Conversation No. 2-1

Date:  April 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 482-17A]

Call to Richard G. Kleindienst

Conversation No. 2-2

Date:  April 19, 1971
Time:  3:04 pm - 3:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard G. Kleindienst.

[See Conversation No. 482-17B]

[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation was initially prepared for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force [WSPF] and can be found in Record Group [RG] 460.  The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff has reviewed the transcript and has made changes as necessary.  This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 [PRMPA].  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-3

Date:  April 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:32 pm and 6:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 2-4

Date:  April 19, 1971
Time:  6:50 pm - 6:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

Rogers= trip
-Spain

Rogers' schedule
-Southeast Asia Treaty Organization [SEATO] meeting
-London
-Central Treaty Organization [CENTO] meeting
-Ankara, Turkey
-Middle East visit
-Risks
-Benefits
-Egypt
-John Foster Dulles
-Press coverage
-Israel
-Egypt
-Jordan
-Lebanon
-Saudi Arabia
-Rogers= statement
-George Meany

President's meeting with building trades leaders
-Davis-Bacon Act
-Meany
-Support for President

Labor attaches
-Meany

Rogers= schedule
-George P. Delaney
-Meany

President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Liberal reaction

Conversation No. 2-5

Date:  April 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:56 pm and 7:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-6

Date:  April 19, 1971
Time:  7:24 pm - 7:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

President's schedule
-Meeting with legislative leaders
-Economy
-George P. Shultz
-Paul W. McCracken
-Stock market
-Confidence

Conversation No. 2-7

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 483-17A]

Call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 2-8

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  3:47 pm - 3:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See Conversation No. 483-17B]

Texas drought
-Connally's meeting with Clifford M. Hardin, Gen. George A. Lincoln, and Peter M. Flanigan
-Trip to Texas
-Appropriation
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]

Conversation No. 2-9

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:48 pm and 3:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 483-17C]

Call to Gen. James D. (ADon@) Hughes

Conversation No. 2-10

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  3:54 pm - 3:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with General James D. (ADon@) Hughes.

[See Conversation No. 483-17D]

Texas drought
-Plane for trip
-Jetstar
-"970" plane
-Ken [Surname unknown]
-@970"
-Air Force One
-Capacity
-Clifford M. Hardin

Conversation No. 2-11

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 pm and 4:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 483-17E]

Call to George H. Mahon

Conversation No. 2-12

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  4:04 pm - 4:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George H. Mahon.

[See Conversation No. 483-17F]

Texas drought
-Trip by Clifford M. Hardin and Gen. George A. Lincoln
-John B. Connally
-Itinerary
-Locations
-Robert D. Price
-Weather
-Disaster declaration
-Impact
-Government aid
-Loans
-Grain
-Hay
-Cattle market
-Lubbock, Texas

Conversation No. 2-13

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:42 pm and 4:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 483-19A]

Call to John N. Mitchell's secretary, Sue Morrison

Conversation No. 2-14

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:   4:59 pm - 5:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John N. Mitchell talked with Sue Morrison

Call from the President

[See Conversation No. 483-19B]

The President talked with Sue Morrison between 4:59 pm and 5:01 pm .

Mitchell's schedule
-Heath Education and Welfare [HEW] staff meeting

The President conferred with Mitchell at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:01 pm.

Mitchell's schedule

Conversation No. 2-15

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:44 pm and 7:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-16

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  7:30 pm - 7:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

President's meeting with Republican Senators
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Clark MacGregor
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Vietnam
-Haldeman's possible conversation with MacGregor
-Edward J. Gurney
-J. Caleb Boggs
-George H.W. Bush
-Press

Polls

Conversation No. 2-17

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:33 pm and 7:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 2-18

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  7:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger's location

Conversation No. 2-19

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  7:40 pm - 7:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

Kissinger's schedule

Republican senators

Melvin R. Laird
-President's possible meeting with Laird
-President's schedule
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Edward J. Gurney
-Laos
-Departmental positions
-Administration's policy
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Baker and Gurney
-Polls

Conversation No. 2-20

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:43 pm and 7:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 2-21

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  7:45 pm - 7:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

William B. Saxbe
-Television appearance
-Paul N. (APete@) McCloskey, Jr.

