Conversation No. 8-1

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:08 pm and 1:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard in the background.

[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1N]

Request for call to Peter M. Flanigan
-Flanigan’s location

Request for call to Flanigan's office

Haldeman talked with Flanigan's secretary

Flanigan's schedule

Conversation No. 8-2

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:08 pm and 1:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1O]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 8-3

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1V]

Cancellation of call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 8-4

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1P]

Request for call to Bernard J. ("Bunny") Lasker

Conversation No. 8-5

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1W]

Request for call to John B. Connally
Conversation No. 8-6

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1Q]

Connally's press conference
-Reaction
-Charles W. Colson
-Call from Frank Stanton

Colson talked with Connally.

-Colson's talk with Stanton
-Stanton’s comments
-Television special
-Connally’s press conference
-Colson's reaction
-Stanton’s reaction

Ronald L. Ziegler talked with Connally.

-Ziegler's comments
-Students' question
-Multiple choice question
-Daniel L. Schorr
-Clarification of the President's speech, August 15, 1971
-The President's actions
-Comprehensive action
-Connally's June statements

The President talked with Connally.

-Final comments

Conversation No. 8-7

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Bernard J. ("Bunny") Lasker talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1R]

Stock market figures
-Lasker’s report
-Rose Mary Woods
-Record gain
-Dow Jones
-Industrial average
-Figures
-Previous gain
-Date
-Lasker’s dinner
-Record volume
-Figures
-Date
-Studebaker Corporation
-Blocks
-New York Stock Exchange
-Profit taking
-Selling
-Confidence
-The President's speech, August 15, 1971
-Closing
-Reports
-Volume and averages
-Woods

Conversation No. 8-8

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  8:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with with the White House operator.

Request for call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 8-9

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  8:41 pm - 8:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

Drafts

John B. Connally
-The President's attempts to contact
-Location
-Dinner
-Talk with Joe M. Kilgore
-Headliner’s club
-Support for the President
-Jake Pickle
-US Treasury securities
-Bonds
-Strength
-Corporate
-Municipal
-Call from James M. Roche
-General Motors [GM]
-Forthcoming statement
-1972 price increase
-Suspension
-1971 prices on new models
-Price reduction
-Response to President’s wage and price freeze
-Press conference
-Mood
-Attitude toward President’s action
-Telephone conversation with President, August 12, 1971

Haldeman’s conversation with Arthur F. Burns
-Burns’ forthcoming talk with Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Unknown appointment

[Unintelligible]

The President's schedule
-Haldeman's talk with Peter M. Flanigan
-Stock exchange
-Possible speech topic in New York City
-Forthcoming trip to New York City
-Forthcoming speech at Knights of Columbus meeting, August 17, 1971

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-Bi-partisan leadership meeting
-Swearing-in ceremony for James R. Schlesinger and William O. Doub
-Departure time for New York trip
-Connally's possible call to the President

Conversation No.  8-10

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  8:50 pm - 8:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Peter M. Flanigan.

Sailing
-Hurricane

Textile negotiations
-Peter G. Peterson
-August 17, 1971 meeting with Japanese
-Need for caution
-October 15, 1971 deadline
-Lack of assurances
-Roger Milliken
-Japanese
-US bargaining position
-US position in forthcoming meeting
-Milliken
-October 15, 1971 deadline
-Administration plan
-Impact of President’s August 15, 1971 statement
-US bargaining position change
-Quotas
-President’s position

President’s August 15, 1971 statement
-Flanigan's help

Economy
-Stock market
-Record volume and interest
-Confidence
-Home building	
-Figure
-Permits
-Strength
-Forthcoming 90 days
-Bond market
-Strength
-Interest rates
-Arthur F. Burns
-Gold
-Bond market
-Cost of living

Wage-price freeze speech [August 15, 1971 statement]
-Flanigan's reaction
-Flanigan's help

Conversation No. 8-11

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:54 pm and 8:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo

Conversation No. 8-12

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:54 pm and 8:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to William L. Safire

Conversation No. 8-13

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  8:59 pm - 9:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo.

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Conversation No. 8-14

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:03 pm - 9:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William L. Safire.

The President's notebook
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Changes in draft speech [Knights of Columbus, August 17, 1971]
-Wording
-Cheer line
-Editing by President
-Price
-Editing by President
-Return to President

Conversation No. 8-15

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:05 pm and 9:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 8-16

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:07 pm - 9:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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Wage-price freeze speech [August 17, 1971 statement]
-Paul W. Keyes’ call
-Jack Drown's call
-Public response

Speech
-William L. Safire
-Draft [Knights of Columbus, August 17, 1971]

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Conversation No. 8-17

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Conversation No. 8-18

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Roman L. Hruska

Conversation No. 8-19

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:35 pm - 9:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John K. Andrews, Jr.

