Conversation No. 42-1

Date:  Unknown between April 5 and April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between April 5 and 8:54 am, April 6, 1971
Location:  White House Telephone

An unknown person (Secret Service Agent) talked with the White House operator.

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Conversation No. 42-2

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  8:54 am - 8:58 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.

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Conversation No. 42-3

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:58 am and 9:10 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Rose Mary Woods
-Location

Conversation No. 42-4

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  9:10 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

Rose Mary Woods= location

Meeting with Marjorie P. Acker

Conversation No. 42-5

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:20 am and 9:22 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-2A]

Call to Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield

Conversation No. 42-6

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  9:22 am - 9:27 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield.

[See Conversation No. 245-2]

Mansfield's schedule

Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Big Five
-Gerald R. Ford
-Carl B. Albert
-Time

Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Albert
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Ford
-Hugh Scott
-President's announcement
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Leaks

President's schedule
-Meeting with Mansfield

President's schedule
-Message on revenue sharing
-Meeting with Mansfield

The President conferred with H.R. (ABob@) Haldeman at an unknown time between 9:22am and 9:27 am, April 6, 1971.

Mansfield's schedule
-Florida

Conversation No. 42-7

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:27 am and 9:59 am
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (ABob@) talked with the White House operator.

Call to Stephen B. Bull

[The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time]

[No Conversation]

[Haldeman talked with Bull at an unknown time]

[Conversation No. 42-7A]

President's meeting with Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield

Conversation No. 42-8

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  9:59 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-4]

Call to Gerald R. Ford

Conversation No. 42-9

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  9:59 am - 10:06 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Gerald R. Ford.

[See Conversation No. 245-5]

[Thomas] Hale Boggs

Boggs
-Article in Washington Star, April 5, 1971
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] wiretaps
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Health
-Carl B. Albert
-President's meeting with Congressional leaders
-Classified information
-Ford's possible meeting with Albert
-Ford's possible conversation with Clark MacGregor
-President's messages on revenue sharing

President's meeting with Congressional leaders
-Ford
-Albert
-Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-Richard B. Russell
-Allen J. Ellender
-Boggs
-Vietnam negotiations

Boggs
-Attacks on Hoover
-Congressional reaction
-Democrats
-Ford's comments

House Republican "doves"

Ford=s comments

Conversation No. 42-10

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:03 am and 11:10 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-7]

Call to Marjorie P. Acker

Conversation No. 42-11

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:03 am and 11:10 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

[See Conversation No. 245-8]

Typing for President
-Rose Mary Woods
-Sally Inge

Conversation No. 42-12

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:03 am and 11:10 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-9]

Call to Marjorie P. Acker

Conversation No. 42-13

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  11:10 am - 11:11 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

[See Conversation No. 245-10]

Draft of President's speech
-Page 14
-Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 42-14

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:11 am and 11:13 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-11]

Call to Marjorie P. Acker

Conversation No. 42-15

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  11:13 am - 11:14 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

Draft of President's speech
-Changes
-Vietnam

Conversation No. 42-16

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:14 am and 11:19 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-13]

Call to Alexander P. Butterfield

Conversation No. 42-17

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  11:19 am - 11:21 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[See Conversation No. 245-14]

Arrangement for evening dinner
-Patterned after African dinner
-Dean of Diplomatic Corps
-State Department
-William B. Macomber, Jr.
-Protocol
-White tie

Conversation No. 42-18

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:21 am and 11:35 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-15]

Call to Stephen B. Bull

Conversation No. 42-19

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  11:35 am - 11:37 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 245-16]

President's schedule
-Tape on revenue sharing
-Meeting with revenue sharing work team
-Handshakes with Alaska Federation of Natives group
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Bill
-Ted Stevens
-Don Wright
-Photograph session
-Barber

Conversation No. 42-20

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:37 am and 1:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 42-21

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  1:50 pm - 1:51 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

Draft of speech

Conversation No. 42-22

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:51 pm and 5:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

Call to John Sherman Cooper

Conversation No. 42-23

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:51 pm and 5:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Elliot L. Richardson

Conversation No. 42-24

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  5:20 pm - 5:23 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Elliot L. Richardson.

