Conversation No. 23-1

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:35 and 11:50 a.m.
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 709-15A]

The President conferred with an unknown person before the conversation began.

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

	Conversation No. 23-2

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:35 and 11:50 a.m.
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 709-15B]

Status of call to William P. Rogers
-Hold
-Rogers's location

	Conversation No. 23-3

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  12:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 709-20A]

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

	Conversation No. 23-4

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:28 and 12:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

William P. Rogers's location
-Return call
-The President's trip to Capitol
-Message for secretary

	Conversation No. 23-5

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:28 and 2:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 331-3]

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

	Conversation No. 23-6

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  2:36-2:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 331-5]

William P. Rogers
-Testimony to Congress
-Selection of good lines
-Release
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Distribution
-New York Times
-Highlights
-Distribution to spokesmen
-Rogers's assessment
-Press coverage
-Major points
-Relationship with J. William Fulbright
-Rogers's statement
-Fulbright's questions
-Rogers's handling
-Senators' questions
-Quality
-Vietnam
	-US air strikes
-Soviet ships
-Use of official channels

Melvin R. Laird
-Testimony before Congress
-Presentation of administration's position

-Democrats
-Rogers

The President's schedule
-Present location
-Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger and Ronald L. Ziegler
-Meeting with Laird
-Haldeman's meeting with Clark MacGregor

	Conversation No. 23-7

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  2:43-2:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

The President's previous call to Rogers

Rogers's testimony before Senate
-Highlights
-Selection
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Distribution to spokesmen
-The President's review
-Coverage of points
	-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Soviet ships
-Official response
-Ziegler
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-J. William Fulbright
-Questions
-North Vietnam
-Lack of condemnation for attack on South Vietnam

-John Sherman Cooper and Clifford P. Case
-Lack of strong attacks
-Need for condemnation
-Edmund S. Muskie's resolution
-George D. Aiken's statement
-Bombings
-Justification
-Testimony
-Summary
-Buchanan's selection
-Distribution to US missions
-Ziegler's statement

Testimony to Congress
-Melvin R. Laird and Thomas H. Moorer
-Laird
-Meeting with the President
-Types of questions
-Military operations
-Preparation

Vietnam
-The President's statement
-Press conference
-Troop levels
-Troop levels
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s meeting with Creighton W. Abrams
-The President's statement
-Proper level
-Announcement
-Number withdrawn
-June announcement
-Timing of announcement
-Show of confidence in policy
-South Vietnam
-Rogers's comments
	-South Vietnamese deaths
-US servicemen

	Conversation No. 23-8

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  3:48-3:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Relations with Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Implementation of plan
-Peter M. Flanigan letter to committee chairman
-Jack Gleason
-Testimony
-Flanigan testimony
-Avoidance of Gleason testimony
-Written interrogatories
-Gleason
-Subpoena
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Testimony
-Timing
-Executive session
-Kennedy and John V. Tunney
-Flanigan
-Letter concerning testimony
-Executive privilege
-Ervin press conference
-Richard J. Ramsden testimony
-Flanigan testimony
-Focus of attention
-William E. Timmons and John D. Ehrlichman
-White House witnesses
-Richard G. Kleindienst hearings
-Robert C. Byrd motion
-Clark MacGregor

-Avoidance of conflict with the President
-Change of position
-Motives
-Relationship with Paul J. Fannin
-Gleason testimony
-Maneuvering
-Roman L. Hruska
-Contributions
-Lawyer
-Meeting with John W. Dean III
-Republican senators
-Democrats
-Birch E. Bayh, Jr. and Tunney
-Quentin N. Burdick
-Gleason
-Lawyer
-Support for administration
-Objections to questions
-Flanigan
-Letter to chairman
-Fannin
-Meeting with Ervin and MacGregor
-Tunney
-Objections to limitations on Flanigan testimony
-Weakness of position
-Ervin and Byrd
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Republicans
-Filibuster
-Witnesses
-Edwin Reinecke
-Edgar Gillenwaters
-Harry D. Steward
-Scheduling
-Gleason
-John N. Mitchell
-Delays
-Scheduling
-Determination
-Departure from Washington
-Flanigan
-Testimony
-Length
-Hearings
-Motion to close
-Kennedy
-Failure
-Ervin

Vietnam
-Unknown project
-Charles W. Colson
-MacGregor
-Other projects
-Haldeman's meeting with the President
-Colson

	Conversation No. 23-9

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:56 and 4:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 710-2A]

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

	Conversation No. 23-10

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  4:59-5:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See also Conversation No. 710-3]

Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
-Possible remarks
-Table tennis match
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Press
-Vietnam
-William P. Rogers
-Possible trip to PRC

	Conversation No. 23-11

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:56 and 8:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez

	Conversation No. 23-12

Date:  April 17, 1972
Time:  8:11-8:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Manolo Sanchez.

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	Conversation No. 23-13

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:18 and 9:20 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 711-2]

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

	Conversation No. 23-14

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  9:20-9:23 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See also Conversation No. 711-3A]

Vietnam
-Rogers's testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower's call to the President
-Television special
-Julie Eisenhower's reaction
-Television special
-Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson's reaction
-David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Audience
-Public Broadcasting System [PBS] coverage

Table tennis match
-Rogers's attendance
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Demonstrators
-Maoists
-Anti-Maoists
-Taiwanese
-Antiwar activists
-Attendance
-Carl McIntyre

Vietnam
-Rogers's testimony
-Responses
-Young people
-Military situation
-Thomas H. Moorer's call to the President

	Conversation No. 23-15

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:23 and 9:27 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 711-3B]

The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time before the conversation began.

Request for a call to Melvin R. Laird

	Conversation No. 23-16

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  9:27 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 711-3C]

Melvin R. Laird
-Location
-Return call

	Conversation No. 23-17

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  9:55 am - 9:56 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Melvin R. Laird.

[See also Conversation No. 711-3D]

Vietnam
-Laird's testimony
-News story in New York Times
-Bombing cutbacks
-Laird's response
-Diplomacy
-Senate Armed Services Committee
	-Statement

	Conversation No. 23-18

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:52 and 11:55 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 711-7A]

[The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time before the conversation began.]