The President's speech
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] convention
-August 19, 1971
-Andrews’ draft
-Possible content
-President’s August 15, 1971 statement
-VFW
-Challenge of peace
-America’s strength
-US military
-Economic competition
-Wages and prices
-Pride
-Timing of draft
-Trip
-Andrews
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Knights of Columbus speech, August 17, 1971
-Themes
-Repetition
-US strength
-Economy
-Jobs
-Spirit

Conversation No. 8-20

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:38 pm and 9:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Roman L. Hruska's location
-Helsinki, Finland

Conversation No. 8-21

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:39 pm - 9:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to William L. Safire

Conversation No. 8-22

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:40 pm - 9:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William L. Safire.

Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] speech, August 19, 1971
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Talk with the President
-Materials
-Content
-Competition
-American spirit
-Safire's forthcoming talk with Andrews
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-[Unintelligible]

Conversation No. 8-23

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:42 pm and 9:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 8-24

Date:  August 16, 1971
Time:  9:54 pm - 9:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

John B. Connally's briefing
-The President's speech on wage and price freeze, August 15, 1971
-Writing
-Camp David
-President’s conviction and concern
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Connally's press conference
-Vice Presidential nomination
-Response
-Arthur F. Burns
-Performance
-Turnout
-Signature

John N. Mitchell
-Talk with the President
-Anti-trust
-US laws
-Richard W. McLaren
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]

Connally's briefing
-The President's appearance

Cabinet
-George W. Romney
-Maurice H. Stans
-James D. Hodgson
-Romney
-John A. Volpe
-Romney
-Housing

Conversation No. 8-25

Date:  August 17, 1971
Time:  2:25 pm - 2:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 566-10]

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Conversation No. 8-120

Date:  August 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:28 pm and 4:12pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Executive Office Building [EOB]

Conversation No. 8-26

Date:  August 17, 1971
Time:  4:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 566-18A]

Request for call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 8-27

Date:  August 17, 1971
Time:  4:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 566-18B]

Requested for John B. Connally's location
-Roosevelt Room

Conversation No. 8-28

Date:  August 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:12 pm and 5:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Conversation No. 8-29

Date:  August 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:12 pm and 5:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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Conversation No. 8-30

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:18 am and 10:49 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 8-31

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  10:49 am - 10:56 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

The President's forthcoming speech to Congress on Economic Stabilization, 
September 9, 1971
-Congress
-Speaker of the House
-Apollo 15 astronauts
-Planned speech
-President’s work
-Stage II [Economic stabilization]
-Questions and answers session
-Location
-East Room
-Congress
-George Washington
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-Congress
-Possible technical problems
-East Room
-Compared to press conference
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Congress
-Danger of setting precedent
-Executive privilege
-Detroit Economic Club
-Congress
-Cambodia
-Questions and answers
-Congressional committees
-Television
-Congress and press
-Precedent
-Crisis
-Cambodia
-Riots
-President’s invitation
-Productivity
-Hand work
-Trading options
-Peter M. Flanigan

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Cabinet meeting
-Plans
-Program
-Women
-Wage-price control
-Cabinet members' wives in meeting, September 9, 1971
-Briefing on economic policy
-Informing women
-Spokeswomen
-Symbolism
-Meeting with Japanese representatives
-Timing
-Possible scheduling change

Conversation No. 8-32

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-18]

Request for call to Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes

Conversation No. 8-33

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 275-19]

Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes' location
-Pentagon

Request for call to Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzi

Conversation No. 8-34

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:11 pm - 5:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzi.

[See Conversation No. 275-20]

Washington to Anchorage flight time
-7 hours, 10 minutes
-Anchorage to Washington
-6 hours, 30 minutes

Conversation No. 8-35

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-21]

Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Conversation No. 8-36

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:13 pm - 5:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 275-22]

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Conversation No. 8-37

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:20 pm and 5:32 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-24]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 8-38

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:32 pm - 5:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 275-26]

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Economy
-Stock market
-Fluctuations
-Compared to September 3, 1971
-Volume
-Confidence
-The President's forthcoming speech to Congress, September 9, 1971
-Wire service leads
-Comments
-Congress
-Importance of President’s speech
-Reports
-Enthusiasm
-Polls
-Labor Day partisan poll
-Wage and price freeze
-Phase II [Economic stabilization]
-Legislation
-White House staff
-Political priority
-Unknown man
-Drugs and crime themes
-Arthur F. Burns
-September 15, 1971
-William L. Safire's talks with Burns
-Network interview
-Possible speech
-Testimony
-Speech
-Television interview
-Hearings
-List of witnesses
-Testimony
-Business groups
-Chamber of Commerce
-Testimony
-Safire
-Quadriad meeting
-President’s possible conversation
-Cabinet meeting
-Safire's talk with Burns
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Public response to wage and price freeze
-Democrats
-Walter W. Heller
-Businessmen
-Citizens effort

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Conversation No. 8-39

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:49 pm - 5:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-28]

Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

The President talked with Mrs. Nixon

[See Conversation No. 275-28]

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Conversation No. 8-40

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-29]

Request for call to Barry M. Goldwater

Conversation No. 8-41

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 275-30]

Request for call to John B. Connally

Operator's attempt to locate Barry M. Goldwater

Conversation No. 8-42

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  5:56 pm - 6:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See Conversation No. 275-31]

