Conversation No. 276-1

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:05 pm and 3:03 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

Delivery of item

The unknown person left an unknown time before 3:03 pm.

Conversation No. 276-2

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:05 pm and 3:03 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [John D. Ehrlichman?].

Meeting with the President
-Time
-Location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]

Conversation No. 276-3

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 2:05 pm and 3:03 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:03 pm.

Conversation No. 276-4

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  3:03 pm - 3:51 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.

Refreshments

Environment
-Offshore oil drilling
-Santa Barbara Sound
-Offshore oil leases
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-William T. Pecora
-Drilling
-Responsibilities
-Offshore oil
-Jobs
-Amount of cash flow

-Local economy
-Existing lessees
-Additional drilling
-California
-Moratorium on leasing and drilling
-Santa Barbara Channel
-Administration policy
-Moratorium
-Two-year freeze
-Drilling
-Exceptions
-Department of the Interior
-Proposals
-Los Angeles Times
-Headline
-Santa Barbara drilling
-John C. Whitaker
-Robert H. Finch
-Political effect of government action
-California
-Options
-Denial of permits
-Suits by oil companies
-Legal advice
-Lessees
-Union Oil Company
-Sun Oil Company
-Observers familiar with issue
-Possible result of suits
-[Fred L.?] Hartley
-Possible administration response
-Political problem
-Suit
-Redress
-Environmental arguments
-Drilling
-Geologists
-Whitaker
-Public opinion
-Council on Environmental Quality
-Position on drilling
-Report
-Dr. Lee A. DuBridge's committee
-Drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel
-Public opinion
-Problem
-Public relations
-Possible poll
-Los Angeles Times
-Circulation area
-Los Angeles County, Orange County
-Santa Barbara, Ventura
-Southern California
-San Diego
-Geologists

Site for Nixon Presidential Library
-Nixon Foundation land
-San Clemente
-Surveys of land
-Legislation
-Clark MacGregor
-General Services Administration [GSA]
-Site for presidential library
-GSA and the National Archives
-Nixon Foundation
-Construction of building
-Improvements
-Lyndon B. Johnson Library
-Ownership of land
-GSA
-State
-GSA
-Administration of buildings
-Personnel
-Maintenance and services
-Ownership of building
-Land on beach
-Meeting of trustees of the Nixon Foundation
-Selection of site
-Meeting with F. Edward Hèbert
-Legislation
-Whittier College

Medicine
-Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr.
-Telephone calls
-New medicine
-DPH [Diphenylhydantoin anticonvulsant]
-Finch
-Degree of federal co-operation
-Finch
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Dreyfus's conversations with Dr. Walter R. Tkach
-Drug
-Use
-Epilepsy
-Dreyfus
-Effects
-Dreyfus's involvement in research
-Tkach
-Use of drug
-Effect
-Finch
-Tkach
-Dreyfus
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Dr. Sidney P. Marland, Jr.

Research and Development [R&D]
-Briefing
-William M. Magruder
-Length of briefing
-Meeting of the Domestic Council
-Time
-Timetable
-Private sector
-Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.
-Peter G. Peterson
-Media interest
-Reaction to the President's speech, September 9, 1971
-National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
-Peter Lisagor
-Charles L.  Bartlett
-Announcing ideas and programs to the public
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Budget
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Support
-Ehrlichman
-Dialogue with farmers
-Rural development
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Model cities
-Peace Corps
-Volunteers in Service to America [VISTA]
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Ehrlichman
-Bill for reduction
-Economy
-Grievances
-Benefits
-Weinberger
-Problems
-Reduction of government
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon and the President's drive to Capitol Hill
-Number of federal employees
-Five per cent personnel cut
-Government
-William M. Magruder
-Traffic safety
-Highway fatalities
-Design for stop signs
-Anti-collision devices
-Government
-Governors
-Congress
-Parochial interests

