Conversation No. 9-1

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:37 pm and 1:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 9-2

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  1:48 pm - 1:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

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Conversation No. 9-3

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:35 pm and 5:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-34]

Request for call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 9-4

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  5:39 pm - 5:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 278-36A]

President's location
-Barbershop
-Milton Pitts

Vietnam War
-Joseph M. Montoya Amendment
-Military procurement legislation
-Provisions
-Elections in South Vietnam
-Prospective support
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Possible resignation
-Nguyen Cao Ky
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Rogers’s forthcoming conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Attention
-Time period
-Election process in Vietnam
-Election for Congress
-Referendum
-New countries
-Time period since World War II
-Elections
-Type of elective process
-Compared to Vietnam
-Parliamentary election
-Amendment
-Rogers’s forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-Rogers’s remarks at Cabinet meeting

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's television broadcast
-Response
-Wires
-The President's remarks

Cabinet meeting
-Wives
-Adele (Langston) Rogers

Conversation No. 9-5

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

Conversation No. 9-6

Date:  September 14, 1987
Time:  6:13 pm - 6:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller.

[See Conversation No. 278-36C]
Attica State Prison riots
-Legislative leaders meeting
-Time
-Number of Republicans
-President's announcement at meeting
-Polls
-Hugh Scott
-Announcement to press
-President's support for Rockefeller
-Response by Rockefeller
-Victims
-Situation
-Troopers
-Sharpshooters
-Reactions by New York Congressional delegation
-Jacob K. Javits’s comments
-James L. Buckley's comments
-Barber B. Conable, Jr.
-Question of criticism of situation
-Action by Rockefeller
-President's support
-Mass arrests of demonstrators in Washington
-Rockefeller's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Comparison with Cambodia situation
-Example of Rockefeller's action
-New York Daily News
-New York Times
-Washington Post
-Thomas Grey (“Tom”) Wicker
-John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 9-7

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:18 pm and 6:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-36E]

Request for call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 9-8

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:18 pm and 6:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 278-36F]

Kissinger’s conversation with the President

Joseph M. Montoya's Amendment
-Military Procurement Act
-Possible trouble
-Copy to Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Question of support in Senate
-David M. Abshire
-Question of recommendation to Bunker
-Reaction of public

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-Negotiations
-Administration
-Amendment
-Military assistance
-Nguyen Van Thieu's threatened resignation
-Relation to amendment
-Vietnam
-Elections
-Thieu
-Ngo Dinh Diem
-George Carver
-Election cancellation
-Bunker

National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Time
-Place
-Vietnam
-Rogers’ son's marriage
-Best man

News stories
-The Evening Star
-Vietnam
-Melvin R. Laird
-Military forces
-Question of withdrawal
-Time
-Question of public information
-NSC meeting
-Position of NSC members
-Clark MacGregor
-Talk with Kissinger

NSC meeting
-Rogers’ attendance

The President's schedule
-Florida
-Time
-Rogers
Rogers’ schedule
-Possible trip to Florida
-New York
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Foreign Ministers

Soviet Union
-Relations with US
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-Correspondence with President
-Astronaut’s daughter
-Note to the President
-Gromyko
-Arrival in US
-Time
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Meeting with Rogers

Meeting between Henry A. Kissinger and Rogers
-Time
-Rogers’ schedule

Conversation No. 9-9

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:16 pm and 8:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 9-10

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  8:20 pm - 8:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

Press
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Meeting between Kissinger and Reston
-Question of interview with President
-Chou En-lai
-President's response
-Question of interview with New York Times
-Pentagon Papers
-Reston's story about Chou En-lai
-Kissinger's response
-Haldeman
-John A. Scali
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Richard A. Moore
-Herbert G. Klein
-Advice from President's advisors
-Communication between President and press
-Press
-Blackout of New York Times
-Kissinger and Reston meeting
-Reston interview with Chou En-lai
-White House staff
-Television interview
-Pentagon Papers
-Haldeman's talk with Kissinger
-Reston meeting with Kissinger
-Ziegler
-Scali
-Klein
-William A. Safire
-Francis L. Dale
-Press conferences
-Time
-Newsweek
-Question of enforcement of orders
-Kissinger
-Ziegler
-Arguments for press
-New York Times
-Type of stories
-Reactions by public
-Reactions by reporters
-Reston
-Haldeman
-Ziegler
-Telephone calls
-Press relations
-Television interview
-New York Times
-Los Angles Times
-Time
-Newsweek
-Washington Post
-Haldeman's talk with Kissinger

Conversation No. 9-11

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:27 pm and 8:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Paul W. Keyes

Conversation No. 9-12

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  8:56 pm - 8:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Paul W. Keyes.