President's Williamsburg speech
-Reaction
-Welfare reform
-Health Education and Welfare [HEW]

Colson=s schedule
-Meeting with hardhats
-President=s recommendation

[Transcript #1:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Veterans
-Reports
-Infiltrators
-Stories
-Press
-Associated Press [AP] reporter
-Baltimore Sun reporter
-Young people
-Encourage media coverage
-Press stories
-Non veterans
-Joint press conference
-Veterans of Foreign War [VFW]
-American Legion
-Don Johnson=s briefing April 21, 1971
-Television
-Richards A. Moore
-Colson=s view

Anti-trust
-Television
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]	
-Providence rally
-Size
-Dan Rather
-Saxbe
-Colson=s actions
-Lawsuit
-President=s discussions with John N. Mitchell

Edward M. (ATed@) Kennedy=s hearings
-McCloskey
-William H. Sullivan
-Department of State
-Saxbe

President's meeting with Republican Senators
-Colson's conversation with Clark MacGregor
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Edward J. Gurney
-Vietnam
-MacGregor
-Support for President

-Polls
-Reaction
-MacGregor
-Economy
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-President's speech, April 7, 1971
-Polls
-Colson=s forthcoming actions
-Support for President
-John G. Tower
-Henry L. Bellmon
-Baker, Gurney
-"Doves"

National mood
-Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.

President's meeting with Republican senators
-President's leadership

[Transcript #2:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Demonstrators
-Democratic leaders
-PRC initiative
-Edmund S. Muskie
-George McGovern
-Hubert H. Humphrey

Economy

Polls
-Phone calls
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman
-Colson

Conversation No. 2-22

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 484-13A]

Call to John W. Dean, III

Conversation No. 2-23

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  1:12 pm - 1:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John W. Dean, III.

[See Conversation No. 484-13B]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-24

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 485-4A]

Call to William B. Saxbe

Conversation No. 2-25

Date:  April 21, 1917
Time:  4:59 pm - 5:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William B. Saxbe.

[See Conversation No. 485-4B]

Saxbe's appearance on television

Saxbe's visit to Southeast Asia
-Laos
-Report to Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger
-G. McMurtrie Godley
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-Origins of Laotian policy
-North Vietnamese, People=s Republic of China [PRC] troops
-Administration's policy

Conversation No. 2-26

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  7:47 pm - 7:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

Tass article on People's Republic of China [PRC]-US relations
-Contents
-Negotiations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]

The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:54 pm.

Weather

Kissinger's letter from Sir Robert Thompson
-Vietnam
-Laos
-Cambodia
-Administration critics
-Army of Republic of Vietnam [ARVN]
-Capabilities
-Laos
-Operations

Vietnam
-Koreans
-Melvin R. Laird

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-Nguyen Van Thieu
-South Vietnamese troops
-Casualties
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer

Conversation No. 2-27

Date:  April 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:41 pm and 6:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-28

Date:  April 22, 1971
Time:  6:47 pm - 6:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Youth conference
-President's conversation with unnamed Congressman
-Stephen Hess
-Robert H. Finch
-Donald Rumsfeld
-Actions
-Texas A & M
-Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University
-Location
-Estes Park
-Washington, DC

White House conferences and commissions
-Radicals
-Hess
-Anthony J. Russo, Jr.
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Old folks

-Locations
-Estes Park, Chicago, St. Petersburg, Florida, Miami
-Youth
-William E. Brock, III
-Edward R.F. Cox

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-29

Date:  April 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:56 pm and 8:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 2-30

Date:  April 22, 1971
Time:  8:10 pm - 8:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[Transcript #1:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Senate Republicans
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Richard S. Schweiker

[Transcript #2:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Fund-raising dinner
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Isabelle Shelton, Washington Post

Edmund S. Muskie
-Providence meeting
-Boycott by governor and labor leaders
-Allard K. Lowenstein

[Transcript #3:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Paul N. (APete@) McCloskey, Jr.
-Laos
-Appeal
-Vietnam

William B. Saxbe
-Remarks
-John A. Scali
-Appeal

[Transcript #4:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Republican loyalists in Congress
-Economy

Muskie
-Maine sugar plant
-Clark R. Mollenhoff

Conversation No. 2-31

Date:  April 22, 1971
Time:  8:23 pm - 8:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John B. Connally talked with the President.