Magruder
-Congress
-Work
-Magruder's staff
-Committee meetings
-The President's speech
-The press
-NASA
-Supersonic transport [SST]
Pentagon Papers
-Congressional hearings
-Status of progress on report
-Robert C. Mardian, Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.,  David R. Young
-Congressional committee
-Control of scope
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Relations with Leslie H. Gelb, Morton H. Halperin, Daniel Ellsberg
-Outcome of investigation
-Kissinger
-Concern
-Attacks
-Repression
-Pentagon Papers issue
-Ellsberg
-Investigation
-Paul H. Nitze
-Gelb
-Halperin
-Nitze
-Secret documents
-National Archives
-Deposit
-Nitze, Gelb, Halperin
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming actions
-Robert L. Kunzig, Administrator [GSA]
-Archivist of the United States
-Documents
-Storage and safekeeping
-Agreement
-Access to documents
-Safe-deposit box analogy
-Nitze
-Clark M. Clifford
-Discussion of issue

Krogh’s and Young’s schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's office
-Ehrlichman's telephone call

The President left at an unknown time after 3:03 pm.

Ehrlichman talked with Haldeman at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:51 pm.

Meeting with Krogh and Young
-Time
-Location
-Ehrlichman's location
-Question

Ehrlichman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:51 pm.

Request for Krogh

Pentagon Papers
-Halperin
-Gelb
-Nitze

[End of telephone conversation]

The President returned at an unknown time before 3:51 pm.

-Paul Warnke
-Nitze
-Clifford
-Position at Department of Defense
-Clifford
-Congressional investigation
-Memorandum
-Richardson
-Cooke episode
-Ellsberg
-J. William Fulbright
-Hearings
-Johnson decisional process
-Administration's participation
-Witnesses
-White House staff
-Effort
-Administration's strategy
-Media release
-Declassification of documents as response
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Sources of leaks and information
-Democrats
-Fulbright
-Hearings
-Declassified version of the Pentagon Papers
-Congress
-Kissinger
-Acquaintances
-Gelb, Halperin
-Appearance at congressional hearings
-Dilemma
-Self-defense
-Immunity
-Nitze
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with the President
-Ehrlichman's conversation with Haldeman
-Documents
-Journalists
-Surveillance
-New York Times
-William Beecher
-Tad Szulc
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with Haldeman
-Beecher
-Szulc
-Surveillance
-Within the government
-Identity of contact
-Department of Defense
-State Department
-Hired by Nixon Administration
-Paris bureau

Leaks
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson's office
-Beecher
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Jackson
-Department of Defense contacts
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with Haldeman

The Economy
-The President's speech, September 9, 1971
-Public reaction
-Phase II
-The President's meeting with union leaders
-Cooperation
-Union leaders' position
-Public support
-Democrats
-End of 90-day freeze on prices and wages
-Extension
-Inflation control
-Phase II
-Poor
-Administration's efforts
-Public opinion
-Edward W. Brooke
-Jobs
-Welfare
-National spirit
-Reaction
-Youth
-Degree
-Hardin-Simmons College
-Mindset
-Work ethic
-Parents
-Professors
-Evaluation of system
-Haldeman’s family

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-Ehrlichman's family
-Summer jobs
-reaction
-Arnold A. Hutschnecker
-Effects of physical work
-"I Remember Mama"
-Winston S. Churchill
-Bricklaying hobby
-Problems of modern society
-Labor-saving devices
-Leisure time
-Television

Speechwriting
-The President's speech, September 9, 1971
-Quality
-The President's delivery of speech
-Structure of speech
-Outline
-The President's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Speechwriters
-Price
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-William L. Safire
-Staff
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-"Speech doctor"
-Examination of speech
-Cheerlines
-Speech to Congress
-Text of speech
-Price
-Safire
-Substance
-Timing
-President’s September 9 speech
-Text on welfare program
-Richardson
-Change of system
-State, local governments
-Incentives to work
-Welfare
-Public reaction
-Line of text
-"Workfare"
-Safire
-Welfare system	
-Provisions
-The President's new welfare system
-Incentives to work
-Text of speech
-Speech doctor
-Samuel I. Rosenman
-Raymond C. Moley
-Domestic Council
-Kissinger's first drafts of speech
-Quality
-Public statement
-Oral delivery
-Written delivery
-Speeches
-Staff member
-Rewriting and editing of speech for President
-Economics