[See Conversation No. 277-1]

Television program "Laugh In"
-Rating
-Time period
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Success of program
-Reactions
-The President's schedule
-Cancellation
-Future broadcasts
-Percentage of television audience
-Rating
-Future broadcasts
-Premiere week
-Keyes’ advice
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Position of camera
-Interaction with individuals
-Mrs. Nixon's broadcast
-Responses
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC] promotion

Conversation No. 9-13

Date:  September 14, 1971
Time:  9:16 pm - 9:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Paul W. Keyes.

[See Conversation No. 277-2]

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Conversation No. 9-14

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:19 am and 11:59 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 277-4]

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-15

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  11:59 am - 12:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 277-5]

World leaders
-Contested Democratic elections
-Report to the President
-List of countries

Foreign aid
-Countries
-Romania
-Yugoslavia
-African countries
-Leaders
-Contested elections
-Economic
-Military
-Point Four
-Food
-Countries
-Leaders elected in contested elections

Conversation No. 9-16

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:01 pm and 12:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-17

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  12:18 pm - 12:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 277-6]

Foreign leaders
-Report
-State Department
-Zambia
-Leaders
-Elected in a contested elections
-US standards
-List
-Delivery time
-State Department

Conversation No. 9-18

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-19

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  12:24 pm - 12:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 277-7]

Foreign aid
-Report
-Types
-Loans
-Grants
-PL [Public Loan] 480
-Leaders elected in contested elections
-State Department

Conversation No. 9-20

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-21

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  12:37 pm - 12:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 277-8]

Foreign aid report
-President's request
-Inclusion of all countries
-Yugoslavia
-Romania
-Ethiopia
-Liberia
-Question of a contested election
-Time
-Democratic process
-Vietnam
-Question of legitimate contested election
-Present leader
-Mexico
-Type of government
-Colombia
-Type of election
-Contested Election
-Mexico
-Colombia

Conversation No. 9-22

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:39 pm and 2:32 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-23

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  2:32 pm - 2:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 277-15]

Foreign aid report
-Memo
-Number of countries

Conversation No. 9-24

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-25

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  2:37 pm - 2:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 277-18]

Vietnam
-Casualties
-Time period
-Comparison
-Time period
-Effort by Haig

Conversation No. 9-26

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 277-19]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 9-27

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  4:15 pm - 4:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 277-20]

1972 campaign
-Robert J. Dole
-New York
-Edmund S. Muskie speech September 14
-Governors' Conference
-Washington Post
-Attica
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Economy and busing
-Attica
-Governors
-Democrats
-Republicans view
-Jacob K. Javits
-Muskie busing statement
-William S. White's call to Colson
-Strom Thurmond
-The President’s position

Attica
-Rockefeller
-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Harry Reasoner
-Ronald W. Reagan

Governors' Conference
-Muskie's speech
-Donald H. Rumsfeld

Federal pay issue
-Type of response
-Telegrams
-Letters
-Attitude of Congress
-Meeting
-Response
-Idea of support for President
-Inflation
-Wage - price freeze
-National sacrifice
-Special interest groups
-Pressure on Congress
-Possibility of press conference
-Issues covered
-Publicity for federal pay issue
-Poll concerning legislative meeting
-Poll information
-Method of collection
-Republican National Committee
-Clark MacGregor's office

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Tony C. De Chant
-Possible meeting with President
-National Farmers Union
-Patrons of Husbandry (Grange)
-National Farmers Organization
-Minnesota
-Agriculturalist

National economy
-Governors' Conference
-Effect on Democrats' resolutions
-Effect on busing
-Type of resolutions
-James E. ("Jimmy") Carter

Governors' Conferences
-Problems
-Rumsfeld
-George W. Romney

Busing
-White's perception
-Significance as an issue

Vietnam
-Democrats' response
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-1972 election
-Type of issue
-Election
-Possibility of withdrawal
-Prisoner of war [POW] issue

Attica State Prison riots
-Public opinion
-Guard killings
-Support for Rockefeller
-New York citizens
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Barber B. Conable, Jr.
-Racism

Economy
-Emergency Employment Act
-Weekly report
-Number of jobs
-California
-Number of jobs
-Question of savings
-Trade
-Percentage
-Stock market figures
-Investors
-Phase II of economic program
-Statement at press conference
-Type of program
-Wages & prices
-Wording of statement
-Effect
-Labor
-Congressional support
-Position of administration
-Detroit
-Speech
-Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Wage & price freeze
-Level of consumer confidence
-Union families compared to non-union families
-George Meany

Conversation No. 9-28

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 277-22]

Request for call to George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 9-29

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  4:44 pm - 4:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George P. Shultz.

