Conversation No. 346-1

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  10:38-10:40 am
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Ronald . Ziegler.

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Television
-The President’s view
-Ziegler’s view
-West Coast
-Midwest
-Impact
-Ziegler’s announcement
-Location
	-East Room

Ziegler left at 10:40 am.

Conversation No. 346-2

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:40 and 10:43 am
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 26-25]

Conversation No. 346-3

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  10:43-10:44 am
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 26-26]

Conversation No. 346-4

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:44 and 11:16 am
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

Delivery of unidentified item

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:16 am.

Conversation No. 346-5

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:44 and 11:16 am
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

Unknown item

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:16 am.

Conversation No. 346-6

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:44 and 11:16 am
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

Meeting

Conversation No. 346-7

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 10:44 and 11:16 am
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

Meeting with Charles W. Colson

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:16 am.

Conversation No. 346-8

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  11:16 am - 1:55 pm

Location:  Executive Office Building

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

John N. Mitchell
-Conversation with Frederick C. LaRue
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Popular perception

Charles W. Colson entered at 11:18 am.

John Mitchell
-Martha Mitchell
-George S. McGovern's remark
-Press coverage
	-Martha Mitchell’s comments
	-Haldeman’s view
		-Political divorces
						-John V. Tunney, Paul N. (“Pete)” McCloskey, Jr. Robert J. Dole
		-Press coverage
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Colson’s view
-The President’s view

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New establishment
-Media
-Comparisons
-John W. Chancellor
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-George Putnam
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-Dan Rather
-Columnist supporters

Press relations
	-Henry A. Kissinger
	-Herbert G. Klein
	-Kissinger
	-Contacts with press
	-Haldeman’s efforts
	-Chancellor
	-Joseph C. Kraft
	-Howard K. Smith
		-Louie Martin
		-Chalmers Roberts
		-Kraft
		-Rowland Evans
-Contacts with Senators
-Effectiveness
		-Colson’s view
		-Haldeman’s view

Press
-Coverage of House of Represenatatives vote
-Melvin R. Laird
-Newspapers and networks
		-Washington Post article comparing McGovern's policies with Dwight D. Eisenhower's
		-Count officials support of the President
			-Wire services

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Washington Post story
-Kissinger and Laird
	-House of Representatives votes
		-Coverage

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Amnesty
-Abraham Lincoln
-Research
	-The President’s instructions
-Kinds of amnesty
-The President’s view
	-Chieu Hoy program
	-Lincoln’s policies
	-Need for public relations effort

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	Foreign policy
		-Walter H. Judd
			-President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
				-Soviet Union
				-Global strategy
				-The President’s policies

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Former Philippine ambassador Ernesto V. Lagdemeo
-Visit to the US
-Campaign contribution
-Anna C. Chennault
	-Lagdemeo
	-Henry Kearns
-Feelings for President
-California 
	-Filipinos
-Note from the President to Lagdemeo
	-Colson
	-Clark MacGregor

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Colson left at 12:50 pm.

The President's forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s view
-Television
-Texas
-California
-Haldeman’s view

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:50 pm.

Refreshment

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Questions
-Timing
-Networks
-Audience
-Questions
-Timing
-Local option time
-Coverage
-Number of press conferences
	-Frequency
-Questions
-Briefing book
	-Patrick J. Buchanan
		-Dwight L. Chapin
-Watergate break-in
-Martha Mitchell
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Policies
-Watergate break-in

Ziegler entered at 1:00 pm.

Baseball greats list
-Dissemination to Associated Press [AP]
-Jim Konstanty
-Elroy Face
-Unknown player
-Larry Doby
-Reggie Jackson
-Bill White
-Roy White
-New York Yankees
-Conclusion
-President's article
-Timing of release
-Copy to [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Stars and Stripes
-Wire services
-AP
-United Press International [UPI]
-Sports Illustrated
-Sporting News

President's forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Length

Ziegler left at 1:05 pm.

President's article on baseball greats
-Press coverage
	-The President’s instructions
		-Ziegler
			-Ted Williams

President's schedule
-Trip to California

Social Security legislation
-MacGregor's prediction
-Possible provisions

John Mitchell
-Future role

President's schedule
-Camp David

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:05 pm.

Removal of unidentified items

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.

President's schedule
-California
-Camp David
-Terry L. Decker

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:05 pm.

Instructions

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.

