Conversation No. 24-1

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  8:38 am - 8:43 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

[See also Conversation No. 721-2]

Greetings

Abortion
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-The President's letter to Terence Cardinal Cooke
-Rockefeller's response
-Contents
-Circumstances of drafting
-Clearance
-Peter M. Flanigan's recommendation
-Ehrlichman's Request for a call to Rockefeller
-Rockefeller's bill in New York
-Problems
-Political
-Check on situation
-Ehrlichman's Request for a call to Rockefeller
-Apology
-Rectification
-Abortion issue
-Political problems for Rockefeller
-The President's concerns
-State issue
-Contents
-New York Times report
-Tenor
-Release
-Flanigan

-Circumstances
-Responsibility
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Charles W. Colson

Aid to parochial schools
-Ehrlichman's conversation with the President

	Conversation No. 24-2

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  12:21 pm - 12:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 721-11A]

John B. Connally
-Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 24-3

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:35 pm and 2:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-8A]

Request for a call to [David] Kenneth Rush

	Conversation No. 24-4

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:35 pm and 2:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with [David] Kenneth Rush.

[See also Conversation No. 336-8B]

Greetings

Vietnam
-The President's meeting with National Security Council [NSC]
-Blockade
-The President's decision

West Germany
-Possible attempt to delay vote
-Political parties
-Problems
-Willy Brandt
	-Political future
-[Forename unknown] Weigner [sp?]
-Message from the President
-Rainier Barzel
-Brandt's Moscow agreement
	-Kissinger’s view
		-Soviet Union
-Possible misunderstanding
-Political conflicts

Kissinger's return call

	Conversation No. 24-5

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  3:58 pm - 3:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 336-16]

Vietnam
-The President's speech
-Wording
-Air and naval strikes
-Peace offers
-Kissinger's suggestions
-Kissinger's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods

	Conversation No. 24-6

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:59 pm and 4:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-19]

Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

	Conversation No. 24-7

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  4:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 336-20]

Stephen B. Bull
-Location

Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield

	Conversation No. 24-8

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  4:14 pm - 4:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[See also Conversation No. 336-21]

White House barber
-Appointment
-Time

	Conversation No. 24-9

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-22]

Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

	Conversation No. 24-10

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  4:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 336-24]

Julie Nixon Eisenhower's location
-Return call

	Conversation No. 24-11

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  4:35 pm - 4:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See also Conversation No. 336-28]

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	Conversation No. 24-12

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:36 pm and 4:55 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 24-13

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  4:55 pm - 4:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 336-32]

Greetings

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's announcement
-Kissinger's changes
-Rose Mary Woods
-Nature

The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 336-32]

[End of conferral]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's announcement
-Kissinger’s review of text
-Changes
-Cessation of military action
-New peace offers
-Political settlement terms
-The President’s view
-Withdrawal of forces
-Foreign audiences
-Political settlement

	Conversation No. 24-14

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-35]

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 24-15

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 24-16

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  5:23 pm - 5:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 336-37]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's announcement
-North Vietnamese offensive
-Wording of denunciation
-Changes
-US-South Vietnamese goals
-North Vietnamese offensive
-Wording
-Cambodia and Laos
-Deletion

-Escalation of war
-Responsibility
-Criticism
-US peace offers
-Mines
-Detonation
-The President's statement
-The President's Request for a call to Kissinger

	Conversation No. 24-17

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  8:04 pm - 8:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 336-68A]

The President's meeting with Republican congressional leaders
-Preparation
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Absence

	Conversation No. 24-18

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:45 pm and 9:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69B]

Request for a call to the President
-Call from Melvin R. Laird
-Purpose

Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 336-69]

[End of conferral]

Laird's call
-Completion

	Conversation No. 24-19

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  9:57 pm - 10:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Melvin R. Laird talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69C]

Vietnam
-Laird
-Work with congressmen
-The President's announcement
-Difficulty
-Cabinet meeting
-Blockade
-William P. Rogers
-Laird's explanation
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Questions regarding People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Laird's public stance
-The President’s view
-Department of Defense intelligence

-Placement of mines
-Message to pilots
-John S. McCain
-Air strikes
-Thomas H. Moorer
-Targets
	-Railroads
	-Petroleum, oil, and lubricants [POL]
-The President's announcement
	-Laird’s view

	Conversation No. 24-20

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:00 pm and 10:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69D]

Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

	Conversation No. 24-21

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  10:04 pm - 10:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower between 10:04 and an unknown time before 10:06 pm.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69E]

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	Conversation No. 24-22

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:23 pm and 10:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 336-69F]

Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

	Conversation No. 24-23
Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:23 pm and 10:42 pm

Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69G]

Greetings

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's announcement
-Response
-Telephone calls
	-Volume
	-Sloane McCray
		-Support for the President
	-Unknown woman
		-Telegram

The President's forthcoming visit with Rebozo

	Conversation No. 24-24

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:23 pm and 10:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator; Haldeman conferred with the President before the conversation began.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69H]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 336-69]

[End of conferral]

Haldeman talked with Colson at an unknown time.

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's announcement
-Public reaction
-Colson’s view
-Nature
-Enthusiasm
-College presidents
-Telegrams
-Labor leaders
-Enthusiasm
-Jesse Calhoon
-Caution
-Support for the President
-The President's sincerity
-Cabinet meeting
-Television appearances
-Elliot L. Richardson
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Television
-William P. Rogers's briefing
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s concerns
-Time
-Changes
-Cabinet meeting
-Rogers
-Stance
-Richardson
-Haldeman’s view
-Thomas H. Moorer's presence
-Melvin R. Laird
-Rush
-Television appearance
-Advantages
-Public response
-Telegrams
-Value
-Western Union
-Request for a call to president of company
-Haldeman’s view
-Service available
-Alternatives
-Calls to local papers and television stations
-Pressure on Western Union
-Experiences
-Calhoon and Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-White House switchboard
-Calls
-Number
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Colson's analysis
-Delivery
-Rhetoric
-Polls
-Louis P. Harris
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Jay Lovestone

	Conversation No. 24-25

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:23 pm and 10:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69I]

Request for a call to [David] Kenneth Rush

	Conversation No. 24-26

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  10:42 pm - 10:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with [David] Kenneth Rush.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69K]

Greetings

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's speech
-Rush's television appearance
-President’s position
-William P. Rogers
-Cessation of seaborne deliveries to North Vietnam
-Implementation
-Further action
-Rush's statements
-Peace offer
-Cease-fire
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-The President's Request for a call to Melvin R. Laird
-Public stance

The President's party
-Rush
-Attendance
-Address to attendees

	Conversation No. 24-169

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:45 pm and 10:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69M]