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-Perception as dull subject
-Required style of speech
-Uplifting
-John B. Connally
-The President's delivery of speech
-Arthur F. Burns
Welfare reform
-Eugene S. Cowen
-Senate
-Abraham A. Ribicoff
-Compromise
-Ribicoff
-Day-care centers
-Riders to welfare reform bill
-Division of support for welfare reform
-No reform
-Ribicoff's supporters
-House Resolution [H. R.] 1
-Compromise
-Senator Russell B. Long
-Strategy
-December
-The President's meeting with Long
-Subject of conversation
-Long

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School busing
-Support
-Representative Albert H. Quie
-Amendment
-Emergency school money
-Possible motivation
-Conviction
-Clark MacGregor's conversation with Quie
-Office of Education
-Technical work on legislation
-Technical requirements
-Control over amendment
-Endorsements
-Congressional request for technical assistance
-MacGregor
-Passing of amendment
-Use of federal money for busing under court order
-Southern support
-Administration's position
-Reiteration of past statement
-Use of federal money for education
-Connection between transportation and education
-Busing
-Local decision
-Possibility of amendment passing
-Legislation
-Mandate to bus
-Financing

Ehrlichman left at 3:51 pm.

Conversation No. 276-5

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:51 pm and 3:53 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 8-83]

Conversation No. 276-6

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:51-3:53 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Donald H. Rumsfeld
-The President's location

Conversation No. 276-7

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  3:53 pm - 4:17 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 8-84; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]

Conversation No. 276-8

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:17 pm and 4:30 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Paul W. McCracken
-Rumsfeld
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Meeting with the President
-Rumsfeld

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.

Conversation No. 276-9

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:17 pm and 4:30 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Foreign aid
-Latin America
-Conference in Panama
-Ten percent cut in foreign aid
-Handling
-Exemption of Latin America
-Kissinger's conversation with John B. Connally
-Surcharge

Japanese
-Takeo Fukuda
-Meeting with the President

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[Unintelligible]

Vietnam

-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Liberals
-Kissinger's conversation with Clark MacGregor
-Congress
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Negotiations
-MacGregor
-Soviets
-Thieu
-President’s forthcoming trip to PRC
-[Unintelligible]
-Troop withdrawal
-Television
-Negotiations
-Effect of elections in South Vietnam

Kissinger's schedule
-Geneva
-Soviets
-Meeting
-Moscow

Vietnam
-Communists
-Forthcoming elections in South Vietnam
-US position
-Thieu
-Free election
-Thieu
-Le Duc Tho
-Negotiations
-US strategy
-Le Duc Tho

Kissinger left at 4:30 pm.

Conversation No. 276-10

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  4:30 pm - 4:31 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

[Unintelligible]

Sanchez left at 4:31 pm.

Conversation No. 276-11

Date:  September 10, 1971
Time:  4:31 pm - 6:15 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Donald H. Rumsfeld and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's speech, September 9, 1971
-Congressional response
-Unknown Congressman
-Election
-Television
-[Phase II]
-Timing of announcement
-Peter G. Peterson
-Congressional spending
-October 7, 1971

Reform
-Disadvantages
-Timetable
-Announcement

-Consultation
-Meeting dateline
-Difficulty
-Effect on businesses
Rumsfeld
-Charles W. Colson
-Gallup poll
-Relationship with George H. Gallup
-Colson
-Harris poll
-Progress report
-Rumsfeld's previous meeting with Howard H. Baker, Jr. 

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Public Affairs
-Sammy Davis, Jr.'s performance at the Sands
-Members of the audience
-Ronald V. Dellums
-Richard [?] Hatcher
-Alan Cranston
-Davis's remarks on drug laws
-Davis's remarks about the President
-James F. (“Jimmy”) Durante
-Durante's remarks about the President
-Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
-Attitude
-The President's new supporters
-Davis
-Durante
-Durante's possible performance at the White House
-Blue Room
-Durante's age
-Events before start of campaign and convention
-Durante
-Performance at the White House