[See Conversation No. 277-23]

Economy
-Second quarter figures
-Third quarter estimate
-Fifteen
-Time
-Possible announcement of figures
-Question of changing estimate
-July figures
-Question of July figures
-Question of significance
-Economy fluctuation
-Herbert Stein
-September sales figures
-Automobile sales
-Time period
-Effectiveness of policy
-President's strategy
-Follow-up program
-Meeting needs of public
-90-day period
-Draft statement by Shultz
-Wording
-Question of voluntary cooperation
-Standards
-Sanctions
-Deferred pay increases
-Wage and Price control

Conversation No. 9-30

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  5:15 pm - 5:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 277-25]

Domestic affairs
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Stock market prices
-Question of significance
-Time period
-Number of points
-Taxes
-Congressional action
-Third quarter profits
-News summary

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The President's schedule
-Governors Conference
-Meeting with Governors
-National Security Council meeting
-Anchorage, Alaska
-Camp David
-William A. Safire
-Principals and wives
-Time
-Phase II announcement
-Quadriad
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Haldeman
-Peter G. Peterson
-Paul A. Volcker
-Herbert Stein
-Caspar W. (“Cap”)Weinberger
-Arthur F. Burns
-Housing
-Time

Conversation No. 9-31

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:11 pm and 7:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 277-29]

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-32

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  7:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 277-30]

Call to Patrick J. Buchanan
-Location

Conversation No. 9-33

Date:  September 15, 1971
Time:  9:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Manolo Sanchez.

Call from Patrick J. Buchanan
-Information received

Conversation No. 9-34

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:20 am and 10:33 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Stephen B. Bull talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to George P. Shultz’s office

Bull talked with Shultz's secretary [?]

Shultz's location
-En route to Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Time of departure

Conversation No. 9-35

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:20 am and 10:33 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield

Conversation No. 9-36

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  10:33 am - 10:34 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

Family event
-Mementos
-Stephen B. Bull
-Types
-Compacts
-Cufff links
-Tie bars
-Charms

Conversation No. 9-37

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:34 am and 10:48 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-49]

Request for call to F. Edward Hébert

Conversation No. 9-38

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  10:48 am - 10:57 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with F. Edward Hébert.

[See Conversation No. 278-51]
Draft
-President's strategy with Hébert
-Leslie C. Arends
-Gordon L. Allott
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-Hébert's attendance at conference
-Meeting
-Arends
-John C. Stennis
-Volunteer Army
-Vote

Negotiations with Soviet Union

North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]

Vietnam

Draft
-Question of world leadership
-Senate
-Meeting with Arends, Stennis
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Paris negotiations
-Arends’ talk with the President
-Extension
-Vote
-Hébert
-Statement to press
-Arends’ talk with Hébert
-Mansfield amendment
-Votes

Hébert's medical bill
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Melvin R. Laird

Hebert portrait hanging, October 12, 1971
-Committee room
-Time
-The President's attendance
-70th birthday

Draft issue
-Meeting with Hébert, Arends, and Stennis
-Significance

Hébert portrait hanging
-The President's attendance

Draft issue
-Votes
-Arends’ conversation with Hébert
-Senate
-Filibuster

Hébert portrait hanging
-John Taber
-The President's attendance

Conversation No. 9-39

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:48 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-56] 

Request for call to George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 9-40

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  11:48 am - 11:50 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George Shultz.

[See Conversation No. 278-57]

Economic policy
-Wage and price freeze
-Question of announcement
-Maurice H. Stans
-Phase II
-Idea of productivity
-Government
-Wage and price controls
-Compared to tri-partite board
-Administration position
-Announcement
-Wage and price controls
-Stans
-Announcement
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Cost of Living Council
-John B. Connally
-Shultz memorandum

Conversation No. 9-41

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:50 am and 1:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-61]

Phone call
-Error

Conversation No. 9-42

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:45 pm and 2:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 278-66A]

Request for call to Clark MacGregor

Haldeman talked to MacGregor's secretary.

Request to talk with MacGregor

Haldeman talked with MacGregor.

Draft issue
-Meeting
-Gordon L. Allott's talk with MacGregor
-F. Edward Hébert and Leslie C. Arends

Conversation No. 9-43

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:10 pm and 6:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Clark MacGregor.

MacGregor's location

Draft issue
-Alan Cranston
-Gordon L. Allott
-Talk with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-F. Edward Hébert
-Leslie C. Arends
-Talk with MacGregor
-The President's meeting with Hébert and Arends
-George P. Shultz
-Alex Hersch
-John C. Stennis
-Margaret Chase Smith

Conversation No. 9-44

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:10 pm and 6:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

Draft issue
-Gordon L. Allott
-Richard S. Schweiker
-F. Edward Hébert and Leslie C. Arends, Margaret Chase Smith and John C. Stennis
-George P. Shultz
-Military Procurement Act
-Schweiker
-Vote for tabling

Conversation No. 9-45

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  6:21 pm - 6:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 573-2A]

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Conversation No. 9-46

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:22 pm and 9:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 9-47

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Charles W. Colson's location
-Sequoia
-Return call

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-48

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:06 pm - 9:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

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-Edward W. Brooke
-Supreme Court

Press reports
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Wage and price controls
-Edmund S. Muskie

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-Attica prison riots
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Pierre Trudeau
-Unknown Canadian incident
-President’s call

Foreign affairs
-Statistics
-Foreign leaders
-Democratic elections
-Foreign aid legislation
-Greece
-Vietnam
-Africa

Press conferences
-Buchanan's work
-"Big ten" questions
-Buchanan and Ronald L. Ziegler
-Conservatives
-Draft
-Vote
-The President
-National defense
-Antiballistic missile [ABM]
-Senate

Conversation No. 9-49

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 9-50

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location
-Sequoia
-Return call

Conversation No. 9-51

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:13 pm and 9:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator..

Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 9-52

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:17 pm - 9:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Henry A. Kissinger
-Location

Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Press conference
-Haig's view
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-African countries

[Unintelligible]

-Draft issue
-Senate
-F. Edward Hébert
-[Unintelligible]

Conversation No. 9-53

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:19 pm and 9:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Maj. George K. Robinson

Conversation No. 9-54

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:22 pm - 9:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Maj. George K. Robinson.

Acknowledgments

Astronauts
-Visit to Camp David
-Time
-Guest quarters
-Tricia Nixon and Edward R.F. Cox
-Movies
-Number of movies
-Parents, children
-Swimming pool
-Aspen
-Horses
-Location from Camp David
-Tennis rackets
-Golf clubs

Conversation No. 9-55

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:24 pm - 9:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Colson's previous location
-Sequoia
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Senior staff

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-Draft issue
-Vote
-Senate
-Middle East
-Robert T. Stafford
-Deane C. Davis
-George D. Aiken
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Economy
-Draft issue
-Vote
-Tabling motion

Conversation No. 9-56

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  9:34 pm - 9:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

Haldeman's previous location
-Frederic V. Malek
-Charles W. Colson
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Raymond K. Price
-William L. Safire
-Alexander P. Butterfield

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Draft issue
-Vote
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Colson and Clark MacGregor
-Peace negotiations
-Tabling

Conversation No. 9-57

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:08 am and 9:17 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 574-3A]

Request for call to Robert T. Stafford

Conversation No. 9-58

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  9:17 am - 9:18 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Robert T. Stafford.

[See Conversation No. 574-3B]

Senate appointment
-Congratulations
-Vermont

Stafford's schedule
-Photograph at White House
-Clark MacGregor
-Swearing-in ceremony
-Debate

Stafford's office
-Location

Conversation No. 9-59

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:18 am and 10:03 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 574-3C]

Request for call to Stan Smith

Conversation No. 9-60

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:18 am and 11:43 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 574-6A]

Request for call to Kay Gardella

Conversation No. 9-61

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  11:43 am - 11:45 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Kay Gardella.

[See Conversation No. 574-8]

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's television broadcast
-Gardella's review
-The President's television viewing
-Virginia Sherwood

New York Daily News
-The "Colonel"
-Public relations
-Frank Coleman

Gardella's job as a reviewer
-"Colombo"
-Peter Falk

Conversation No. 9-62

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:45 am and 4:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 575-4A]

Request for call to Warren E. Burger

Conversation No. 9-63

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  4:28 pm - 4:32 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Warren E. Burger.

[See Conversation No. 575-4B]

Letter of resignation from Hugo L. Black

Black
-Dinner
-Health
-Letter
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Note

John M. Harlan
-Health
-John N. Mitchell
-Note
-Black and Harlan notes

Burger's conversation with Mitchell
-Black’s retirement announcement
-Press speculation
-The President's talk with Burger

Burger
-Health

Burger's official travel
-Yugoslavia
-England
-Meeting with the President
-Yugoslavia
-Chief Justices
-Meeting with the President
-Eastern Europe
-Effect

Conversation No. 9-64

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:32 pm and 7:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 9-65

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  7:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Ronald L. Ziegler's location
-Return call

Conversation No. 9-66

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  7:51 pm - 7:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stan Smith.

Congratulations on victory
-The President's talk with Spiro T. Agnew
-Davis Cup
-Match with Marty Riesner
-Calls
-Army private
-Pasadena
-Pacific Southwest Tournament
-Date

The President's schedule
-California
-Anchorage, Alaska
-Hirohito

Smith's tournament
-Davis Cup
-Romanians
-The President's talk with Romanian ambassador
-Clay courts
-Grass courts

Conversation No. 9-67

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:55 pm and 7:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Clark MacGregor

Conversation No. 9-68

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  7:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Clark MacGregor's location
-Call back instructions

Conversation No. 9-69

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Conversation No. 9-70

Date:  September 17, 1971
Time:  8:05 pm - 8:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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Conversation No. 9-71

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:32 am and 9:59 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-2]

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

Conversation No. 9-72

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  9:59 am - 10:00 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 576-3]