Request for a call to George Meany

	Conversation No. 24-27

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:45 pm and 10:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69N]

Calls from George Meany and Tricia Nixon Cox

	Conversation No. 24-28
Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  10:47 pm - 10:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with George Meany.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69O]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's decision
-Reasons
-Meany's support
-Statement

	Conversation No. 24-29

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  10:49 pm - 10:52 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President between 10:49 and an unknown time before 10:52 pm.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69P]

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	Conversation No. 24-30

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 336-69Q]

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

	Conversation No. 24-31

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69R]

Request for a call to John B. Connally

	Conversation No. 24-32

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 336-69S]

William F. (“Billy”) Graham

John B. Connally
-Location
-Previous telephone call request
-Cancellation

	Conversation No. 24-33

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with William F. (“Billy”) Graham.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69T]

Greetings

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President’s announcement
-Ruth Graham's response
-Graham's views
-Public support
-Problems
-Public support for the President
-Impact
-Reporters' commentary
-Tenor
					-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] 
					-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]

-Public response
-Telephone calls
-Reports from London
-British
-French
-Germans
-Effect of speech on Soviet Union trip
-Graham's opinion
-Public support
-End of war
-The President's speeches
-Graham's opinion
-Public support
-Opposition
-Graham's press conferences
-Support for the President

	Conversation No. 24-34

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69U]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's speech
-Western Union
-Colson's Request for a call to Russell McFall
-Backlog of calls
-Statement for press
-Conversation with McFall
-Emergency crews
-Central office

-Emergency crews
-McFall's report to Colson
-Albert E. Sindlinger’s view
-Response of public
-Soviet summit
-Possible cancellation
-Louis P. Harris’s views
-Impact on Soviets
-Public support for the President
-Length
-Impact on Soviets
-The President's candor
-Benefits for the President
-Western Union
-Kenneth W. Clawson

	Conversation No. 24-35

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69V]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's speech
-George Meany's statement
-Support for the President
-Jay Lovestone's conversation with Colson
-The President's previous Request for a call to Meany
-Statement in support of the President
-Distribution

	Conversation No. 24-36

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:52 pm and 11:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Lawrence M. Higby talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69W]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's speech
	-George G. Aiken's conversation with Clark MacGregor
	-Support for the President
	-Soviets
	-Responsibility
	-Evacuation implications
	-Bangladesh

	Conversation No. 24-37

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:07 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-5]

Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

	Conversation No. 24-38

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:07 am - 11:12 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo.

[See also Conversation No. 338-6]

The President's trip to Florida

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's speech
	-Public response
	-Support for the President
	-Hank Meyer [sp?]
	-Request for a call to Rebozo
	-Bumper stickers
-Impact of blockade
	-The President’s view
-Shipments of arms
-Bombing
-Soviet Summit
-Possible cancellation
-Public reaction
-Amount
-Previous conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-Call from unknown woman
-Support for the President
	-Western Union
-Rebozo's bank employees
-Democrats
-Position
-Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey and George
 S. McGovern
-The President's support of John F. Kennedy during Cuban missile crisis
-Opinions on the President's announcement
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-John B. Connally's aid in getting statement

The President's trip to Florida

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's speech
-Work
-References to Soviet Union
-Presentation

Rebozo's report on public reaction

Farewells

	Conversation No. 24-39

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:12 am and 11:16 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-8]

Request for a call to Melvin R. Laird

	Conversation No. 24-40

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:16 am - 11:21 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Melvin R. Laird.

[See also Conversation No. 338-9]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Implementation
-The President's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Reconnaisance
-Ships In Haiphong Harbor
-Photograph
-Public release
-Public relations
	-The President’s view
-Ships
-Pilot's report
-Air strikes
-Intensity
-Targets
	-Railroads
	-Petroleum, oil, and lubricants [POL]
	-Power plants
-Intensity
-Compared to Julius Caesar
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Television appearance
-Laird's efforts
-Meetings with Congress
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Press conference
-Locations
-Times
-Television coverage
-Timing
-The Vice President
-Trip
-Cancellation
-Request for a call to Haldeman
-Coordination
-The President's speeches
-Frequency
-Kissinger's appearances
-Laird’s statement
-Contents
-The President's decision
-Workability
-Psychological impact

	Conversation No. 24-41

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:21 am and 11:23 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-10]

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

	Conversation No. 24-42

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:23 am - 11:24 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 338-11]

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	Conversation No. 24-43

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:32 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-15]

Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan

	Conversation No. 24-44

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:32 am and 11:35 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-16]

Request for a call to John N. Mitchell

	Conversation No. 24-45

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:35 am - 11:39 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See also Conversation No. 338-17A]

Vietnam
-The President's speech
-Mitchell’s view
-Preparation
-Briefing of Senators
-Presentation
-Content
-Public response
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo's report
-Amount of support
-Democrats
-Position
-Telegrams and telephone calls
-Charles W. Colson 
-Backlog
-Public support
-Blockade
-Soviet Summit
-Possible cancellation
-The President's stance
-The President's speech
-Public support
-Impact
-Psychological impact
-Forthcoming 1972 election
-Bombing of Hanoi
	-The President’s view
-Peace offers
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Ceasefire
-Frank F. Church
-Response to speech

1972 Republican nomination
-James L. Buckley
-John N. Ashbrook
-Withdrawal
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Request for a call to Ashbrook
-Ashbrook's candidacy
-Reagan
-Trip to Europe
-Purposes

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The President conferred with Alexander P. Butterfield at 11:37 am.

[See Conversation No. 338-17]

[End of conferral]

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	Conversation No. 24-46

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:40 am - 11:41 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See also Conversation No. 338-17B]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Support
-Hawks
-Impact
-Duration

	Conversation No. 24-47

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:41 am and 11:50 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-18]

Request for a call to Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally

	Conversation No. 24-48

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:50 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 338-19]

Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally
-Location
-Return call

Telephone call list

	Conversation No. 24-49

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  11:53 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-20]

Calls to Thomas H. Moorer and [David] Kenneth Rush

	Conversation No. 24-50

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown after 11:53 until 11:56 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 338-21]

Thomas H. Moorer
-Location
-Meeting with John C. Stennis

Request for a call to [David] Kenneth Rush

The President talked with [David] Kenneth Rush between 11:55 and 11:56 am

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Rush's television appearance
-The President’s view
-Impact
-The President's peace offers
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Cease-fire
-Democrats' stance
-Rush’s view

	Conversation No. 24-51

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:56 am and 12:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-22]

Request for a call to Arthur W. Radford
-Telephone number

	Conversation No. 24-52

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  12:05 pm - 12:06 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Arthur W. Radford.