Prime rate increase
-Chase National Bank
-Connally's statement
-Charls E. Walker
-Western banks
-Ernest C. Arbuckle, Wells Fargo Bank
-Leslie C. Peacock, Crocker-Citizens National Bank
-Peacock's possible statement

Conversation No. 2-32

Date:  April 23, 1971
Time:  10:34 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 487-3]

Call to John A. Mulcahy
-Location

Conversation No. 2-33

Date:  April 23, 1971
Time:  10:35 am - 10:38 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John A. Mulcahy.

[See Conversation No. 487-4]

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[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-34

Date:  April 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:04 pm and 1:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 487-16]

Call to Robert A. Taft, Jr.

Conversation No. 2-35

Date:  April 23, 1971
Time:  1:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 487-17]

Robert A. Taft, Jr's location

Call to Herbert R. (AChief@) Rainwater

Conversation No. 2-36

Date:  April 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:32 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 487-19A]

Robert A. Taft, Jr's location

Call to Herbert R. (AChief@) Rainwater

Conversation No. 2-37

Date:  April 23, 1971
Time:  1:32 pm - 1:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Herbert R. (AChief@) Rainwater.

[See Conversation No. 487-19B]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-144

Date:  Unknown between April 23 and April 26, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:37 pm, April 23 and 6:53 pm, April 26
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

No request made

Conversation No. 2-38

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:53 pm and 7:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-39

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  7:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman's location

Call to John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 2-40

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  7:40 pm - 7:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

[Transcript #1:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Ehrlichman's conversation with John B. Connally
-Fred J. Borch
-Eximbank [Export-Import Bank]

Cabinet meeting, April 27, 1971
-Agenda
-Elliot L. Richardson
-White House Conference on Youth
-James D. Hodgson
-Unemployment and manpower training

[Transcript #2:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-41

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  7:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Charles G. (ABebe@) Rebozo
-Location

Conversation No. 2-42

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  7:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to James L. Buckley

Conversation No. 2-43

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  7:55 pm - 8:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-44

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:01 pm and 8:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

James L. Buckley's location

Conversation No. 2-45

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  8:11 pm - 8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with James L. Buckley.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-46

Date:  April 26, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:12 pm and 8:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President

Charles G. (ABebe@) Rebozo's location

Conversation No. 2-47

Date:  April 27, 1971
Time:  5:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 488-24A]

Call to Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.

Conversation No. 2-48

Date:  April 27, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:13 pm and 5:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 488-24B]

Call to John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 2-49

Date:  April 27, 1971
Time:  5:24 pm - 5:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

[See Conversation No. 488-24C]

Dr. Henry S. Kaplan
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.

Conversation No. 2-50

Date:  April 27, 1971
Time:  7:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 2-51

Date:  April 27, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:45 pm and 8:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger's location

Conversation No. 2-52

Date:  April 27, 1971
Time:  8:16 pm - 8:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

People's Republic of China [PRC]
-David K. E. Bruce
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Vietnam

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-Elliot L. Richardson
-William P. Rogers
-Rockefeller

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-Department of State
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Linkage
-Berlin
-Strategic Arms Limitations Talks [SALT]

-Rockefeller
-Haig
-Marshall Green
-Thomas E. Dewey

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-Peking
-Taiwan
-Announcement
-Compared to Soviets
-Haig
-Vietnam
-Contacts
-Time
-SALT

Union of Soviet Socialist [USSR]
-Summit meeting

Chou En-lai
-Report
-Analysis of international situation

PRC
-Bruce
-Vietnam
-Rockefeller
-Visibility
-Effects

Vietnam
-Prisoners of War [POW]
-Prospects
-Bruce
-"Doves"

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Administration's policy
-PRC
-John W. Chancellor
-Upcoming news conference
-Haig
-Laos
-Polls
-Cambodia
-PRC
-Ping-pong team
-Mao Tse-tung's statement to Edgar P. Snow
-Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-Kissinger's role
-Visits
-US reply

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Conversation No. 2-53

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  11:03 am - 11:06 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Thelma C. (APat@)  Nixon's call

The President conferred with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:06 am.

Melvin R. Laird

[Mrs. Nixon talked with the President between 11:03 am and 11:06 am; Haldeman can be heard in the background]

[Conversation No. 2-53A]

Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Congressional wives
-Upcoming demonstrations

The President conferred with Haldeman at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:06 am.