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Conversation No. 9-73

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  10:00 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-4]

Request for call to Charles W. Wiggins

Conversation No. 9-74

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  10:01 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 576-5A]

Charles E. Wiggins’ location
-Return call

Conversation No. 9-75

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:01 am and 10:05 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-5B]

Request for call to Roger H. Zion

Conversation No. 9-76

Date:  September 16, 1971
Time:  10:05 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 576-5C]

Roger H. Zion's location

Conversation No. 9-77

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  10:05 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 576-5D]

Roger H. Zion's location

Conversation No. 9-78

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:39 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Stephen B. Bull

Conversation No. 9-79

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  10:39 am - 10:40 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Meeting with John N. Mitchell
-Phone call

Conversation No. 9-80

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  10:51 am - 10:54 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Roger H. Zion.

[See Conversation No. 576-6A]

Zion's birthday
-Work
-Speaking engagements
-Age
-Younger generation

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Conversation No. 9-81

Date:  September 18, 1971
Time:  11:05 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-6B]

Charles E. Wiggins

The President talked with Wiggins between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.

Wiggins’ wife
-Condolences of President and Mrs. Nixon
-Family members
-Funeral
-Whittier, California
-The President's family

Conversation No. 9-82

Date:  September 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:40 pm and 6:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 9-83

Date:  September 19, 1971
Time:  6:54 pm - 6:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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Conversation No. 9-84

Date:  September 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:56 pm and 6:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Number of calls
-Return

Conversation No. 9-85

Date:  September 19, 1971
Time:  6:58 pm - 7:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Edward W. Brooke.

Brooke's speech, September 17, 1971
-The President's reading
-Camp David
-Appreciation of support
-Schedule

Brooke's health
-The President's conversation with Charles W. Colson
-William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 9-86

Date:  September 19, 1971
Time:  7:02 pm - 7:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William W. Keeler.

Economic policy
-Keeler's support
-Edward J. Dwyer
-Tax measures
-Federal pay raises
-Labor unions
-Congressional action
-Lower income
-John B. Connally
-Return from Europe
-Call from Keeler
-Washington Post
-New York papers
-Position on import surcharge
-Europeans
-Japanese
-Call from Keeler
-Support

Jane Fonda
-Henry Fonda

Keeler's location

Conversation No. 9-87

Date:  September 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:07 pm and 9:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with White House operator.

Phone calls
-Edward J. Dwyer
-William E. Walk, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-88

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:03 am and 10:50 am
Location:  White House Telephone

John B. Connally talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-8A]

Request for call to John R. Petty

Conversation No. 9-89

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:50 am and 11:23 am
Location:  White House Telephone

John B. Connally talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-8B]

Request for call to Rose M. Cicala

Conversation No. 9-90

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:50 am and 11:23 am
Location:  White House Telephone

John Connally talked with John R. Petty.

[See Conversation No. 576-8C]

Meeting with the President

Treasury Department reception
-Time and location
-Smithsonian

Official functions

Treasury Department reception for members of the International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Attendants
-Finance Ministers
-Central bank governors
-Numbers
-Paul A. Volcker
-Past numbers

Conversation No. 9-91

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:50 am and 11:23 am
Location:  White House Telephone

John B. Connally talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-8D]

Rose M. Cicala’s location

Conversation No. 9-92

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:23 am and 11:59 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 675-11A]

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 9-93

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  11:59 am - 12:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 576-11B]

John M. Harlan
-Choices
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Press reporters
-Announcement
-Chief Justice [Warren E. Burger]
-Timing
-Afternoon briefing

Conversation No. 9-94

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 9-95

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  12:45 pm - 12:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John N. Mitchell talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 577-3A]

John M. Harlan
-Mitchell's conversation with Warren E. Burger
-Tests
-Time
-Burger's conversation with Harlan
-Announcement
-Burger

Conversation No. 9-96

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  2:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 577-7]

Request for call to William E. Walk, Jr.

Conversation No. 9-97

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  2:09 pm - 2:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William E. Walk, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 577-8A]

Economic policy
-Walk's support
-Question of feedback to Walk
-Information for George T. Bell
-President's meeting with John B. Connally & Arthur F. Burns
-Phase II

Appointments to the Supreme Court
-Walk's advice
-Charles S. Rhyne
-Trip to Australia
-Chairman of a forum
-Moderator
-Age
-Warren E. Burger
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Trip to Yugoslavia

Conversation No. 9-98

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  5:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 577-15]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 9-99

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  5:04 pm - 5:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 577-16A]

National Security Council [NSC] meeting

Appointments
-Romana Acosta Banuelos
-Press coverage
-Signature with John B. Connally

Miss America
-Press coverage
-Henry C. Cashen II
-Laurie Lee Schaefer
-Phyllis Ann George
-Schaefer
-Support for the President
-Politics
-Ohio University