[See also Conversation No. 338-23]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's decision
-Radford's support
-Impact
-Necessity
-Dangers
-1972 election
-Soviet Summit
-Naval action
-Mines
-Reports from Melvin R. Laird and Thomas H. Moorer
-Morale in South Vietnam

	Conversation No. 24-53

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-24]

Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

	Conversation No. 24-54

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  12:09 pm - 12:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller.

[See also Conversation No. 338-25]

Abortion
-The President's letter to Terence Cardinal Cooke
-The President's knowledge
-Release
-Circumstances
-John D. Ehrlichman's call
-Release

Vietnam
-The President's speech
-Rockefeller's view
-Statement
-Public support
-Democrats
-Position
-Cuban missile crisis
-The President's response as gubernatorial
 candidate
-Rockefeller's support
-Soviet response
-Possible Summit cancellation
-The President’s view
-Hue
-The President's standing
-Rockefeller's view
	-The President's manner
-Position of liberals

Abortion
-The President's letter to Cooke
-Publicity
-Circumstances of release
-Responsibility

	Conversation No. 24-55

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-26]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 24-56

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  12:27 pm - 12:29 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 338-27]

Henry A. Kissinger's briefing
-Length
-Statement
-Length
-Questions
-Quality of presentation
	-Ziegler’s view
-Content
-Manner
-Soviet assessment
-Quality of presentation

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Press play
-Democrats
-Frank F. Church
-Statement
-The President’s view

	Conversation No. 24-57

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-28]

Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez
-Location
	-Hospital

	Conversation No. 24-58

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  12:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 338-29]

Manolo Sanchez
-Location
-Fina Sanchez
-Return call

	Conversation No. 24-59

Date:  May 9, 1972
Time:  12:56 pm - 12:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Thomas H. Moorer.

[See also Conversation No. 338-31A]

Return call

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Implementation
-Bombing
-Targets
	-The President’s view
-Moorer's authority
-The President's speech
-Moorer's meeting with John C. Stennis and Senate Armed Services Committee
-Need for support
-Reception
-Length

	Conversation No. 24-60

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  10:19 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-9B]

Request that Charles W. Colson join him

	Conversation No. 24-61

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:19 am and 10:21 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with an unknown person before the conversation began.

[See also Conversation No. 337-9D]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 24-62

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  10:21 am - 10:22 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 337-9E]

Colson's location
-Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 24-63

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:40 am and 11:40 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-9G]

Request for a call to Melvin R. Laird

The President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 337-9]

[End of conferral]

Colson talked with Laird at an unknown time.

Vietnam
-Blockade
-The President's decision
-Press reports
-Laird's reported disagreement
-John B. Connally
-Laird's statement
					-Colson's meetings with the President, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Henry A. Kissinger
-Ronald L. Ziegler's statement
-Effect on the President
-Laird's position
	-Laird’s view
-Ziegler's and Laird's press conferences
-Poll results
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-[Opinion Research Center Corporation [ORC]
-Laird's press conference
-Results
-Support for the President
-Questions
-Results
-Laird's press conference
-Television coverage
	-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Press reports
-Response
-Ziegler
-Colson’s view

	Conversation No. 24-64

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-13]

Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez

	Conversation No. 24-65

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  12:32 pm - 12:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Manolo Sanchez.

[See also Conversation No. 337-14A]

Greetings

Sanchez's health
-Treatment
-Hospital personnel

	Conversation No. 24-66

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  Unkown between 3:55 pm and 3:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-26]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 24-67

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  3:59 pm - 4:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 337-27]

Vietnam
-Melvin R. Laird's press conference
-Colson’s view
-Length

Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Colson
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

	Conversation No. 24-68

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:04 pm and 4:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-28/339-1F]

	Request for a call to his office

Colson talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.

Vietnam
-Poll results
-Albert E. Sindlinger poll
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll
-Fact sheets
-Steven S. Karalekas
-Delivery to Colson

	Conversation No. 24-69

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:25 pm and 4:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-28/339-1A]

Request for a call to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin

	Conversation No. 24-70

Date:  May 10, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:25 pm and 4:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin.

[See also Conversation No. 337-28/339-1B]

Greetings

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Soviet Trade Minister
-Time
-Participants
-Subjects
-Time
-Location
-Subjects
-Entry to White House
-Discussion
-Release

	Conversation No. 24-71

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:32 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 24-72

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:32 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-37]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
-Colson's location
-John D. Ehrlichman's office
-Return call

Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

	Conversation No. 24-73

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  11:32 am - 11:33 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 338-38]

Colson's location
-Meeting with John N. Mitchell, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and
 John D. Ehrlichman

The President's forthcoming meeting with Haldeman and Colson

	Conversation No. 24-74

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  11:34 am - 11:35 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See also Conversation No. 338-39]

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	Conversation No. 24-75

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:43 am and 11:49 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-41A]

Request for a call to Hugh Scott

	Conversation No. 24-76

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  11:49 am - 11:51 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Hugh Scott.

[See also Conversation No. 338-41B]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Scott's statements
-White House news summary report
-The President's view
-Phrases and language
	-Use by the White House
	-Contacts with Charles W. Colson
-Success
	-The President’s view
-Poll in Erie County, Pennsylvania
-Response to the President's speech
-Support and opposition
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll
-Accuracy
-Sindlinger poll

	Conversation No. 24-77

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:51 am and 11:56 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-41C]

Request for a call to Robert P. Griffin

	Conversation No. 24-78

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  11:56 am - 11:57 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Robert P. Griffin.

[See also Conversation No. 338-41D]

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Griffin's statement
-White House news summary report
-Charles W. Colson
-The President’s view
-Support for the President
-Success
	-The President’s view
-Frank F. Church
-Encounter on Senate floor
-Television statement
-Changes in position
-Opposition to cease-fire
-Republican views
-The President’s view

	Conversation No. 24-79
Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  3:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 723-17]

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

	Conversation No. 24-80

Date:  May 11, 1972
Time:  3:39 pm - 3:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 723-13]

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	Conversation No. 24-81

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 4:00 pm and 5:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

George C. Wallace
-Attempted assassination

Request for a call to Cornelia Wallace

	Conversation No. 24-82

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:06 pm and 5:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 724-6A]

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

	Conversation No. 24-83

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  5:10 pm - 5:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-6B]

George C. Wallace
-Attempted assassination
-Condition
-The President and Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
	-Blue Room reception
		-Possible cancellation
	-The President’s view
	-Clement Conger
-Condition
	-Dr. William M. Lukash
-Blue Room reception
	-The President’s view

The President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 724-6]

[End of conferral]

-Conger
-Press coverage
	-Mrs. Nixon’s view
	-The President’s view

	Conversation No. 24-84

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman before the conversation began.

