Conversation No. 12-1

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  2:51 pm- 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 282-10]

US foreign relations
-Surcharge
-Most Favored Nation treaties
-Possibility of regional exemption
-Japanese case
-Quotas
-Latin America
-Surcharge
-Briefings regarding trips to Peking and Moscow
-Possible speeches
-Charles A. Meyer
-Brazil
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's trip
-Purpose
-Composition of party
-Women
-Elliot L. Richardson
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Liberia
-Countries to visit
-Negro Woman
-Elizabeth D. Koontz
-Labor Department
-North Carolina
-Patricia R. Hitt
-Negro reporters
-Unintelligible names
-Ethel [Surname unknown]
-Ebony Magazine
-Jet Magazine
-Meeting with legislative leaders
-Robert P. Griffin
-Charles W. Whalen, Jr.
-Vietnam war
-Casualties
-Conclusion

Conversation No. 12-2

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-11]

Request for call to Donald H. Rumsfeld

Conversation No. 12-3

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  3:06 pm- 3:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Donald H. Rumsfeld.

[See Conversation No. 282-12]

Final figures
-Princeton person
-Information to the press

Names for committees
-Price Board
-Pay Board
-Hoyt Ammidon
-President, New York Trust
-John B. Connally
-Peter G. Peterson
-Offer of Ambassadorship
-Timing for announcement
-The President's schedule
-Republican women
-Price Board
-C. Jackson Grayson
-Pay Board
-Personnel
-George P. Shultz
-Obligations of chairman	
-Qualifications
-William W. Scranton II
-Shultz
-Harvard University
-Dean, Michigan
-Importance
-George Meany

Conversation No. 12-4

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  3:37 pm- 3:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 282-14B]

Congress’ schedule
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's trip
-State of the Union
-Scheduling

Conversation No. 12-5

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:39 pm and 3:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-14C]

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

Conversation No. 12-6

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  3:40 pm- 3:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 282-14D]

Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Forthcoming trip
-People accompanying Mrs. Nixon on trip
-Elizabeth D. Koontz
-Women
-Possible problems
-Mrs. Nixon’s previous trip to Mexico

Conversation No. 12-7

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:42 pm and 3:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-15]

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-8

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  3:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-16]

John N. Mitchell's schedule

Conversation No. 12-9

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:13 pm and 4:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 282-22]

Mitchell's schedule
-Philadelphia

Edward M. Kennedy
-Mitchell, John B. Connally, the President
-John Birch Society
-Charles W. Colson
-Robert J. Dole
-Need for response
-Prisoners of war [POWs]

Supreme Court appointments
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.

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-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Warren E. Burger
-Reaction

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-Baker
-William French Smith
-California
-Qualifications
-William H. Mulligan
-Dean of law school
-Mitchell’s concerns
-Smith
-Qualifications
-Baker
-Powell
-Mulligan
-Smith
-Mildred L. Lillie

Conversation No. 12-10

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:18 and 4:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-23]

Request for call to Richard A. Moore

Conversation No. 12-11

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  4:20 pm- 4:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard A. Moore.

[See Conversation No. 282-24]

Moore's schedule

Conversation No. 12-12

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:21 pm and 4:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-26A]

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-13

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  4:44 pm- 4:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 282-26B]

Supreme Court anointments
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Howard H. Baker, Jr. 
-Richard A. Moore
-William H. Rehnquist
-Qualifications
-Stanford
-Robert H. Jackson
-Mitchell’s view
-Lawrence E. Walsh
-Powell
-William H. Mulligan
-Baker
-Public announcement
-Walsh
-American Bar Association [ABA] Committee
-Rehnquist
-Smith
-Mitchell’s view
-Mulligan
-Baker
-Powell
-Walsh

Conversation No. 12-14

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:49 pm and 5:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-15

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  5:33 pm- 5:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John N. Mitchell talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 282-30]

Supreme Court appointments
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Wiretapping
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Knoxville, Tennessee
-William H. Rehnquist
-Robert H. Jackson
-Lawrence E. Walsh
-Previous conversation with Mitchell
-American Bar Association [ABA] Committee
-Rejection of candidates
-Herschel H. Friday
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Possible letter form Walsh
-Administration’s position
-Possible press statement
-Press statement
-Baker
-Timing
-Rehnquist
-Smith
-Baker
-Forthcoming announcement
-Haldeman
-Rehnquist
-Smith
-Powell
-Timing
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-ABA

Conversation No. 12-16

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:40 pm and 5:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President conferred with an unknown person.