US Jaycees
-Ronald G.S. Au

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Polls on economic policy
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Harold C. Passer
-Percentage points
-Passer
-Auto sales
-Retail sales
-Phase II

Economic policy
-Trips by White House staff members
-Reports
-Columbus
-Dallas
-Support in the country
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Figures
-Organized groups
-Attitudes

Conversation No. 9-100

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:12 pm and 7:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 9-101

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

Appointments
-Supreme Court
-Meeting with Mitchell
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-William H. Rehnquist
-Lawrence E. ("Ed") Walsh
-Clement F. Haynesworth, Jr.
-Senate
-Richard H. Poff
-Age
-Law experience
-Southern Judges
-Senate and House
-John L. McClellan
-Support for Poff
-The Bar [American Bar Association]
-Gerald R. Ford
-Poff
-Views on nominees
-Catholic
-William J. Brennan, Jr.
-Italian
-Polish
-William French Smith
-Catholic
-Unknown man in Massachusetts
-Edward W. Brooke’s potential support
-Benefits
-Jewish nominees
-Walsh
-Catholic
-Views
-Busing
-Criminal law
-The President's call to William P. Rogers
-Rogers’ talk with Mitchell
-Charles Evans Hughes
-Age
-Support from the Bar [American Bar Association]
-John M. Harlan
-Conservative
-Warren E. Burger

Conversation No. 9-102

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  7:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 9-103

Date:  September 20, 1971
Time:  7:51 pm - 8:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

Supreme Court appointments
-Richard H. Poff
-Age
-John L. McClellan’s support
-Rogers’ conversation with Warren E. Burger
-American Bar
-Lawrence E. (“Ed”) Walsh's talk with John N. Mitchell
-Judge
-Judiciary Committee
-Practice at the bar
-Rogers’ conversation with Walsh
-Catholic
-Age consideration
-Walsh
-John M. Harlan announcement
-Burger
-Confirmation
-Southerner
-Harlan appointment
-Conservative
-Walsh
-Age
-John N. (“Jack”) Irwin, II
-Age
-Walsh
-Law enforcement
-Poff
-Southerner
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Poff
-Confirmation
-Mitchell
-Senate
-House Judiciary Committee
-William M. McCulloch
-Harlan successor
-Walsh
-William J. Brennen
-Walsh compared with Poff
-Law enforcement
-Civil rights
-Busing
-Rogers’ talk with Walsh
-Segregation compared to integration policy
-Law enforcement
-Burger
-Civil rights
-Busing
-Rogers’ schedule
-Rogers’ talk with Burger

Conversation No. 9-104

Date:  September 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:45 and 7:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 9-105

Date:  September 21, 1971
Time:  7:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Charles W. Colson's location
-Return call

Conversation No. 9-106

Date:  September 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:33 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 9-107

Date:  September 21, 1971
Time:  7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

John N. Mitchell's location
-University of Maryland

Conversation No. 9-108

Date:  September 21, 1971
Time:  7:54 pm - 8:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[Unintelligible]

Conversation No. 9-109

Date:  September 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:11 pm and 8:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 9-110

Date:  September 21, 1971
Time:  8:48 pm - 8:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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Conversation No. 9-111

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:53 am and 11:14 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 279-4]

Call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-112

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  11:14 am - 11:45 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 279-6]

Economic policy
-Live telecast
-Local audience
-Foreign car imports
-Buchanan's call to Paul W. McCracken
-Statistics
-Foreign compared with US auto production
-Surcharge
-John B. Connally, Henry A. Kissinger and Arthur F. Burns
-Phase II
-Buchanan's talk with Peter M. Flanigan and Herbert Stein
-Outcome
-Stein
-Analysis
-William L. Safire

Busing
-Pontiac, Michigan case
-Local court
-Edmund S. Muskie comments
-Campaign strategy
-Press
-Civil rights leaders' comments

Economic policy
-Buchanan's talk with Stein
-Large and small corporations
-Bureaucracy

Busing
-Michigan
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Buchanan's memos
-Economic Club

Control group
-Questions
-Economy
-Politics
-Domestic and foreign policy

Supreme Court
-Buchanan's memo
-Richard H. Poff

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-Law practice
-Congress
-Senate
-Emanuel (“Manny”) Celler
-Judiciary Committee
-South
-Hugo L. Black
-Democratic split
-Southern Manifesto
-Wilbur D. Mills

Conversation No. 9-113

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:25 am and 11:39 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-8]

Request  for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-114

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  11:39 am - 11:41 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 279-9]

Drugs
-Brief statement by Buchanan
-Administration action
-Length
-Wording
-Drug policy advisor [Jerome K. Jaffe]

Conversation No. 9-115

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:41 am and 12:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-10]

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-116

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  12:23 pm - 12:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 279-1]

Economic policy
-Henry A. Kissinger response
-East-West Trade
-Kama River
-Administration action

Conversation No. 9-117

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-17]

Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Conversation No. 9-118

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  2:37 pm - 2:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 279-18]

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Conversation No. 9-119

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-23]

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-120

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  4:53 pm - 4:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 279-24]

Engine
-William D. Ruckelshaus
-Robert P. Griffin
-Announcement
-Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]
-William E. Timmons
-John C. Whitaker

Conversation No. 9-121

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:54 pm and 5:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-28]

Request for call to George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 9-122

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  5:17 pm - 5:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George P. Shultz.