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

	Conversation No. 23-19

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  11:55-11:58 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See also Conversation No. 711-9]

Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
-Attendance at table tennis match
-William P. Rogers
-Demonstrations at University of Maryland
-Nationalist Chinese
-Mao Tse-tung
-Ho Chi Minh
-People's Republic of China [PRC] response
-Crowd reaction
	-Demonstrations and arrests
	-Rogers
-The President's schedule vis-a-vis universities
-White House staff
-David N. Parker
-Henry A. Kissinger's staff
-Mike Douglas Show
-Trip to Philadelphia in mid-May

University of Maryland
	-Demonstrations
	-Students

The President's schedule
	-Tricia Nixon Cox’s possible role as tour leader
-Meeting with PRC and US table tennis teams
-Tricia Nixon Cox's possible role as tour leader

	Conversation No. 23-20

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:46 and 2:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 711-16]

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

	Conversation No. 23-21

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  2:45-2:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See also Conversation No. 711-18]

The President's schedule
-Meeting with People's Republic of China [PRC] and US table tennis delegations
-Conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Visit to college campuses
-Post-Moscow summit period
-Introductions at sports events

Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
-Attendance at table tennis event
-William P. Rogers
-Chicago
-Republican Women's Conference
-Television program
-Meeting with unknown Illinois mayor
-Public recreation funds
-Richard J. Daley
-Telephone call

The President's schedule
-Photograph with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Otto Stupakoff
-Wife
-Camp David

	Conversation No. 23-22

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:56 and 5:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 712-3]

Request for a call to Clark MacGregor

	Conversation No. 23-23

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  5:00-5:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Clark MacGregor.

[See also Conversation No. 712-4A]

MacGregor's schedule
-Location
-Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 23-24

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:32 and 5:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 712-7]

Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

	Conversation No. 23-25

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  5:33-5:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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	Conversation No. 23-26

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:05 and 8:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-3]

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-27

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:05 and 8:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 332-4]

Henry A. Kissinger
-Location
-Return call

	Conversation No. 23-28

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  8:18-8:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 332-5]

People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Kissinger's meeting with unknown PRC officials
-India
-Soviet Union, Indonesia and Japan
-Behavior 
	-Table tennis team
-John A. Scali's analysis
-Table tennis team
-Significance
-The President's possible message
-Current situation
	-Kissinger’s meeting with an unknown PRC official
-The President's trip
-Unknown PRC official's expressions
-Relations with US
-Kissinger’s successful meeting with an unknown PRC official
-US position in Asia
-PRC position
-Reasons

Soviets
-Meetings with US officials
-Earl L. Butz
-Maurice H. Stans
-Butz
-Jacob D. Beam
-Reaction to Butz meeting
-Peter G. Peterson
-Reactions
-Butz
-Statements in Moscow
-Rebuttal
-Beam

Vietnam
-William P. Rogers's statement
-Foreign Service
-Support

	Conversation No. 23-29

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:24 and 8:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-6]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-30

Date:  April 18, 1972
Time:  8:25-8:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 332-8]

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Hearings in Senate
-Vote on Peter M. Flanigan's terms for appearance
-Edward M. Kennedy's dissent
-Questions on Richard G. Kleindienst
-Benefits for administration
-Witnesses
-Edgar Gillenwaters
-Edwin Reinecke
-Jack Gleason
-Harry D. Steward
-Completion of testimony
-Gillenwaters and Reinecke
-Length
-Committee debates
-Delays
-Philip A. Hart
-Kennedy and John V. Tunney
-Edward J. Gurney
-Order of testimony
-John N. Mitchell
-James O. Eastland
-Resolution for other witnesses
-Defeat
-Termination
-Outcome
-Flanigan testimony
-Conditions
-Gains for administration
-Kleindienst

Vietnam
-Joseph L. Vicites
-Attacks on Democrats
	-US war effort in Vietnam
	-US Senators
-North Vietnamese offensive
-Publicity
-Television
-Washington papers
-Ads
-William P. Rogers
-Briefing of spokesmen and House members
-Statements
-Melvin R. Laird
-Testimony
-Story on bombing
-Rogers
-Meet the Press
-Meeting with congressmen
-Timing
-Democratic caucus
-Thomas P. O'Neill
-Resolution
-Samuel S. Stratton
-Opposition to resolution
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Resolution
-The Vice President
-Meeting with editors
-John B. Connally
-Meeting with editors
-Peter J. Brennan
-Conversation with Colson
-Attacks on communists
-Frank L. Rizzo
-Statement
-Support for the President
-George Meany
-Statements
-The President's chances in November election
-Jay Lovestone
-Frank Fitzsimmons
-Statement
-Pressure on Meany
-Support for the President
-Speech in New York
-Support for the President in November
-Publicity
-New York Daily News
-New York Times
-Senate supporters
-Statements
				-Gordon L. Allott, Robert J. Dole, Robert P. Griffin, Gale W. McGee, Clifford P. Hansen, Goldwater, William E. Brock, III, Howard H. Baker, Jr. and Gurney
-Administration's position
-Spokesmen
-Positive psychology
-Opposition to invasion
-Rogers
-Statement
-Laird
-Statement
-Public support
-Albert E. Sindlinger poll results

Economy
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Latest news
-Peter G. Peterson briefing
-Retail sales
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Figures
-Wholesale prices
-Release of data
-Timing
-Food prices
-Decline
-Marina von N. Whitman, Ezra Solomon and Herbert Stein
-Whitman as spokesperson
-John A. Scali
-Advisors
-Paul W. McCracken
-Stein
-Hendrik S. Houthakker
-Quality as spokesmen
-Food prices
-Connally, the Vice President and Whitman
-Publicity
-Control of issue