[See also Conversation No. 724-8A]

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

	Conversation No. 24-85

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  5:21 pm - 5:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8B]

Blue Room reception
-The President's appearance
-Mrs. Nixon’s view
-The President’s view
-Effect of George C. Wallace shooting
-Connection with Kennedy shootings
-Remarks
-The President
-Clement Conger
-Mrs. Nixon

The President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at 5:23 pm.

[See Conversation No. 724-8]

[End of conferral]

Return call

	Conversation No. 24-86

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:24 pm and 5:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8C]

Request for a call to Eugene T. Rossides from John B. Connally

	Conversation No. 24-87

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:24 pm and 5:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8D]

Eugene T. Rossides

John B. Connally talked with Rossides at an unknown time.

Secret Service
-Candidate protection
-James J. Rowley
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Announcement
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Shirley Chisholm
-Request for protection
-Other possible requests

Connally conferred with Haldeman and the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 724-8]

[End of conferral]

Secret Service
-Candidate protection
-Wilbur D. Mills
-John M. Ashbrook
-Chisholm
-Samuel W. Yorty
-Chisholm
-Kennedy
-Chisholm

George C. Wallace
-Assassination attempt
-Information
-Reports

	Conversation No. 24-88

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:30 pm and 5:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8E]

Request for a call to Edward M. Kennedy from John B. Connally

	Conversation No. 24-89

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  5:38 pm - 5:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at 5:38 pm.

[See also Conversation No. 724-8F]

Cornelia Wallace

The President talked with Cornelia Wallace between 5:38 and 5:41 pm.

Assassination attempt on George C. Wallace
-The President's concern
-The President's visit to Alabama
-George Wallace's condition
-X-rays
-Medical concerns
-Psychological state
-President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's best wishes
-Thanks for the President's call
-The President’s view
-Compared with attempt on Theodore Roosevelt
-The President’s view

	Conversation No. 24-90

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:41 pm and 5:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8G]

Edward M. Kennedy
-Location
-Return call

	Conversation No. 24-91

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:45 pm and 5:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8H]

Edward M. Kennedy

John B. Connally talked with Kennedy at an unknown time between 5:45 and 5:54 pm.

Connally's location

Secret Service
-Candidate protection
-Kennedy
-Authorization by the President
-Need
-Kennedy
-George C. Wallace
-The President's offer
-Arrangements
-Location
-Arrangements
-Eugene T. Rossides and James J. Rowley
-Announcement
-Advisability
	-Connally’s view
-Arrangements

	Conversation No. 24-92

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:52 pm and 5:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8I]

Request for a call to Eugene T. Rossides from John B. Connally

	Conversation No. 24-93

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:52 pm and 5:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 724-8J]

Eugene T. Rossides

John B. Connally talked with Rossides at an unknown time between 5:52 and 5:58 pm; the President can be heard in the background.

Candidate protection
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Connally's offer
-Request for a call to Kennedy from Rossides or James J. Rowley
-Assignment of agents
-Shirley Chisholm
-Rossides's call
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Patsy T. Mink
-Eugene J. McCarthy
-Rossides and Rowley
-Assignment of agents
-Mills
-Mink
-Samuel W. Yorty
-Edward S. Muskie
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Agents
-Number of agents
-Chisholm
-Kennedy
-Announcement
-Arrangements
-Chisholm
-The President's orders
-Statement release
-Kennedy
-Statement release

Assassination attempt on George C. Wallace
-Weapon
-Type
-Purchaser
-Wallace's condition
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Location
-George S. McGovern
-Press conference
-Location

	Conversation No. 24-94

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 6:33 pm and 6:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3A]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Haldeman talked with Colson at an unknown time.

Meeting with the President and Haldeman

	Conversation No. 24-95

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3C]

Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield

Haldeman conferred with the President and Charles W. Colson at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]

[End of conferral]

The White House operator talked with Haldeman at an unknown time.

Butterfield's location

Request for a call to James J. Rowley

The President conferred with Colson at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]

[End of conferral]

The White House operator talked with Haldeman at an unknown time.

Rowley's location

The President conferred with Colson at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]

The White House operator talked with Haldeman at an unknown time.

Placing call

Haldeman conferred with the President and Colson at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]

[End of conferral]

Haldeman talked with Rowley at an unknown time; the President and Colson can be heard in the background during a portion of the conversation.

Butterfield
-Location

Assassination attempt on George C. Wallace
-Assailant
-Thomas J. Kelley's report
-Purchase of gun
-Identity [Arthur H. Bremer]
-Police confirmation
-Location
-Latest information
-Custody
-Secret Service presence
-Report to the President
	-Haldeman’s order
-John B. Connally's press conference
-Time
-Assailant
-Identity
-Press reports
-Report to the President and Haldeman

	Conversation No. 24-96

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3D]

Request for a call to Richard G. Kleindienst

Haldeman conferred with the President and Charles W. Colson at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]

	Conversation No. 24-97

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3F]

Richard G. Kleindienst's call
-Location

Haldeman talked with Richard G. Kleindienst at an unknown time.

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-The President's conversation with John D.
 Ehrlichman
-Arrangements with L. Patrick Gray, III
	-FBI
-Identity of assailant

The President talked with Kleindienst at an unknown time; Haldeman can be heard in the background.

-Secret Service
-John F. Kennedy's assassination
-Performance
-FBI investigation
-The President's orders
-Justification
-Gray or Kleindienst
-Questioning of Arthur H. Bremer
-Bremer
-Location
-Availability
-Isolation
-Reasons
-Miranda vs. Arizona case
-Custody
-FBI
-Results of investigation
-Arrest of three individuals
-Ages
-Race
-Actions
-Age of gunman
-Custody
-Race
-Isolation
-Necessity
-Assailants
-FBI interview
-Press interviews
-Washington Post
	-The President’s view
-Isolation
-Jurisdiction
-Federal charge
-Transfer of custody

	Conversation No. 24-98

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3H]

Call from James J. Rowley
-Haldeman's location

The President conferred with Charles W. Colson at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]

	Conversation No. 24-99

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  7:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-3I]

Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

	Conversation No. 24-100

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Thomas J. Kelley talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman; the President can be heard in the background.

[See also Conversation No. 339-3J]

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Identification
-Residence
-Purchase of gun
-Date
-Previous arrest record
-Location
-Date
-Charge
-Interview
-Location
-Participants
-Secret Service
-Prince George's County police
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Results
-Report
-Treatment
-Interview
-Press reports
-Name
-Physical description
-Photograph
-Other assailants
-Reports
-Validity
-Other arrests
-Reasons
-Bremer
-Protection
-Compared with Jack Ruby
-Responsibility

	Conversation No. 24-101

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to office

Colson talked with Holly Holm at an unknown time.

