Rizzo support -Campaign literature -Rizzo’s actions -McGovern campaign -Kennedy appearance -Effect on results -Cole 31
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-McGovern programs -Kennedy -Nixon-McGovern debate -Possibility of debate -Public comments -McGovern's program -Troops in Thailand -Welfare program -Homosexual marriage -Rizzo’s comments -Rizzo's police experience -Socialism compared with free enterprise -Jay Lovestone’s view -Meany -Sources of McGovern’s support -McGovern voting record -Revenue sharing vote -Effect on Philadelphia -Support for the President -Joseph Alioto -Bid for Governor -Revenue sharing bill -Signing ceremony -Alioto’s attendance -Mayors conference -Support for the President
Mayors conference -John V. Lindsay -Rockefeller -Joke
Rizzo’s comments on Thomas F. Eagleton’s withdrawal
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Rizzo -John Cardinal Krol -The President's wishes -Previous remarks
Rizzo et al. left at 12:45 pm.
Conversation No. 776-16
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 12:52 pm Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Acknowledgment for book -[Eagle One] -Leonard H. Tose -Frank L. Rizzo -Philadelphia Eagles -Washington Redskins
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:52 pm.
Conversation No. 776-17
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 12:52 pm - 1:43 pm Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. 33
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Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
Haldeman’s meeting with White House staff members -Watergate -The President's view -Bryce N. Harlow -Herbert Brownell -John D. Ehrlichman
Watergate -John B. Connally -Opinion on Watergate -Commission -Policy on dealing with charges -Cover-up charges -1968 Presidential election -Parallels to Watergate -Lyndon B. Johnson -Democrats
The President's schedule -Trip to Camp David -Meetings for Camp David
Frank L. Rizzo -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Requests for aid -Funds
Rizzo and the 1972 elections -Joseph Alioto -Revenue sharing bill signing cermony -George S. McGovern -Edward M. Kennedy
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Rizzo -Philadelphia -McGovern’s previous visit -Traffic jams
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Carl B. Albert -Incident -Newspaper story -Democratic Party
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-Cole's aid to the President -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Ronald W. Reagan -Rizzo -The President’s view -Federal aid
Press coverage -McGovern -Philadelphia trip -Philadelphia media coverage -Henry A. Kissinger -Trade agreement with Soviet Union -Philadelphia Inquirer -Credit for Administration
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James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa trip to Hanoi -William P. Rogers -Conversation with Haldeman -Request to meet the President -Kissinger -Cancellation of Hoffa passport -Haldeman’s handling
Foreign policy -Briefing for Rogers -Kissinger -Handling of Hoffa trip -Trip to Leningrad 36
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-Rogers’s possible reaction -Rogers -Possible conversation with the President -Kissinger -Negotiation schedule -Press briefing -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Public speculation -Communique -Relations with State Department -Rogers -Personal style -Rogers's reaction -Media publicity -Relations with the President -Rogers's meeting with the President -The President's schedule -Kissinger -Review of foreign policy
The President's schedule -Italian Festival -Logistics for arrival
Foreign policy -Kissinger -Rogers -United Nations [UN] Security Council -George H.W. Bush -Jewish athlete -Rogers's role after election -Planning of European Security Conference -State Department -Kissinger -Press
Rogers's schedule -Briefing -Haig -Saturday golf date -Briefing with Kissinger -Telephone 37
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
The President's schedule -Meeting with Kissinger -Camp David -Rogers -Kissinger's return to Washington, DC -Meetings with the President and Rogers -The President's schedule -Rogers's concerns over meeting -State Department staffing -Haldeman's possible call to Rogers -Haldeman's schedule
Foreign policy -Kissinger's press briefing -Kissinger's negotiating ability -Effect on the President's re-election -Haig -Lend-Lease agreement -Peter G. Peterson -Peter M. Flanigan -Credit for Rogers -White House -Rogers's reaction to newspaper story -Unknown person
1972 presidential election -Cabinet -Rogers -Media campaign -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Charles W. Colson -Connally -Charts -Maps -Studio taping -William H. Carruthers -Television advertising
White House personnel action -Ralph D. Albertazzi -Possible retirement 38
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)
-Career advancement -The President's view
The President and Haldeman left at 1:43 pm.
Conversation No. 776-18
Date: September 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:43 pm and 3:41 pm Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
Report of the President’s departure
The unknown men left at an unknown time before 3:41 pm.