Conversation No. 16-1

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:09 pm and 7:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 16-2

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  7:31 pm - 7:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

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[The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 7:31p and 7:39 pm]

[End of conferral]

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-Harriet McCormack funeral
-Vernon C. Coffey, Jr.
-Publicity
-Carl B. Albert

President's schedule
-NBC filming next day
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Materials for Woods
-Public mail
-Suggestions
-Telephone calls
-Picture
-Forthcoming dinner, December 6, 1971 [Pierre E. Trudeau]
-John w. Chancellor
-Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.
-Spiro T. Agnew
-David
-Agnew
-George P. Shultz
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-John B. Connally
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Shultz
-Agnew
-Shultz
-Seating arrangements
-Number
-Flanigan
-David
-Shultz
-Flanigan
-Peter G. Peterson
-Flanigan
-David
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Shultz
-Forthcoming dinner for Emilio G. Medici, December 7, 1971
-Guests
-W. Clement Stone
-Entertainment
-Violinist [Itzhak Perlman?]

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Conversation No. 16-3

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:39 pm and 7:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Strom Thurmond

Conversation No. 16-4

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  7:50 pm - 7:52 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Strom Thurmond.

Birthday greetings to Thurmond
-Nancy Thurmond
-Possible visit to the President
-Possible picture of Thurmond with the President
-Schedule
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Harriet McCormack Funeral
-John W. McCormack
-Date
-Mrs. Nixon

Conversation No. 16-5

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:52 pm and 7:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 16-6

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  7:56 pm - 8:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

India- Pakistan war
-United Nations [UN] Security Council resolution
-Lack of progress
-US position
-Mutual withdrawal
-Military situation
-Reports
-East Pakistan
-Indian bombing of Karachi and Rawalpindi
-Pakistan bombing
-Evaluation of Pakistani successes in West and East
-George H.W. Bush

President’s schedule
-President’s forthcoming telephone call
-Executive Office Building [EOB] meeting, December 6, 1971
-[Forename unknown] Mooney [?]
-Duration of planned meeting
-President’s forthcoming telephone calls
-Bush
-Timing
-Rogers
-Timing
-Bush
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] coverage of meeting
-”A Day in the Life of the President”
-Rogers’ public comments
-Meeting itinerary

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Conversation No. 16-7

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 16-8

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-9

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

White House operator talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger
-Location

Charles W. Colson call

Conversation No. 16-10

Date:  December 5, 1971
Time:  8:12 pm - 8:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

India-Pakistan War
-Press coverage
-President’s views
-John A. Scali
-State Department interview
-Media
-Reaction

Press
-Vice President's speech
-Coverage
-Democrats
-Weekend wrap-up reports
-Congress and the President
-Check-off [?]
-Economic stabilization
-Phase II
-Tone
-George W. Romney speech
-Democrats
-Location
-Call to Romney by President scheduled

Romney
-Usefulness to administration

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-Harriet McCormack funeral
-[Unintelligible]

Public attitudes
-Mrs. Nixon’s and Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s activities

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President's schedule
-Forthcoming National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] program [“A Day in the Life of the President”], December 6, 1971
-Scali
-Use in campaign
-Possible prints

George Meany
-Health
-Reports
-Possible effectiveness

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-India-Pakistan War
-Administration role
-Refugees
-United Nations [UN]
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Louis P. Harris
-Confidential Strategy Report
-Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
-Polls
-President’s vulnerability
-Democratic National Committee [DNC]
-Content criticized
-Confidence issue
-Institutions
-Public

Albert E. Sindlinger call to Colson
-Stock Market
-Public attitudes
Bullish”
-Business activity
-Christmas, 1971
-April, 1972
-Consumers
-Tax break
-Sindlinger

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Supreme Court nominations
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-William H. Rehnquist
-Possible difficulty

Foreign Aid
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Opposition
-Partisanship

Congress
-Antagonistic relationship with administration
-Earl L. Butz
-Public opinion
-Butz
-Rehnquist
-Foreign aid
-Administration advantage
-Butz
-Big business
-Rehnquist
-Civil rights record
-Clark MacGregor
-William E. Timmons
-Hugh Scott
-Gerald R. Ford

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Conversation No. 16-11

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:07 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 629-6A]

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 16-12

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  9:07 am - 9:09 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation 629-5]

President's schedule

Legislative breakfast
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-Pakistan
-Rogers briefing
-Mansfield and Scott
-Mansfield’s position
-Neutrality
-United Nations [UN]
-Support for administration
-UN position
-US resolution
-Indian position
-India
-Foreign aid
-Military action
-UN resolution
-Congress’ view
-Rogers’ call to leaders
-Mansfield and Scott
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehnquist
-Senate votes on confirmation
-President’s view

Congressional schedule
-Harriet McCormack's funeral
-House leaders
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

President’s schedule
-Legislative meeting
-Timing

Conversation No. 16-13

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:09 am and 9:19 am
Location:  White House Telephone

President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 629-6A]

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 16-14

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  9:19 am - 9:24 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 629-6B]

President's schedule
-Meeting in Executive Office Building [EOB]

Rogers' schedule
-Senate meeting

Pakistan
-Refugees
-United Nations [UN]
-India
-US military aid
-Frank F. Church
-Refugees
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Refugees
-US aid
-Church's television appearance, December 5, 1971
-American opinion
-Neutrality
-Peace
-Humanitarianism
-Administration record
-UN debate
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]-Peoples Republic of China [PRC] exchange
-Acrimony
-US position
-Rogers’ meeting with Senators
-Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-J. William Fulbright
-George D. Aiken
-John C. Stennis
-Committees
-Armed Services
-Foreign Affairs

Rogers schedule
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] meeting
-Iceland trip
-NATO meeting
-Timing
-Big Four dinner

India-Pakistan War
-President’s view

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INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR

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George H.W. Bush
-Location
-Possible telephone call from President

Conversation No. 16-133

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:24 am and 9:37 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President attempted to make a telephone call;  The call was not completed.  The President can be heard talking with an unknown person.