Request for a call to Patricia Colson
-Car
-Time
-Charles W. Colson's schedule

	Conversation No. 24-102

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Kenneth W. Clawson

Colson talked with an unknown woman in Clawson's office at an unknown time.

Request for a call to Clawson

Colson talked with Clawson at an unknown time.

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Gun
-Purchase
-Location
-Caliber
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Age
-Date of birth
-Residence
-Reports to Colson
-Location

	Conversation No. 24-104

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3M]

Calls from W. Mark Felt to the President
-Placement

	Conversation No. 24-105

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3N]

The President's Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Location
-Return call
-Cancellation

	Conversation No. 24-106

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Richard G. Kleindienst talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman/the President and Charles W. Colson can be heard in the background.

[See also Conversation No. 339-3"O"]

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Latest report
-W. Mark Felt
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Assignments
-Hospital
-Jail
-Assailants
-Number
-Custody
-Charges
-Assault on Secret Service agent and Wallace
-Statutory justification
-Henry E. Petersen
-Instructions for seclusion
-FBI
-Felt's assignments
-Assailants
-Custody
-Transfer
-Reports
-Interviews
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Interviews
-Location
-Later reports
-Assailants
-Isolation
-Reasons
-Identity
-Press reports
-Compared with John F. and Robert F. Kennedy assassinations
	-Appearance of cover-up

	Conversation No. 24-107

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  7:37 pm - 7:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-3Q]

Request for a call to the President from John D. Ehrlichman

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President between 7:37 and 7:42 pm.

Greetings

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Problems
-Reports
-Wallace's condition
-Assailant
-Age
-Questioning
-Protection
-Richard G. Kleindienst's recommendations
-Investigation
-Handling
-Ehrlichman's instructions
	-The President’s view
-James J. Rowley
-L. Patrick Gray, III
-Ehrlichman's control
-Compared with John F. Kennedy assassination
-Reports to the President
-Ehrlichman's report
-W. Mark Felt
-Responsibility
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Protection
	-The President’s view
-Interrogation
-Felt
-Reports to the President
-Frequency
-Control by Ehrlichman
-Consequences
-John F. Kennedy comparison
-Wallace
	-The President’s view
-Understanding
-New York Times

	Conversation No. 24-108

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:42 pm and 7:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-3R]

Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman

Colson conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 339-3]

[End of conferral]

The White House operator talked with Colson at an unknown time.

Ehrlichman
-Location
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman call

	Conversation No. 24-109

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:42 pm and 7:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Charles W. Colson.

Call from W. Mark Felt

Colson conferred with the President and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time.

Felt's call

Questions

[End of conferral]

Felt's call

Felt talked with Colson at an unknown time.

Colson's location

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Latest report
-Assailants
-Number
-Release
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Name
-Race
-Sex
-Residence
-Source of information
-Purchase of gun
-Place
-Caliber
-Current location
-Reason
-Interrogation
-Doctors
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Protection

The President and Haldeman conferred at an unknown time.

Secret Service

[End of conferral]

Attack on Wallace
-Investigation
-FBI direction and control
-Legal basis
-Secret Service agent
-Surgery
-Location
-Condition
-Bremer
-Interrogation
-Time
-Questions
-Range

Colson conferred with the President and an unknown person at an unknown time.

[Unintelligible]

Edward M. Kennedy

[End of conferral]

Attack on Wallace
-Reports
-Bremer
-Political leanings
-Kennedy connection
-Antiwar connection
-Questions
-Questioning
	-Colson’s view
-Further reports

Colson conferred with Haldeman at an unknown time.

-John D. Ehrlichman's Request for a call to Felt

[End of conferral]

-Ehrlichman's Request for a call to Felt
-Rumors
-Bremer's motives
-Political connections
-University of Wisconsin
	-Anti-war connection
-Kennedy
-Questioning
-Timing
-Bremer
-Safety
-Compared with John F. Kennedy assassination
-Questioning
-Reports to the President

The President conferred with Haldeman at an unknown time.

-Surgery

[End of conferral]

-Rumors
-Verification
-Edward M. Kennedy
	-Felt’s concern
-Colson's sources
-Bremer
-Questioning
-Timing
-Colson’s view
-Further reports

	Conversation No. 24-110

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to his office

Colson talked with Joan Hall at an unknown time.

Colson's location

Patricia Colson’s schedule

Charles Colson’s schedule

	Conversation No. 24-111

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard in the background.

[See also Conversation No. 339-4B]

Request for a call to Kenneth W. Clawson's office

Colson talked with an unknown woman in Clawson's office at an unknown time.

Request for a call to Clawson

Colson talked with Clawson at an unknown time.

Meeting with Colson
-Location

	Conversation No. 24-112
Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:57 pm and 7:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-4C]

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

	Conversation No. 24-113

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:57 pm and 7:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Richard G. Kleindienst talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See also Conversation No. 339-4D]

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Questioning
-W. Mark Felt's report
-Medical examination
-Preparations
-Medical examination
-Statement
-Possible Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] action
-Kleindienst’s view

	Conversation No. 24-114

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:02 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-4E]

Request for a call to John B. Connally

	Conversation No. 24-115

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  8:02 pm - 8:04 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See also Conversation No. 339-4F]

Press conference
-Eugene T. Rossides
-Connally's evaluation

Blue Room reception
-Crowd
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's duties
-Taft Schreiber
-W. Clement Stone
-The President's attendance
-Blue Room
	-Connally’s view 

The President talked with Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally at an unknown time.

Blue Room
-Nellie Connally’s view

John Connally
-Announcement
	-Timing
		-Attack on George C. Wallace

Nellie Connally's service

John and Nellie Connally
-Trip to Latin America
-Colombia
-Brazil
-Argentina
-Other countries
-Protection
-Nellie Connally's concerns
-The President’s view
-Service with the President

The President talked with John Connally between an unknown time after 8:02 and 8:04 pm.

