Conversation No. 270-1

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to John B. Connally

Conversation No. 270-2

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  3:40 pm - 3:43 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with John B. Connally.

National economy
-Proposed administration action
-Preparation
-Peter G. Peterson
-George P. Shultz
-Timing
-President's schedule
-San Clemente, California
-Vacation
-Timing
-Budget decision
-Arthur F. Burns
-Meeting with Connally

Conversation No. 270-3

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  3:50 pm - 3:55 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Telephone call
-Peking

Forthcoming press conference
-Possible question
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Mack Truck deal
-Kama River Project
-Foundry
-Approval
-Announcement
-Cost
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-Kissinger’s appearance

An unknown person entered at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 3:55 pm.

Request

The unknown person left at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 3:55 pm.

William P. Rogers
-John Foster Dulles
-Liberals

Forthcoming press conference
-Possible question
-Vietnam
-David K.E. Bruce
-Departure
-Welcome by President

Kissinger left at 3:55 pm.

Conversation No. 270-4

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 pm and 4:09 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

Mistaken call

Conversation No. 270-5

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:55 pm and 4:09 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

Conversation No. 270-6

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  4:09 pm - 4:10 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

Budget for 1972
-Congress
-Forthcoming press conference
-Possible question

William P. Rogers

Conversation No. 270-7

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  4:11 pm - 4:12 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.

Budget information
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-William P. Rogers

Announcement
-Busing
-Ohio and Iowa
-Reaction

Conversation No. 270-8

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:12 pm and 4:50 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call to George P. Shultz

Conversation No. 270-9

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  4:50 pm - 4:56 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with George P. Shultz.

Forthcoming press conference
-Possible question
-National economy
-Figures
-Indicators
-Retail sales
-Housing
-Construction
-Stock Market
-Inflation
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Figures
-Preparation
-Timing

Conversation No. 270-10

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:56 pm and 5:10 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

Budget
-US contributions
-International Labor Organization [ILO]
-Conference committee

Conversation No. 270-11

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  5:10 pm - 5:25 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Patrick J. Buchanan.

Forthcoming press conference
-Possible questions
-National economy
-George P. Shultz
-Steel
-Paul W. McCracken
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Africa trip
-Newsweek article
-Meeting with Jomo Kenyatta
-Duration
-Response
-Letter form Ambassador [Robinson McIlvaine]
-Inaccuracies
-Pakistan
-Rev. John  J. McLaughlin
-Kevin Phillips’ article
-Lectures
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-[Unintelligible]
-Material
-Possible questions
-PRC and Taiwan, Republic of China
-United Nations [UN] Security Council Seat
-National Security Council [NSC]
-William P. Rogers
-Possible answer
-Rogers

Buchanan left at 5:25 pm.

Conversation No. 270-12

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  5:25 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Foreign policy
-Pakistan
-Arms and economic embargo
-Possible Senate action

Conversation No. 270-13

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:31 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

Briefing book
-John D. Ehrlichman

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:31 pm.

Conversation No. 270-14

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  5:25 pm - 5:31 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

Forthcoming press conference
-Possible questions
-Foreign policy
-Pakistan
-Kissinger's memo
-Possible arm embargo
-Sales

[Unintelligible]

-Security Council
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-People's Republic of China [PRC] and Taiwan, Republic of China
-William P. Rogers
-Stated position

An unknown person entered at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:31 pm.

[Unknown activity]

-Vietnam negotiations
-Paris
-William J. Porter
-Arrival

The unknown person left at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:31 pm.

-Status
-Means
-[Unintelligible]
-Means

Conversation No. 270-15

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:31 pm and 11:35 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

President's schedule
-Meetings
-John B. Connally
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-New Hampshire and Maine trip
-Travel
-Duration
-Unknown person
-Bangor
-Nashua
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Thomas J. McIntyre
-Smith
-Instructions for Haldeman
-Edmund S. Muskie

Busing
-Television
-Iowa

President’s schedule
-Forthcoming press conference
-Newsweek article
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Inaccuracies
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Africa trip
-Meeting with Jomo Kenyatta
-Trips
-Illinois State Fair

Conversation No. 270-16

Date:  August 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:31 pm and 11:35 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:35 pm.