[See Conversation No. 282-32A]

Manolo Sanchez

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

The President conferred with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Conversation No. 12-17

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  5:49 pm- 5:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 282-32B]

Supreme Court appointments
-Announcement timing
-Networks
-Ronald L. Ziegler briefing
-Nominees
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Department of Justice role
-Briefing papers

Conversation No. 12-18

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:50 pm and 6:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-33]

Request for call to Richard A. Moore

Conversation No. 12-19

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  6:05 pm- 6:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard A. Moore.

[See Conversation No. 282-35]

Supreme Court appointments
-American Bar Association [ABA] Committee
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Vote
-Compared with other women
-John N. Mitchell
-William H. Rehnquist
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-John D. Ehrlichman’s view
-ABA involvement
-William French Smith
-Harvard Law Review
-University of Southern California

Conversation No. 12-20

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  6:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Conversation No. 12-21

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  6:08 pm- 6:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 282-36]

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming Presidential announcement
-Supreme Court nomination
-George H. W. Bush

Conversation No. 12-22

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-38]

Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Conversation No. 12-23

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  6:10 pm- 6:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 282-39]

The President's having read a speech draft
-Richard K. Cook
-Wording
-Veterans
-Peace

Conversation No. 12-24

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:11 pm and 6:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-41]

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-25

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  6:17 pm- 6:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 282-42]

Supreme Court appointments
-John A. Volpe
-George A. Tesoro
-Age
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Herschel H. Friday
-Lawrence E. Walsh
-Civil rights
-Powell
-American Bar Association [ABA] Committee
-Possible female appointees
-Walsh
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Vote
-The President's announcement
-William L. Safire
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Conversation No. 12-26

Date:  October 20, 1971
Time:  7:41 pm- 7:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from John N. Mitchell

John N. Mitchell talked with the President.

Supreme Court appointments
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Meeting with Mitchell
-William H. Rehnquist
-Possibility of accepting appointment
-Finances

Conversation No. 12-27

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:33 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-28

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:33 am- 9:39 am
Location:  White House Telephone

John N. Mitchell talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 281-7]

Supreme Court appointments
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-The President’s decision
-Options
-Law school record
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-The President's and Mitchell's views
-William H. Rehnquist
-Law school record
-Qualifications
-Baker

Conversation No. 12-29

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:45 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-30

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:45 am- 9:51 am
Location:  White House Telephone

John N. Mitchell talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 281-9]

Supreme Court appointments
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-The President’s decision
-Previous conversation with Mitchell
-The President's discussions
-Richard A. Moore
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-John D. Ehrlichman
-William L. Safire
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Timing for announcement
-Telephone calls to Congress
-People's Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union
-Mitchell's responsibility
-Herschel H. Friday, Mildred L. Lillie
-James O. Eastland
-Virginia Senators
-Robert C. Byrd
-Moore
-John B. Connally
-Moore
-The President’s announcement
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Ziegler
-Possible questions
-Mildred L. Lillie story
-Washington Post
-Moore
-Safire
-Leon Jaworski
-Lawrence E. Walsh
-Mitchell’s forthcoming conversation
-William H. Rehnquist
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Civil disobedience
-Moore

Conversation No. 12-31

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:51 am and 10:51 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-20]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-32

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:51 am and 10:51 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-22]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-33

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  10:51 am- 10:52 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-23]

Repair request
-Buzzer
-Old Executive Office Building [OEOB] office

Tape
-President’s draft of speech
-Availability

Conversation No. 12-34

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  10:52 am- 11:04 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-25]

Request for call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 12-35

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 am and 11:04 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 281-26A]

John B. Connally's schedule

The President's schedule

Conversation No. 12-36

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  11:04 am- 11:14 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 281-26B]

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Connally’s previous trip
-Pacific Union Club
-Petroleum Club
-Arjay Miller
-Marriner S. Eccles
-Otto N. Miller
-Standard Oil
-Connally's speech to American Bankers Association

Stock market
-Pay Board, Price Commission
-Volatility
-Senate
-Tax bill

Connally's schedule
-Dave Beck
-Japanese trip
-The President's meeting with Nobusuke Kishi
-Voice of America
-Okinawa
-Surcharges
-Eisaku Sato
-Textiles
-Arthur F. Burns
-Quadriad

Supreme Court appointments
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Herschel H. Friday
-Connally's career
-The President's announcements
-John N. Mitchell
-ABA
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Vote
-Friday
-New York City
-Civil rights
-Thurgood Marshall
-Arthur Goldberg
-ABA

Connally's schedule
-Testimony before Wright Patman
-Economic bill
-Wilbur D. Mills

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Economics
-Mills
-Speech before Press Club

Conversation No. 12-37

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:14 am and 12:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-28]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-38

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  12:39 pm- 12:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-29]
President’s forthcoming speech
-Typing
-Completion of work
-Delivery to the President
-Manolo Sanchez

Conversation No. 12-39

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  1:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-36]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-40

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  1:57 pm- 1:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-37A]

Rose Mary Woods’ schedule

Conversation No. 12-41

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:58 pm and 3:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-44]

Request for call to Richard A. Moore

Conversation No. 12-42

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  3:53 pm- 3:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard A. Moore.