Connally's briefing
-Work
-George P. Shultz's office
-Arthur F. Burns
-Paul W. McCracken
-Forthcoming testimony, December 7, 1971
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]

Economy
-Speech to Congress
-Freeze
-Ongoing program
-Legislative proposals
-Tax policy examination
-Largesse
-Edmund S. Muskie proposal
-Consumer tax credit
-Amount
-Purpose
-Purchase of durable goods other than automobiles
-Democrats
-Possible question for Connally
-President’s plan

International monetary policy
-Japanese meeting
-Speech
-Long term goals
-Connally's possible meeting with the President
-Connally's meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger's meeting with the President
-International field
-Kissinger and Connally meeting with the President
-US position
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Rescue
-Timing
-Negotiations
-Possible duration
-Europeans

Associated Milk Producers, Inc
-Reception of the President, September 3, 1971
-McCormick Place
-Size
-Speech
-Work and welfare

President’s forthcoming speech to Congress
-Budget
-Tax cuts and spending cuts

Conversation No. 8-43

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  7:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Raymond K. Price, Jr. 
-Lincoln Sitting Room

Conversation No. 8-44

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:06 pm and 7:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator: an unknown man can be heard in the background.

Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

[Unintelligible]

Conversation No. 8-45

Date:  September 7, 1971
Time:  7:13 pm - 7:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

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Media briefing
-Portland, Oregon
-Eisenhower Center
-San Francisco
-Lodging
-Protesters
-St. Francis
-Mark Hopkins Hotel
-Oakland
-Airport hotel
-Hilton

Conversation No. 8-46

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Price's office

Price talked with an unknown woman

President’s forthcoming speech to Congress
-Draft
-Word count

Conversation No. 8-47

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 274-31]

Request for Raymond K. Price to come to the Executive Office Building [EOB] office

Request for call to Price

Conversation No. 8-48

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  1:27 pm - 1:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 274-32]

Speech
-Pages re-typed
-Price's meeting with the President
-Timing

Conversation No. 8-49

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  1:46 pm - 1:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 274-34A]

President’s forthcoming speech to Congress
-The President's conversation with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Price’s conversation with Ehrlichman
-Draft
-New material
-Research
-Apollo 15 astronauts
-Visit to Congress
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Tax
-George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 8-50

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:47 pm and 3:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 274-37]

Conversation No. 8-51

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  3:03 pm - 3:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 274-38]

President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-President’s schedule
-Draft
-Deadline
-President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-The President's meeting with Price
-Time
-Price's attempted contact with John B. Connally
-Price's talk with George P. Shultz
-Wording of draft
-Connally's talk with the President

Conversation No. 8-52

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  3:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 274-39]

Conversation No. 8-53

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  3:06 pm - 3:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 274-40]

The President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-Foreign policy section
-Henry A. Kissinger's talk with the President
-Paris negotiations
-Wording change
-Vietnam War
-Conclusion
-Kissinger
-Generation of peace
-Vietnam War
-Options summarized
-Kissinger
-Vietnam War
-Generation of peace
-Vietnam War
-Kissinger

Conversation No. 8-54

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Price's office

Price talked with an unknown woman

The President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-Draft
-Word count
-Alexander P. Butterfield's question
-Copy
-Word count

Conversation No. 8-55

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield
-Nellie L. Yates' office

Price talked with Butterfield.

The President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-Draft
-Price's location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-The President's requested meeting with Yates
-Typing
-Progress
-Changes
-Butterfield and Yates
-Meeting with the President in the EOB

Conversation No. 8-56

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Nellie L. Yates

Yates’ location
-West Wing

Conversation No. 8-57

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  7:40 pm - 7:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Nellie L. Yates.
The President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-Draft
-Typing
-Progress
-Timing
-Delivery to Lincoln Sitting Room
-Possible changes
-Spacing
-Timing

Conversation No. 8-58

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  8:33 pm - 8:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the President.

The President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-Draft
-Typing
-Progress
-Nellie L. Yates
-Yates' delivery to the President
-Lincoln Sitting Room

Conversation No. 8-59

Date:  September 8, 1971
Time:  11:01 pm - 11:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the President.

The President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-Draft page
-Nellie L. Yates
-Delivery
-Manolo Sanchez
-Presentation
-Make-up

Conversation No. 8-60

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:04 am and 10:11 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield

Conversation No. 8-61

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  10:11 am - 10:20 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

Church service, September 12, 1971
-William F. (“Billy”) and Ruth McC. Graham
-Format change
-Lunch
-Red Room meeting
-Timing
-Arrangements
-Family
-Lucy A. Winchester
-Graham's mother
-Graham’s wife
-The Reverend and Mrs. Ben Haden
-Grahams
-Mother
-Relatives
-Haden children
-Son
-Graham children
-Haden's son
-Graham children
-Winchester
-Number of guests
-Graham's daughters and sons-in-law
-Graham's sisters and brother
-Service
-Attendees summarized
-Norma and Randy Zimmer [soloist]
-Son
-Arrangements
-Numbers
-Lunch
-Tour