Richardson's trip to Europe
-Schedule
-London
-Health conference
-Madrid
-Education conference
-Dr. David K. E. Bruce
-Anne F. Richardson
-Paris
-Rome
-Sir Alexander F. (AAlec@) Douglas-Home
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Spain
-Juan Carlos= conversation with Richardson

Conversation No. 42-25

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm and 5:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

Call to John Sherman Cooper
-Cooper's location

Conversation No. 42-26

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm and 5:43 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 42-27

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  5:43 pm - 5:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

Draft of speech
-Manolo Sanchez
-Press release
-Prisoners of war [POWs]

Conversation No. 42-28

Date:  April 6, 1971
Time:  7:15 pm - 7:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

Draft of speech
-Form

Conversation No. 42-29

Date:  Unknown between April 6 and April 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:16 pm, April 6 and 10:59 am, April 7, 1971
Location:  White House Telephone

Terry (sp? Surname unknown) talked with the White House operator.

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Conversation No. 42-107

Date:   Unknown between April 6 and April 7, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:16 pm, April 6 and 10:59 am, April 7, 1971
Location:  White House Telephone

Terry (sp? Surname unknown) talked with the White House operator.

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Conversation No. 42-30

Date:  April 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:04 pm and 3:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

George P. Shultz talked with the White House operator; the President and John D. Ehrlichman can be heard in the background.

Call to Julius Shiskin

The operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time.

Season

Atomic energy
-California
-North American Rockwell

[Shultz talked with Shiskin at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:38 pm]

[See Conversation No. 42-30A]

Statistics for President
-Shultz's previous conversation with Shiskin
-Return call

Conversation No. 42-31

Date:  April 13, 1971
Time:  3:53 pm - 3:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

George P. Shultz talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 247-4B]

Gross National Product [GNP]
-First quarter increase
-Record
-Otto Eckstein
-Announcement

Conversation No. 42-32

Date:  April 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:25 pm and 4:40 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; the President and John B. Connally can be heard in the background.

[See Conversation No. 247-4C]

Call to Gen. George A. Lincoln

[The President conferred with Connally at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 4:40 pm]

Forthcoming call to Lincoln
-Clifford M. Hardin

Conversation No. 42-33

Date:  April 13, 1971
Time:  4:40 pm - 4:47 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Gen. George A. Lincoln.

[See Conversation No. 247-4D]

Texas drought assistance
-President's conversation with John B. Connally

Connally talked with Lincoln at an unknown time.

Texas drought assistance
-Lincoln's conversation with Clifford M. Hardin
-Conditions
-Hardin's grain program
-Need for hay
-Government payment for fodder transportation
-Historical analogy
-Connally's personal situation
-Hay problem
-Department of Agriculture's search for hay
-Problems with previous hay programs
-Allegations
-Lincoln's conversation with Hardin
-Possible involvement of private sector
-Price of hay in Virginia
-Transportation costs
-Opinion in Texas
-Necessity for additional money
-Options
-Emergency loans
-Opening of grazing land
-Need for additional money

Conversation No. 42-34

Date:  April 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:00 pm and 6:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Thelma C. (APat@) Nixon

Conversation No. 42-35

Date:   April 13, 1971
Time:  6:00 pm - 6:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (APat@) Nixon.