White House staff
-Decker
-Secretaries
	-Skills
-Secretaries for Camp David
-Beverly Kaye
-Patricia B. McKee
-Nellie L. Yates
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Kathy [Surname unknown]
-White House operators

President's schedule
-Colson's suggestions
-Vida Blue
	-Possible telephone calls
-President's previous call to Frank L. Rizzo
-Value

White House secretaries

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-Yates's husband
-Rose Mary Woods
-Acker
-Husband
-Unnamed secretary [Sally Inge?]
-Trips
-Comparison with Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Cliques
-Avoidance
-The President’s forthcoming trip to California
	-Secretarial assistance
		-Reward
	-MacGregor's office secretary
	-East Wing secretary
	-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Secretary
-President's activities
-Yates
-Kissinger's office
-Haldeman’s office
-Woods's office
-MacGregor's office
-John D. Ehrlichman's office
-Rewards for top secretaries
-Comparison with Cabinet officers
-McKee
	-Movie attendance
-Decker
-Shelley Buchanan
-Assignments
	-The President’s view

	John N. Mitchell
-Martha Mitchell
-Watergate break-in
-Administration's containment efforts
-Answer for next press conference on Mitchell's involvement
-Cubans
-White House involvement and responsibility
-Bugging of President
-Kevin R. Phillips
-Telephone call in New Mexico
-Martha Mitchell
-Mitchell's future role
	-Public relations
-Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ronald W. Reagan, James L. Buckley
-Work in Missouri
-Reorganization
-Frederic V. Malek
-1968 campaign compared to 1972 campaign
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Delegates
-Peter M. Flanigan

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Pennsylvania
-Milton J. Shapp
	-Comments about the President
	-Rizzo’s response

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Mitchell
-LaRue
	-Mitchell’s resignation
-Failures
-Press accounts
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Daniel J. and Phillip F. Berrigan trial
-Angela Y. Davis trial
-Daniel Ellsberg case
-Watergate break-in
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Martha Mitchell
-Future role with President
	-MacGregor
	-Advisor
-Malek 
	-Role
	-Personnel changes
	-Watergate break-in
	-Robert C. Mardian
			-Role

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The President's forthcoming press conference
-Political questions
	-The President’s view
	-Haldeman’s view

Pending legislation
-Public broadcasting
-Size of appropriation
	-Possible veto
		-The President’s view
			-Administration control of Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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July 4 holiday
-President's statement
-Timing
-Radio audience

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The President talked with the White House operator.

[Conversation No. 346-8A]

The President's call to an unknown person.

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-Haircut

Abraham Lincoln
-Amnesty
-Quotation

-Prosecution of Civil War
-Mythology
	-Compared to 1960 campaign
		-Edward M. Kennedy

The President and Haldeman left at 1:55 pm.

Conversation No. 346-9

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 2:25 and 2:30 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

The President's schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm.

Conversation No. 346-10

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  2:30-3:09 pm
Location:  June 28, 1972

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.

The President's schedule

The President's forthcoming press conference
-Anticipated questions and possible answers
	-Political questions
	-Foreign policy
-Meat prices
-Controls

-Statements by White House
-Impact
-Stock market
-Australian Meat Board
-E.K. Johnson
	-John B. Connally
-Robert J. Kleberg, Jr.
-Interests
-View
-Government procurement
-Kleberg’s view
-Frank C. Carlucci
-Defense Department
-General Services Administration [GSA]
-Melvin R. Laird
-Caspar W. Weinberger

Kleberg
-Background
-Possible future role in Administration

President's forthcoming press conference
-Anticipated questions and proposed answers
-Busing in Detroit
-Justice Department
-William S. Broomfield
-President's letter
-Moratorium
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming trip
-Illinois
-Press conference in Lansing, Michigan
-Robert P. Griffin's legislation
	-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
		-Legal services
-Democratic platform statement
-President's response
-Efficacy of busing
	-The President’s view

Legislation
-Busing
-Abortion
-Amnesty
-Homosexual rights
-Marriages

California
-Marijuana (ballot) initiative
-Impact
-Election turnout
-George S. McGovern's reaction

President's forthcoming press conference
-Anticipated questions and proposed answers
-Welfare
-Day care
-Social Security increase
-Clark MacGregor
-Wilbur D. Mills and Carl B. Albert
-Congressional schedule
	-Timing for legislation
-Financing
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-Payroll taxes
-President's 1969 income tax reform
-Impact of Frank F. Church's proposal
-Legal Services Corporation
-The President’s view
-Proposals
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Board of Directors
-Jacob K. Javits proposal
-President's appointments
-OEO
-Public television funding
-Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo case
-Pentagon Papers
	-Washington Post 
	-Henry A. Kissinger
-Jack N. Anderson
-The President’s comments
-Meat prices
-Wording
-Instructions to staff members
-Impact on families
-Options
-Welfare reform 
-Abraham A. Ribicoff amendment
-Numbers of people affected
-Administration's proposal
-Senate sponsors
-McGovern's proposal
-Administration proposals
-Payment levels
-Work requirements
-Gun control
-National Rifle Association [NRA]
-Senate action
-Types of handguns
-Roman L. Hruska
-NRA
-Smith & Wesson
-Colt
-Saturday night specials
	-The President’s comments
-Birch E. Bayh, Jr. and Hruska
-Statements
-Welfare reform
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-McGovern's proposals
-President's program
-Family assistance
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Senate
-Elliot L. Richardson's analysis
-Ribicoff's proposal
-Russell B. Long
-Connally
-Revenue sharing
-Nelson A. Rockefeller and Javits
-Congressional action
-Social services
-Richard B. Ogilvie and Rockefeller
-Timing of decision
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Weinberger
-Timing of decision
-Tax increase
-Congressional appropriations
-Brookings Institution reports
-Outlook
-The President’s view
	-Wording
-Herbert Stein's comment
	-Second term Presidents