ITT case
-Testimony
-Flanigan
-Length of time
-Cessation
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Cessation of hearings
-Committee
-Report on hearings
-Kleindienst
-Robert C. Byrd
-Cooperation with administration
-Flanigan testimony
-Administration concessions
-Press reactions
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Flanigan as witness
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Gleason
-Concerns about testimony
-Schedule problems
-Mitchell
-Eastland
-John H. Holloman III
-Testimony
-Flanigan
-Reinecke
-Republicans in Senate
-Reactions
-Roman L. Hruska
-Marlow W. Cook
-Gurney

Vietnam
-Democrats
-Silence
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Republican attacks
-Support of enemy
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Griffin and Dole
-Connally and the Vice President
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Knowledge
-Rogers and Laird
-Editors convention
-Distribution of administration line
-Clawson
-The Vice President
-The Vice President
-Television appearance in Texas

Conversation No. 23-169

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

	Uncompleted call

	Conversation No. 23-31

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:17 and 12:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 331-23]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-32

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  12:57-1:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 331-24]

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Hearings
-Colson's report
-Harry D. Steward
-Edwin Reinecke
-Edgar Gillenwaters
-Jack Gleason
-Cancellation
-Afternoon session
-Delays
-Gleason
-Absence
-Problems
-Administration tactics
-Postponement of hearings
-Gleason
-Adjournment
-Peter M. Flanigan testimony
-Length
-Germaneness fight
-Night sessions
-James O. Eastland's attitudes
-Roman L. Hruska
-Administration lobbying

Vietnam
-The President's policies
-Support
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] representative
-Charge of defeatism
-North Vietnamese offensive
-Barry M. Goldwater and Samuel S. Stratton
-Resolution
-News reports
-Republicans
-Demonstrations
-Number
-[Douglas L.?] Hallett
-Administration's countercharges
-North Vietnamese offensive
-John C. Stennis
-Melvin R. Laird
-William P. Rogers's testimony
-Applause in Congress
-Democratic caucus
-Postponement
-Thomas P. O'Neill
-Democratic resolution
-Political consequences
-Opposition
-Stratton resolution
-Problems for Democrats
-O’Neill
-Stratton
-Goldwater
-Criticism of Democrats
-The President's policies
-Consistency of supporters
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Charges against Democrats
-Joseph L. Vicites
-VFW
-Congressmen
-Public support
-The President's determination
-Public support
-Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-George Meany
-Silence on issue
-Fitzsimmons
-Peter J. Brennan
-Henry C. Cashen II
-Attacks on antiwar Democrats
-Rogers
-Laird
-Television coverage
-Doves
-Impact
-News report
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak column
-The President's state of mind
-Inaccuracies
-Political considerations

ITT case
-Flanigan testimony
-Benefits
-Gleason testimony
-Adjournment
-Hearings
-Gillenwaters testimony
-Hruska
-Reinecke

	Conversation No. 23-33

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  1:48-1:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 331-26]

Translators
-Source of income
-Private foundations
-Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-34

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:49 and 2:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 331-29]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 23-35

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  2:11-2:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 331-30]

The President's meeting with Jerry V. Wilson
-Review of briefing

Ziegler's schedule
-Gerald L. Warren

Vietnam
-Bombing
-Statement of Ivy League presidents
-William J. McGill of Columbia University
-Warren
-Statement of condemnation of US bombing of North Vietnam
-Administration response
-North Vietnamese invasion
-Statement of college presidents
-Press
-Administration's statement
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Warren
-Ziegler briefing
-Recent news
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Timing

News reports
-Pandas
-Catholics
-Table tennis team
-News value

Vietnam
-Show of confidence
-Ivy League presidents
-Objections to bombing
-Counterattack
-Charles W. Colson
-The Vice President
-Administration comments
-Possible response
-John A. Scali

	Conversation No. 23-36

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:16 and 2:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 331-31]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 23-37

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  2:17-2:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 331-32]

Vietnam
-Bombing
-Objections of Ivy League presidents
-North Vietnamese actions
-Ziegler's conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Barry M. Goldwater

	Conversation No. 23-38

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:27-4:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 713-1A]

Henry A. Kissinger
	-Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan

	Conversation No. 23-39

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:27 and 4:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See also Conversation No. 713-1B]

Vietnam
-The Vice President’s speech
-Objections of Ivy League presidents
-Bombing
-General themes

Kissinger conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 713-1B]

[End of conferral]

Vietnam
-Military divisions
-Massive invasion
	-Breaking of agreements
-North Vietnamese aggression
-Draft
-The President's additions

The President talked with Buchanan at an unknown time.

-The Vice President
-Speech
-Example for students
-Role models of university presidents

	Conversation No. 23-40

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:41 and 4:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 713-1D]

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

	Conversation No. 23-41

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:58 and 5:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 713-1E]

Tricia Nixon Cox
-Location

	Conversation No. 23-42

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  5:01-5:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See also Conversation No. 713-2]

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	Conversation No. 23-43

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:20 and 5:28 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 331-33A]

The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger before the conversation began.

[See Conversation No. 331-33]

[End of conferral]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-44

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  5:28-5:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 331-33B]

	Schedule
		-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Hearings
-Jack Gleason testimony
-Delays
-Birch Bayh's Television appearance
-Questioning of Gleason
-James O. Eastland
-Roman L. Hruska
-Maurice H. Stans
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Eastland's ruling
-Adjournment
-Eastland
-Peter M. Flanigan testimony
-Gleason testimony
-Delays
-Kennedy's questioning
-Aides
-Gleason testimony
-Stans
-Relevance to Richard G. Kleindienst
-ITT contributions
-Answers
-Corporate contributions
-Credibility
-Contributions to Democrats
-Vance Hartke
-J. Glenn Beall, Jr.
-"Presidents Club"
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Defense contractors
-Contributions
-Senators
-Favors
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Felix Rohatyn
-Questions in hearings
-Hruska
-Eastland's committee
-Democrats
-Exposure
-John F. Kennedy and Johnson
-Colson's report

Vietnam
-John B. Connally's statements
-Criticisms of press
-Democrats
-News reports
-Ivy League presidents
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-The Vice President
-Speech
-Counterattack
-News value
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-Criticisms of the President
-Ivy League presidents
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-The Vice President

	Conversation No. 23-45

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:13 and 8:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-46