-Rex W. Scouten
-Arrangements
-Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-55

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  7:33 pm - 7:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Stock market
-Rise
-Hobart Rowen

Time magazine
-Story on Edward M. (ATed@) Kennedy
-Charles W. Colson
-Louis [Surname unknown]
-Newsweek

James D. Hodgson
-President's conversation with George P. Shultz
-Cabinet

People=s Republic of China [PRC]
-William P. Rogers
-Statement of US-Soviet relations
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Vietnam
-Haldeman's possible conversation with Rogers
-President's press conference, April 29, 1971
-Trip
-Rogers
-President's conference with editors
-Rogers

John N. Mitchell
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Marshall Green

Arrest in Capitol bombing case
-Story in Washington Star

Narcotics
-Newspaper story
-Colson
-Kennedy

Conversation No. 2-56

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:45 pm and 7:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-57

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  7:48 pm - 7:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Robert F. Ellsworth
-James B. Pearson
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Career
-Possible exchange of positions with Gen. George A. Lincoln

Conversation No. 2-58

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  7:52 pm - 7:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

The President talked with Haldeman.

Haldeman's forthcoming conversation with Robert F. Ellsworth
-Job offer
-Cabinet

Conversation No. 2-59

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  10:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Carl B. Albert's location

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-60

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  10:15 pm - 10:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Reaction to President's news conference
-Charles W. Colson
-James E. Cheek, Howard University
-Schools
-Kenneth Brown, Lithographers-Printers Union
-People=s Republic of China [PRC]
-John W. Oswald, Kent State University
-Demonstrators
-John F. Watlington, Jr. Wachovia Bank, Winston-Salem
-Busing
-Gordon Edwards, Kraft Corporation
-Demonstrators
-Lawrence Kramer, Mayor, Paterson, N.J.
-Busing, PRC
-Charles T. Lanigan, Republican State Chairman, New York
-Busing, demonstrators
-James Tate, Mayor of Philadelphia
-PRC, demonstrators
-Thomas L. Boardman, Cleveland Press
-Vietnam, PRC, domestic issues
-Reg. Murphy, Atlanta Constitution
-PRC, prisoners of war [POWs], Vietnam, Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.
-John H. Colburn, Wichita Eagle and Beacon
-POWs, PRC, Calley
-Everett D. Collier, Houston Chronicle
-Busing, demonstrators
-Martin S. Hayden, Detroit News
-Busing, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Robert Watkins, National Medical Association
-Vietnam, domestic issues
-Putnam Livermore
-Emmett Dedmon, Chicago Sun Times
-POWs, effectiveness
-James R. Allen, Mayor, Columbus, Georgia
-Vietnam, Calley, busing
-Michael J. O'Neill, New York Daily News
-Vietnam, POWs, busing

Press conferences
-Timing, frequency
-Interest
-Poll
-Compared to speech

Conversation No. 2-61

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:25 pm and 10:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 2-62

Date:  April 29,1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:25 pm and 10:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 2-63

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:25 pm and 10:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-64

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  10:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman's location

Call to Marjorie P. Acker

Conversation No. 2-65

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  1O:36 - 10:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

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President's news conference

Conversation No. 2-66

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  10:39 pm - 10:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

Response to President's press conference
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman
-Cabinet
-Acker's forthcoming call to Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-67

Date:  April 29,1971
Time:  10:40 pm - 10:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

[Unintelligible]

President=s press conference
-Senators= response
-Hugh Scott
-Robert P. Griffin

Conversation No. 2-68

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:50 pm and 10:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the President.

Response by Cabinet members to President's new conference
-Marjorie P. Acker
-John B. Connally
-John N. Mitchell
-Rose Mary Woods
-Winton M. (ARed@) Blount
-Connally
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Elliot L. Richardson
-George W. Romney

Bill signing
-Jon M. Huntsman

Conversation No. 2-69

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:50 pm and 10:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 2-70

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:50 pm and 10:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Elliot L. Richardson

Conversation No. 2-71

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  10:57 pm - 11:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Elliot L. Richardson.