[See Conversation No. 281-45]

William H. Rehnquist
-Age

Moore's schedule

Conversation No. 12-43

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-47A]

Rose Mary Woods’ schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB]

Conversation No. 12-44

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-47B]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-45

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  3:58 pm- 3:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-47C]

Rose Mary Woods’ schedule
-Copy of President’s speech

Conversation No. 12-46

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-71A]

Request for call to Marjorie P. Acker

Conversation No. 12-47

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with an unknown woman.

[See Conversation No. 281-71B]

Rose Mary Woods’ office
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Woods

Woods talked with Acker at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.

Typing
-Change

Woods conferred with the President at an unknown time.

Conversation No. 12-48

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  5:00 pm- 5:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 281-71D]

Chief Justice John Marshall
-Biographical data

Conversation No. 12-49

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  5:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-50]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-50

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  5:42 pm- 5:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-51]

The President's speech
-Typographical error
-William H. Rehnquist's career
-Assistant Attorney General
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 12-51

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  5:52 pm- 5:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 281-55]

Supreme Court justices, date of resignation
-Hugo L. Black
-John M. Harlan

Conversation No. 12-52

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:53 pm and 6:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-57]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 12-53

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  6:08 pm- 6:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 281-58]

Account of the day's developments
-Supreme Court nominees
-John A. Volpe
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Washington Post, New York Times
-Francis X. Morrissey nomination
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Stock market
-Prime rate
-Money
-Federal Reserve
-Redemption of mutual funds
-Colson's conversation with John Hare
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Arthur F. Burns
-George P. Shultz
-Burns
-Federal Reserve appointments
-Inflation
-Unemployment
-Money supply
-Flanigan
-Burns
-John B. Connally
-William L. Safire
-Discount rate
-Shultz’s view
-Economy
-Eliot Janeway
-Outlook for future
-Newsweek
-Walter E. Heller
-Time, board of editors
-Colson's conversation with Thomas J. Meskill
-Poll
-Connecticut
-The President's strength
-Unemployment
-Support for the President
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Washington Post
-Louis P. Harris
-Polls
-Washington Star

Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Harris
-Rumsfeld
-Support for the President
-Harris, [Forename unknown] Becker, Albert E. Sindlinger

Supreme Court nominees
-Educational background
-Philosophy
-Colson's conversation with newspapers
-The President's candidates
-Public relations
-The President's public relations image
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Economy
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 12-54

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 281-60]

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-55

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  6:36 pm- 6:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 281-61]

Speech length

Conversation No. 12-56

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  6:44 pm- 6:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 281-63]

Speech length

Conversation No. 12-57

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:45 pm and 8:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-58

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  8:03 pm- 8:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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Telephone calls to the President

The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time between 8:03 pm and 8:18 pm.

Request

[End of conferral]

Telephone calls to the President
-Supreme Court nominations
-John B. Connally
-Speech
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-James D. Hodgson, William P. Rogers
-George Meany
-Herschel H. Friday
-Woman
-William H. Rehnquist
-Robert H. Jackson
-Possible telephone call by the President to Meany
-Wage and Price Board
-Unintelligible
-Rogers
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Maurice H. Stans
-George W. Romney
-Elliot L. Richardson
-John N. Mitchell
-Rogers C.B. Morton

The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez.

Request

[End of conferral]

Woods’ schedule

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Butterfield
-Rogers, Hodgson, Peter M. Flanigan

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The President's assessment of his speech, October 21, 1971

Congratulatory telephone calls to the President
-Connally
-Texas
-Mitchell
-Romney
-Roger E. Johnson
-Louise Johnson

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Conversation No. 12-59

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  8:19 pm- 8:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon and Edward R.F. Cox talked with the President.

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Conversation No. 12-60

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  8:32 pm- 8:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Julie Eisenhower talked with the President.