Date:  April 19, 1972
Time:  8:49-9:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Testimony
-Outcome
-James O. Eastland's ruling
-Questions for John N. Mitchell
-Corporate contributions
-Unknown person's answer
-Peter M. Flanigan
-A vote
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Administration line
-Publicity
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Hearings
-John B. Connally
-Outcome

Vietnam
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Democrats
-Charges of disloyalty
-Aid to enemy
-Defeatism
-Candidates
-Support of enemy
-Colleges and universities
-Dissidence
-Public disapproval
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-The Vice President
-Counterattack
-Charles H. Percy's statement
-The President's policies
-Critics
-The Vice President's attacks
-Labor support
-Building trades
-Critics
-Support for communists and the enemy
-Charges
-Political liabilities

ITT case
-Flanigan testimony
-Likely outcome
-Flanigan 
-Public indifference
-News coverage of case
-Decline

Vietnam
-South Vietnam
-Performance
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s assessment
-Bombing
-Impact on morale of South Vietnamese and Thais
-Impact on North Vietnam
-The Vice President

Economy
-Prices
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Jawboning
-April figures
-Inflation rate
-Spokesmen
-Marina von N. Whitman, Herbert Stein and Ezra Solomon
-Stein, Paul W. McCracken and Hendrik S. Houthakker
-Lack of public relations sense

	Conversation No. 23-47

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:46 and 11:48 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 714-10A]

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

	Conversation No. 23-48

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  11:48-11:52 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 714-11A]

The President conferred with John D. Ehrlichman at an unknown time during the conversation.

[End of conferral]

Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Pandas
-Picture taking
-Antics

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	Conversation No. 23-49

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  12:07-12:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 714-13A]

Haig's location

The President's return call
-Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 23-50

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:57 and 1:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 714-14A]

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Rose Mary Woods talked with Tricia Nixon Cox at an unknown time.

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	Conversation No. 23-51

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:10 and 2:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 23-52

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  2:46-2:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 332-16]

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Length
-Photographs
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Oval Office
-Rose Garden
-Album

Vietnam
-Democratic caucus
-Resolution
-News reports
-Vote
-Attendance/absentees
-Vote on floor
-United Press International [UPI] story
-Changes
-The President's supporters
-Republican praise
-Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-53

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:48 and 3:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-18]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-54

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  3:08-3:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 332-19]

Colson's location

Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 23-55

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:10 and 3:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-21A]

Request for a call to Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

	Conversation No. 23-56

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  3:15-3:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Caspar W. (“Cap”0 Weinberger.

[See also Conversation No. 332-21B]

Education
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]
-National Science Foundation
-Budget allocations
-Basic research
-Cuts
-MIT allocations
-Cuts
-Purpose
-Teachers' salaries
-Higher education
-Oversubsidization
-Need for cuts
-Subsidies
-Amount
-Transportation and environment
-Cuts
-Renewal of contracts
-Resistance
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-White House staff
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Revenue-sharing

	Conversation No. 23-57

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:19 and 3:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-21D]

Request for a call to William P. Rogers

	Conversation No. 23-58

Date:  April 20, 1972
Time:  3:36-3:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

Vietnam
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s briefing of the President
-Knowledge
-Style
-South Vietnamese morale
-US performance
-Haig's briefing of White House staff
-Arrangements
-Briefing of State Department staff
-Vietnamization
-South Vietnamese performance
-Air support
-Time
-Unknown State Department official
-Military region tours
-Cooperation between the White House and State Department
-Tour of Vietnam
-South Vietnamese commanders
-[Forename unknown]Minh
-Performance
-Haiphong bombing

Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Conversation with Rogers
-Lyndon B. Johnson

Vietnam
-Democratic caucus resolution
-Passage of House
-Contents
-Robert F. Drinan
-Committee report
-Amendment
-Necessity
-John B. Connally
-House meeting
-Dove
-Problems
-Haig briefing
-Charles W. Colson
-Arrangements

American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE]
-Rogers's attendance at convention
-Numbers
-Chicago papers
-Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune
-Ohio papers
-Cleveland Plain-Dealer and Preston Wolfe
-Pennsylvania papers
-Newhouse publications
-Los Angeles and California papers
-Texas papers
-Cultivation
-Otis Chandler
-Cultivation
-Martin S. Hayden
-Wives
-Adele Rogers
-Cabinet
-Use of White House
-Mrs. Rogers
-Attendance

	Conversation No. 23-59

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:20 am and 12:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 332-35C]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler's office

Haldeman talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.

Ziegler's location

Haldeman talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.

Ziegler's location

The President talked with Ziegler at an unknown time.

Haldeman's call

Press briefing
-Press reaction
-The President's location
-Question
-The President's credibility
-Henry A. Kissinger's briefing
-The President's meeting with Ziegler and Kissinger
-Time

	Conversation No. 23-60

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:50 and 1:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-36]

Request for a call to John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Location

	Conversation No. 23-61

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  1:09-1:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John K. Andrews, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 332-37]

The President's meeting with Andrews and Winston Lord

	Conversation No. 23-62

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:33 and 1:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-41]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 23-63

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  1:38-1:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 332-42]

Vietnam
-Lead stories
-White House Press Corps
-Wire stories

	Conversation No. 23-64

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:39 and 1:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-44]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-65

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  1:45-1:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 332-46]

Colson's location

The President's meeting with Colson

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	Conversation No. 23-66
Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  1:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-47]

Request for a call to Clark MacGregor

	Conversation No. 23-67

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:55 and 1:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 332-48A]

The President conferred with Charles W. Colson before the conversation began.

[See Conversation No. 332-48]

[End of conferral]

Clark MacGregor
-Location
-Return call

	Conversation No. 23-68

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  1:59-2:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Clark MacGregor.