The President's schedule
-The President's meeting with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Takeo Fukuda, September 10, 1971
-Attendees
-William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Ambassador Nobuhiko Ushiba
-Imbalance
-Fukuda
-Ushiba
-Kennedy Center, September 9, 1971
-John B. and Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally
-Plans
-Graham lunch arrangements
-Worship service
-Dinner for the Apollo 15 astronauts and wives, September 16, 1971
-Arrangements
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Children
-Previous dinner
-Number
-Camp David
-Florida
-East Room
-Date
-Winchester
-Number of children and adults
-Children
-Table
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Children
-Table
-Location of dinners
-Children
-Third floor
-Adults
-Second floor
-Mrs. Nixon

[Unintelligible]

Dr. W. Kenneth  Riland
-Father [H. Walter Riland]
-Forthcoming birthday

The President's schedule
-John and Nellie Connally
-Kennedy Center
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Connally

Conversation No. 8-62

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:20 am and 11:01 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Conversation No. 8-63

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  11:01 am - 11:13 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Mark I. Goode [?]
-Time

Carl B. Albert
-Note
-Trip delegation
-Explanation of  President's position
-People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Taiwan
-Korea
-President’s possible recognition of Albert’s efforts
-Meeting with the President
-Reassurance to allies

The President's schedule
-Labor meeting, September 10, 1971
-Time
-Meeting arrangements
-Timing
-Cabinet
-Leaders
-Astronauts dinner
-Florida
-Congressional function
-Florida
-John B. Connally's schedule
-Meeting
-Detroit meeting
-Press conference, September 16, 1971
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Briefing book
-Timing
-William L. Safire
-Richard A. Moore
-John F. Evans, Jr. meeting
-Postponement
-Re-scheduled
-Alaska trip
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Ted Stevens
-Publishers
-Walter J. Hickel
-Maurice H. Stans

[Unintelligible]

-Alaska trip
-Pipeline
-The President's talk with John N. Mitchell
-[Unintelligible]
-Colleges and universities
-William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Oklahoma
-Lectures
-Rogers
-Robert H. Finch
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Note

[Unintelligible]

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Conversation No. 8-64

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:13 am and 11:18 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 8-65

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  11:18 am - 11:23 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Wire service leads
-Clark MacGregor
-Compared to State of the Union address
-Public support
-Republicans senators
-Statements
-MacGregor
-Difficulty
-Republicans
-Media
-Robert J. Dole
-Edmund S. Muskie
-News summary
-Washington Post

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Conversation No. 8-66

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between l:20 pm and 1:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-2]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 8-67

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  1:33 pm - 1:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson; Manolo Sanchez was in the room with the President at the beginning of the conversation.

[See Conversation No. 278-6]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Subject of economics
-Congress
-Welcome
-Enthusiasm
-Content
-Welfare and work point
-Catch lines
-US position in the world
-Poker chips analogy
-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Compared to John F. Kennedy
-President
-Recognition of realities
-Commentators
-Congress
-Isolationists
-Competition
-Congressional response
-Commentators
-Roger H. Mudd
-Democrats
-Credit for the President
-Reaction
-Television
-The President's appearance
-Relaxed, confident
-Congressional response
-Wage and price freeze
-Polls
Buoyancy affect
-Networks
-Content
-Lines
-Welfare
-Jobs
-Partisan points
-Investment tax credit
-Democrats
-Big business
-Muskie
-Tone
-Delivery
-Time
-Commentators
-Applause
-Reaction of the President
-Reactions
-Colson's return call
-Timing

Conversation No. 8-68

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-8]

Request for call to Robert H. Finch

Conversation No. 8-69

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  1:48 pm - 1:52 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Robert H. Finch.

[See Conversation No. 278-9]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Finch's reaction
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Subject of economics
-Leadership
-House reaction
-Election year
-Finch’s initial skepticism
-Television appearance
-Finch’s staff
-Congressional reactions
-Current session
-Revenue sharing
-Government reorganization
-Welfare reform
-New economic policy
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Hearings
-90 day, November 12, 1971 deadline
-Finch’s view
-Content
-Work ethic
-Welfare and work
-Momentum

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Conversation No. 8-70

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  1:58 pm - 2:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 278-11]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Reactions
-Congress
-Apollo 15 astronauts
-Location
-Television studio
-Robert J. Dole
-Robert P. Griffin
-Robert H. Finch
-Mark O. Hatfield
-Leslie C. Arends
-Telephone calls
-Business leaders
-Academics
-Statesmanlike
-Destiny
-Conclusion
-Dan Rostenkowski
-David E. Bradshaw
-Illinois Democratic delegation
-Ways and Means
-Press statement
-Investment tax credit
-Nationalism
-Clark MacGregor
-Congressional reaction
-Richard A. Moore
-John A. Scali
-Compared to People's Republic of China [PRC] announcement
-Wires
-Applause
-Lawmakers' response
-US interests
-Interruptions
-Duration of speech
-Pace of speech
-Delivery
-Reactions
-Destiny
-Competition
-Isolationism
-US interests
-Work ethics
-Welfare and work
-Rostenkowski
-Big Brother
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Freeze
-Announcement of end
-Freeze
-Business response
-Bankers
-Freedom
-Delivery
-Follow up
-Congress
-MacGregor
-Charles H. Percy

Conversation No. 8-71

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:03 pm and 2:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-12]

Requested a call  to Clark MacGregor

Conversation No. 8-72

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  2:05 pm - 2:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone
The President talked with Clark MacGregor.