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Conversation No. 16-15

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:24 am and 9:37 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 629-6C]

Request for a call to George H.W. Bush

Conversation No. 16-16

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  9:37 am - 9:42 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger and the President talked with George H.W. Bush.

[See Conversation No. 629-6D]

India-Pakistan War
-United Nations [UN] Security Council
-Bush’s schedule
-President’s conversation with William P. Rogers and Kissinger
-US position
-Forthcoming meeting
-US position
-Ceasefire and withdrawal
-Possible progress
-Veto
-Political settlement
-President’s explanation
-Ceasefire and end to war
-Political settlement
-Ceasefire and withdrawal
-Political settlement
-Attempted changes
-UN General Assembly
-Resolutions
-Vetoes
-Rogers and Kissinger
-US resolution
-Support
-President’s view
-UN Security Council resolution
-Newspapers
-Political accomendation
-Refugees
-Bush’s statement, December 5, 1971
-Political issue
-Facts
-Political settlement
-Refugees
-Congress
-Possible misrepresentation of administration position
-Instructions to Bush

Conversation No. 16-17

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:42 am and 10:01 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked to the White House operator; an unknown person can be heard in the background.

[See Conversation No. 629-6E]

Request for a call to Wilbur D. Mills

Conversation No. 16-18

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  10:01 am - 10:06 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked to Wilbur D. Mills.

[See Conversation No. 629-6F]

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Football

Press
-Story about revenue sharing
-Mills

President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
-Representatives of governors, mayors, county officials

Congress
-Need for cooperation
-Ways and Means Committee
-Administration’s position
-Votes
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Amount of savings
-Health Program
-Amount of savings
-Savings
-H R 1
-Health program
-Revenue sharing
-Prospects
-President’s message
-Timing
-H R 1
-Senate
-Russell B. Long
-Revenue sharing
-Long
-John A. Burns
-”Christmas tree” from Senate
-Senate cooperation
-Conference Committees
-Carl T. Curtis
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Wallace F. Bennett
-Health
-Need for cooperation
-Burns
-Tax Bill
-Mills compromise
-Democratic Party concern
-Gerald R. Ford
-Mills
-Pressure
-Motion to recommit
-President’s forthcoming call to Mills
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Meeting in Hawaii with city and county officials
-Possible contact with Mills

Conversation No. 16-19

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:06 am and 12:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard talking to an unknown person [John B. Connally?] in the background.
[See Conversation No. 630-3A]

Request for a call to Romana A. Banuelos

Conversation No. 16-20

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  12:18 pm - 12:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Romana A. Banuelos.

[See Conversation No. 630-3B]

President congratulated Banuelos on her confirmation as US Treasurer
-John B. Connally

Banuelos
-Background
-California

Connally's congratulations

Conversation No. 16-21

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 630-7A]

Request for a call to Milton R. Young

Conversation No. 16-22

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No.630-7B]

Milton R. Young's location

Conversation No. 16-23

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  12:49 pm - 12:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Milton R. Young.

[See Conversation No. 630-7C]

Appropriations Committee
-Young’s work

Birthday wishes

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Conversation No. 16-24

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 630-8A]

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Conversation No. 16-25

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  1:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

White House operator talked with the President; the President can be heard talking to an unknown person [Julie Nixon Eisenhower?] in the background.

[See Conversation No. 630-8B]

Tricia Nixon Cox's location

Conversation No. 16-26

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:05 pm and 6:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 630-22A]

Peter M. Flanigan

Request for a call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Conversation No. 16-27

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  6:44 pm - 6:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 630-22B]

President's congratulations
-Confirmation
-Vote
-William H. Rehnquist

President's law school
-Holmes Brandeis defense
-Louis D. Brandeis
-Nomination for Supreme Court
-Date

Powell’s schedule
-Beginning of service as justice
-Press
-Warren E. Burger
-January 1972 term
-Burger
-January term
-Law practice

Conversation No. 16-28

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:47 pm and 10:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 16-29

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  10:56 pm - 10:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

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Conversation No. 16-30

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  10:58 pm - 11:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

India-Pakistan War
-Union of Soviet Socialist [USSR]
-Responsible to Kissinger
-Note

[Pause]

-USSR’s United Nations [UN] resolution
-Acceptability to US
-Provisions
-Ceasefire
-Pakistan
-Political settlement over East Pakistan
-December 1970 elections
-Withdrawal
-Recognition
-Bangladesh
-East Pakistan
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-President’s position
-Pierre Trudeau
-US possible defeat
-Withdrawal
-Possible strategy
-USSR and India
-Differences on East Pakistan
-Significance
-Bangladesh
-US policy
-William P. Rogers’ statement
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-US position
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Diplomatic wires
-Rogers’ conversation with Senators
-UN
-Ceasefire
-Withdrawal
-Political accomendation
-India
-Responsibility
-Withdrawal
-Kissinger’s backgrounder
-Timing
-USSR
-US reply to note
-Rogers’ statement
-Economic assistance cutoff
-Kissinger’s view
-India
-US push for political settlement
-President’s line with Trudeau
-A. E. Ritchie
-Rogers’ conversation with Senators
-Rogers’ comment at afternoon meeting
-USSR

State Dinner with Trudeau
-Jean-Luc Pepin
-Edgar J. Benson [?]
-Pierre A. Rinfret
-Spiro T. Agnew
-John B. Connally
-President’s comments
-John W. Chancellor

Kissinger’s backgrounder

Conversation No. 16-31

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:05 pm and 11:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

[The President conferred with an unknown person]

[End of conferral]

The President talked to the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 16-32

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:11 pm and 11:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Instructions to Kissinger
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Forthcoming call to John B. Connally
-William P. Rogers

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Note
-Full text
-Unknown minister

Kissinger’s return call to the President
-Connally

Conversation No. 16-33

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:12 pm and 11:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Harold H. Saunders

Conversation No. 16-34

Date:  December 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:12 pm and 11:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

White House operator talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger's location
-Call from Harold H. Saunders

Conversation No. 16-134

Date:  Unknown between December 6 and December 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:28 pm and 8:06 am
Location:  White House Telephone

An unknown person tried to call the White House operator.