[See also Conversation No. 332-48B]

Vietnam
-Ronald L. Ziegler's briefing
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Briefing of MacGregor
-Soviets
-Movement
-Kissinger briefing
-Bombing
-B-52's
-New orders
-Support
-The Vice President's speech
-Reception
-Minnesota
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] chairman
-John Mooty
-Reaction
-The President's speech

Richard G. Kleindienst
-Confirmation
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Committee meeting
-James O. Eastland
-Scheduling
-Robert C. Byrd motion
-Committee action

Vietnam
-Charles W. Colson
-MacGregor's position

	Conversation No. 23-69

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:01 and 2:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-70

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  2:13-2:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 332-48C]

Kissinger's call to Katharine L. Graham
-Return call

Meeting with Kissinger

Vietnam
-Bombing
-Ronald W. Reagan's support
-News reports
-Press conference
-Questions
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-Responses

Kissinger's meeting with the President
-Review of speech

	Conversation No. 23-71

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:25 and 4:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

	Conversation No. 23-72

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  4:23-4:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 334-3]

The President's schedule
-Meeting with W. Kenneth Riland
-Place

	Conversation No. 23-73

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:24 and 4:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-5]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler
-Return call

	Conversation No. 23-74

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  4:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 334-6]

Ronald L. Ziegler
-Location
-Return call

	Conversation No. 23-75

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  4:43-4:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 334-7A]

Press conference
-Announcement
-Questions
-Henry A. Kissinger's meeting in Moscow
-Secrecy
-Press reaction
-Press reaction

Vietnam
-Troop levels
-The President's decision
-Meetings with senior advisors
-Kissinger's trip
-The President's decision
-The President's speech
-Contents

Congressional Dinner
-Press
-Ziegler's briefing
-National Security Council [NSC]

	Conversation No. 23-76

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:47 and 6:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-77

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  6:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger
-Location
-Return call

	Conversation No. 23-78

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:13 and 10:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-79

Date:  April 25, 1972
Time:  10:23-10:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

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Vietnam
-Congressional dinner
-Support for the President
-Henry Tannenbaum [sp?]
-Negotiations
-Secrecy
-Press objections
-John W. Chancellor
-Soviets
-Dan Rather
-Henry A. Kissinger
-White House statements
-End of war
-The President's sense of timing
-Democrats
-Problems
-Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Republican challenge
-Attacks
-Colson's conversation with Kenneth W. Clawson
-Presidential candidates
-Statements
-Muskie
-Barry M. Goldwater attacks
-Circulation
-The Vice President's attacks
-Ronald L. Ziegler's statements
-Challenge to candidates
-Follow-up actions
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Goldwater
-News reports
-Harris poll
-Release
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Support for the President
-Democrats
-Republican accusations
-Ziegler

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	Conversation No. 23-80

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:10 and 1:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 333-15]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-81

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  1:45-2:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator at 1:45 pm.

[See also Conversation No. 333-16]

Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer

Status of the President's call to Charles W. Colson

The President talked with Colson between 1:45 and 2:07 pm.

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John Cardinal Krol
-Support for the President
-Criticism
-Theodore S. Hesburgh
-Church liberals
-Note from the President
-Meeting with the President
-The President's visit to Poland
-Note from the President

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Vietnam
-The President's conversation with H. R. Haldeman
-Public relations efforts
-Telephone calls to networks
-The Vice President
-Speech
-Maine
-Material
-Patrick J. Buchanan's memo
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Speech
-Robert J. Dole
-Distribution
-Friendly press
-Democrats
-Madame Nguyen Thi Binh letter
-Link with communists
-The Vice President's speech
-Congressional statements
-Columnists
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Popular support for the President
-Sindlinger poll
-George H. Gallup poll
-Support for bombing
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Sindlinger poll
-Media attention
-Reputation
-Press conference
-Press coverage
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Public support
-Press
-Henry A. Kissinger's trip
-Secrecy
-Press coverage
-Networks
-Written press
-Public support
-John D. Ehrlichman's concern
-Public indifference

Public relations image
-Credibility issue
-Foreign policy
-Busing
-Kissinger's trip to Moscow
-Secrecy
-Reporters
-Networks
-Attacks
-Richard M. Scaife
-The President's broadcast
-Attacks
-Dan Rather
-Impact of attacks
-Phone calls
-Local stations
-Importance
				-Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Cleveland, Philadelphia
-Phone calls
-Protests
-Colson's project
-Scaife

	Conversation No. 23-82

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:07 and 2:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 333-17]

Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer

	Conversation No. 23-83

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  2:08-2:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Thomas H. Moorer.

Vietnam
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Bombing
-Limits
-Extension
-Gunboats
-Successes 
-Preparation by US Navy
-Shore bases in North Vietnam
-Rockets
-Type
-Attack on destroyers
-Newport News
-Arrival time
-US Navy
-Destroyers
-Military Region Two
-Operations
-South Vietnamese troop support

	Conversation No. 23-84

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:10 and 4:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 333-21B]

Request for a call to Robert C. Byrd

	Conversation No. 23-85

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:10 and 4:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with Robert C. Byrd.

[See also Conversation No. 333-21C]

Byrd's confidence in Kissinger

Vietnam
-Democratic caucus
-Resolution
-Timing
-Negotiations
-Le Duc Tho
-Resumption of talks
-Diplomatic sources in Moscow
-Sensitivity
-Democratic caucus
-Delay
-Byrd's activities
-Benefits for Democrats and the President
-Byrd's position 
-Byrd's leadership
-J. William Fulbright's request for caucus
-Delays
-Justification
			-Request to Fulbright
			-W. Stuart Symington and Walter F. Mondale
		-Nonpartisanship
-Kissinger's call to Byrd
-Confidentiality

	Conversation No. 23-86

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:10 and 4:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 333-21F]

Vietnam
-Democratic caucus
-Kissinger's call to Robert C. Byrd
-Time

Kissinger conferred with the President at an unknown time.