Guest list for Tricia Nixon's wedding

President's press conference
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations
-Supreme Court decision on busing
-Tricia Nixon's response
-Technical matter
-Administration's response
-Vietnam
-Prisoners of war [POW]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

-Vietnam
-Supreme Court decision
-Housing

-Lackawanna case
-California case
-Blackjack case

President's schedule
-Meeting with unnamed person
-Legislative leaders meeting

Conversation No. 2-72

Date:  April 29,1971
Time:  11:04 pm - 11:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

Connally's speech to Houston Chamber of Commerce
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman
-Herbert L. Block
-Idanell (Brill) (ANellie@) Connally
-Alger Hiss case

President's press conference
-Comments of unknown woman
-Jonathan C. Rose
-Questions
-Vietnam
-Domestic issues
-People=s Republic of China [PRC
-Demonstrators
-Rose
-Reaction

Texas drought
-Climate
-Economic conditions

President's schedule

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Connally's schedule
-Meeting with corporate executives
-Hedley W. Donovan

Vietnam

Administration's policy
-Prisoners of war [POWs]

Connally's meeting with corporate executives
-Donovan

President's press conference

Lyndon B. Johnson Library
-Connally
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

President's press conference
-Vietnam
-Sarah McLendon
-John F. Kennedy and Johnson
-President's military options
-Vietnam

Conversation No. 2-73

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:10 pm  4:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 490-24B]

Call to Walter E. Washington

Conversation No. 2-74

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  4:20 pm - 4:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Walter E. Washington.

[See Conversation No. 490-24C]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-75

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:22 pm and 4:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 490-24E]

Call to Richard G. Kleindienst

Conversation No. 2-76

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  4:29 pm - 4:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard G. Kleindienst.

[See Conversation No. 490-24F]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-77

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:31 pm and 7:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 2-78

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  7:46 pm - 7:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

US statement of international monetary policy
-Exchange rates
-Balance of payments
-Connally's possible conversation with Federal Republic of Germany [FRG] officials

Conversation No. 2-79

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-80

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  7:49 pm - 7:52 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-81

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  8:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Call from Arthur F. Burns

Conversation No. 2-82

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  8:08 pm - 8:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Arthur F. Burns.

John B. Connally's statement on monetary policy
-Revaluation
-Burns= conversation with foreign official
-Crisis

International monetary situation
-Paul A. Volcker
-Paul W. Mccracken
-Administration's possible policy
-Plan
-Burns= forthcoming call to Connally
-Quadriad meeting

Conversation No. 2-83

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:30 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 491-15]

Call to Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Conversation No. 2-84

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:30 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 491-16]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-85

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:27 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 491-17]

Call to Melvin R. Laird

Conversation No. 2-86

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:27 am and 10:33 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Melvin R. Laird.

[See Conversation No. 491-20]

Laird's health

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Military Command in Panama-Com South
-David Packard
-Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Laird
-Packard's recommendations
-US-Latin American relations
-Military assistance program
-Moorer's views
-Gen. William C. Westmoreland
-Staffing

Military assistance command
-Nixon Doctrine
-Gen. [Forename unknown] Ignatius

Comsouth
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Kissinger
-State Department
-Moorer
-Packard
-Meeting of Defense leaders
-Military assistance
-Foreign policy implications
-State Department
-William P. Rogers
-Charles A. Meyer
-Forthcoming meeting

Conversation No. 2-87

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:43 pm and 1:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 491-33B]

Call to John W. Dean, III

Conversation No. 2-88

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:43 pm and 1:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John W. Dean, III.

[See Conversation No. 491-33C]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-89

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 492-3A]

Call from Dr. Charles Chasler

Conversation No. 2-90

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 492-6]

Call to Dr. Charles Chasler

Conversation No. 2-91

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:35 pm and 5:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Dr. Charles Chasler.

[See Conversation No. 492-7A]

Chasler's letter to President from Vietnam
-President's appreciation
-Chasler's sons in the Reserve Officers Training Corps [ROTC]
-Vietnam

Conversation No. 2-92

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:45 pm and 6:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 492-7C]

Call to Mrs. Jerry V. Wilson

Conversation No. 2-93

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:45 pm and 6:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Mrs. Jerry V. Wilson.