The call was not completed

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Conversation No. 16-35

Date:  December 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:06 am and 6:51 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard talking to an unknown person in the background.

[See Conversation No. 631-11B]

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 16-36

Date:  December 7, 1971
Time:  6:51 pm - 6:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 631-11C]

State dinner
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Rogers’ schedule
-Trip
-Entertainment
-Violinist [Itzhak Perlman]
-Pianist [Rita Reichman]
Rogers’ schedule

Rogers’ meeting with Senators, December 6, 1971
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Edmund S. Muskie
-East Pakistan
-US policy
-Kennedy
-Conversation with Rogers
-Michael J. Mansfield
-J. William Fulbright
-Margaret Chase Smith
-George D. Aiken
-Norris Cotton
-Robert P. Griffin
-India
-US policy
-Withdrawal
-Economic assistance
-Kennedy
-Frank Church
-Haldeman

Emilio G. Medici
-Lunch with Rogers
-Bolivia
-Uruguay
-Argentina
-Politics
-US Ambassador

North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Rogers’ forthcoming meeting
-President’s regards to foreign ministers
-President’s instructions
-Burden sharing
-John B. Connally
-Concessions
-West Germany
-Rogers’ schedule

President’s schedule
-Azores

Press
-Mary McGrory column
-Democrats

Conversation No. 16-37

Date:  December 7, 1971
Time:  11:31 pm - 11:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

India-Pakistan War
-United Nations [UN] General Assembly Session
-Vote
-Romania
-Issues
-Withdrawal
-Ceasefire
-Opposition
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-India
-East European communists
-India
-Bhutan
-Nepal
-Frank F. Church
-Edward M. Kennedy
-New York Times
-Time
-Helen A. Thomas
-Reaction to Kissinger’s backgrounder
-Forthcoming columns
-Indian aggression
-Pakistan
-Refugees
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Liberals
-UN Security Council
-Vote
-Vote
-India
-US recommendation
-Abstentions
-British
-French
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Rhodesia
-Pakistan
-John B. Connally
-British
-Vote
-Evaluation
-Peoples Republic of China [PRC] influence
-Albania
-Ceasefire
-Withdrawal
-India
-UN Security Council
-Vote
-Liberals
-Reaction
-Harvard University
-John Kenneth Galbraith
-Interview
-Dinner for Kissinger
-Galbraith’s view
-India
-Rhodesia
-South Africa
-India
-Moral judgments
-Moral judgments
-Portugal
-Cambodia
-US action
-Significance of vote
-Leonid I. Brezhnev itinerary
-Warsaw

[President conferred with an unknown person]

-Brezhnev
-Unknown letter

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[Duration:  13s  ]

INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR

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-Galbraith
-UN
-World opinion
-India
-UN
-Kissinger’s backgrounder
-Press
-Liberals
-Kennedy
-Church
-Domestic strategy
-Hugh Scott
-Charles W. Colson
-Clark MacGregor
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Fighting
-Kissinger’s predictions
-East Pakistan
-Massacre
-West Pakistan

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[National Security]
[Duration:  1m 4s  ]

INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR

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Conversation No. 16-38

Date:  December 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:41 pm and 11:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 16-39

Date:  December 7, 1971
Time:  11:45 pm - 11:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

India-Pakistan War
-United Nations [UN] General Assembly session
-Vote
-Canada

Kissinger’s return call to the President

Conversation No. 16-40

Date:  December 7,. 1971
Time:  11:52 pm - 11:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

India-Pakistan War
-United Nations [UN] General Assembly session
-Kissinger’s talk with George H.W. Bush
-Vote
-Canada
-President’s talk with Pierre E. Trudeau, December 6, 1971
-Vote
-Significance
-Nepal
-India
-Bhutan
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Byelorussia
-Ukraine
-Mongolia
-Bulgaria
-Hungary
-Czechoslovakia
-Romania
-Bush
-Press conference
-Possible administration strategy
-India
-Withdrawal resolution
-Senators
-UN Security Council vote
-UN General Assembly vote
-USSR
-Pakistan
-Kissinger’s backgrounder
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Briefing of President
-Bush
-New York Times article
-India
-US policy
-John B. Connally’s view

Nelson A. Rockefeller
-White House dinner, December 7, 1971
-Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
-Possible greeting from the President

Conversation No. 16-41

Date:  December 8,. 1971
Time:  10:28 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Requested a call to John W. McCormack

Conversation No. 16-42

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:28 am and 2:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

John W. McCormack’s location

Conversation No. 16-43

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:28 am - 10:52 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 16-44

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  10:52 am - 10:55 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

The President talked with John B. Connally.

President’s schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Forthcoming meeting with Connally, December 9, 1971
-Forthcoming meeting with the French

Connally’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Bill
-President’s forthcoming veto
-Child care centers
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-President’s view
-House vote
-Public view of veto

White House dinner, December 7, 1971
-[Emilio Garrastazu Medici]
-Similarities to Gen. Charles A.J.M. deGaulle
-Leadership style
-Brazil
-Growth rate
-Inflation
-Investment
-Latin America
-Democracy
-Stability
-Brazil
-Elections
-Timing

Conversation No. 16-45

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:03 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 632-7]

Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Conversation No. 16-46

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:03 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 632-8]

Request for a call to George H.W. Bush

Conversation No. 16-47

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  11:03 am - 11:05 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 632-9]

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Conversation No. 16-48

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  11:06 am - 11:14 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George Bush.