[See Conversation No. 279-29]

Economy
-The President's statements
-Questions and answers
-Automobiles
-Housing
-Retail sales
-Confidence
-Leader class
-Columnists
-Businessmen
-Albert E. Sindlinger poll
-Michigan survey
-August 15th speech
-Meeting with farmers
-John B. Connally
-Paul W. McCracken's memo
-New orders for durable goods
-Recent figures and trends
-Defense goods
-Aircraft goods
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Automobiles
-Medical costs
-Labor
-Interest rates
-Announcement of freeze
-Arthur F. Burns
-Consumer credit
-Federal Housing Administration [FHA] rate
-Treasury Department
-Excess profits to banks
-Charls E. Walker
-Study
-Meeting with bankers
-Decline
-Inflation premium
-Loans
-Phase II
-International monetary situation
-Statement
-Connally
-Meeting
-Henry A. Kissinger
-The President's statement
-Burns
-Phase II
-The president's statements
-Timing
-Meeting with International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Private holdings of gold
-Connally
-Dock strike
-Status of negotiations
-J. Curtis Counts
-Farm products
-Taft-Hartley Act
-Shipping companies
-Military pay raise
-Timing
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Justice Department ruling
-View of lawyers in the Executive Office of the President
-John N. Mitchell
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Connally
-Cost of Living Council [CLC]
-Ziegler
-Phase II
-The President's statement
-The President's schedule
-Detroit
-Alaska, Montana, Oregon and Washington
-IMF
-Connally
-Burns
-Timing
-Connally

Shultz's schedule
-Portland, Oregon
-Alaska
-Meeting with the President
-Herbert Stein
-Connally
-Burns
-Stein

Conversation No. 9-123

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-30]

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-124

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  5:37 pm - 5:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 279-31]

Economic policy
-Paul W. McCracken
-William D. Ruckelshaus
-George P. Shultz
-Talk with the President
-Optimism
-List
-Retail sales
-Housing
-Automobile sales
-Confidence factor
-Press approach
-Phase II
-Japanese yen
-William L. Safire

Conversation No. 9-125

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-33]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 9-126

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  5:41 pm - 5:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 279-34]

News stories on economy
-Evening Star
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Wires
-James D. Hodgson's press conference
-Preparation
-Colson's system
-Major price list
-Time periods
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Wires
-Hodgson
-View on economic issues
-Lee Kohn [sp?]
-CPI
-Public understanding
-Hodgson
-Stock market
-Points
-CPI story
-Drop
-Freeze
-CPI
-Question to the President
-August
-Months prior
-Items under freeze
-Items not under freeze
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-News summary
-Retail sales news story
-Interviews of consumers
-Colson's call to Julian Goodman
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-War
-NBC
-Economy
-Virginia H. Knauer
-Petitions in favor of freeze
-Supermarkets
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-CPI story
-Hodgson's press conference
-Wives
-Gasoline price increase
-Food prices
-BLS
-Figures
-Change in personnel
-Influence
-Unemployment figures
-National
-New York statistics
-State figures
-Colson's talk with Hodgson
-Colson's meeting with Boston businessmen
-Los Angles
-Robert H. Finch
-CPI
-The President's statements

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Economics
-Congress
-Ways and Means Committee
-Economic bill
-Time
-John B. Connally
-Dan Rostenkowski
-Henry Bradsher
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Benefits
-Businessmen
-Consumer
-Albert E. Sindlinger poll
-News summary
-Upward trend
-Summer
-Recession level of previous year
-Consumer actions
-Harold C. Passer poll
-Statistics
-Retail sales
-CPI
-BLS
-Personnel change
-Hodgson
-George P. Shultz
-Hodgson
-Conversation with Colson
-Figures
-Stock market
-Taxes
-Investment tax credit
-Expansion of economy
-The President's statement

Conversation No. 9-127

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  6:00 pm - 6:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

The President's schedule
-Upcoming trip to Detroit, Michigan
-Paul W. McCracken
-George W. Romney, Gerald R. Ford, and Robert P. Griffin
-Wives
-Airplane accommodations
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Return
-Michael Gravel
-George P. Shultz
-Meeting with the President
-Michigan
-Philip A. Hart
-Griffin, Ford, Romney
-Administration staff
-Dinner
-Cabinet meeting
-Time
-Connally testimony
-Portland, Oregon
-Question and answer
-Announcement
-Camera
-Time
-Radio
-Broadcast time
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 9-128