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Conversation No. 42-36

Date:  April 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 248-7]

Call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Conversation No. 42-37

Date:  April 14, 1971
Time:  3:05 pm - 3:07 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 248-9]

Press release on President's bowling

Conversation No. 42-38

Date:  April 14, 1971
Time:  4:33 pm - 4:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Ronald L. Ziegler talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 248-16A]

Ziegler's briefing of press
-Richard A. Moore
-Edmund S. Muskie's statement on Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] surveillance of Earth Day
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Criminal situations
-National security
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Surveillance
-Army's activities
-Intelligence role
-Civil disturbances

Conversation No. 42-39

Date:  April 14, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:10 pm and 5:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 248-17]

Call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 42-40

Date:  April 14, 1971
Time:  5:26 pm - 5:29 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 248-18]

Minority enterprises
-Figures

Steel
-Figures
-Competitive position

Economy
-Figures
-Retail sales
-Automobile sales
-Housing starts
-Interest rates
-George P. Shultz
-Paul W. McCracken
-Stock market
-Number of shares
-Gain
-Confidence

Conversation No. 42-41

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  8:36 am - 8:42 am
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 249-3]

Woods= schedule

President's memorandum for Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Woods= conversation with John S.D. Eisenhower
-Eisenhower's forthcoming resignation

President's speech
-Reaction to Vietnam statements
-Woods= conversation with Frank Schmidt (sp?)

Reaction to J. Edgar Hoover
-Woods= conversation with Schmidt
-Edmund S. Muskie's statement on Earth Day
-Attacks on Hoover

Conversation No. 42-42

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:42 am and 3:15 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

An unknown woman talked with the White House operator.

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Conversation No. 42-43

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  3:15 pm - 3:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 249-10]

Meeting with editors
-Herbert G. Klein
-Leonard Garment
-Richard A. Moore

Conversation No. 42-44

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:16 pm and 3:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 249-11]

Call to Robert H. Finch

Conversation No. 42-45

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  3:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 249-12]

Robert H. Finch's location

Call to Donald H. Rumsfeld

Conversation No. 42-46

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  3:45 pm - 3:48 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Donald H. Rumsfeld.

[See Conversation No. 249-13]

Rumsfeld's forthcoming call to Charles B. Rangel
-Parren J. Mitchell
-Rumsfeld's trip to Europe
-Robert H. Finch
-Drug problems
-World Health Conference
-Turkey
-Report

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Rumsfeld=s meeting with Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 42-47

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:48 pm and 4:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 249-17]

Call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 42-48

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  4:31 pm - 4:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 249-18]

Economic indicators
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Retail sales
-Steel
-Competitive situation
-Profit margin
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Stock market
-March
-Retail sales
-Automobile sales
-Housing starts
-Industrial production
-Demand
-Inventories

-March
-Automobiles
-General Motors
-Retail sales
-Personal income

President's conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-James J. Kilpatrick, Jr.'s column
-President's speech

Conversation No. 42-49

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:34 pm and 4:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 249-19]

Call to Stephen B. Bull

Conversation No. 42-50

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  4:35 pm - 4:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 249-20]

President's schedule
-Patrick J. Buchanan wedding
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 42-51

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:20 pm and 6:21 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 249-27]

Call to Thelma C. (APat@) Nixon

Conversation No. 42-52

Date:  April 15, 1971
Time:  6:21 pm - 6:22 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (APat@) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 249-28]

The President talked with Mrs. Nixon.

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Conversation No. 42-53

Date:  April 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:30 am and 11:06 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 250-6]

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 42-54

Date:  April 16, 1971
Time:  11:06 am - 11:12 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 250-7]

Colson's conversation with Edward W. Brooke
-Memo to President
-Debate in Senate
-Clifford P. Case
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Brooke
-Support for President
-William B. Saxbe

Clark MacGregor's conversation with Saxbe
-Democrats

Brooke
-Paul N. (APete@) McCloskey, Jr.

McCloskey
-William G. Milliken
-Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
-Saxbe
-Hugh Scott

President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Brooke
-Saxbe
-President's supporters in Congress
-President's speech, April 7, 1971

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Harris poll
-Results

Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll
-Forthcoming

Conversation No. 42-55

Date:  April 16, 1971
Time:  5:30 pm - 5:32 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 250-23]

President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-John A. Scali
-Briefing from Kissinger
-Views
-Administration's policy
-Views on Vietnam withdrawal

Vietnam
-Withdrawal
-Gen. Charles A.J.M. De Gaulle
-Kissinger's Meeting in Paris
-Nguyen Van Thieu

Conversation No. 42-56

Date:  April 16, 1971
Time:  5:33 pm - 5:34 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman talked with the President.