[See Conversation No. 632-10]

India-Pakistan War
-United Nations [UN] General Assembly session
-Vote
-Bush’s view
-Forthcoming briefing by Bush
-Administration’s policy
-Congressional support
-Neutrality
-Peace
-UN General Assembly vote
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Iron curtain
-Romania
-Ceasefire and withdrawal
-India
-Bush’s possible talk with Senators
-UN support for US position
-Africa
-Arab countries
-UN Security Council vote
-UN General Assembly
-Zambia
-Tanzania
-Morocco
-India
-UN support
-USSR
-Indira Gandhi
-View of Pakistan
-Democracy versus dictatorship
-Administration’s policy
-Intellectual view
-Criticism
-Populations of India and Pakistan
-Bush’s response
-Indian military action
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-Pakistan
-Yahya Khan
-Refugees
-UN observers
-Sheik Mujibar Rahman
-India
-Gandhi
-Pakistan
-Yahya's government
-Criticism
-Internal problems
-Military action
-Consequence for international order
-Press
-Charles L. Bartlett
-John F. Kennedy
-India
-UN Security Council
-Anthony Lewis
-Editorial quoted by Indian
-Bush’s reply
-New York Times editorial
-Quoted by Indian
-President’s view of India
-Indian treatment of the President
-Gandhi
-India
-Actions
-Pakistan
-Yahya Khan
-Importance of world opinion
-Democracy
-Relative sizes of populations
-Aggression
-Democracy
-Communism
-UN

Conversation No. 16-49

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:14 am and 2:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 307-11]

Request for a call to John W. McCormack

Conversation No. 16-50

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  2:15 pm - 2:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John W. McCormack.

[See Conversation No. 307-12]

Harriet McCormack’s funeral
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-John McCormack’s gratitude
-President’s schedule
-India-Pakistan War
-John McCormack
-Gratitude
-President’s call to John McCormack
-John McCormack
-Gratitude
-Mrs. Nixon

India-Pakistan
-US position
-India
-Pakistan
-US involvement
-Peoples Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-US aid
-Humanitarian
-India
-PRC influence
-Pakistan
-USSR influence
-PRC
-Pakistan
-Effect of weather
-Himalayan Mountains
-PRC
-India
-UN General Assembly vote
-Mutual withdrawal
-India
-Withdrawal

Antasio Somoza DeBayle
-Son
-West Point
-Somoza
-West Point
-Friendship with McCormack
-James Fitzgerald
-Possible message from the President
-Central American leaders
-Attitude toward US

Harriet McCormack

Conversation No. 16-51

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 307-17A]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-52

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Arthur S. Flemming

Conversation No. 16-53

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  3:30 pm - 3:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 307-18]

James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa parole
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman 
-John N. Mitchell
-John B. Connally
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Usefulness of Hoffa
-Teamsters Union
-Pro-Hoffa forces
-Power struggle
-Conditions
Parole board
-Place on Christmas pardon list
-Mitchell
-Parole board
-Mitchell
-New evidence
-Teamsters Union
-Fitzsimmons
-President’s possible actions
-Parole board
-New Hampshire
-Conservatives
-William Loeb
-Candidate
-Colson
-Parole board
-Mitchell
-Parole board meeting
-Fitzsimmons
-Loeb
-Editorials
-Colson’s view
-Mitchell and Connally
-Christmas pardon
-George Meany
-Public view
-Relationship to Hoffa case
-President's image
-Strength
-Christmas pardon
-Mitchell
-New Hampshire
-Loeb
-Possible primary challenges
-Support for conservatives
-James L. Buckley’s view
-Mitchell
-Fitzsimmons
-President’s forthcoming call to Mitchell

Conversation No. 16-54

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  3:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 307-19]

Request for a call to John N. Mitchell

Conversation No. 16-55

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  3:40 pm - 3:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Arthur S. Flemming.

[See Conversation No. 307-20]

President’s appreciation
-[White House Conference on Aging, November 28 - December 2, 1971]
-President’s message to Congress on a pension preform program, December 8, 1971
-Vesting
-Income tax deduction

Fleming’s schedule
-Meeting in Los Angles
-Impact on President's speech

Fleming’s efforts
-President’s support
-President’s schedule
-Peoples Republic of China [PRC], Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Reflection of President’s views
-Consultation with the President
-President’s message to Congress on pension reform [?]
-Domestic Council
-Budget message
-President’s message to Congress on pension reform [?]
-George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 16-56

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  3:43 pm - 3:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 307-21]

James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa
-Mitchell's location
-President asks him to come to Executive Office Building [EOB]

Conversation No. 16-57

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 307-23]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-58

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  3:46 pm - 3:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 307-25]

Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Child care bill
-Veto
-James L. and William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Left and right
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Importance of wording
-Conservatives
-Philosophy over program
-James Buckley

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India-Pakistan War
-India
-US policy
-Conservatives
-UN General Assembly vote
-George H.W. Bush
-Call from the President
-Count
-India
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Kennedy
-Remarks
-Interventionism
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Henry A. Kissinger backgrounder
-John A. Scali
-Marvin L. Kalb
-Media
-Stance

Edith Efron
-"Today show"
-Book

Mailing
-Irving Kristol
-Fortune

Conversation No. 16-59

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 pm and 5:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 307-29]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-60

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  5:08 pm - 5:14 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 307-30]

James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa parole
-John N. Mitchell
-Conversation with the President
-Parole board
-President's instructions
-Communication of sentence
-Pardon
-Mitchell
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-William Loeb

President's instructions to Colson
-Fitzsimmons
-Mitchell’s direct contact
-George Meany
-Health
-Jay Lovestone
-Schedule
-Health
-President’s concern
-Lovestone
-Meany’s apology
-The President’s attitude
-Meany’s television appearance
-Health

Conversation No. 16-61

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 307-32]

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

Conversation No. 16-62

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  5:16 pm - 5:17 pm
Location:  White House Tapes

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

[See Conversation No. 307-33]

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Conversation No. 16-63

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:17 pm and 8:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 16-64