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Conversation No. 12-61

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  8:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-62

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  8:40 pm- 8:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

The President's speech on Supreme Court nominees, October 21, 1971
-Mitchell’s view

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-The President’s view
-William H. Rehnquist
-Educational background
-Robert H. Jackson
-George Meany
-The President’s remarks
-Supreme Court
-Warren E. Burger
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Rehnquist
-Lawrence E. Walsh’s reaction
-Content
-American Bar Association [ABA]

Supreme Court nominees
-Confirmation
-James O. Eastland
-Roman L. Hruska
-Hiram L. Fong
-Robert C. Byrd
-Rehnquist
-Views
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]
-Public relations
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Mitchell's schedule
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell

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Supreme Court
-Possibility of woman appointee
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Rejection by ABA
-Vote
-Possibility of Senate confirmation
-Herschel H. Friday

Martha Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-63

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  8:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-64

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  8:48 pm- 8:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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Telephone calls to the President 
-Supreme Court speech, October 21, 1971
-Clark MacGregor
-Freeman F. Gosden
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Madison Hotel
-Warren E. Burger
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Iowa
-Washington Post
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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Gerald Rapp (Sp?)
-National Parks
-State Department
-George Washington
-Mount Vernon

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The President's announcement, October 21, 1971
-William L. Safire
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Patrick J. Buchanan

The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time between 8:48 pm and 8:56 pm.

The President's schedule

[End of conferral]

Telephone calls to the President
-William P. Rogers
-Alexander P. Butterfield

The President's schedule
-Telephone calls
-Rogers
-John N. Mitchell
-Burger
-George W. Romney
-Maurice H. Stans
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Clark MacGregor

Conversation No. 12-65

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Warren E. Burger

Conversation No. 12-66

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 12-67

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:00 pm- 9:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from Rose Mary Woods

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

Clark MacGregor
-Schedule
-James O. Eastland
-Mississippi

Woods’ schedule

The President's telephone schedule
-William P. Rogers
-Warren E. Burger

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Conversation No. 12-68

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:03 pm- 9:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Warren E. Burger.

Supreme Court
-Appointments
-The President's speech, October 21, 1971
-Warren E. Burger
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Iowa
-Washington Post
-Burger
-William H. Rehnquist
-The President’s view
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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-Hugo L. Black
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-School Board
-Herschel H. Friday
-The President's appointments
-Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
-Burger's son
-Comments on the President's speech
-News commentators
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Powell

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[Duration:  14s  ]

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-Powell
-Previous conversation with Burger
-Confirmation hearings
-Law clerks
-Grover Cleveland
-Veto of bills
-Roosevelt
-Responsibilities
-The President's Delegation of Tasks
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Bolivia
-Lloyd Nicks (sp?)
-California lawyer
-John Holland

Conversation No. 12-69

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:13 pm- 9:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

Supreme Court appointments
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-John N. Mitchell
-William H. Rehnquist
-The President's speech delivery
-Rogers view

Rogers’ schedule
-Blair House
-George Meany
-Supreme Court appointments
-Edward M. Kennedy
-George S. McGovern
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Possible telephone conversation

The President's speech, October 21, 1971
-Authorship
-William L. Safire, Raymond K. Price, Jr.

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-Possibility of female appointee
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Lawrence E. Walsh
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Women
-Mitchell
-Sylvia Bacon
-Possible appointment

Supreme Court appointees

The President's schedule
-Meany

The President talked with Meany at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:21 pm.

Supreme Court appointees
-Meany's reaction
-Rogers
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Law and order
-Labor
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-70

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Telephone call from H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Conversation No. 12-71

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:21 pm- 9:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

Reactions to the President's October 21, 1971 speech

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-William H. Rehnquist
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Rehnquist
-Rehnquist
-Richard A. Moore, Charles W. Colson
-Clement F. Haynsworth
-Robert W. Meserve
-Rehnquist
-Cody Fowler
-American Bar Association [ABA] past president
-Rehnquist
-Old timers
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Stanford Law dean
-Rehnquist
-George Meany
-ABA
-Press and editorials
-Phoenix Republican
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox
-Commentators
-Herschel H. Friday
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Arlin M. Adams
-Phoenix Republican
-Edwin S. McDowell
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Law and order
-James J. Kilpatrick, Jr.
-D. Tennant Bryan
-Richmond
-Powell
-Orlando Sentinel
-San Diego Union
-ABA
-Birch E. Bayh, Jr.
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Palmer Hoyt
-Brady F. Black
-John B. Oakes
-New York Times
-Arthur J. Goldberg
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Reg Murphy
-Atlanta Constitution
-People's Republic of China [PRC
-Gannett Papers
-Carl DeBlum
-James Wexley
-Erwin D. Canham
-Powell
-Robert C. Byrd
-Commentators
-[Arnold] Eric Sevaried
-Women
-Walter Lippmann
-Presentation
-William L. Safire
-Haldeman’s view
-Senate
-Confirmation chances