[See Conversation No. 278-13]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Reactions
-Congress
-Leslie C. Arends
-Quoted
-American people and Congress
-Gerald R. Ford
-Robert P. Griffin
-Staff
-Statement
-Non-partisanship
-MacGregor's telephone calls
-John J. Rhodes
-John B. Anderson
-William E. Brock, III
-Robert J. Dole
-Interviews
-Advance copies
-Timing
-Reactions
-Seating
-MacGregor
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Tricia and Edward R.F. Cox
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare reform
-MacGregor's talk with William E. Timmons
-Applause
-World
-US aid

The President's schedule
-The President's sessions
-Congress
-Labor
-Business
-Agriculture
-Congress
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Chairman and ranking Republicans
-Respective committees
-Date

Conversation No. 8-73

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-14]

Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Conversation No. 8-74

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-15]

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Conversation No. 8-75

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  2:11 pm - 2:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 278-16]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Buchanan's reaction
-Economic nationalism
-Welfare
-Congressional response
-Delivery
-Pace
-Congressional pressure
-Burden of legislation
-Television
-Congressional reception

Conversation No. 8-76

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  2:13 pm - 2:14 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 278-17]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Subject of economics
-Price's reaction
-Congress
-Isolationism
-Interruptions by applause
-Number
-Isolationism
-Delivery
-Television
-Congress
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare reform
-Government reorganization
-New economic policy

Conversation No. 8-77

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  2:19 pm - 2:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 278-18]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Reaction
-Cabinet
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Delivery
-Congress reactions
-David M. Kennedy
-Business, labor and public
-Quotable speech
-John N. Mitchell
-Content
-Congress
-James D. Hodgson
-Phase II
-Free labor market and collective bargaining
-Welfare bill
-Jobs
-Leadership
-Momentum
-John A. Volpe
-Enthusiasm
-Points
-Rogers C.B. Morton
-Public mood
-Reception by Congress
-Democrats
-Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr.
-Delivery
-George W. Romney
-American people and Congress
-John B. Connally
-Ranking of speech
-Leadership
-Public mood
-Democrats
-Apollo 15 astronauts
-Editors
-Michael J. O'Neill, New York Daily News
-Competitive posture with the world
-Wage and price freeze
-End
-President’s political situation
-Richard B. Laney, Deseret News
-Freeze
-Tax and spending cuts
-President’s economic policies
-Vincent M. Dwyer, Rocky Mountain News
-President’s reception
-Freeze
-Specificity
-George W. Healy, Jr., New Orleans Times-Picayune
-Welfare
-Poker game reference
-Jack B. Krueger, Dallas Morning News
-Reception
-Television
-James Geddes Stahlman
-Cooperation from Congress
-Carl DeBlum, Columbus-Dispatch
-Preston Wolfe
-Cabinet
-Maurice H. Stans
-Free enterprise system and free, fair world market
-Congress
-Press release
-Elliot L. Richardson
-President’s vision
-Hot and cold war
-Welfare reform
-Delivery
-Future programs
-William P. Rogers
-Staff
-Congress’ reception
-Reception from Congress
-Rogers
-State Department
-Wire stories
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Wage-price spiral
-House Democrat leaders
-Economic stabilization
-Possible alternatives to President’s package
-George S. McGovern
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.

Conversation No. 8-78

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:28 pm and 5:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 568-11]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 8-79

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  5:06 pm - 5:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods; an unknown person was in the room with the President at the beginning of the conversation.

[See Conversation No. 568-12A]

The President's economic policy speech
-Woods’ reaction

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Speech
-Woods’ reaction
-Reception from Congress
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Cabinet
-Length

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The President's schedule
-Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
-Call from William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Church service
-Reverend Ben Haden
-Call from Woods
-Haden
-Rebozo's attendance

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Speech
-Woods’ reaction

Conversation No. 8-80

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:08 pm and 5:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Conversation No. 8-81

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  5:11 pm - 5:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 568-12B]

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Conversation No. 8-82

Date:  September 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:12 pm and 6:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 568-12D]

Request for call to George P. Shultz

Haldeman talked with Shultz

Shultz's meeting
-Haldeman's return call

Conversation No. 8-83

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:05 pm and 3:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 276-5]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 8-84

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  3:53 pm - 4:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 276-7]

The President's recent speech to Congress
-Wires
-Colson's talk with Robert P. Griffin
-Television gallery
-Mark O. Hatfield
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Colson's talk with Edward W. Brooke
-Reactions
-Menial work

