1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) 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. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 8:45 am. 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) 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. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 10m 27s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Conversation No. 776-3 Date: September 14, 1972 Time: 8:57 am - 9:02 am Location: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 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -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 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF 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 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -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 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF 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 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) 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 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) 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. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:57 am. 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) 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 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) 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 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF 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 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) The President's Administration -Aid to New York state -Dwight D. Eisenhower -John F. Kennedy -Lyndon B. Johnson Rockefeller governership -Time