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:06 pm and 6:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-39]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 9-129

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:06 pm and 6:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-40]

Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 9-130

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  6:31 pm - 6:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 279-41]

Economy
-Evening Star headlines
-James D. Hodgson
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Cabinet members
-John B. Connally
-George W. Romney
-John A. Volpe
-Wage-price freeze success
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Personnel change
-Herbert Stein
-Geoffrey H. Moore
-Arthur F. Burns
-Headlines
-George P. Shultz
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Harold C. Passer's assistant [Edgar R. Fiedler?]
-Commerce Department
-Unemployment figures
-Public statements
-National average
-New York
-California
-South
-Virginia
-Texas
-Florida
-Midwest
-Illinois
-Ohio
-Media
-Personnel change
-Colson's talk with Frederic V. Malek
-Goldstein [Leon Greenberg?]
-Transfer
-Job performance
-Religious affiliation
-Moore
-Burns
-Job performance
-BLS staff
-Religious affiliation
-Jewish
-Importance of monthly figures
-Shultz
-Hodgson
-BLS personnel reorganization
-Unemployment figures
-States figures
-New York
-Michigan
-Los Angeles
-Seattle
-San Diego
-Connecticut
-New Jersey
-Midwest
-South
-California
-Aerospace industry
-Retail sales
-Consumer state
-Robert H. Finch
-Local compared with federal figures
-Importance
-Pentagon Papers
-Democrats
-John F. Kennedy administration
-Work force
-October figures
-Predictions
-Media
-Cabinet members
-Romney
-Volpe
-Speech before laborers convention
-Maurice H. Stans
-Press conference
-Democrats
-Connally
-Cost of Living Council
-Ways and Means Committee
-Prediction of actions
-Conversation with Colson
-Wage and price freeze success
-Quarterly figures
-War
-Prosperity
-William E. Brock, III speech
-Connally

Conversation No. 9-131

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  6:49 pm - 6:51 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 279-43]

Sports stories
-California Angels
-Ziegler's call to Robert H. Finch
-Finch's call to [Orvon] Gene Autry and Robert O. Reynolds
-The President
-Fan
-Los Angeles Times
-Hearst media
-Opening game
-Departure of Washington Senators

Conversation No. 9-132

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-45]

Request for call to Robert H. Finch

Conversation No. 9-133

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  6:55 pm - 6:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Robert H. Finch.

[See Conversation No. 279-47]

Sports
-Washington Senators' departure
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-California Angels
-Finch's call to [Orvon] Gene Autry and Robert O. Reynolds
-Opening games
-Past Presidents
-William H. Taft
-Theodore Roosevelt
-The President
-Home stadium
-Change in American League schedule
-Bowie K, Kuhn
-Joe Cronin

Conversation No. 9-134

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:57 pm and 7:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-48]

Request for call to George H. Mahon

Conversation No. 9-135

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  7:03 pm - 7:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George H. Mahon.

[See Conversation No. 279-49]

Birthday wishes
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Helen Mahon
-Golf
-Melvin R. Laird

The President's job

Mahon's birthday

Conversation No. 9-136

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:04 pm and 7:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 279-50]

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

Conversation No. 9-137

Date:  September 22, 1971
Time:  7:06 pm - 7:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 279-51]

The President's schedule
-Michigan trip

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-Walker L. Cisler
-Advance man
-Mark I. Goode
-Television
-John Faust
-Economic Club

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-Remainder of schedule

Conversation No. 9-138

Date:  September 23, 1971
Time:  10:35 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 280-4]

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 9-139

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

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 280-5]

Economic policies
-Ways and Means Committee
-Tax action
-Statement by the President
-Charls E. Walker's public statements
-George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 9-140

Date:  September 23, 1971
Time:  12:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 280-12]

Request for call to George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 9-141

Date:  September 23, 1971
Time:  12:58 pm - 1:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George P. Shultz.

[See Conversation No. 280-13]

Economy
-Detroit
-Positions
-Leonard Woodcock
-George Meany
-Challenge
-Phase II
-Profits
-Excess
-Administration’s approach
-Increase in spendable earnings
-1971
-Past figures
-Record high
-1965
-Wages related to prices
-Record high
-Decrease in inflation
-Productivity increase
-Wage increase
-Retail sales
-Percentage increase
-Increase in spendable earnings
-Shultz's statement
-1968 campaign
-Wages
-1965 to 1968
-Record high
-Productivity increase

Conversation No. 9-142

Date:  September 23, 1971
Time:  4:09 pm - 4:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 280-25]

The President's schedule
-River Rouge
-Arrival
-Press
-Barnstorming
-Sheriff
-Congress
-Governor
-International economic statement
-Length
-Press
-Press statements and information papers
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Length of answers
-George P. Shultz
-Amount of work