Conversation No. 12-72

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 12-73

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:44 pm- 9:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Charles W. Colson's schedule

Conversation No. 12-74

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 12-75

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:45 pm and 9:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Ronald L. Ziegler's schedule
-British embassy

Conversation No. 12-76

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:45 pm and 9:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-77

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:47 pm- 9:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

Reports on President’s speech

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Administration positions for women
-Supreme Court
-Blacks

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Conversation No. 12-78

Date:  October 21, 1971
Time:  9:50 pm- 10:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

The President's speech, October 21, 1971
-Supreme Court appointments
-Women

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-The President's Supreme Court appointees
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Previous ABA rejection of candidates
-William H. Rehnquist
-Stanford law school
-Capitol Hill sentiment
-Democrats
-Edward M. Kennedy
-George Meany
-Possible support
-Mildred L. Lillie
-The President’s Supreme Court appointees
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Rehnquist
-Stanford
-Robert H. Jackson
-Possible tenure on the Supreme Court
-ABA
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Powell
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Conversation No. 12-79

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:08 am- 3:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 599-17A]

Request for call to John D. Lodge in Argentina

Conversation No. 12-80

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 599-17B]

Request for call to Graham A. Martin in Rome

William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 12-81

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

The President's request for John D. Lodge in Argentina
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-The President's location
-Rose Garden

[The telephone call was placed on hold]

The President's schedule
-Linwood Holton
-Lodge

[The telephone call was placed on hold]

The President talked with John D. Lodge between 3:05 pm and 3:09 pm.

William P. Rogers

United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan
-Purpose of telephone call
-Argentina
-Lodge’s instructions from the President
-General Alejandro Augustin Lanusse
-The President’s view
-Robert H. Finch
-Lodge’s efforts
-The President’s view

Rogers talked with Lodge at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:09 pm.

-Argentine’s vote
-Albanian resolution
-Israel
-UN chapter
-Ambassador Mounjay (sp?) 
-Argentine’s vote
-Need to support US position

Conversation No. 12-82

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  3:14 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Linwood Holton

Conversation No. 12-83

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator.

The President's telephone
-Linwood Holton
-Oval Office
-Dwight L. Chapin's office

Conversation No. 12-84

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator.

The President's schedule
-Linwood Holton

Butterfield conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm.

Sanchez

[End of conferral]

Progress in completing telephone call

Holton's schedule
-The President's schedule
-Butterfield's schedule

Conversation No. 12-85

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:14 and 3:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator.

The President's schedule

Butterfield talked with Linwood Holton.

Salutations

The President's schedule

The President talked with Holton between 3:30 pm and 3:35 pm.

Holton's forthcoming press conference
-Supreme Court nominees
-William H. Rehnquist
-Warren E. Burger
-Richard H. Poff
-Holton’s support
-Rehnquist
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Jinks Holton
-Previous conversation with Holton
-John N. Mitchell
 -State National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]
-Support
-Holton's assessment of the President's performance

The President’s schedule
-Japan
-Nobusuke Kishi
-Textile agreement
-Virginia factories

Foreign Affairs
-Pakistan
-President’s previous meeting with Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen
-India
-Middle East
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]-US role
-People’s Republic of China [PRC
-Pakistan

Virginia’s school situation
-Holton's schedule
-The President's schedule
-Dwight L. Chapin, John D. Ehrlichman, H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Chapin
-PRC

Conversation No. 12-86

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  3:35 pm- 5:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Bryce N. Harlow

Conversation No. 12-87

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  5:20 pm- 5:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Bryce N. Harlow.

The President's Supreme Court nominees
-Harlow’s view
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-"Kilpo"  [Carroll K. Kilpatrick ?]

Previous discussion on appointment of new Secretary of Agriculture
-Henry L. Bellmon's status
-Possible Senate appointee
-Three candidates
-Indiana
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Under secretary
-Clarence D. Palmby
-Earl L. Butz
-Palmby
-J. Phillip Campbell
-Farm Bureau
-Georgia Farm Bureau
-Palmby
-Butz

The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:27 pm.

[Unintelligible]

[End of conferral]

-Ezra Taft Benson
-Palmby
-Bellmon
-Palmby
-Campbell
-Butz
-Benson
-Palmby
-Louis B. Nunn
-Palmby
-Bellmon

Conversation No. 12-88

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  5:40 pm- 5:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Prime Minister Emilio Columbo of Italy.