Housing starts
-Figures
-Release

Conversation No. 42-57

Date:  April 16, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:04 pm and 7:05 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman talked with the President.

Steelworkers
-Statistics

Conversation No. 42-58

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  2:38 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 251-3]

Call to Leslie C. Arends

Conversation No. 42-59

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Tricia Nixon

Conversation No. 42-60

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  2:39 pm - 2:44 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 251-6]

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Conversation No. 42-61

Date:  April 20, 1971
Time:  2:45 pm - 2:46 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Leslie C. Arends.

[See Conversation No. 251-7]

Arends= comment

Arends= trip

State of the nation
-Mood
-Winding down of War
-Democrats

President's statement on ending the War

Conversation No. 42-62

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:43 pm and 2:31 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-2]

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 42-63

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  2:31 pm - 2:42 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 252-3]

President's welfare stand
-Approval by hardhats
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Colson's meeting with hardhats
-Davis-Bacon bill
-Peter J. Brennan

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Colson's meeting with hardhats
-Colson's conversation with Haldeman
-Minority hiring
-Reaction
-Political impact
-Haldeman
-Attitudes

President's meeting, April 19, 1971, with labor leaders
-Reaction
-Thomas F. Murphy
-Building and construction industry
-Economic outlook
-Colson's conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Pittsburgh and Alleghany Co.
-Outlook

Colson's meeting with hardhats
-Rowland Evans and Michael Novak
-Column on Edmund S. Muskie and the Trotskyites
-Brennan
-Attitude on communists

President's speech on welfare
-Circulation
-Haldeman
-Loafers
-Colson's meeting with hardhats
-Unemployed carpenter from Pittsburgh
-Distribution
-Personal touches
-Kevin Taylor story
-Anecdotes
-Haldeman
-Mailing to Congressmen
-Louie B. Nunn
-Popular opinion
-Taxes
-Welfare
-Urban areas

Supreme Court ruling on busing
-Coverage
-Balance
-Abraham A. Ribicoff amendment
-Democrat liberals
-Muskie
-Edward M. (ATed@) Kennedy
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Robert J. Dole
-Democrat liberals
-Birch Bayh
-Humphrey
-Kennedy
-Muskie
-George S. McGovern
-Forthcoming vote

Conversation No. 42-64

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-6]

Call to John A. Scali

Conversation No. 42-65

Date:  April 21, 1971
Time:  2:54 pm - 3:01 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John A. Scali.

[See Conversation No. 252-7]

President's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger

Meeting with Graham B. Steenhoven

President's People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Handling
-Kissinger
-Compared to Romanian Davis Cup Team
-Nicolae Ceausescu
-Procedure
-Scali's role
-William T. Gossett
-Son-in-law of Chief Justice Charles Hughes
-Kissinger, Gossett, Scali
-Sensitivity of visit
-Suggestions
-State Department
-Timing of meeting with President
-Kissinger and Scali
-President's schedule
-Representation by US government officials
-Visibility
-Chou En-lai
-Scali's role
-Timing of visit by Team
-Payment
-Cultural exchanges
-Kissinger
-State Department

Conversation No. 42-66

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to the President

Conversation No. 42-67

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-15]

Call to Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 42-68

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  4:33 pm - 4:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 252-17]

J. William Fulbright's committee
-Testimony of a Vietnam veteran
-Hugh Scott

-George D. Aiken
-Madame Ngo Dinh Diem
-Rennie Davis group

Demonstrations
-Network coverage
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Herbert R. (AChief@) Rainwater's meeting with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Rainwater's press conference
-United Press International [UPI]
-Network coverage
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman
-Opposition to President
-John A. Scali