[See Conversation No. 492-7D]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-94

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:13 pm and 7:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 2-95

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:13 pm and 7:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Weather

Union of Soviet Socialist Repubics [USSR]
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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-Vladimir S. Semyonov's Meeting with Gerard C. Smith
-Haig's Conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Summit Meeting
-Announcement
-Timing
-Kissinger's Conversation with Dobrynin
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Smith
-Congress
-Allies

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US relations with People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Department of State
-State Department Statements
-US-PRC relations

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[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Honor America Day

Hardhats
-Kissinger's conversation with unknown woman on Nelson A. Rockefeller's staff
-Peter J. Brennan
-Charles W. Colson

Vietnam
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with prisoners of war [POWs] families
-Negotiations
-Kissinger's role
-Maj. Gen. James D. (ADon@) Hughes
-Vernon A. Walters
-Announcement

PRC
-Announcement
-Timing

Volunteer army
-Draft
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
-Administration's policy

Conversation No. 2-96

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:13 pm and 7:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Tricia Nixon

Conversation No. 2-97

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  7:53 pm - 7:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon.

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Conversation No. 2-98

Date:  Unknown between May 5 and May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:54 pm, May 5 and 9:10 am, May 6, 1971
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 2-99

Date:  Unknown between May 5 and May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:54 pm, May 5 and 9:10 am, May 6, 1971
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Charles W. Colson's location

Conversation No. 2-100

Date:  Unknown between May 5 and May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:54 pm, May 5 and 9:10 am, May 6, 1971
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Public reports regarding demonstrators
-Colson's conversation with unknown man
-Administration's handling
-Locations
-Chicago
-New England

Hardhats
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Conversation with person on Nelson A. Rockefeller's staff
-Peter J. Brennan
-Support for President
-Proposed march on Wall Street
-Colson's possible conversation with Brennan
-Possible actions
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]

Demonstrations
-Victory flag

Edward M. (ATed@) Kennedy
-Forthcoming congressional hearings
-Demonstrations

Demonstrations
-Congressmen
-Robert J. Dole
-Press coverage
-Press coverage

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Brennan

Conversation No. 2-101

Date:  Unknown between May 5 and May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:54 pm, May 5 and 9:10 am, May 6, 1971
Location:  White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon talked with the President.

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Conversation No. 2-102

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:37 am and 9:10 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 493-2]

Call to Gerald R. Ford

Conversation No. 2-103

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  9:10 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 493-3A]

Gerald R. Ford's location

Conversation No. 2-104

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  9:20 am - 9:26 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Gerald R. Ford.

[See Conversation No. 493-3B]

Supersonic transport [SST] controversy
-John B. Connally
-Senate
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Henry M. (AScoop@) Jackson
-Alan Cranston
-John V. Tunney
-Lockheed
-George Meany
-House
-H. Allen Smith

-Vote
-Upcoming bills
-Manpower
-Appropriations
-Supplemental appropriation
-Calendar
-Conference with Senate
-Allen J. Ellender
-End-the-war resolution
-Polls

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

-Henry A. Kissinger
-State Department

Conversation No. 2-105

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:00 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 493-8]

Call to Mohammed Ayub Khan
-Location
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 2-106

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  11:06 am - 11:07 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Mohammed Ayub Kahn.

[See Conversation No. 493-9A]

Ayub Khan's health

President's visits to Pakistan
-Thelma C. (APat@) Nixon
-US relations with Pakistan

Conversation No. 2-107

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:37 am and 8:51 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-108

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  8:53 am - 9:11 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Reception at Department of Agriculture
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Martha L. W. Hardin

Agriculture
-Output
-Income
-Comparison

Cancer legislation
-Edward M. (ATed@) Kennedy
-National Institute of Health [NIH]
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Report to President
-Haldeman
-Public relations
-Appointments
-Edward L. Morgan
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-President's program
-John D. Ehrlichman
-HEW and NIH programs
-Elliot L. Richardson
-President=s involvement

William P. Rogers
-Reports

Lockheed decision
-John B. Connally
-David Packard
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Melvin R. Laird
-Haldeman's role
-President's possible meeting with Packard
-Packard's possible resignation
-Vietnam
-Kissinger
-Connally
-Importance
-Justification
-Defense contractors

Business Council

Economic indicators
-Unemployment figure
-Prices

[Transcript #1:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Connally
-Support for President
-Vietnam
-Lockheed
-Leadership
-Compared with George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
-Peter G. Peterson

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[End of transcript]

Demonstrations

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-109

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  9:36 am - 9:38 am
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman talked with the President.