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Social events
-Charles H. Percy's call to Rumsfeld
-Gen. C. William Westmoreland and James Henry Van Alen
-White House tennis court
-Tennis game
-Van Alen
-Development of new scoring system [VASSS]
-Reception
-Age
-White House tennis court
-Effect of White House visit
-Photograph
-The President's acquaintance
-New York City
-Socializing
-Alen
-Percy
-Social relationship
-Possible trip for Percy
-National Governors Conference

Public affairs
-Mitchell
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's speech
-Mitchell
-Agnew's appearance
-Governor's conference
-Robert J. Dole
-Rumsfeld's schedule
-Speaking engagements
-Las Vegas
-Length of stay
-Puerto Rico
-University of Illinois
-Tulane
-Senator Henry L. Bellmon
-Oklahoma
-National Conference of University Presidents
-Student body presidents
-Washington, DC
-Number attending conference
-Washington, DC
-The President's previous meeting with members of Conference
-Meeting at White House
-1969
-Representative group
-Student body's presidents
-Presidents of universities and colleges
-Meeting in Washington
-Rumsfeld's speech
-University presidents
-Administration
-Education
-Speaking engagements

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-Birmingham, Alabama
-Business group
-Mississippi
-Speech
-Press coverage
-Television
-Support
-Government
-Speaking invitations
-Speechwriting
-Amount expended
-Difficulty
-Unknown local or state problems
-White House organization
-Channels
-Presidency
-Suitable events for speaking engagements
-Speaking invitations
-Colson's staff
-Scheduling
-Processing
-Assignment
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] speech
-Las Vegas
-National associations
-National association
-Rumsfeld, Robert H. Finch
-Suitable for speaking engagements
-Colson
-Organization
-Speaking invitations received by the President
-Generating other speaking engagements
-Other speakers
-Maurice H. Stans
-Business group
-Television
-Mitchell
-Speaking ability
-Newsworthy
-Mitchell's recent speech on crime
-John B. Connally
-Rumsfeld
-Finch
-Television
-George W. Romney
-Television
-Rumsfeld
-Speechmaking
-Constant practice
-Cabinet Committee on Narcotics
-Europe
-Lobby
-Speaking
-Involvement
-Credibility
-Portfolio connotation
-Finch, Rumsfeld
-Public appearances
-Importance of a portfolio
-Contents
-Credentials
-Counsel to the President
-Property Review Board
-National news
-Foreign economic policy group
-Future meetings on economy
-Rumsfeld's involvement in speech circuit
-Counsel to the President
-Member of Cabinet
-Rumsfeld's presence at events

Youth
-Speeches
-Criticism
-Democratic majority
-Appointment
-Cabinet minister for youth
-Special White House youth job
-Speeches for youth
-Need for content to make sense to youth
-Issues that appeal to youth
-Issues
-Foreign policy
-War
-Diplomatic moves
-Employment

Speechwriters
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Richard K. Cook
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-John J. McLaughlin
-Quality of speechwriting
-The President's speech, September 9, 1971
-Price
-Assistance to Rumsfeld

Speeches
-Knowledge of subject
-Newsworthy remarks
-Television shows
-Speaker with expertise on subject
-Newsworthy

Rumsfeld's schedule
-Upcoming speeches
-Miami
-Indiana
-Des Moines
-Michigan
-New Orleans
-Dallas
-Georgia
-Detroit
-Birmingham
-Oklahoma
-Washington, DC
-Rumsfeld's staff
-Preparation for speaking engagements
-Group
-Program
-Other speaking guests
-Schedule
-Reaction
-Finch
-Speaking engagements
-Nationwide and in California

Questions and answers [Q&A] staff
-Development
-Circulation of Q&A books
-Rumsfeld's turn
-Answers
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Abilities
-Answers
-Answers
-Q&A books
-Buchanan's work
-Use of government for information

Melvin R. Laird
-Spokesperson role
-Department of Defense
-Congress
-Politician
-Speaking engagements
-Non-partisan groups
-Opportunities
-1960 campaign
-Secretary of Defense
-World travels
-Using Laird as speaker
-Information
-Clark M. Clifford
-Politics
-Congress
-Democratic
-Laird as spokesperson during forthcoming campaign period