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-The Great Depression
-Brooke's call to Colson
-Washington Post story
-Welfare statement
-Support for the President
-Republicans
-Numbers
-Labor leaders reaction
-Colson's talk with Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Fitzsimmons
-Quoted
-George Meany's office
-Fitzsimmons
-Meany's reaction
-Meany's cooperation
-Deferred wage increase
-Labor’s situation
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's poll
-David E. Bradshaw
-Democrat
-Talks with working men
-Travels
-Denver, Colorado
-Tampa, Florida
-Minnesota
-Missouri
-Attitudes toward the President
-Compared with six months earlier
-President and labor leaders
-Rank and file
-Polls
-Haldeman
-George H. Gallup
-Louis Harris
-Possible future numbers
-Vietnam War and economy
-Stock market simile
-Harris
-Incumbency
-Night television
-Applause
-Haldeman's comments about news coverage
-Network coverage
-Minutes
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-NBC
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Delivery
-Prime time
-Democrats
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Vietnam elections
-News summary
-Labor support
-The President's speech
-Television
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Television appearance

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The President’s recent speech to Congress
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Freeze end announcement
-Business decisions
-Phase II announcement
-John B. Connally
-Date
-Stock market
-Condition
-Colson's talk with Albert H. Gordon
-Freeze end
-Uncertainty in November 1971
-Dow Jones
-Hiatus
-Colson's memo to Connally
-Talking points
-Temporary freeze
-Permanent system
-Date
-Planning
-Date
-Inflation
-Wage and price freeze
-Colson's speakers
-The President's speech
-Commitment to fight
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Senate
-Connally
-Meany reaction
-Wires
-Quoted
-Labor cooperation
-Administration sincerity
-Phase II announcement
-Connally
-President’s speech to Congress, September 9, 1971
-Freeze
-Uncertainty
-Wall Street
-Gordon
-Need to stop
-Labor
-Uncertainty
-Connally
-Japanese meeting
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Memo from Colson

Conversation No. 8-85

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  12:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for Paul W. McCracken to come to the Oval Office

Conversation No. 8-86

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:44 pm and 3:51 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-21]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 8-87

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  3:51 pm - 4:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 278-22]

Weather

Colson's trip to Boston
-The President's call
-Camp David
-Weather
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-Massachusetts

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-Busing
-Issue
-Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park
-Blacks
-Percentage
-Whites and blacks demonstrations
-Chairman of the school board
-De facto busing
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Television
-Interviews with blacks and whites
-Court ruling
-Warren E. Burger
-Constitutional amendment
-Eighteen-year old vote
-Liberal democrats
-Edward W.  Brooke
-Talk with Colson
-Edmund S. Muskie statement
-Blacks' reaction
-Professional blacks
-Military
-Radical issue
-Agitation
-Television coverage
-Irish, Polish
-Muskie statements
-The President's statement
-President’s restrictive amendment
-Funds

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The President's recent speech to Congress
-Reactions
-Henry C. Cashen, II report to the President
-Letters from business
-Presidential certificates
-Number
-Cards of appreciation
-Work ethic speech [Labor Day speech, September 6, 1971]
-Editorials
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
-Clippings from newspaper
-Reaction
-Democrats
-Media

Economy
-Phase II
-John B. Connally
-Press conference
-Network coverage
-Washington Post and Washington Star
-New York Times
-Administration program
-Timetable
-Phase II
-Stock market
-Possible rebound
-The President's meeting with George Meany
-Corporate profits
-Timetable
-September 1971
-Stock market
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Television evangelism
-Contributions
-Average
-Indication of future of economic progress
-American Society of Association Executives [ASAE]
-Meeting with the President
-Survey of 420 industrial representatives
-Optimism
-Employment prediction
-Improvement
-Sales volume increase
-Business volume
-Employment
-1972
-Trade association executive
-Profile
-Business spectrum
-Connally
-Meeting with Graham
-Editorials on economic speech rhetoric
-Rhetoric
-Importance
-Democrats
-Media
-Democrats
-Positive talk
-Polls
-Approval
-Louis Harris
-George H. Gallup
-Economic improvement
-Graham

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US social conditions
-Moral crisis
-Catholic Church	
-Liberals compared with conservatives
-Protestant Church
-Liberals compared with conservatives
-Education
-Survival of people
-Changes
-Compared to few years before
-Social unrest
-Responses
-The President's across the country trip
-Liberal commentators
-Demonstrations

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Economy
-Phase II
-Colson's program
-Public policing of prices
-Unknown memorandum
-Colson’s assignment of tasks to staff
-Citizens Committee
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Three former Secretaries of Treasury
-New York Times
-Boston press
-Ford and Teamster vice presidents

Conversation No. 8-88

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  4:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-23]

Request for call to John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 8-89

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  4:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 278-24]

John D. Ehrlichman's location

Conversation No. 8-90

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  4:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis

Conversation No. 8-91

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:35 pm and 4:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Robert H. Finch

Conversation No. 8-92

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  4:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis’ location
Lewis’ return call

Robert H. Finch on the line

Conversation No. 8-93

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  4:37 pm - 4:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Robert H. Finch.