Verification of Senate Democratic caucus meeting time

[End of conferral]

Vietnam
-Democratic caucus
-Kissinger's conversation with Byrd
-Byrd's reaction
-Change of time
-Method
-Byrd

	Conversation No. 23-87

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  4:34-4:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 333-23]

Vietnam
-Democratic caucus
-Henry A. Kissinger's call to Robert C. Byrd
-Change of time
-Clark MacGregor
-J. William Fulbright's request
-Postponement
-Confirmation
-The President's speech
-Copies for Television and print media
-Kissinger's briefings
-Congressmen
-Highlights
-Rhetoric
-Reactions of supporters and White House staff
-Diplomatic problems
-MacGregor's reaction
-A section of speech
-Retention
-Kissinger
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

	Conversation No. 23-88

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 6:32 and 6:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 333-32]

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

Conversation No. 23-170

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  6:35 pm – 6:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Uncompleted call.

	Conversation No. 23-89

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  6:35-6:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 333-33]

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	Conversation No. 23-90

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  7:07-7:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 333-38]

US-Soviet relations
-Negotiations
-Gerard C. Smith
-William P. Rogers
-Berlin Agreement
-The President's public statements
-Kissinger's conversation with Thomas H. Moorer
-The President's speech
-Smith
-Submarines
-Provision in treaty
-Anti-Ballistic Missiles [ABMs]
-Submarines
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
-Negotiations
-Internal disagreements
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Work with Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-91

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:10 and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 333-40]

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

	Conversation No. 23-92

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 333-41]

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Location

	Conversation No. 23-93

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:37 and 8:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 333-42]

The President's call to Henry A. Kissinger
-Cancellation

	Conversation No. 23-94

Date:  April 26, 1972
Time:  8:20-8:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 333-44]

The President's call

US-Soviet relations
-Gerard C. Smith
-Thomas H. Moorer

Kissinger's briefing

	Conversation No. 23-95

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 6:49 and 6:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-96

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  6:53-7:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

A meeting
-Time
-Kissinger's location

Vietnam
-B-3 area
-Negotiations
-Positions of both sides
-Cease-fire
-Withdrawals
-US bargaining position
-Bombing
-Impact on US bargaining position
-Kissinger's offer
-Bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
-North Vietnamese fears
-Talks with Soviets
-Return to Washington
-Military operations
-Creighton W. Abrams
-Abilities
-Field Commander
-Negotiations
-Bombing
-Shock effect
-Bombing
-The President’s discussion with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Support of public
	-Doves
-Hawks
-Thomas H. Moorer

US-Soviet relations
-Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM]

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	ABM Treaty

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-US missiles
-US position
-Bombers
-US number

The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time.

[Unintelligible]

[End of conferral]

Vietnam
-US stakes
-Charles W. Colson, Clark MacGregor and John A. Scali
-Emphasis
-Cease-fire
-The President's speech
-Message to North Vietnam
-Negotiations
-North Vietnamese proposals
-Soviet influence
-US position
-Back-up position
-Poker analogy
-The President's character
-The President's negotiating methods

	Conversation No. 23-97

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:06 and 7:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-98

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  7:07-7:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Vietnam
-Negotiations

	[Unintelligible]

-The President's position
-Public support for the President

	Conversation No. 23-99

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:09 and 7:11 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 23-100

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  7:11-7:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Ziegler's announcement
-Networks
-US-Soviet relations
-Confidential exchanges with Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Questions about Kissinger's trip to Moscow
-Exchanges with Brezhnev
-Network coverage
-Howard K. Smith
-Gerard C. Smith
-Press reception

	Conversation No. 23-101

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:13 and 7:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-102

Date:  May 1, 1972
Time:  7:18-7:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

A trip
-A message
	-Channels
-Dispatch
-Progress in negotiations

	Conversation No. 23-103

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  10:35-10:37 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 334-16]

The President conferred with Patrick J. Buchanan before the conversation began.

[See Conversation No. 334-15]

[End of conferral]

J. Edgar Hoover
-Death
-Richard G. Kleindienst announcement
-The President's statement
-Arrangements
-Written statement
-Impact
-Preparations

[Haldeman conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time.]

The President's statement
-Preparations

[End of conferral]

Hoover
-Death
-The President's statement
-Announcement
-Circumstances and cause
-Coroner
-Kleindienst announcement
-The President's statement
-Television coverage
-Propriety
-Preparations

	Conversation No. 23-104

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  10:43-10:44 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 334-18]

[The President conferred with Patrick J. Buchanan before the conversation began.]

[See Conversation No. 334-17]

[End of conferral]

The President's statement
-Timing
-Announcement of J. Edgar Hoover's death
-Lead story
-Timing with the President's statement

	Conversation No. 23-105

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:55 and 10:57 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 717-2]

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

	Conversation No. 23-106

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  10:57-10:58 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 717-3]

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	Conversation No. 23-107

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:58 and 11:04 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 717-4]

Request for a call to Lyndon B. Johnson

	Conversation No. 23-108

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  11:04 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 717-5]

Lyndon B. Johnson's schedule
-The President's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods

	Conversation No. 23-109
Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  11:16-11:17 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Lyndon B. Johnson.

[See also Conversation No. 717-8]

J. Edgar Hoover
-Death
-The President's announcement
-The President's previous call
-Past pressure on the President for Hoover's removal
-The President's refusal
-Johnson's opinion

	Conversation No. 23-110

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:17 and 11:27 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 23-111

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:20 and 4:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

	Conversation No. 23-112

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  4:38-4:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 334-34]

The President's schedule
-Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
-Change of time

	Conversation No. 23-113

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  4:40-4:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 334-35]

The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Arrival in Washington
-Meeting on Sequoia
-Time
-Meeting with Haig

	Conversation No. 23-114

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  4:49-4:51 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36A]

Haig's location

Vietnam
-News reports
-Hue
-Nationalist fervor
-Publicity
-South Vietnam
-Officials
-Movement of families
-Air power
-Concentration
-Kontum
-Ambush
-South Vietnam
-Fighting abilities
-Divisions
-Break-throughs
-Unit identification
-Hue
-North Vietnamese shelling
-US retaliation
-North Vietnamese dikes

	Conversation No. 23-115

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:51 and 4:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36B]

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

	Conversation No. 23-116

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  4:57-4:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36C]

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	Conversation No. 23-117

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:58 and 5:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36E]

Request for a call to Clyde A. Tolson

	Conversation No. 23-118

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  5:26-5:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Clyde A. Tolson.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36F]