State Department translator

United Nations [UN] vote on Chinese representation
-The President’s previous meeting with Aldo Moro
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-The US position
-Taiwan
-Voting standards
-The precedent
-Portugal
-PRC
-Taiwan
-Italian-Americans views
-Italy
-Support for US position
-Previous meetings between Columbo and the President
-Washington
-Rome
-The President’s view
-Colombo's feelings about the President's telephone call
-Italian public opinion
-Previous Italian position
-PRC
-Taiwan
-Italian Diplomatic recognition of PRC
-Forthcoming vote
-Italian position
-Public opinion
-Italian Council of Ministers
-Forthcoming debate
-Graham A. Martin’s previous conversations with Columbo
-The President’s view
-Italy
-Support for the US position
-UN precedent
-American-Italian relations
-UN vote
-Expulsions
-PRC
-US

Conversation No. 12-89

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  9:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-90

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:13 pm and 9:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator..

John N. Mitchell's schedule

Conversation No. 12-91

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:13 pm and 9:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 12-92

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  9:18 pm- 9:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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The President's schedule
-Dinner
-Nobusuke Kishi
-Gift

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Conversation No. 12-93

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  9:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Paul W. Keyes

Conversation No. 12-94

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  9:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 12-95

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  9:46 pm- 9:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Paul W. Keyes.

Salutations

The President's speech, October 21, 1971
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Supreme Court nominations
-Confirmation

Keyes’ television show
-Joseph H. Blatchford

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Conversation No. 12-96

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  9:52 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 12-97

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:52 pm and 10:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 12-98

Date:  October 22, 1971
Time:  10:00 pm- 10:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

The President's Supreme Court nominees
-Lewis’ view
-The President's action
-American Bar Association [ABA] Committee
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Jr.
-William H. Rehnquist
-Potter Stewart

The President's schedule

Conversation No. 12-99

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:30 am and 9:44 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-7A]

Request for call to Charles W. Sandman. Jr.

Conversation No. 12-100

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  9:44 am- 9:45 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Sandman, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 601-7B]

Birthday greetings

Sandman's schedule
-New Jersey

The President's schedule
-Governors
-Moscow

Supreme Court nominees
-Characterized
-House of Representatives
-Sandman

Conversation No. 12-101

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:45 am and 11:18 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-12A]

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

Conversation No. 12-102

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  11:18 am- 11:19 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 601-12B]

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Conversation No. 12-103

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:19 am and 11:31 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-12C]

President Luis Echeverria Alvarez

The President talked with second operator.

Language of conversation
-English
-Translation
-Spanish

The President talked with President Echeverria between 11:31 pm and 11:43 pm.

Salutations

Robert H. Finch
-Mexico

The President’s schedule
-Possible future meeting with Echeverria

United Nations [UN] vote on Chinese representation
-Mexico
-US-Mexican relations
-The President’s view
-Future of the UN
-Taiwan
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-The US position
-Possible Mexican position

Greetings
-Thelma C. (“Pat”)  Nixon
-Mrs. Echeverria

UN vote on Chinese representation
-Mexican Policy
-Emilio O. Rabasa
-William P. Rogers
-Possible meeting

Mexican-American relations
-Rabasa
-Rogers
-Mexican decision on US representation
-Mexican foreign policy

Conversation No. 12-104

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:43 am and 11:53 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President conferred with an unknown person.

[See Conversation No. 601-13]

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 12-105

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  11:53 am- 11:54 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 601-14]

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Conversation No. 12-106

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  11:59 am- 12:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

King Hassan II

The President talked with King Hassan II.

[See Conversation No. 601-17A]

United Nations [UN] vote on Chinese representation and Taiwan
-The President's 1957 meeting with Hassan
-The President’s view
-Future of the UN
-US position
-Possible support from Morocco
-The President’s view
-Voting procedures
-Possible support from Morocco
-Possible future meeting of Hassan and Nixon
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-King Hassan's actions
-Mrs. Nixon
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Stuart W. Rockwell
-US

The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander A. Haig, Jr. at an unknown time after 12:08 pm.

[See Conversation No. 601-17]

[Unintelligible]

Conversation No. 12-107

Date:  October 23, 1971
Time:  12:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-18]

Request for call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 12-108

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:10 PM and 12:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-27]

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 12-109

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  12:15 pm- 12:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 601-28]

The President's schedule
-Telephone call from William P. Rogers
-Possible topic
-United Nations [UN]
-India-Pakistan
-UN vote on Chinese representation
-Portugal
-Belgium
-Luxemburg

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PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA [PRC]	

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The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time before 12:17 pm.