Farm disposable income figures
-Twenty-year period
-Rise
-President's possible comments

President's meeting with District of Columbia police officials
-Demonstrations
-President's appreciation for efforts

President's schedule
-John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 2-110

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:38 am and 9:43 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-111

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:43 am and 9:44 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Lockheed decision
-David Packard's possible resignation

Conversation No. 2-112

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:44 am and 9:48 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 2-113

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  9:48 am - 9:49 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

Japanese share of radio market in US
-Transistors
-US production

Conversation No. 2-114

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:40 am and 10:46 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 495-2]

Call to Edith Green

Call to Barry M. Goldwater

Conversation No. 2-115

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:40 am and 10:46 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 495-3]

Edith Green's location

Conversation No. 2-116

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  10:46 am - 10:49 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Edith Green.

[See Conversation No. 495-4]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Vietnam War
-Partisan aspects

Green's schedule

Conversation No. 2-117

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:49 am and 10:52 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 495-5]

President's call to Barry M. Goldwater

Conversation No. 2-118

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:49 am and 10:52 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 495-6]

Barry M. Goldwater's schedule
-Location

Call to Goldwater's secretary

Conversation No. 2-119

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  10:52 am - unknown before 10:55 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Betty Garcia.

[See Conversation No. 495-7]

Barry M. Goldwater's location

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Goldwater's health and schedule

Conversation No. 2-120

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:03 pm and 2:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 253-3]

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 2-121

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  2:08 pm - unknown before 2:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 253-4]

Victor Riesel's column on George Meany
-Riesel's conversation with Colson
-Meany's relations with building trades union

Meany
-Attitude towards administration
-Views toward Arthur F. Burns
-James D. Hodgson
-Building trades decision
-Colson's conversation with James Suffridge
-Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher
-Philadelphia Plan
-Apprenticeship program
-George W. Romney
-Burns
-Meetings with labor leaders
-Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Lockheed
-Suffridge's conversation with Meany
-Alexander E. Barkan and Nathaniel Goldfinger
-Jay Lovestone
-Meany's successor
-[Joseph] Lane Kirkland
-International presidents
-Paul Hall
-Ronald H. Walker's name

Labor support for President
-Peter J. Brennan
-Foreign policy issue
-Law and order issue
-Brennan's strength in New York
-Barkan
-Teamsters
-Brennan
-John F. Griner

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Attacks on media
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Howard K. Smith

Meany
-1972 election
-Attitude towards "left-wing" Democrats
-Edmund S. Muskie
-George S. McGovern
-Building trades
-Lovestone
-Building trades
-Political support
-Blacks
-Ethnic vote
-George P. Shultz
-Hubert H. Humphrey and Edward M. (ATed@) Kennedy
-Muskie
-Henry M. (AScoop@) Jackson
-SST
-President's possible conversation with Meany

Congress

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-122

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 495-24]

Call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 2-123

Date:  May 7, 1971
Time:  4:39 pm - 4:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See Conversation No. 495-26A]

Connally's statement on the dollar
-Arthur F. Burns
-Paul W. McCracken
-American business community
-Confidence
-Inflation
-Administration's response
-European reaction
-Spanish Ambassador's conversation with Connally
-French and German reaction
-President's policies

David Packard
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman
-Connally's conversation with Packard

President's meeting with George Meany
-Supersonic Transport [SST] and Lockheed

Connally's conversation with George P. Shultz
-Revenue sharing
-Forthcoming hearings before House Committee
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Administration's plans

Connally's schedule
-Europe
-Meeting with President May 8, 1971
-Attendance at White House meetings

Conversation No. 2-124

Date:  May 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:45 am and 11:49 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 494-4B]

Call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 2-125

Date:  May 8, 1971
Time:  11:49 am - 11:51 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 494-4C]

Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Mitchell's possible conversation with Richard J. Daley
-W. Clement Stone
-Daley's forthcoming visit with President
-Stone

Conversation No. 2-126

Date:  May 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:40 pm and 6:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 2-127

Date:  May 8, 1971
Time:  6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Al Capp
-Colson's conversation with Capp
-Accusations of unknown woman
-Possible prosecution
-Jack N. Anderson
-Role of radical groups

President's conversation with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

[Transcript #1:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

-Colson's conversation with Haldeman
-Reaction
-Colson's conversation with Dan Rather