Date:  December 8, 1971
Time:  8:03 pm - 8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

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President’s trip to the Peoples Republic of China [PRC]
-Guests
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Physical stress of trip
-Press
-Nelson A. Rockefeller campaign
-Press

India-Pakistan War
-Moscow Summit
-Cancellation 
-Kissinger’s view
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Need for planning
-President’s concern
-1972 Presidential election
-Kissinger’s view
-President’s forthcoming note to Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Maurice Stans’ conversations
-Kissinger’s conversations
-Middle East
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-USSR
-Relations with US
-West Pakistan
-Possible settlement
-India
-Possible military action
-West Pakistan
-Withdrawal
-Pakistan
-USSR

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INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR

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-Vietnam
-Congress
-Possible US military action
-Timing
-Possible message to PRC
-USSR
-Possible message
-[Unintelligible]

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President's Schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Emilio Garrastazu Medici
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Kissinger’s schedule
-John B. Connally

Conversation No. 16-65

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:04 am and 9:12 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 633-1A]

Request for a call to Ruth H. Bunche

Conversation No. 16-66

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  9:12 am - 9:13 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ruth H. Bunche.

[See Conversation No. 633-1A]

Death of Ralph J. Bunche
-George H.W. Bush
-Conversation with the President
-President’s sympathies
-Bunche’s illness
-California
-University of California, Los Angeles
-White House statements
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Conversation No. 16-67

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:13 am and 11:33 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 633-10]

Request for a call to Charles R. Jones

Conversation No. 16-68

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  11:33 am - 11:35 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles R. Jonas.

[See Conversation No. 633-11A]

Birthday greetings to Jonas

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Harriet McCormack funeral
-Chet Holifield

Holifield
-President’s call
-Reorganization
-Birthday greetings

Jonas
Chowder and Marching Society

Willis Smith, Jr.
-Death
-[Forename unknown] Charles
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Accident
-Mother
-President’s acquaintance
-President’s campaign
-Charles
-Family
-Possible letter and call from the President
-Mrs. Willis Smith, Sr. [Anna Lee Smith]

Conversation No. 16-69

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:35 am and 11:53 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 633-11B]

Request for a call to Mrs. Willis Smith, Sr. [Anna Lee Smith]

Mrs. Smith
-Willis Smith, Sr.
-Willis Smith, Jr.
-Death
-Home
-North Carolina
-Charles R. Jonas’ office

Conversation No. 16-70

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  11:53 am - 11:55 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Mrs. Willis Smith, Sr. [Anna Lee Smith].

[See Conversation No. 633-11C]

Charles R. Jonas
-Willis Smith, Jr.
-Airplane accident
-Eastern Airlines

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Willis Smith, Jr.
-Death
-Sympathy
-President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Willis Smith, Sr.
-1968 Presidential campaign
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham

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Conversation No. 16-71

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 634-2]

Requested a call to Wilbur D. Mills

Conversation No. 16-72

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  2:38 pm - 2:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Wilbur D. Mills.

[See Conversation No. 634-3]

Tax legislation
-"Check off" deal
-George Meany
-[Edward B.?] Miller
-Vote
-Gerald R. Ford
-John W. Byrnes
-Senate role
-Timing
-Russell B. Long
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Carl T. Curtis
-President’s possible telephone calls

Conversation No. 16-73

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 634-4]

Request for a call to John W. Byrnes

Conversation No. 16-74

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  2:46 pm - 2:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John W. Byrnes.

[See Conversation No.634-5A]

Tax legislation
-President’s gratitude
-Vote
-Senate
-Outlook
-Byrnes view
-Conference report
-House of Representatives

Conversation No. 16-75

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:48 pm and 7:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-76

Date:  December 9, 1971
Time:  7:42 pm - 8:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Tax legislation
-Senate

President's veto message
-[Economic Opportunity Amendments]
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Reaction

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India-Pakistan War
-US policy
-Critics
-Democrats
-John A. Scali
-Press briefing
-Marvin L. Kalb
-Public opinion
-Mail count
-Telegrams
-Network time
-Mail count
-Compared to George Meany incident
-Apathy
-State Department reaction

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Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's visit to Sears Roebuck
-Public reaction
-Citizens Committee
-Stores
-Margeretta (“Happy”) Rockefeller
-New York Daily News

Business
-Attitudes
-Stock Market
-Profit-taking
-Confidence

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Administration’s plan on pensions
-Response
-Groups
-Briefings
-Labor
-Business
-Doctors
-Lawyers
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Public interest groups
-Issue
-Importance
-Retirement
-Mutual Funds
-Insurance companies
-Jacob K. Javits
-Political effects
-Property taxes
-Conservatives

[James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa parole]
-Colson’s call to Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-John N. Mitchell

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-George S. McGovern
-Use of Senate Stationery
-Campaign contributions
-Poll
-Louis Harris

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-Cartoon
-Edmund S. Muskie and Edward M. Kennedy

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Economy
-General impressions

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George Meany
-Health
-President’s concern
-Jay Lovestone
-Conversation with Colson
-US foreign policy

Congress
-William H. Rehnquist
-Confirmation, December 10, 1971
-Javits
-William Proxmire
-James D. Hodgson
-Emergency strike legislation
-Address to Congress
-Farm Bill
-Earl L. Butz

Kennedy address
-News summary
-British House of Commons reaction
-Chappaquiddick
-Labour Party
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Ireland

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Conversation No. 16-77

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:23 am and 12:14 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Conversation No. 16-78

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  12:14 pm - 12:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 635-12A]

Gifts for guests
-Cufflinks

Conversation No. 16-79

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  3:05 pm - 3:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

President's schedule
-Camp David
-Weather
-Jerrold L. Schecter
-Signing ceremony
-[Revenue Act]
-Schecter

Conversation No. 16-80

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  4:20 pm - 4:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Walter H. Annenberg; the conversation begins in progress.