J. Edgar Hoover
-Friendship with Tolson
-Sympathy
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Death
-Shock
-Funeral
-The President's remarks
-Detractors
-The President's call

	Conversation No. 23-119

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:30 and 5:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36H]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 23-120

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  5:35-5:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36I]

Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Acting Director
-Announcement
-Speculation
-William A. Gill, Jr.
-Names
-Diversion
-Contents
-Names
-Full-time director
-Problems

Ehrlichman conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 334-36]

[End of conferral]

FBI
-Full-time director
-Announcement by Ziegler
-The President's intentions
-Acting Director
-Speculation
-Problems
-The President's options

	Conversation No. 23-121

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  6:03 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36J]

Request for a call to Helen Gandy

	Conversation No. 23-122

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  6:06-6:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Helen Gandy.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36K]

J. Edgar Hoover
-Respect for Gandy
-The President's sympathy

Gandy

	Conversation No. 23-123

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:14 and 9:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to H. R. Haldeman

	Conversation No. 23-124

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  9:17 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location

Request for a call to John K. Andrews, Jr.

	Conversation No. 23-125

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  9:20-9:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John K. Andrews, Jr.

Speech on law enforcement
-Theme to develop
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Draft
-Delivery to the President
-Time

	Conversation No. 23-126

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:22 and 9:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Harry S. Dent

	Conversation No. 23-127

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  9:25-9:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Harry S. Dent.

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Vietnam
-North Vietnamese offensive
-South Vietnamese losses
-Bombing
-Number of sorties
-B-52 attacks
-South Vietnam
-Abilities
-US support
-Public support for the President
-[Unintelligible]
-The president's forthcoming trip to Moscow
-Timing
-[Unintelligible]
-Difficulties
-Soviet aid to North Vietnam
-[Unintelligible]
-Possible postponement
-Public perception

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	Conversation No. 23-128

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:31 and 9:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 23-129

Date:  May 2, 1972
Time:  9:35-9:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Kissinger's location
-Conversation with Thomas H. Moorer

Vietnam
-Negotiations
-The President's position
-Bombing
-The President's decision
-Harry S. Dent
-[Unintelligible]
-North Vietnamese offensive
-The President's options
-Bombings
	-Timing
-Creighton W. Abrams
-Moorer
			-Possible consequences

	Conversation No. 23-130

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:36 and 12:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-4]

Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield

	Conversation No. 23-131

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  12:40-12:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[See also Conversation No. 335-5]

J. Edgar Hoover
-Eulogy
-Draft
-Delivery to the President
-Time
-Zosimo T. Monzon

	Conversation No. 23-132

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  12:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-6]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-133

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  12:41-12:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 335-7]

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Public opinion
-Vietnam issue
-Benefits for the President
-Reasons
-The President's predictions
-South Vietnamese losses
-Gerald R. Ford and Robert P. Griffin
-Length of offensive
-Difficulties
-National mood
-David E. Bradshaw
-Richard J. Daley
-Praise for the President on transportation
-Democrats
-Establishment
-Support for Hubert H. Humphrey
-Fear of George S. McGovern
-National mood
-Sympathy for the President
-Vietnam
-Soviet summit
-Possible cancellation
-Hue
-H. R. (Bob”) Haldeman
-Colson's view
-Belief in the President
	-Poll data
-Peace issue
-Vietnam
-Democratic silence
-Fears of the President
-Statements
-Media
-Harry Reasoner
-Criticism of the President
-Counterattack
-Interest in defeat
-Indiana results
-United Press International [UPI] report

Law and order
-J. Edgar Hoover's death
-The President's defense of Hoover
-Benefits
-Political advantages of the President's support
-Support for FBI
-Possible leak to press
-Pressure to fire Hoover
-The President's resistance
-The President's public defense
-Leak to press
-Compared with action regarding Lewis B. Hershey
-John A. Scali
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Distribution

Press
-Attacks
-Clawson
-Methods
-Sophistication
-The Vice President
-Credibility

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	Conversation No. 23-134

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:59 and 2:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-9]

Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield

	Conversation No. 23-135

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  2:01-2:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[See also Conversation No. 335-10]

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Richard G. Kleindienst
-Photograph opportunity
-Location

	Conversation No. 23-136

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  2:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-12]

Meeting
	-John K. Andrews, Jr.

	Conversation No. 23-137

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  2:48-2:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 335-16B]

Ronald L. Ziegler's announcement
-Clarification
-Acting Attorney General
-Richard G. Kleindienst's opinion
-Arrangements

	Conversation No. 23-138

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:53 and 3:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Ehrlichman talked with an unknown woman in Ziegler's office at an unknown time.

Request to talk to Ziegler

Ehrlichman talked with an unknown woman in Ziegler's office at an unknown time.

Call on hold

Ehrlichman talked with Ziegler at an unknown time.

Richard G. Kleindienst
-Press conference
-Ziegler's introduction
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-L. Patrick Gray III
-Statement
-Questions
-Ziegler's handling
-Present position
-Reasons
-Ziegler's announcement
-Permanent appointment
-Ziegler's meeting with Ehrlichman
-Statement
-Richard A. Moore

	Conversation No. 23-139

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-18]

Request for a call to John B. Connally

	Conversation No. 23-140

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  3:43-3:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See also Conversation No. 335-19]

The President's return from Texas

J. Edgar Hoover
-Death
-The President's eulogy
-Funeral
-Cabinet
-Congressional eulogy
-Wreath
-Church service
-Warren E. Burger’s eulogy
-Career
-The President's call to Lyndon B. Johnson
-Johnson's trip to funeral
-William M. (“Fishbait”) Miller
-Rose Mary Woods's call
-Blair House
-Johnson's health

The President's trip to Texas
-Reaction of guests
-Allan Shivers
-Value

A Gift
-Cyrus R. Smith
-Display in White House
-The President's letter
-An item of glass
-Book
-Smith
-Trip to California
-The President's offer
-Woods
-Tom O'Connor and wife
-Herbert W. Kalmbach

Connally's daughter-in-law
-The President's letter
-Son
-Age
-Appearance
-Study area in school
-Aspirations
-Draft
-Number
-Support for the President

US-Soviet Union relations
-Summit
-Meeting with the President
-Connally's views
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

	Conversation No. 23-141

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  3:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-20]

Charles W. Colson's meeting with the President
	-Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 23-142

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:48 and 3:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-21]

Request for a call to Warren E. Burger

	Conversation No. 23-143

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  3:49-3:53 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Warren E. Burger.