[See Conversation No. 278-26]

Finch's location
-Home

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White House church service
-Finch’s attendance
-Professor Howard Hill
-Reverend Ben Haden
-Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
-Key Biscayne
-Lawyer
-Norma Zimmer [?]
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-White House residence

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Louise Gore
-Paris
-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] Ambassador
-Drugs
-Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe

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Appointments
-Mexican-Americans
-Romana Acosta Banuelos
-Phillip V. Sanchez
-Swearing-in
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Mexican Independence Day
-September 16, 1971
-Mexican Ambassador
-Sanchez
-John B. Connally’s schedule
-Sanchez
-Mexican Ambassador
-[First name unknown] Ramirez
-Banuelos
-Connally
-Bilingual
-Appointments
-Barrios
-Blacks
-Mexicans and Blacks

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Economy
-Cabinet meeting
-Wives
-Budget keepers
-Symbolism
-Lenore L. Romney
-Carol (Crothers) Finch
-Women's talk shows
-Carol and Finch's talk for Roger Ailes at the Watergate Hotel
-The President’s attendance at unknown wedding
-Prices freeze
-Labor union leaders
-Pubic approval
-Compared to politicians
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Peter J. Brennan
-Movie industry
-Charlton Heston
-Gregory Peck
-President’s aid
-[Forename unknown] Walsh
-Guilds
-George Meany

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Busing
-Boston
-Colson’s trip
-Colson's talk with the President
-Upheaval
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Opposition to President’s plan
-Massachusetts population
-Percentage of blacks
-Blacks and whites reactions
-Picketing
-San Francisco
-North
-Administration responsibility
-Court ordered plan
-Funds
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Court orders plans
-De facto, not de jure
-School boards
-Interpreting court decisions

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Conversation No. 8-94

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-27]

Request for call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Conversation No. 8-95

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  4:58 pm - 5:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 278-28]

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Conversation No. 8-96

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[No connection made]

Conversation No. 8-97

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 8-98

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  5:08 pm - 5:14 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 278-29]

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Church service
-Crowd
-Dr. Raymond Bell's attendance
-Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Mrs. Bell
-Compact
-Drinking glasses
-Lucite object
-Other gifts

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Conversation No. 8-99

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  5:14 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Conversation No. 8-100

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  5:15 pm - 5:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

[See Conversation No. 278-30]

Church service
-Reverend Ben Haden
-Lawyer
-Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo

Expenditures
-Possible questions to John W. Dean, III
-Release
-Photostatic copy
-Reprint
-The President's property
-Key Biscayne
-Real estate
-Questions to the President
-Rebozo
-Unknown letter
-Possible interview with the President
-George A. Smathers
-Fisher's Island
-Coco Lobo
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Bobby Baker
-President’s view
-The President's recent conversations with Herbert W. Kalmbach and Frank 
DeMarco, Jr.
-The President's property
-President’s involvement

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Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Ehrlichman's talk with John N. Mitchell
-Mitchell’s forthcoming meeting with the President
-The President's possible meeting with J. Edgar Hoover
-Mitchell’s view
-Haldeman
-Mitchell
-Timing
-Hoover’s possible reaction
-L. Patrick Gray
-Internal problems
-Mitchell
-Robert T. Mardian

Economy
-Family Assistance Plan [FAP]
-Delay
-Russell B. Long meeting
-Revenue sharing
-Meeting
-Tax
-Welfare
-Senate fight
-Welfare
-Senate Finance Committee
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Clark MacGregor
-Deviation from position
-Liberal side
-Experiment
-Eugene S. Cowen
-Senate
-Bill
-Administration initiative
-Congressional action
-The President's talk with Robert H. Finch
-Domestic Council
-Public interest
-Current session
-Welfare reform
-Revenue sharing
-Reorganization
-Health program
-Strike legislation
-Ecology
-Number of possible initiatives
-Strategy
-Speakers
-Economic speech, September 9, 1971
-Pressure on Congress
-West Coast domestic backgrounder

Conversation No. 8-101

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 278-31]

Julie Nixon Eisenhower's location
-Ship
-Message
-Viewing of American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] program on Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Time

Conversation No. 8-102

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Conversation No. 8-103

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  5:33 pm - 5:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 278-32]

Documentary on Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Time
-The President's call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Location
-Message
-Tape

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President's military aides
-Appointment
-Haldeman's forthcoming talk with James D. ("Don") Hughes
-Vernon C. Coffey, Jr.
-John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
-Craig S. Campbell
-Hughes
-Coffey
-Brennan
-Coffey
-Stephen B. Bull
-Hughes
-Air Force
-Political standpoint
-Hughes
-Coffey

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Office work
-Nellie L. Yates
-Typing of the recent speech to Congress
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Rose Mary Woods
-Speeches
-Executive secretary
-Telephone
-Signing
-Acker
-Responsibilities

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-Acker
-Pictures
-Inscriptions
-Signatures
-Cabinet
-Woods
-Cabinet member