[Unintelligible]

[End of Conferral]

Henry A. Kissinger
-Schedule

Conversation No. 12-110

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-29]

Request for call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 12-111

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  12:20 pm- 12:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 601-30]

US Foreign Policy
-United Nations [UN] vote on Chinese representation
-The President’s telephone calls to foreign leaders
-Italy
-Voting position
-Mexico
-Portugal
-Morocco
-The President’s previous telephone call to King Hassan II
-Senegal
-Togo
-Leopold S. Senghor
-Georges Pompidou

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SENEGAL

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-European countries
-African countries
-Future meeting with the President
-Mexico
-Canada
-Mexico
-Emilio O. Rabasa
-Rogers forthcoming conversation
-Luis Echeverria Alvarez

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[Duration:  1m 1s  ]

MEXICO, IRELAND

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-US strategy

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[Duration:  8s  ]

PRC

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-World Bank, International Monetary Fund [IMF], Asian Development Fund, Latin-American Fund
-Peter G. Peterson Committee
-US
-John B. Connally
-Brazil
-Argentina
-Peru
-Ecuador

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[National Security]
[Duration:  27s  ]

BOLIVIA	

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-Latin America
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-un
-Possible outcome
-US response
-Belgium
-Pierre Harmel

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[Duration:  4s  ]

FRENCH, GREAT BRITAIN

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-Actions
-Possible decision

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[National Security]
[Duration:  13s  ]

FRENCH, GREAT BRITAIN

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-Possible vote count
-Rogers view
-Southern Yemen
-Sudan
-Syria
-Iraq
-Southern Yemen
-Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi Belorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Ceylon, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia
-Ceylon
-Chinese
-Guinea, Hungary
-Iceland

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[National Security]
[Duration:  3s  ]

ICELAND

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-India, Iraq, Kuwait
-Kenya
-Multilateral assistance
-US position
-Aid
-George H.W. Bush
-Comments on vote
-Possible defeat
-Rogers
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-The President's Position
-Us Domestic Situation
-China
-Italy
-Rogers’ Schedule
-Harmel

Conversation No. 12-112

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  2:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 304-5]

Request for call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 12-113

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:37 pm and 2:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 304-6]

William P. Rogers’ schedule

Conversation No. 12-114

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:37 pm and 2:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 304-7]

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 12-115

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  2:40 pm- 2:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 304-8]

Colson's schedule

Weekend news commentary
-Time, Newsweek
-Supreme Court nominees
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist
-Herschel H. Friday, Mildred L. Lillie
-Powell, Rehnquist
-The President's radio speech
-Colson’s view
-Washington Post
-New York Times
-Television
-"Today Show"
-Veterans Day speech
-United Nations [UN] statement
-Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford

UN vote on expulsion of Taiwan
-Vote prediction
-George H. W. Bush
-Belgium
-William P. Rogers
-Martin Z. Agronsky program
-Bush
-"Today Show"
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] news
-Domestic political implications
-Administration’s response

Supreme Court nominees
-James J. Kilpatrick
-Richard A. Moore
-Time, Newsweek
-Dan Rather
-George H. Gallup poll
-Washington Star

Polls
-Louis P. Harris
-Edmund S. Muskie
-The President's standing
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Trip to Charlotte, North Carolina
-Textiles
-Supreme Court
-Donald J. Oberdorfer
-Washington Star

Public relations
-Supreme Court
-Selections
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Woman
-Senator
-Choices of the President
-The President's speech announcing nominees
-Manolo Sanchez
-Rose Mary Woods
-Time, Newsweek
-ABA
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-John N. Mitchell
-Press coverage
-Announcement speech
-Thomas J. Meskill
-Leon Albert
-Colson
-John F. Kennedy
-Feelings toward the President
-Jewish community
-Democrats
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Economy
-Harris
-Economy

Economy
-Public perception
-Administration policies
-Arthur F. Burns
-Money supply
-John B. Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Readers Digest
-The President's economic program
-Colson's prediction
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Retail sales
-Automobiles
-Unemployment figures
-Cost of living features
-Public relations
-Future
-Political gain
-Donald H. Rumsfeld’s role
-Edmund S. Muskie
-"Face the Nation"
-Colson’s view

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Political situation
-Support for the President
-Economy
-Supreme Court nominees
-Tax bill
-Automobile sales
-Oberdorfer

Conversation No. 12-116

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  3:01 pm- 3:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 304-9]

William P. Rogers

The President talked with Rogers.