Connallys' Latin American trip
-Countries
-Moscow Summit
-Purpose
	-The President’s view

Attack on Wallace
-Report to the President

	Conversation No. 24-116

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  8:15 pm - 8:18 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

W. Mark Felt talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 339-5A]

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Physical condition
	-The President’s view
-Psychiatrist's examination
-Investigation
-Report since talk with Charles W. Colson
-Search of apartment
-Writings
-Assailants
-Suspects
-Release
-Bremer
-Investigation
-Compared with John F. Kennedy assassination
	-The President’s view
-Follow-up on Wallace shooting
-Identification
-Previous arrest
-Charge
-Fine
-Investigation
-Orders
-Responsibility

	Conversation No. 24-117

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-6]

Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman

	Conversation No. 24-118

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-7]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 24-119

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-8]

Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

	Conversation No. 24-120

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-9]

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

	Conversation No. 24-121

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  9:16 pm - 9:19 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 339-10]

Blue Room reception
-Mrs. Nixon's role

	George Wallace shooting
		-Forthcoming medical report

	Blue Room reception
-Mrs. Nixon’s role
-The President’s attendance
-Janet Neff
	-Mrs. Nixon’s view
-The President's attendance
	-The President’s view

Wallace shooting
-Report
-Wallace's condition
-Location of bullets
-Press reaction
-Responsibility
	-The President’s view
		-Liberals
		-The assailant
-Effect on the President's schedule
-Reactions
-The President's conversation with Cornelia Wallace

	Conversation No. 24-122

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-11]

Request for a call to Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo

	Conversation No. 24-123

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-12]

Request for a call to Ann Duggan
-Location

	Conversation No. 24-124

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  9:23 pm - 9:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 339-13]

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-Control
-The President's concerns
-John F. Kennedy comparison
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Location
-Secret Service investigation
-Colson’s view
-Conflict with FBI
-FBI involvement
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Previous arrests
-Political activities
-Search of apartment
-Mental condition
-Bremer's political leanings
-Bremer's apartment
-Possible plant of documents
-Wallace
-Visits by Hubert H. Humphrey and George S. McGovern
-Visit by the President
-The President's Request for a call to Cornelia Wallace
-Timing
-Operation
-Length
-Completion
-Dr. William M. Lukash's report
-W. Mark Felt's report

	Conversation No. 24-125

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  9:25 pm - 9:27 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

[See also Conversation No. 339-14]

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-W. Mark Felt's report
	-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Arraignment
-Custody
-Attorney
-Appointment
-Age
-Mental state
-Writings in apartment
	-Secret Service
-Psychiatric exam
-Report
-Surveillance
-The President's concern
-John F. Kennedy assassination investigation
-Handling
-Investigation
-Control
-The President and Felt
-Reports
-Attorney for Bremer
-Felt's opinion
-Interrogation
-Appointment
-Arraignment
-Custody
-Attorney
-Appointment

	Conversation No. 24-126

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  9:29 pm - 9:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See also Conversation No. 339-15]

Kissinger's location

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Kissinger’s view
-Investigation
-Control
	-Ehrlichman
	-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Mental condition
-Background
-Age
-Residence
-Writings
-Political leanings
-Mental state
-Candidate protection
-John B. Connally
-Edward M. Kennedy
-The President's orders
-Shirley Chisholm

Soviet Union
-Effect of Wallace shooting
	-Kissinger’s view
-Kissinger's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Spy case
-Release
-Dobrynin's reply
-Summit
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-William P. Rogers
	-The President’s view
-Gerard C. Smith
	-The President’s view
-Negotiations compromise
-Navy
-Rogers's position

Vietnam
-Bombing
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Sorties
-Number
-North Vietnamese offensive
-Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] counter-offensive
-Washington Star headline
-Hue
-Soviets
-Kissinger's note to Dobrynin
-Meetings
-Peace offers

Soviet Union
-Dobrynin
-Schedule

Stewart J.O. Alsop
-Health

The President's meeting with Kissinger and Dobrynin
-Breakfast
-Planning

Soviet trip
-Gifts
-Nikolai V. Podgorny
-Aleksei N. Kosygin
-The President
-Dobrynin
-Josef V. Stalin
-Summit
-Success
-Forthcoming Senate vote
-The President’s view
-Timing

	Conversation No. 24-127

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:35 pm and 9:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-16]

Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

	Conversation No. 24-128

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  9:36 pm - 9:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See also Conversation No. 339-17]

Woods's location
-Return home
-Time
-Dinner

Woods's meeting with the President

Trip to Camp David
-Woods's schedule
-Death in family

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Mental condition
-Candidate protection
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Necessity
-John B. Connally
-Woods’s view
-Need for protection

	Conversation No. 24-129

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  9:40 pm - 9:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Dr. William M. Lukash.

[See also Conversation No. 339-18]

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Condition
-Lukash's report
	-Location of bullets
	-Surgery
	-Possibility of paralysis
-Forthcoming reports

	Conversation No. 24-130

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  9:44 pm - 9:45 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ann Duggan.

[See also Conversation No. 339-19]

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	Conversation No. 24-131

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:15 pm and 11:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Dr. William M. Lukash

	Conversation No. 24-132

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:15 pm and 11:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman

	Conversation No. 24-133

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:07 pm and 11:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 24-134

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  11:12 pm - 11:41 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Calls to Dr. William M. Lukash and John D. Ehrlichman 
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Press stories
-Political leanings
-Motives
-Press interviews with landlord
-Literature in apartment
	-Wallace
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-L. Patrick Gray, III
-Interviews
-Mental state
-Lawyer
-Gray
-Custody
-Baltimore
-Plans for autobiography
-Apartment search
-Writings
-Mental condition
-Political affiliations
-George S. McGovern
-Publicity
-Brother
-Attitude toward Wallace
-Gray
-Political affiliations
-Cover
-Publicity
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Wallace's condition
-Operation
-Recovery
-Lukash's report

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-Lukash's prognosis
-Extent of injury
-Paralysis
-Investigation
-FBI
-Gray's control
-Information
-Release
-Political leanings
-Press reports
-Clawson
-Public perceptions
-Bremer
-Background
-Political leanings
	-The President’s view
-Background
-Gray's investigation
-Money sources
-Schooling
-Travels
-Money sources
-Literature
-John F. Kennedy assassination
-Media coverage
-Motive of Lee Harvey Oswald
-Bremer
-Media coverage
-Investigation
-Gray's direction
	-The President’s view
-Wallace's condition
-Operation
-Completion
-Lukash's report
-Medical bulletins

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Candidate protection
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Shirley Chisholm
-The President's orders
-Publicity
-Lukash
-Chisholm

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Assault on Wallace
-Forthcoming press coverage
-Bremer
-United Press International [UPI] report
-Political leanings
-Gray
-Possible motive
-Left wing McGovern and Hubert H. Humphrey supporters

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Assault on Wallace
-Weapon
-.38 caliber
-Power
-Impact
-.45 caliber
-Handgun
-Saturday night special
-Purchase
-Gun control
-Issue
-Publicity
-Clawson
-National Rifle Association [NRA]
-Bremer
-Accomplices
-Mental condition
-Public reaction
-Bremer
-Motive
-Political affiliation
-Young Democrats
-Publicity
-Gray

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Public response
-Leonard Woodcock's television appearance on Face the Nation
-Statements
-Questions
-Louis P. Harris's statements on Meet the Press
-Robert J. Dole
-Statement
-Publicity
-Critics
-Stance
-Soviet summit
-Polls
-New York Times
-Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger results
-Support for the President

Wallace
-Sindlinger poll
-Press coverage
-Recovery
-The President's trip to Moscow
-Condition
-Paralysis possibility

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Assault on Wallace
-Investigation
-Gray

	Conversation No. 24-135

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:41 pm and 11:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Call from John D. Ehrlichman

	Conversation No. 24-136

Date:  May 15, 1972
Time:  11:42 pm - 11:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.