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White House church service
-John B. Connally
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Receiving line
-Heritage group
-Number
-Chattanooga
-Stress
-Graham’s comment
-Connally
-Mrs. Nixon
-Children
-President’s remarks
-Mingle with Cabinet members
-Second floor opening
-Transition
-The President
-Handshaking
-Dr. Raymond Bell
-Heritage group
-Graham crusade
-Handshaking
-Graham’s view
-Mrs. Nixon
-Vesper hour
-Morning service
-Camp David
-Other activities

Busing
-The President's talk with Charles W. Colson
-Boston
-Antagonism
-Blacks
-Percentage of population
-Picketing
-Blacks and Whites
-North Supreme Court
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-De jure segregation
-South

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Economy
-Speech to the Congress, September 9, 1971
-Connally's press conference

Conversation No. 8-104

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Holding of calls

Conversation No. 8-105

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John A. Scali

Conversation No. 8-106

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  9:23 pm - 9:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John A. Scali.

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Conversation No. 8-107

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  9:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Conversation No. 8-108

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  9:25 pm - 9:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

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Conversation No. 8-109

Date:  September 12, 1971
Time:  10:05 pm - 10:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis.

Economy
-Business Advisory Commission
-The President's appreciation
-President’s staff
-George [Surname unknown]
-Leonard Woodcock
-Teamsters
-Phase II
-90-day freeze
-Public policing
-Wage and price increases
-Enthusiasm
-Henry E. Ford, II
-Fred J. Borch
-Union membership
-Freeze
-Public support
-John B. Connally's comment
-Labor Day speech
-Work theme
-Herbert C. Hoover
-Welfare theme
-Briefing
-Peter G. Peterson
-Japanese
-Trade

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Conversation No. 8-110

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:01 am and 1:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 8-111

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  1:15 pm - 1:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.
[See Conversation No. 571-1A]

Economy
-Business group
-Connally’s talk
-President’s appreciation
-Wage control
-Support
-President’s speech to Congress, September 9, 1971
-Connally's talk
-Importance
-Political angle
-Wage control
-Duration

Conversation No. 8-112

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 571-1B]

Request for call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

Conversation No. 8-113

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  1:31 pm - 1:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller.

[See Conversation No. 571-1C]
New York
-Attica prison uprising
-The President's schedule
-Talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Rockefeller’s call
-President’s inability to return
-Cabinet meeting
-Business leaders meeting
-Rockefeller's handling
-Amnesty
-Newspapers
-Possible consequences
-Nation’s prisons
-Casualties
-Troops
-Response by law authorities
-Rockefeller’s call
-Hostages
-Number
-Prisoners
-Number
-Helicopters
-Gas attack
-Sharpshooters
-Report
-Seven hostage deaths
-Guards
-Time of death
-Thirty-two prisoners killed
-Additional casualties
-Blacks
-Killed
-Response by law authorities
-Reasons for using force
-Killing guards
-Attacks on authority
-Trooper casualty
-President’s view
-Admiration
-Anarchy
-Russell G. Oswald
-Head of New York prisons
-Background
-John N. Mitchell
-Spiro T. Agnew
-National conspiracy theory
-Support for the President
-Television
-Puerto Ricans
-Killing
-Guard
-Castration
-President’s view
-Citizens Committee
-Thomas Grey (Tom”) Wicker
-Request of prisoners
-William Kunstler
-Head of Mau-Maus
-Legislators
-Wicker
-Support of prisoners
-Request for Rockefeller to come to Attica
-Wicker
-Amnesty
-John V. Lindsay
-Negotiations

Re-election
-President’s prospects

Rockefeller’s possible trip to Puerto Rico
-Stay in New York
-Prison riots
-Attica
-Shipment of bodies
-Possible trouble

Conversation No. 8-114

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:38 pm and 7:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Conversation No. 8-115

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  7:43 pm - 7:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

Attica prisoner uprising
-Media coverage
-John D. Ehrlichman’s report
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-Prisoners support
-Thomas Grey (“Tom”) Wicker
-Nelson A. Rockefeller credit
-William Kunstler
-Wicker
-Rockefeller
-Racial aspect
-Blacks
-Guards
-Puerto Ricans

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Ehrlichman joined the conversation at an unknown time after 7:43 pm

Federal prisons
-Preventive actions
-Attorney General
-Alert
-Attica effect
-Possible deterrent
-Rockefeller’s conversation with Ehrlichman
-Bobby Seale and Black Panthers
-Comment
-Attorney General

Rockefeller
-Attica
-Response
-Negotiations
-Conservatism
-Compared to W. Ronald Reagan
-Problems
-John V. Lindsay
-Attica
-Welfare

Conversation No. 8-116

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:51 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 8-117

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  7:51 pm - 7:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 276-14]

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Woods’ call
-Fina Sanchez

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The President's press conference
-Time

George Meany

Conversation No. 8-118

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  7:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Conversation No. 8-119

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  7:55 pm - 7:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 276-15]
Labor
-George Meany
-Possible administration response
-The President’s role
-George P. Shultz
-Partisan statement
-Capitol Hill
-Comment about partisanship
-Attack

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