[See Conversation No. 636-8A]

President's schedule
-President’s trip to Bermuda, December 20, 1971
-Prime Minister [Edward R.G. Heath

Gift from Annenbergs
-Star of the President”

Annenberg's schedule
-Bermuda
-California
-Plane
-Andrews Air Force Base
-Washington, DC

John B. Connally
-Greetings

Connally talked with Annenberg for the rest of the conversation.

"Star of the President"
-Steuben
-Corning, New York

Praise

International Monetary situation
-US position
-Expansionism
-European view
-Great Britain
-Surplus in balance of payments
-Amount
-Analogy to US economy
-European view
-Possible deal
-President’s options
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Heath
-Timing of negotiations
-Recession and depression
-US offer

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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [IMF]

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Christmas greetings
-Lenore (Cohn) Annenberg
-Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally

Conversation No. 16-81

Date:  December 10, 1987
Time:  Unknown between 4:27 pm and 4:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

The President conferred with an unknown person [John B. Connally?].

[See Conversation No. 636-8B]

Request for a call to Arthur F. Burns

Conversation No. 16-82

Date:  December 10, 1987
Time:  4:36 pm - 4:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Arthur F. Burns.

[See Conversation No. 636-8C]

Tax Bill
-President’s signature

Discount Rate
-Reduction
-Amount
-Reasons
-Market conditions
-Economic expansion
-Statement
-Open Market Committee
-Burns’ forthcoming meeting

Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
-Credit policy
-Regulatory Cases
-Need for new board members
-William W. Sherrill

President's schedule
-India-Pakistan War
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Forthcoming meeting

FRB
-New appointee
-Frederick Malek
-Assignment
-Timing

President’s schedule
-President's upcoming meeting with Pompidou
-John B. Connally
-Significance
-Burns’ efforts
-Trade concessions
-Connally
-French announcement
-Timing
-Business community

President’s possible meeting the Burns
-Pay Board
-High increases
-Price commission
-Effect of policy on business
-Impact on recovery
-Connally
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Burns’ criticism
-Timing

Conversation No. 16-83

Date:  December 10, 1987
Time:  Unknown between 4:42 pm and 5:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 636-9A]

Request for a call to Robert P. Griffin

Conversation No. 16-84

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  5:15 pm - 5:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Robert Griffin.

The President conferred with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?].

[See Conversation No. 636-9B]

Appointment
-William Rehnquist
-Senate vote
-Compared to Louis D. Brandeis and Charles Evans Hughes
-Clark MacGregor
Senate
-President’s veto [Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1971]
-Possible sustenance
-House of Representatives
-Tax bill
-Charles J. Chamberlain
-John B. Connally
-Vote

Conversation No. 16-85

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  5:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Conversation No. 16-86

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  5:18 pm - 5:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William H. Rehnquist.

[See Conversation No. 636-9D]

President's congratulations
-Rehnquist’s confirmation
-Vote
-Compared with Charles Evans Hughes
-Nomination
-John B. Connally
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Article
-President’s advice
-Warren E. Burger

Conversation No. 16-87

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:20 pm and 7:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with White House operator.

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

Conversation No. 16-88

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  7:53 pm - 7:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

Julie Nixon Eisenhower's TV Special
-Rose Mary Woods

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President's schedule
-Camp David
-Drive
-Helicopter
-Timing
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Talking paper
-Trip to Camp David
-India-Pakistan War
-Possible telephone call
-William P. Rogers
-Clark MacGregor
-Jerrold L. Schecter
-Interview
-Duration
-Possible trip to Camp David
-Helicopter
-Kissinger
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Photographs
-Schecter
-Time
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Interview
-President's style
-Press
-Possible article
-Christmas television special
-John B. Connally
-Tax bill
-Camp David
-Trip [to Azores]
-Kissinger
-India-Pakistan War
-Schecter
-View of interview
-Ziegler

Conversation No. 16-89

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-90

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  8:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Charles W. Colson's location

Conversation No. 16-91

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:01 pm and 8:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to George E. Allen of the Washington Redskins

Conversation No. 16-92

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  8:06 pm - 8:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Ziegler’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Jerrold L. Schecter
-Possible trip to Camp David
-Impression of interview
-Camp David

Press 
-Briefings on President's schedule
-Azores trip
-Haldeman
-Florida
-Key Biscayne
-Budget
-Meeting preparation
-Azores trip

Conversation No. 16-93

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:09 pm and 8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

President's schedule

Conversation No. 16-94

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:09 pm and 8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

President inquires about calls
-George E. Allen
-Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-95

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  8:12 pm - 8:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George E. Allen.

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Football
-President's visit to Washington Redskins
-Effect on team
-Photographs

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President's schedule
-Azores
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Football game
-President’s possible viewing

Conversation No. 16-96

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  8:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-97

Date:  December 10, 1971
Time:  8:16 pm - 8:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Weekly Summary
-William H. Rehnquist Confirmation
-Senate veto [Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1971]
-Tax Bill
-Stock Market
-Wire service reports
-Investment psychology

Rehnquist confirmation
-Vote
-Edward W. Brooke
-Jacob K. Javits
-Clifford P. Case
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-President’s strength
-News stories

Retail sales
-October
-Annual growth rate
-Inflation
-Christmas indicators
-Harold C. Passer

Weekly Summary
-Stock Market
-Rehnquist
-Taxes
-Day care
-Congressional recess

Tax bill
-Congressional Democrats
-Repeal
-Section 315
-Check-off
-Forthcoming campaign
-Television time

Spiro T. Agnew
-Conservatives
-Breakfast meeting
-William F. Buckley, Jr. and William A. Rusher
-Defense budget
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

Defense Budget
-Left wing opposition
-Meeting
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Knowledge
-Opposition in Senate
-President’s veto of Day Care Bill, December 9, 1971
-Media opposition
-Network
-Columnists
-James J. Kilpatrick, Jr.
-Public opinion

Campaign
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Planned news events for January 4, 1972
-Frank F. Fitzsimmons
-John N. Mitchell
-Fitzsimmons’ mood
-James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa

Agnew
-President's support

Conversation No. 16-98

Date:  December 12, 1971
Time:  8:38 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 637-2]

Requested for Henry A. Kissinger to come to the President’s office

Conversation No. 16-99

Date:  December 12, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:38 am and 11:05 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 637-10]

Request for a call to Alvin Snyder

Conversation No. 16-100

Date:  December 12, 1971
Time:  11:05 am - 11:07 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the Alvin Snyder.