National defense
-Laird
-Right wing issue
-People's Republic of China [PRC], defense
-Polls
-American public
-US position in world
-US compared to the Soviet Union
-Superiority in defense
-Laird
-Right wing
-Reassurance
-1960 campaign
-John F. Kennedy
-Missile gap issue
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Nomination
-Democratic candidate
-"Dove" ticket
-Defense
-Social issue emphasis
-Bomb
-Democratic Party
-Withdrawal of US troops
-Excess fund
-Sophisticated weapons
-Relief for ghettoes
-Proxmire-Harris proposal
-Mansfield proposal
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Total withdrawal of US troops
-Matter of conviction
-Defense budget cuts
-Laird's role
-Department of Defense [DOD]
-Conservatives
-Haldeman's relation with Laird
-Republicans
-Conservative group
-Conservative group
-Defense capability
-US compared with the Soviet Union
-Laird
-DOD
-Budget

William P. Rogers
-The President's previous conversation with Haldeman
-Use of Rogers as speaker
-College campuses
-Secretary of State
-Speeches
-Activists
-Secretary of State
-Lutheran [?] convention
-Further speaking engagements
-Campuses
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Professor
-Rogers
-Type of colleges
-Type, size of audience
-Seminar-type setting
-Closed-circuit television
-Effects of appearance
-Target audience
-John D. Ehrlichman's theory
-Political activism
-Administration's concerns
-Princeton University
-Kissinger
-Guest lecturer
-Seminars
-Votes
-Bigger audiences
-Q&A

Administration spokesmen
-College campuses
-Kissinger and Rogers
-Administration's foreign policy
-Publicity
-Size of crowd
-Publicity
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Press
-News
-Kissinger
-Appearance at college campus
-Rogers
-Secretary of State
-Public opinion
-Impression of the President
-Apathy
-White middle class
-Presidential candidate
-Relationship with youth
-Guilt complex
-Blacks
-Indians
-Mexicans
-Catholics
-Jews
-White Protestants
-Jews
-Jews in administration
-Intellectuals
-Chicago
-New York City
-Democrats
-Middle East

Youth
-The President's visit to college campuses
-As Vice President
-Attention of the office
-College campuses
-Rogers
-Meeting with undersecretaries
-As voter blocs
-Whites
-Parents
-Blacks
-Jewish
-Elderly
-Percentage
-Parents
-High schools
-Non-college youth
-Eligible to vote
-18-year old voters
-Voting requirements in US history
-Voting Rights Act
-Property
-Taxpayers
-Slaves
-Blacks
-Voting

Speeches
-Congressmen
-Support for the President
-Economy
-Fight unemployment
-Fight inflation
-Numbers

Rumsfeld's schedule
-State dinner

Rumsfeld left at 5:34 pm.

William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Luncheon
-Inclusion in invitation of mother, Mrs. W F. Graham
-Age
-Situation
-Invitation

Kissinger's schedule
-Vietnam

Trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Groundwork
-October trip by Kissinger
-Press contingent and coverage
-The President's meeting with Kissinger
-Media coverage of trip
-Television
-Public viewing of the President's trip to the PRC
-Duration
-Film coverage compared to live coverage
-Time difference
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Great Wall of China
-John W. Chancellor
-The President's trip to the PRC
-Visual coverage
-Benefits to President
-Live coverage
-Transmission
-Equipment necessary
-Transmitter tower
-Personnel need for installation
-Time of arrival
-Film coverage
-Tape
-Satellite
-Press corps
-Number
-Network television
-PRC
-Kissinger
-Permission for live coverage
-Soviet Union in 1959
-Kitchen Debate
-Censors
-PRC stance
-Kissinger
-Administration's need
-Size of press corps
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Broadcast
-Wire services
-Columnists
-Members of press corps
-Theodore H. White
-Book
-Press
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Peter Lisagor
-Charles W. Bailey
-Coverage of trip
-Life in PRC
-Crews
-Transmission problems
-PRC communication systems
-Coverage
-Kissinger’s forthcoming efforts
-Press Corps
-Size of Corps
-Wire services
-Syndication
-Networks
-Cronkite, Chancellor
-Crews
-Howard K. Smith
-Size of Press Corps
-Television broadcast
-Newspapers
-Foreign press
-The PRC’s decision
-Kissinger
-Agenda
-Press Corps
-The President's possible entourage
-Astronaut
-Analogy
-Circus
-Trip to the Soviet Union
-Milton S. Eisenhower
-Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
-Trip to the PRC
-Rogers, Kissinger
-Department of State
-Assistants
-Other members in the President's entourage
-Communications staff
-Composition
-Equity
-PRC trip compared to European trip
-Substance
-Cabinet members
-Unknown person
-PRC