Farm organizations
-Support for President

[Transcript #2:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Capp
-Possible prosecution
-Reaction
-Role of unknown man and woman

Demonstrations
-Administration's reaction

Conversation No. 2-128

Date:  Unknown between May 8, 1971 and May 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:45 pm, May 8 and 12:16 am, May 9
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 2-129

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  12:16 am - 12:22 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

Dinner with White House correspondents, May 8, 1971
-Peter Lisagor
-Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
-John P. Sutherland
-Audience and events
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Paul W. Keyes

The President talked with Charles G. (ABebe@) Rebozo at an unknown time between 12:16 am and 12:22 am.

[See Conversation No. 2-129A]

Dinner with White House correspondents
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Audience
-Song by unknown girl

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Mother's Day
-Invitation to White House

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[Duration:  15s  ]

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Dinner with White House correspondents
-President's talk
-Mitchell
-Lisagor
-Burger

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 2-130

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:22 am and 12:29 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 2-131

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  12:29 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Richard A. Moore

Conversation No. 2-132

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:29 am and 2:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 2-133

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  2:04 pm - 2:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

Devaluation of the dollar
-Paul A. Volcker
-Europeans' actions
-US position
-European bankers
-President's policies

Economic indicators
-Stock market
-Retail sales
-Kresge=s
-J.C. Penney
-Sears, Roebuck
-Montgomery Ward
-Unemployment rate
-Press reaction
-Hobart Rowen
-Richard Jansen, Wall Street Journal
-Administration's policies

Devaluation of the dollar
-Connally's possible conversation with Arthur F. Burns
-Volcker
-Burns= position on US monetary policy
-President's policies
-Possible European monetary actions

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[National Security]
[Duration:  21s  ]

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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-Karl Schiller
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Relations with European leaders
-Connally's possible meeting with Kissinger
-Connally's possible public statements

President's dinner with White House correspondents May 8, 1971
-Song by unknown young girl
-Awards
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Wiretapping
-White House press corps

Conversation No. 2-134

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  2:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Richard A. Moore

Conversation No. 2-135

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:17 pm and 2:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 2-136

Date:  May 9, 1971
Time:  2:18 pm - 2:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

President's dinner with White House correspondents, May 8, 1971
-John P. Sutherland
-James F. Chambers, Jr.

Charles H. Percy's call to Woods
-Peter G. Peterson

Dinner with White House correspondents
-Jerry Green's reaction
-John N. Mitchell
-Peter Lisagor
-Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
-Song by unknown girl

Conversation No. 2-137

Date:  May 10, 1971
Time:  6:14 pm - 6:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 496-16B]

Schedule
-Marjorie P. Acker

Conversation No. 2-138

Date:  May 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:15 pm and 7:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 2-139

Date:  May 10, 1971
Time:  7:04 pm - 7:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Ehrlichman's conversation with Jeb S. Magruder
-Thornton A. Wilson, Boeing Co.
-Cost of prototype
-Business leaders

Schedule for Cabinet meeting
-William P. Rogers
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Desalting briefing
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Schedule

Ehrlichman conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 7:04 pm and 7:08 pm.

Agnew's attendance at Cabinet meeting

[End of telephone conversation]

-President's attendance
-Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration
-Desalting briefing
-Morton

Conversation No. 2-140

Date:  May 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:08 pm and 7:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 2-141

Date:  May 10, 1971
Time:  7:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger's location
-Meeting with wives of prisoners of war [POWs]

Kissinger's schedule
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 2-142

Date:  May 10,1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:12 pm and 7:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Gerald R. Ford

Conversation No. 2-143

Date:  May 10, 1971
Time:  7:15 pm - 7:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Gerald R. Ford.

Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Forthcoming vote in Congress
-Opposition
-Strategy
-Ford's conversation with John N. Mitchell
-W. Clement Stone
-Richard J. Daley
-Chicago Democrats

President's schedule, May 11, 1971
-Clark MacGregor
-Luncheon on Capitol Hill
-Lobbying
-President's possible calls

SST vote
-Time
-Debate

Revenue sharing
-Wilbur D. Mills
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Breakfast meeting
-Mills
-John W. Byrnes
-Ford
-Carl B. Albert
-John B. Connally
-George H.W. Bush
-Byrnes

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]