[See Conversation No. 637-11A]

President's schedule
-President’s upcoming trip to the Azores
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] Christmas television special
-Timing

Conversation No. 16-101

Date:  December 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:33 pm and 6:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 16-102

Date:  December 14, 1971
Time:  6:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger's location

Conversation No. 16-103

Date:  December 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:38 am and 9:14 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 638-2]

Request for a call to Margaret Chase Smith

The President talked with Margaret Chase Smith.

Birthday greetings to Smith

Smith’s health
-Location

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Smith’s appreciation for the President

Legislation
-Continuing resolution
-[House Resolution [HR] 1?]

Conversation No. 16-104

Date:  December 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:14 am and 11:22 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 638-4C]

Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Conversation No. 16-105

Date:  December 15, 1971
Time:  11:22 am - 11:25 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 638-4D]

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Conversation No. 16-106

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 639-2]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 16-107

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  12:42 pm - 12:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 639-4]

Press picture
-Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
-President's wishes
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Conversation No. 16-108

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  12:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 639-5A]

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

Conversation No. 16-109

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  12:44 pm - 12:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 639-5B]

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Conversation No. 16-110

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 639-9A]

Request for a call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 16-111

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  1:40 pm - 1:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

India-Pakistan ceasefire [?]

President's schedule

Connally's schedule
-Forthcoming Group of Ten finance meeting at the Smithsonian Institution
-Possible statements by the Group of Ten and Connally
-Possible settlement
-Future meeting (January 1972)
-Potential problems
-Canadians
-Trade amount
-Europeans
-Japanese
-Devaluation
-Germans
-French
-Adamant about German devaluation
-Karl Schiller
-Willy Brandt
-Italians
-Upcoming elections
-Pressure by US
-President’s view
-French
-Proposed realignment of currency
-Germans
-Joining the French
-Japanese
-Trade
-President’s expectations
-Realignment
-Timing
-Trade agreement’s negotiated before January 20, 1972
-Congress

Conversation No. 16-112

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 310-8]

Request for a call to Muriel L. Hartley

Muriel L. Hartley’s health

Conversation No. 16-113

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  2:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 310-9]

Muriel L. Hartley’s location

Conversation No. 16-114

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  3:05 pm - 3:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See Conversation No. 310-10]

International monetary situation
-Japanese
-Devaluation (16.9%)
-Information given to the French and British
-Germans
-Willy Brandt
-Refusal to have Cabinet meeting on devaluation
-Italians
-Actions questioned
-Georges J.R. Pompidou and Emilio Colombo
-Possible talks
-Canada
-Actions
-Sweden
-Actions
-Discussions with Denmark and Norway
-Memorandum of agreement
-US position
-Success with the Japanese
-Timing
-President’s schedule

Conversation No. 16-115

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 310-11]

Request for a call to Muriel L. Hartley

Conversation No. 16-116

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  3:35 pm - 3:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Muriel L. Hartley.

[See Conversation No. 310-12]

The President congratulates Hartley on her retirement
-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 16-117

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:36 pm and 5:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 639-19]

Request for a call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 16-118

Date:  December 18, 1971
Time:  5:26 pm - 5:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See Conversation No. 639-20]

Group of Ten meeting

President’s schedule
-President’s appearance at the Group of Ten meeting
-Press
-Presidential announcement
-Historical significance

Conversation No. 16-119

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:26 pm and 3:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-120

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  3:10 pm - 3:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

The President conferred with an unknown person.

Colson’s schedule

President’s schedule
-President’s tip to new York City, December 18-19. 1971
-Upcoming Time magazine interview [“Man of the Year”]

John B. Connally

Group of Ten finance meeting
-Connally
-Accomplishments
-Agreement
-Understandable to American public
-Clark MacGregor, Congressional leaders, Treasury Department
-Discussions with Colson
-Monetary settlement
-Press
-Favorable reaction
-Peter G. Peterson
-Jobs forecast
-Future news report
-Less emphasis on cost of living
-Japanese
-Automobiles

Publicity photographs
-Unknown Cuban woman
-Unknown Black woman
-Council on Aging

Economy
-Adjournment of 92nd Congress

Media
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Richard S. Salant, President CBS News
-Charlie [Surname unknown]
-Daniel L. Schorr
-CBS
-Positive coverage
-CBS Christmas television special
-Dan Rather’s’ forthcoming interview with the President
-Time
-President’s Christmas message
-”Today Show”
-”CBS Evening News”	
-Coverage
-John W. Chancellor
-Schorr
-Negative coverage
-Salant

Economy
-Stock market
-United Press International [UPI] report
-Weekend wrap-up
-Optimism
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Upcoming numbers
-Paul W. McCracken
-Retail sales
-Compared to 1969
-Gains
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-McCracken
-Tremendous growth
-George P. Shultz
-Money supply
-Arthur F. Burns
-Increase and decreased money supply
-Milton Friedman
-Burns
-Connally
-International monetary issues
-Shultz’s proposed meeting with Burns
-Friedman
-Letter
-Chicago banker
-Respect from Burns
-Status of US economy
-Burns’ concern
-Timing

Campaign
-Voters
-Haynes B. Johnson’s and David S. Broder’s articles in Washington Post
-Critical of President
-Comparison to last year
-Political parties
-Lack of great, charismatic national leaders
-Johnson and Broder criticized
-Anti-establishment
-Douglas L. Hallett [?]
-Analysis
-Alienation
-Theme
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Johnson and Broder
-Criticism of article
-Charles Kuralt series
-Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.
-Positive in tone
-Opposite to Johnson and Broder’s article
-Colson’s view
-Issues
-Economy