Schedule
-The President's meeting with college and student body presidents group
-Q&A

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.

President’s schedule
-Meeting with college and student body presidents

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The President's schedule
-Meeting
-Time
-Treasury Department
-Meeting
-Cost of Living Council
-White House
-Cabinet Room
-Time
-Treasury
-Cabinet Room
-Time of meeting
-Meeting with the President
-Time
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Purpose of meeting
-Announcement of program
-Consultations
-The President's press conference
-Economy
-General audience
-The President's trips
-PRC
-Rumsfeld
-Pentagon Papers
-Effect of events on public opinion polls
-Economy
-Supreme Court decision

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:57 pm.

Visit of Takeo Fukuda
-Japanese press
-Japanese delegation
-The President's meeting with Fukuda

Kissinger
-Peter G. Peterson's memos
-Attachments
-Kissinger
-The President's review of memos

Report
-Meeting between Ambassador David M. Kennedy and Fukuda

Butterfield left at 6:01 pm.

Meeting with Fukuda

Appointments
-Secretary of Commerce
-Rumsfeld
-Peterson’s position
-Peter M. Flanigan

The President's schedule
-Fukuda’s visit
-Adele (Langston) Rogers
-Patricia R. Mosbacher
-Mrs. Nixon
-Oval Room

Speech
-Price
-William L. Safire's draft

Haldeman left at 6:15 pm.

Conversation No. 276-12

Date:  Unknown between September 10 and September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:15 pm, September 10 and 7:39 pm, September 13, 1971
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:39 pm, September 13, 1971.

Conversation No. 276-13

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  7:43 pm - 7:47 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 8-115; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Attica State Prison riot
-Press coverage
-New York
-Blacks
-Guards
-Whites

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The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

Federal prisons

Conversation No. 276-14

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  7:51 pm - 7:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

[See Conversation No. 8-117; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]

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The President's schedule
-Forthcoming press conference
-Timing

Conversation No. 276-15

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  7:55 pm - 7:58 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 8-119]

Conversation No. 276-16

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:58 pm - 8:50 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

Henry A. Kissinger
-Arrival
-The President's location
-Old Executive Office Building [EOB]

Conversation No. 276-17

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:50 pm.

Conversation No. 276-18/278-33

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  8:50 pm - 10:15 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

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Vietnam negotiations
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s previous conversation with the President
-Hanoi
-Agreement
-Statement
-Publicity
-Xuan Thuy
-George S. McGovern's statement
-Ceasefire
-United States
-Vietnamese
-Laos
-Cambodia
-South Vietnam
-Bombing targets
-Supply lines
-Date of ceasefire

-McGovern
-US troop withdrawal
-Domestic discord
-Timetable
-US troop withdrawal
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Unilateral approach
-Options
-Ceasefire
-Troop withdrawal
-Cambodia
-Infiltration
-Negotiations
-Effect
-Vietnamization
-Government of National Concord
-Elections
-Saigon
-Hanoi
-North Vietnam
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Soviet Union
-North Vietnam
-Proposal
-PRC
-Paris
-Hanoi
-Memorandum
-Strategy
-Unilateral withdrawal
-Jack N. Anderson
-Timing
-Announcement on troop withdrawal
-Television

PRC
-Announcement of President’s visit
-Timing

Kissinger's Schedule
-Trip to the PRC
-Trip to the Soviet Union
-Announcement
-Dates
-Andrei a. Gromyko's Visit to the US
-Meeting with the President
-Soviets
-Announcements
-PRC
-Gromyko

The recording of this conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:15 pm.