United Nations [UN] vote on Chinese representation
-Rogers’ schedule
-Emilio Rabasa
-Peoples Republic of China [PRC] efforts
-Diplomatic relations
-Belgium
-Peru
-Juan Velasco Alvarado
-Rogers' effort
-The President's effort
-Mexico
-Rogers previous conversation with Rabasa
-Belgium
-Pierre Harmel
-Previous conversation with Rogers
-Possible Presidential telephone call
-Peru
-Velasco
-US strategy
-PRC
-Leopold Sedar Senghor
-Rogers efforts
-Salvador Allende Gossens
-Peru

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[National Security]
[Duration:  36s  ]

MEXICO

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-Europe
-France
-Great Britain
-Multilateral corporations
-The President’s position
-IBA
-Funding
-IDA
-Inter-American development
-Foreign aid
-Otto E. Passman
-John J. Rooney
-UN
-Appropriations
-Gerald R. Ford
-U Thant

Conversation No. 12-117

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  3:12 pm- 3:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 304-10]

Telephone call from Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

President talked with Haig.

The President's schedule
-Marshal Josip Broz Tito
-Mrs. Indira Gandhi

US foreign relations
-William P. Rogers
-Laos
-Souvanna Phouma
-Message from the President
-United Nations [UN] vote on China
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-G. McMurtie Godley
-Wording of message

Conversation No. 12-118

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 304-14]

Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 12-119

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  3:29 pm- 3:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 304-15]

US Supreme Court appointees
-Conservatives
-Press
-[Arnold] Eric Sevaried
-Dan Rather
-Senate confirmation for nominees
-William H. Rehnquist

Conversation No. 12-120

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 304-17A]

Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield

Conversation No. 12-121

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 304-17B]

Alexander P. Butterfield's location

Conversation No. 12-122

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  5:22 pm- 5:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Alexander P. Butterfield

[See Conversation No. 304-17C]

The President talked with Butterfield.

The President's schedule, October 25, 1971
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Wallace F. Bennett
-Vietnam veterans
-Vietnam tour of duty
-National Associations of Manufacturers [NAM]
-Taped message from the President
-National Security Council [NSC]
-John B. Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Casper W. Weinberger
-Connally

The President conferred with George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 5:25 pm.

Recounted schedule

[End of conferral]

The President's schedule
-Agnew
-Connally
-Bennett

Conversation No. 12-123

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  7:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White house operator.

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

Conversation No. 12-124

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:22 pm and 7:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo's location

Conversation No. 12-125

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:22 pm and 7:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 12-126

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  7:27 pm- 7:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

The President talked with Haig.

United Nations [UN] vote on Chinese representation question
-Timing of vote
-Peoples Republic of China [PRC]
-Belgium
-Peru
-Timing of vote
-Possible outcome
-William P. Rogers
-Mexico
-Luis Echeverria Alvarez

Henry A. Kissinger's schedule

The President's Schedule
-John B. Connally
-Kissinger
-UN vote on Chinese representation

Vietnam
-North Vietnam
-South Vietnam
-Helicopter losses

UN vote on China question
-Laos
-Souvanna Phouma
-Message from the President

India-Pakistan
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-U Thant
-Proposal

Kissinger's schedule

Conversation No. 12-127

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:34 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 12-128

Date:  October 25, 1971
Time:  7:37 pm- 7:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

News reports
-Demonstrators
-Weather
-Washington Monument

The President’s schedule
-Vietnam veterans

Common cause
-William D. Eberle
-Edwin D. Etherington
-Eberle
-Arthur S. Fleming
-Censure vote by Common Cause
-Carl B. Albert

Economy
-Figures
-Retail sales
-Consumer buying
-Commerce Department
-Stock market
-Possible letter from the President to local government heads
-Public service employment
-Publicity
-Nixon administration success

Democrats
-Request for air time on television
-Supreme Court

Economic figures
-Public relations
-White House strategy

Conversation No. 12-129

Date:  October 26, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:35 am and 8:49 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-35]

Request for call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 12-130

Date:  October 26, 1971
Time:  8:49 am- 8:55 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1A]

Manolo Sanchez
-Demonstrators

European Security Conference
-Press reports
-Georges Pompidou
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Instructions to Rogers
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-US position
-Europeans
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Brezhnev
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Italy
-Great Britain
-Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home
-Rogers public statements
-Possible preliminary meeting
-Timing
-Attendees
-Manlio Brosio
-Possible statement

Possible Rogers’ press conference
-United Nations [UN]
-People's Republic of China [PRC] admission
-Taiwan
-Precedent
-Possible effect of UN
-Congressional Appropriations Committee

The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-John B. Connally
-Economy
-Budget
-Wage and Price controls

European Security Conference
-France
-US position
-USSR
-West Germany
-Willy Brandt

Conversation No. 12-131

Date:  October 26, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:55 pm and 8:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for call to William P. Rogers

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

[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1]

Haldeman talked with Rogers between 8:59 am and 9:01 am.

[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1B]

The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger, Rogers

Nomination for North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] position
-Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
-Charles D. ("Tex") Thornton
-Kissinger
-Stoessel
-Manlio Brosio