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-Vietnam
-Louis Harris
-Polls
-Gallup poll
-Democrats
-Economy
-Vietnam
-Public opinion of Democrats and Republicans
-Vietnam
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]

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-Role of President
-Image
-Economy
-India-Pakistan War
-Importance
-John A. Scali
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Bangladesh
-Public apathy
-Economic worries
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Unknown man
-Shultz
-Money supply
-Burns and Friedman
-Unsettled

Conversation No. 16-121

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:36 pm and 6:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 16-122

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  6:49 pm - 6:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Press
-Time interview
-Success of interview
-Jerrold L. Schecter
-Hedley W. Donovan
-Henry A. Grunwald
-Interview
-Impressions
-Newsletters
-Campaign
-South Asia
-Overview
-Ziegler’s talk with Schecter
-Donovan impression
-Interview
-Mood

Conversation No. 16-123

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham

Conversation No. 16-124

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  7:44 pm - 7:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William F. (“Billy”) Graham.

Graham’s schedule
-Trip to Africa, January 1972

President’s schedule
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Willy Brandt

Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon
-Trip to Africa with Graham
-Christmas wishes from Graham

International Monetary Agreement
-John B. Connally
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Meeting at the Azores, December 12-14, 1971

Farmers
-Trade with Europe and Japan
-Citrus and grain

Connally

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Democrats
-Problems

Vietnam
-North Vietnam shooting down US planes
-Bombing
-Retaliation by US

India-Pakistan War
-Graham’s travels to India
-Graham’s sympathy towards India

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Congratulations from Graham
-Monetary realignment
-Increase in jobs
-Positive network coverage

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Young people
-Jesus movement
-Reverend Peale
-Dallas meeting
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Revival of religion

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Cambodia

Support for President
-President’s forthcoming trip to Charlotte, North Carolina

Conversation No. 16-125

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  7:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 16-126

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  7:55 pm - 8:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

President’s schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Connally’s schedule
-Plane from Bermuda
-Connally’s anniversary
-Anthony Barber [?]
-Press
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Monetary Agreement
-Praise for Connally
-Press reaction
-Jobs

Money supply
-Milton Friedman
-Concerned
-Proposed meeting with Arthur F. Burns at the Quadriad
-Charls E. Walker
-Open Market Committee
-Burns meeting
-Increase in money supply
-Connally influence on Burns
-George P. Shultz
-Burns
-Reaction to meeting
-Cooperative

Conversation No. 16-127

Date:  December 19, 1971
Time:  8:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Arthur F. Burns

Conversation No. 16-128

Date:  December 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:58 pm and 10:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 639-28]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-129

Date:  December 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:58 pm and 10:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 639-29]

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-130

Date:  December 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:58 pm and 10:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 16-131

Date:  December 21, 1971
Time:  10:11 pm - 10:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Bermuda

Azores

Media
-John W. Chancellor
-National Broadcast Corporation [NBC] program [“A Day in the Life of the President”]
-Editing
-Content
-President’s image
-Comparisons
-Harry S. Truman
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-John F. Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Ending of show discussed
-Interview with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox
-John A. Scali’s impression
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-President’s comments to Haldeman
-Patricia Colson’s reaction
-Sound quality
-Compared to the Oval Office

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-Lighting
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-North Carolina
-Forthcoming visit to Duke University
-Labor legislation
-Haldeman
-Feelings towards show
-Scali
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Discussion of show with Colson
-End of show
-Description
-Interview with Chancellor
-Return to the White House
-Ratings
-People’s reactions
-Polls

George Meany
-Letter from President
-Wishes for speedy recovery
-Health
-James Suffridge
-Plan for Suffridge to take over for Meany

Meeting with British in Bermuda, December 20, 1971

News summaries
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin

Press
-Coverage
-Positive over past three weeks
-India-Pakistan War
-Negative
-Public apathy
-Harris poll [?]

Stock market
-Performance
-Attitude
-John B. Connally

Press
-Attitude
-Colson’s view
-Time and Newsweek
-Influence

Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-James D. Hodgson prediction
-Excise tax

President’s trips abroad
-Justification
-British and French
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Effect on foreign leadership
-NBC program
-Chancellor
-Gen. Charles A.J.M. de Gaulle comparison
-Parallels
-Truman
-Dwight Eisenhower
-Kennedy
-Johnson
-President favorably compared to
-Positive tone
-Ending show 
-Dramatic emphasis

Media
-Julie Eisenhower’s Christmas Eve show
-Publicity
-Public awareness
-Time and Newsweek
-Additional print media
-NBC
-Letter from President
-Robert W. Sarnoff
-Chancellor
-Julian Goodman
-Chancellor
-Dinner party
-Colson’s conversation with Chancellor
-1972 Presidential campaign

Europeans

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Edward R.G. Heath

Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Negotiations
-Length

Press photographs
-Effects
-New York Times
-Public’s good feelings

Economy
-Unemployment
-Insurance unemployment claims
-CPI
-Hodgson
-Wholesale price index
-Stability
-Retail sales

President’s image
-Charisma
-British and French
-Mood of country
-Importance
-Effects
-John F. Kennedy
-Charisma
-1960's
-Johnson
-Albert E. Sindlinger poll of Meany confrontation
-Public image of President
-Poll results
-NBC
-Compared to one-on-one show
-Colson’s view
-President’s image
-Importance
-Sindlinger poll
-Scali’s opinion
-Scali’s call to Colson
-Scali’s opinion of NBC program
-End of show
-Haldeman
-Image conveyed
-Reactions
-Public opinion

Economy
-Peter G. Peterson
-Jobs

Conversation No. 16-132

Date:  December 21, 1971
Time:
Location:  White House Telephone

An unknown person signaled the White House operator.

	Call was not completed