Meat prices
-Carlucci
-Government procurement
-GSA
-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
	-Storage
	-The President’s instructions
		-Forthcoming report

Ehrlichman left at 3:09 pm.

Conversation No. 346-11

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:09 and 3:15 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Meeting

Conversation No. 346-12

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:09 and 3:15 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

The President's schedule

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[Conversation No. 346-12A]

Kissinger's schedule
-Meeting with President
-Time

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:15 pm.

Conversation No. 346-13

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:09 and 3:15 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

Yellow pads of notes
-Delivery
-Location
	-Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 346-14

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  3:15-3:30 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

President's forthcoming press conference
-Anticipated questions and proposed answers
-Defense Department budget
	-Melvin R. Laird
-Vietnam negotiations
-Briefing book
-Location of memorandum

Marjorie P. Acker entered at 3:15 pm.

Alexander P. Butterfield
-Meeting

Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

[Conversation No 346-14A]

	Requested for a call to Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
 
Kissinger talked with Haig at an unknown time between 3:15 and 3:30 pm.

The President’s forthcoming press conferene
	-Vietnam briefing book
		-Questions and responses

[End of telephone conversation]

		-Butterfield

President's forthcoming press conference
-Anticipated questions and proposed answers
-Vietnam
-Bombing of dikes

The President talked with an unknown person.

[Conversation No. 346-14B]

Unknown item

[End of telephone conversation]

President's forthcoming press conference
-Anticipated questions and proposed answers
-Vietnam
-Cloud seeding
	-The President’s possible responses
	-Laos
-Laos
	-Mercenary commando raids
	-Meo tribesmen
-Peace negotiations
	-Withdrawal of US forces
	-Laos, Cambodia
	-Thailand
	-Coalition Government
	-Nguyen Van Thieu
-North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
-Number of troops
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] and Department of State
-Possible attack on Hue
-Leonid I. Brezhnev's statement
-Fidel Castro
-Strategic Arms and Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Relative military strength of US and Soviet Union
	-Multiple Independently-targeted Reentry Vehicle [MIRV]
		-The President’s possible comments

Washington Post story
-Time's coverage

Vietnam peace negotiations
-Questions at forthcoming press conference
	-SALT
	-Defense budget

Kissinger's schedule
-President's schedule
-Meeting with People’s Republic of China [PRC] officials in New York

Kissinger left at 3:30 pm.

Conversation No. 346-15

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:30 and 3:34 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

Stationery

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:34 pm.

Conversation No. 346-16

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:30 and 3:34 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

Stationery
-Amount

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:34 pm.

Conversation No. 346-17

Date:  June 28, 1972
T5me:  Unknown between 3:30 and 3:34 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

President's schedule
-Camp David
-Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule
	-New York
-Accompanying staff
-Secretaries
-John D. Ehrlichman
-The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Patrick J. Buchanan

Conversation No. 346-18

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:30 and 3:34 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

President's schedule
	-Camp David

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:34 pm.

Conversation No. 346-19

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  3:34-3:35 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 26-49]

Conversation No. 346-20

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

Call for Manolo Sanchez

Conversation No. 346-21

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

	Spelling of Chou En-lai's name
-Letter
-Henry A. Kissinger

Conversation No. 346-22

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

Unknown item

Unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:54 pm.

Conversation No. 346-23

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

Rose Mary Woods talked with the President.

	Spelling of Chou En-lai's name

Conversation No. 346-24

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

Letter for Rose Mary Woods
-Henry A. Kissinger

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:54 pm.

Conversation No. 346-25

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

	Sealing of letter to Chou En-lai

Conversation No. 346-26

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:35 and 3:54 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

Necessity of unidentified activity

Conversation No. 346-27

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  3:54-3:59 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 26-50]

Conversation No. 346-28

Date:  June 28, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 3:59 and 4:00 pm
Location:  Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

Manolo Sanchez
-Departure

President's schedule
-Trip to Camp David
-Helicopter

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.