Assault on George C. Wallace
-Charles W. Colson's report
-Arthur H. Bremer
-L. Patrick Gray, III’s evaluation
-Political affiliations
-Political leanings
-Support for Wallace
	-Statements from family
-Material in apartment
-Gray
-Statements
	-Plans for autobiography
-US attorneys
-Warrants
-Investigation
-Secret Service
-Withdrawal
-Compared with Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President at an unknown time.

-Dr. William M. Lukash's report
-Prognosis
-Internal wound
-Bullet
-Removal
-Surgery
-Damage
-Surgery
-Recovery

	[Unintelligible]

-Lukash's report
-John B. Connally's statement
-The President's statement
-The President's possible visit
-The President's remarks in Blue Room
-Television coverage
-The President's possible visit
-Propriety
-Lukash's statement
-The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Visits
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-George S. McGovern
-Humphrey

	Conversation No. 24-137

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:11 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 725-5]

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

	Conversation No. 24-138

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:11 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 725-7]

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

	Conversation No. 24-139

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  8:11 am - 8:12 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 725-7]

Henry A. Kissinger's location
-Briefing for Senators

The President's meeting with Haig

	Conversation No. 24-140

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  8:19 am - 8:25 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Dr. William M. Lukash talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 725-10A]

The President conferred with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. before the conversation began.

[See Conversation No. 725-10]

[End of conferral]

George C. Wallace shooting
-Lukash's report
-Surgery
-Tests and x-rays
-Paralysis possibility
-General condition
-Recovery prognosis
	-Timing
		-Campaigning
-Wallace family
-Brother-in-law
-Mother
-Wife
-The President's actions
-Publicity
-John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Manolo Sanchez
-Condition
-Fina Sanchez
-Forthcoming trip to Key Biscayne
	-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Medical care
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-The President’s view

Lukash's location

Wallace's location
-Holy Cross Hospital
-Cornelia Wallace
-Possible transfer to Bethesda Naval Hospital
	-The President’s offer

Secret Service agent
-Condition
-Location
	-Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital

George C. Wallace's location
-The President’s offer
	-Publicity
	-Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 24-141

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  9:47 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 725-12]

Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 24-142

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:56 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation no. 725-15]

Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

	Conversation No. 24-143

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  9:56 am - 9:57 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 725-16A]

The President conferred with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull before the conversation began.

[See Conversation No. 725-16]

[End of conferral]

William P. Rogers
-Schedule

	Conversation No. 24-144

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  9:57 am - 9:59 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo.

[See also Conversation No. 725-17]

Assault on George C. Wallace
-The President's Request for a call to Rebozo
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Mental condition
-Political affiliation
-Actions at scene
-Response in Florida
-The President's actions
-Candidate coverage
-Edward M. Kennedy
-William M. Lukash
-The President's statement
-The President's suite at Bethesda Naval Hospital
-Secret Service staff
-Number with Wallace
-The President's coverage as Vice President
-Location of Jack Sherwood
-Vulnerability
-Impact
-Campaigning
-Television pictures
-Accuracy of shots
-Wallace's condition

Florida trip
-Manolo and Fina Sanchez
-Schedule

The President's schedule

	Conversation No. 24-145

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:59 am and 10:00 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 725-18]

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

	Conversation No. 24-146

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  10:00 am - 10:05 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 725-19]

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The President talked with Dr. Walter R. Tkach at an unknown time.

George C. Wallace
-Possible location
-Walter Reed Hospital
-Alabama
-Publicity
-Condition
-Dr. William M. Lukash's report
-Prognosis
-Possible location
-Alabama
-Walter Reed Hospital
-Publicity
	-President’s announcement

The President talked with Mrs. Nixon between an unknown time after 10:00 and 10:05 am.

Blue Room reception
-Opinions of redecoration
-Washington Post

The President's schedule
-John Cardinal Krol

	Conversation No. 24-147

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:11 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 725-20]

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

	Conversation No. 24-148

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  10:11 am - 10:12 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 725-21]

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	Conversation No. 24-149

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 11:49 am and 11:54 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 725-30A]

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

	Conversation No. 24-150

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  11:54 am - 11:55 am
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See also Conversation No. 725-30B]

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	Conversation No. 24-151

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  1:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 340-4]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 24-168

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  1:20 pm - 1:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 340-5]

Press stories
-The President's walk
-Jim Gannon
-Gaylord Shaw
-Press briefing
-The President's statement
-Departure for Soviet Union Summit
-Ziegler's briefing
-The President's and John B. Connally's statements
-The President's meeting with Connally
-Photographs
-George C. Wallace shooting

	Conversation No. 24-152

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:22 pm and 3:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

	Conversation No. 24-153

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  3:50 pm -3:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Mexican delegates
-Length
-Haldeman’s view
-Next meeting
-Ray Bliss
-John Cardinal Krol

John B. Connally
-Departure from administration
-Meeting with the President
-Press stories
-Timing
-Speculation
-Statement to the Cabinet
-Support for the President's reelection
-The President's walk to Treasury Department
-Publicity
-Photographs
-Ronald L. Ziegler's efforts
-Publicity

Vietnam
	-Vote in Senate on Robert C. Byrd amendment
	-Margin
	-Republican defections
	-Charles H. Percy
	-Richard S. Schweiker
	-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
	-John Sherman Cooper
	-Percy
		-The President’s view
	-Administration plans
	-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
	-Administration support for supporters
	-Polls
	-Timing
	-Percy
	-Illinois
	-Support for the President
	-Taft
	-Defection
	-The President's telephone call
	-The President's forthcoming trip to Soviet Union
	-Timing of vote
	-Clifford P. Case-Frank F. Church amendment
	-Doves
	-Support
	-Administration opposition
	-Supporters
	-Filibuster
	-Prospect for defeat