[See also Conversation No. 335-22]

J. Edgar Hoover
-President’s discussion with John B. Connally
-Congressional memorial service
-Burger's tribute
-The President's eulogy
-Burger's eulogy
-Points made
-Respect for Bill of Rights
-The President's eulogy
-Burger's attendance
-Copy of Burger's eulogy
-Delivery to John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Congressional memorial
-Length

Burgers' health
-W. Kenneth Riland

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Burger's health
-Hugo Black

	Conversation No. 23-144

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:53 and 3:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-23A]

Request for a call to Robert A. Taft, Jr.

	Conversation No. 23-145

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  3:56 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 335-23B]

Request for a call to Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Taft's location
-Hugh Scott
-Return call
-Message
-Charles W. Colson's call

	Conversation No. 23-146

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:10 and 8:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 23-147

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  8:10-8:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

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	Conversation No. 23-148

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  8:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

	Conversation No. 23-149

Date:  May 3, 1972
Time:  8:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Haldeman's location

	Conversation No. 23-150

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:30 and 9:35 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

Request for a call to John B. Connally

Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time.

The President's schedule
-Haldeman's schedule

[End of conferral]

Haldeman talked with Connally at an unknown time.

Haldeman's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger

Connally's meeting with Haldeman
	-J. Edgar Hoover’s funeral
-Time

	Conversation No. 23-151

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:52 and 2:51 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-40]

Request for a call to Richard A. Moore

	Conversation No. 23-152

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  2:51-2:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard A. Moore.

[See also Conversation No. 334-41]

J. Edgar Hoover
-Story
-John A. Scali
-Leak to networks
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
				-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] and American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Leak to wire services
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-L. Patrick Gray III's wife
-Question for the President
-Work for Committee to Reelect the President [CRP]
-Time reporter, Bonnie Angelo
-Resignation
-Replacement
-Dan Rather
-Meeting with Ziegler
-Talks with CBS
-Questions
-Friendship with the President
-Gray
-Arthur W. Radford
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Length
-Meetings with the President
-The President's views of Hoover
-Personal friendship of the President and Hoover
	-Christmas gifts
	-Birthdays
	-California
	-Florida
	-Camp David
	-Sequoia
	-Horse races
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Gray
-Closeness to the President
-First name basis
-Relationship with Gray

The President's friendships in government
-William P. Rogers
-Relationship with Hoover
-Length of friendship
-Gray
-Relationship
	-Non-political appointment

	Conversation No. 23-153

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44A]

Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer

	Conversation No. 23-154

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44B]

Thomas H. Moorer
-Location

Kissinger conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 334-44B]

[End of conferral]

Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

Moorer's return call

	Conversation No. 23-155

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 334-44C]

Request for a call to John B. Connally

Haldeman conferred with the President and Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 334-44C; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation.]

[End of conferral]

The White House operator talked with Haldeman.

Status of call to Connally
-Long distance call

Haldeman conferred with the President and Kissinger.

[See Conversation No. 334-44C]

[End of conferral]

Haldeman talked with Connally at an unknown time.

Connally's meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 23-156

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44D]

Request for a call to Deputy Secretary of Defense
-[David] Kenneth Rush

	Conversation No. 23-157

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm
Location:  Old Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44E]

[David] Kenneth Rush
-Location

Raymond B. Furlong

	Conversation No. 23-158

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 and 5:15 pm
Location:  Old Executive Office Building

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44G]

Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer

Kissinger conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 334-44G]

[End of conferral]

Kissinger talked with Moorer.

Moorer's meeting with Kissinger
-Confidentiality
-Moorer's meeting with unknown Taiwan, Republic of China admiral

	Conversation No. 23-159

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 and 5:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44H]

The President conferred with John B. Connally during the conversation.

[See Conversation No. 334-44H; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation.]

[End of conferral]

Call from [David] Kenneth Rush

	Conversation No. 23-160

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 and 5:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44I]

Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer

	Conversation No. 23-161

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 and 5:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 334-44J]

Thomas H. Moorer
-Location

	Conversation No. 23-162

Date:  May 4, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 and 5:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to his office

Haig talked with Murial Hartley at an unknown time.

Laura [Surname unknown]

Richard Campbell

Helicopter
-Preparation for Henry A. Kissinger
-Problems
-Weather
-Time

	Conversation No. 23-163

Date:  May 5, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:44 and 8:55 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 720-3]

Request for a call to Peter J. Brennan

	Conversation No. 23-164

Date:  May 5, 1972
Time:  8:55-8:58 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Peter J. Brennan.

[See also Conversation No. 720-4]

Greetings

Weather in New York

Department of Labor and labor
-Charles W. Colson and John N. Mitchell
-William J. Rogers
-Appointment
-Arrangements
-Joseph Trerotola
-Meeting with the President
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Qualities
-Attendance at a demonstration of nuns

Vietnam
-US actions
-Brennan's support
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-South Vietnamese
-North Vietnamese
-Soviet support
-Equipment
-US forces
-Air Force
-Navy
-The President's policies
-Criticism
-Newspapers
-Supporters

	Conversation No. 23-165

Date:  May 5, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:59 and 2:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 335-29]

Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

	Conversation No. 23-166

Date:  May 5, 1972
Time:  2:04-2:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See also Conversation No. 335-30A]

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Julie Nixon Eisenhower's trip
-San Francisco and Detroit
-Media coverage
	-Nurse’s Association

	Conversation No. 23-167

Date:  May 5, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:15 and 3:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-1]

Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

	Conversation No. 23-168

Date:  May 5, 1972
Time:  3:25-3:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 336-2]

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger's location
-Time