[Transcript #1:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Demonstrations
-Dean Burch and Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Colson=s memo
-Colson's conversation with Burch
-Network coverage
-Anti-trust action
-Objectivity
-Colson's phone calls
-Scali
-President's schedule
-Network coverage
-Planned visit to US Marines at Camp Pendleton
-Colson's media plans
-Congress

[Transcript #2:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Scali
-Commentary by [Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Call to ABC
-Scott

Networks
-President's position
-Cabinet
-John B. Connally
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Connally
-"Face the Nation"
-Economic news
-Business indicators
-Popular reaction
-Stock market

President's position on Vietnam War
-Senators
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Networks
-Haldeman
-Colson's conversation with William S. Paley
-Coverage
-Impact

[Transcript #3:  A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 42-69

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  4:49 pm - 4:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 252-19]

President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger

Position on minimum wage
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-James D. Hodgson
-Administration's possible options

Conversation No. 42-70

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:14 pm and 9:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-22]

Call to John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 42-71

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  9:08 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 252-23]

John D. Ehrlichman's location

Conversation No. 42-72

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:08 pm and 9:20 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 42-73

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 252-25]

Preparations for press conference
-Podium
-Use
-Set-up of East Room
-Television
-President's entrance
-Podium
-President's use
-Height
-Television audience
-Make-up

Gerald R. Ford's coordinating committee
-John D. Ehrlichman
-President's participation
-Policy

Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Maj. Gen. James D. (ADon@) Hughes
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. meeting
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Haldeman
-Bargaining issue
-Hughes
-Haig

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 42-74

Date:  April 28,1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:30 pm and 9:35 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-26]

Call to H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 42-75

Date:  April 28, 1971
Time:  9:35 pm - 9:36 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 252-27]

Press conference
-Placement of camera
-Eye level
-Platform

Conversation No. 42-76

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:05 am and 9:29 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 251-18]

Call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 42-77

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  9:29 am - 9:31 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 251-19]

President's notes on the Securities and Exchange Commission

Conversation No. 42-78

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  10:48 am - unknown before 11:08 am
Location:  White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 251-28]

Ehrlichman's location

Gerald R. Ford co-ordinating committee
-Clark MacGregor
-President's possible response
-Input from Congressmen, governors, and mayors
-Republican co-ordinating committee
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-Ford's participation
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-President's participation

Blackjack case
-Housing and Urban Development [HUD] employee to be fired
-Samuel J. Simmons
-George W. Romney
-Lackawanna and California referendum cases
-Low-cost housing
-Discrimination
-President's possible response
-Department of Justice
-HUD
-Administration's position

Domestic Intelligence Review Board
-John N. Mitchell
-President's response
-Congressional investigation of Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Number of wiretaps
-Briefing material

Ribicoff and Stennis amendments
-President=s position

Ehrlichman was cut off at an unknown time before 11:08 am.

Conversation No. 42-106

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:48 am and 11:08 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 251-29]

President's conversation with John D. Ehrlichman

Conversation No. 42-79

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:48 am and 11:08 am
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

[See Conversation No. 251-31]

[This conversation is a continuation of Conversation No. 42-78]

Ribicoff and Stennis amendments
-President's response

San Francisco school case
-Charlotte-Mecklenburg case
-Busing
-Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-Discrimination

-Federal government's role
-Local government=s role
-President=s possible response to question

Stennis amendment
-Supreme Court's rulings
-Administration enforcement
-Executive branch
-President's response
-De facto segregation
-Government action
-Referendum
-Blackjack case
-Motives
-Evenhandedness

Ribicoff amendment
-Republicans' votes
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Administration's position
-Jacob K. Javits
-Letter from Richardson
-Timing
-Evenhanded application

Stennis amendment

Conversation No. 42-80

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:56 pm and 3:57 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 251-37]

Call to Rose Mary Woods

Conversation No. 42-81

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  3:57 pm - 3:58 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