Connally's resignation
-Calls
-Cabinet
-The President's walk to Treasury Department
-Publicity
-Treasury
-George P. Shultz
-Confirmation by Senate

Senate
-Trip to New Orleans

The President's schedule
-A breakfast
-Cabinet meeting
-Timing of Soviet trip
-The President's return
-Notification
-Date

[Forename unknown] Brown
-Press work

	Conversation No. 24-154

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:58 pm and 3:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 24-155

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  3:59 pm - 4:10 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Vietnam
	-Vote in Senate on Robert C. Byrd amendment
	-The President's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
	-Robert A. Taft, Jr.'s vote
	-Reasons
	-Previous support
	-Forthcoming call from Colson
	-Richard S. Schweiker
	-Charles H. Percy
	-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
	-Percy
	-Polls
	-Calls
	-Robert W. Galvin [?]
	-Vote
	-Reasons
-Roman C. Pucinski
-Support for the President
-Change in position on Vietnam
-Colson’s vote
-Taft's vote

John B. Connally's departure
-Handling

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-The President's walk to Treasury Department
-Haldeman
-Press photographs
-George C. Wallace
-Wire stories
-Crowds
-The President's chats
-Associated Press [AP] story
-Gaylord Shaw
-Presence of children
-Foreign tourists
-Fears for safety
-Publicity
-Reassurance to nation
-Caution

The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull at an unknown time.

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Allen J. Ellender's movies
-Attendance

[End of conferral]

Assault on Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Political affiliations
-Press stories
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Young Democrats
-Interest in politics
-Father's statement
-Support of Hubert H. Humphrey
-Planning of assassination
-Publicity
-John D. Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Possible labels
-Wallace as candidate
-Wallace not a candidate
-Wallace's condition
-Paralysis
-Unknown neurosurgeon
-Dr. William M. Lukash's and Dr. Walter R. Tkach's assessments

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Vietnam
-Blockade
-Press criticism of the President
-Risks to Soviet summit
-Colson's Request for a call to Haldeman
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Peter Lisagor
-The President's support
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons

1972 election
-Labor
-Fitzsimmons
-Lack of support for Humphrey
-Support for the President
-Work for George S. McGovern
-Support for the President

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West Coast dock strike
-Fitzsimmons's actions
-Money to Harry Bridges

	Conversation No. 24-156

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:51 am and 11:16 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President signalled the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 726-1C]

Operator's request for instructions

The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger during the telephone call.

[See Conversation No. 726-1]

	Conversation No. 24-157

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:51 am and 11:16 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 726-1D]

Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer

	Conversation No. 24-158

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  11:16 am - 11:17 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Stephen B. Bull talked with Thomas H. Moorer.

[See also Conversation No. 726-1E]

Bull conferred with the President before the conversation began.

[See Conversation No. 726-1]

[End of conferral]

Moorer's location

Meeting with the President

	Conversation No. 24-103

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  11:17 am
Location:  White House Telephone

An unknown person signaled the White House operator.

Stephen B. Bull conferred with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman during the telephone call.

[See Conversation No. 716-1]

The conversation was cut off at 11:17 am.

	Conversation No. 24-159

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-28]

Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

	Conversation No. 24-160

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  3:20 pm - 3:25 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 339-29]

The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Press reception
-The President's remarks
-Recording
-Transcript
-The President's statement
-Plans
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Time
-The President's entry
-The President's remarks
-Time
-William P. Rogers's and Henry A. Kissinger's attendance
-Invitation
-Martin J. Hillenbrand
-Robert J. McCloskey
-Hillenbrand
-Invitation
-Ziegler's Request for a call to Rogers
-White House staff
-Fact sheet
-Itinerary for trip
-Hotels for press
-The President's remarks
-Opening toasts
-Television address
-Briefing schedules
-Commitments
-Frequency
-Third-nation press
-Visas
-Kitchen Cabinet
-Press
-Accommodations
-Travel
-Filing facilities

	Conversation No. 24-161

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:25 pm and 3:49 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 339-30A]

Request for a call to John B. Connally

	Conversation No. 24-162

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  3:49 pm - 3:59 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John B. Connally.

[See also Conversation No. 339-30B]

Connally's trip to Latin America
-Departure
-Timing
-The President's trip
-Itinerary
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Colombia
-Brazil
-Argentina
-Peru
-New Zealand
-Australia
-Stopover elsewhere
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-India
-Pakistan
-Connally’s view
-Saudi Arabia
-Egypt
-African and Arabian Countries
	-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Morocco
-Tunisia
-Portugal
-Spain
-Ethiopia
-Plans
-Length of stay in each nation
-Brazil
-Brasilia
-Amazon Highway
-Sao Paolo
-Tour of country
-Connally’s view
-The President's plane
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Passengers
-Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally
-Staff
-Number
-National Security Council [NSC]
-State Department
-Treasury Department

Treasury Department
-George P. Shultz
-Confirmation
-Acting secretary
-Work with Connally

Connally's trip
-Length
-Australia
-Itinerary
-Australia
	-Return to Washington , DC
-Previous trip
	-Indonesia
	-Bangkok
	-Saigon
	-Philippines
	-Saigon
		-Length of previous trip
-Singapore
-The Vice President
-Lee Kuan Yew
-Plans

The President's press briefing

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Connally's trip
-Value
-Nellie Connally
-South America
-Australia
-New Zealand
-British
-Australia
-Compared with Texas
-Plans
-Meeting with the President and Haldeman

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Connally's meeting with Shultz
-Kissinger
-Shultz
-NSC
-Necessity
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-World Bank
-Responsibilities
-The President’s view
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Arthur F. Burns

	Conversation No. 24-163

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  7:56 pm - 7:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the President.

Henry A. Kissinger
-Briefing books
-Delivery to the President

	Conversation No. 24-164

Date:  May 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:00 am and 8:27 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

	Conversation No. 24-165

Date:  May 20, 1972
Time:  8:27 am - 8:33 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Vietnam
-Colson's activities
-Meetings with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Public release of reports
-Morale of South Vietnamese
-Morale of North Vietnamese

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Haig
-Colson's forthcoming contacts

Soviet trip
-Publicity

Press
-Colson's activities

Wallace
-The President's visit
-Harry S. Dent
-Publicity

The President's schedule

	Conversation No. 24-166

Date:  May 20, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 8:33 am and 8:35 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Request for a call to Marjorie P. Acker

	Conversation No. 24-167

Date:  May 20, 1972
Time:  8:35 am - 8:36 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

The President's memorandum to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Instructions
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Buckley [William or James?]
-Thomas H. Moorer
	-[David] Kenneth Rush
	-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
	-Edward Teller