[See Conversation No. 251-38]

Rose Mary Woods= schedule
-Kentucky

Phone calls for President
-President=s schedule
-Acker
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 42-82

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  6:32 pm - 6:37 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 251-40]

Prisoners of War [POWs] negotiations
-Reciprocity
-Administration's response
-Previous statement
-Numbers
-Conditions
-Neutral countries
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Inspections of camps

Conversation No. 42-83

Date:  April 29, 1971
Time:  7:27 pm - 7:30 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 251-46]

Kissinger's schedule
-Freeman Gosden

Prisoners of War [POWs] negotiations
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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-US offer
-Schedule
-Xuan Thuy

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[Duration:  14s  ]

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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-Strategy
-US offer
-President's possible speech

Conversation No. 42-84

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 251-48A]

Call to William B. Macomber, Jr.

Conversation No. 42-85

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 251-49]

William B. Macomber, Jr's location

Conversation No. 42-86

Date:  May 4, 1971
Time:  1:12 pm - 1:13 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with William B. Macomber, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 251-51]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 42-87

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-31]

Call to Peter M. Flanigan

Conversation No. 42-88

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Peter M. Flanigan.

[See Conversation No. 252-32]

Meeting with Caspar W. (ACap@) Weinberger and Flanigan
-Political impact of federal projects
-H.R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Conversation No. 42-89

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-33]

Call to Stephen B. Bull

Conversation No. 42-90

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 252-34]

President's schedule
-Meetings
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Caspar W. Weinberger
-John N. Mitchell
-Lee R. Nunn
-John B. Connally

Conversation No. 42-91

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-35]

Call to Alvin Snyder

Conversation No. 42-92

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John F. Griner
-American Federation of Government Employees [AFGE]

Call to J. Peter Grace
-Location

Call to Dr. Charles Chasler (sp?)
-Location

Alvin Snyder's location

Conversation No. 42-93

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Alvin Snyder.

Snyder's work on networks
-Charles W. Colson

Conversation No. 42-94

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 252-38]

J. Peter Grace's location
-England

Conversation No. 42-95

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-39]

Call to Werner P. Gullander
-National Association of Manufacturers [NAM]
-Call List

Conversation No. 42-96

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 252-40]

Spelling of Werner P. Gullander's name
-National Association of Manufacturers [NAM]

Conversation No. 42-97

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Werner P. Gullander.

[See Conversation No. 252-41]

Gullander's help on welfare reform
-Work requirement
-President's speech to governors

Gullander's visit to California
-San Clemente

Conversation No. 42-98

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 252-42]

Call to Crosby S. Noyes
-Washington Star

Conversation No. 42-99

Date:  May 5, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 252-44]

Crosby S. Noyes= location

[The President talked with John F. Griner at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm]

[See Conversation No. 42-99A]

[See also Conversation No. 252-44A]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271.  The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.  The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Conversation No. 42-100

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  1:49 pm - 1:50 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.

Meeting with President's supporters on demonstrations
-H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman
-Timing
-George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 42-101

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:24 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Crosby S. Noyes

Conversation No. 42-102

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  2:24 pm - 2:26 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Crosby S. Noyes.

Noyes= columns on foreign affairs
-Reaction
-Developments

Conversation No. 42-103

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:26 pm and 5:00 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator.

Call to John F. Evans, Jr.

[Butterfield conferred with an unknown man at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 5:00 pm]

William E. Timmons= children

[End of conferral]

Evans= location

[Butterfield talked with John Evans= secretary at an unknown between 2:26 pm and 5:00 pm]

[Conversation No. 42-103A]

Evans= location

Citizens committee meeting schedule
-Sheraton-Carlton Hotel

Conversation No. 42-104

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:22 pm and 6:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

Typing for President
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Quote
-Timing

Conversation No. 42-105

Date:  May 6, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:22 pm and 6:16 pm
Location:  White House Telephone

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

Typing for President

Woods= schedule
-Marjorie P. Acker