Conversation No. 570-1

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:40 am and 9:50 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

Manolo Sanchez
-Schedule
-Location

The President's schedule
-Length of day

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:50 am.

Conversation No. 570-2

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  9:50 am - 10:51 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
[Discontinuities occurred at the time of original recording]

Japanese Cabinet Ministers Dinner, September 10, 1971
-Duration
-[Unintelligible]
-Public relations value
-Press view
-US-Japan relations
-The President’s forthcoming welcome to Empress and Emperor of Japan
-The President’s remarks
-Dinners for Heads of State, government, cabinet

-Prime Minister Eisaku Sato

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:50 am.

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White House social events
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Cabinet officers
-Attendance
-Lower level officials
-John A. Volpe
-William P. Rogers
-Sub-Cabinet and White House staff
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Peter G. Peterson
-Japanese ministers dinner
-Henry C. Cashen, II
-The President's previous experiences as Vice President
-Other heads of state
-Royalty
-Gen. Francisco Franco
-Emperor Franz Josef
-Marshal Josip Broz Tito
-Royalty
-Roles, responsibilities
-The President’s role
-Cabinet, sub-Cabinet officers
-Selection for dinner invitation
-Reward for hard work
-Forthcoming Dinners
-Indira Gandhi, Tito
-Attendance
-Future handling
-Kennedy Center
-Presidential box
-Number of seats in box
-Opera House at Kennedy Center
-Number of seats in Presidential box
-Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center
-Number of seats in Presidential box
-Concert Hall at Kennedy Center
-Performances
-Availability of box use to Cabinet members
-Use of box privileges
-Charles W. Colson's contacts
-Heads of associations
-Businessmen
-Presidential boxes in Kennedy Center theaters
-Cabinet members
-Seats in Presidential box
-Comparison with tickets to football game
-Camp David
-Use
-Congressional
-Kennedy Center
-Presidential box
-Prestige

Kennedy Center
-Washington Star article
-Architecture
-Edward Durrell Stone
-Cultural center
-Outside facade
-Comparison to Australian structure
-Underground
-Park
-Concert
-Reviews
-Acoustics
-The President’s comment
-Program
-Acoustics
-Antal Dorati
-Program
-Isaac Stern
-Chamber recital
-Frederic Chapin
-Choir
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
-Type of music
-Igor Stravinsky
-Choir
-Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
-Peter I. Tchaikovsky
-5th Symphony
-George Gershwin
-Stravinsky
-Mass
-New York Times review
-Youth culture
-Leonard Bernstein
-Celebration of Mass
-Youth culture
-Wearing of robes
-Disrobing
-Significance
-Wearing of vestments
-Discarding of vestments
-Significance
-Importance of Youth

Personnel
-Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
-James T. Lynn
-George P. Shultz
-Flanigan
-Gen. George A. Lincoln
-Freeze duration
-Lincoln
-Ability as administrator
-Lincoln
-Maurice H. Stans
-Appointment of Lincoln

The President's schedule
-Montana trip
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Return
-Time
-Northwest portion of state
-Helicopter tour
-Duration
-Landing
-Kalispell, Montana
-Reservoir
-Libby Dam
-Dedication
-Time of completion
-Possible name
-Mansfield
-Montana town
-Flood damage
-Renaming of the town
-Mansfield
-Helicopter tour
-Kalispell
-Hungry Horse Dan
-Glacier National Park
-Location
-Indian reservation
-Blackfoot
-International Peace Park
-Indian Museum of the Plains
-Comparison of tour options
-Indian reservation
-Headdress
-Great Falls, Montana
-Possible stop
-Charles Russell Western Museum
-Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Reserve
-Visit
-Missoula, Montana
-US Forest Service, Department of Agriculture Smoke Jumper Center
-Forest fire prevention
-Dedication by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954
-Training center
-Parachute loft
-Warehouses
-Great Falls
-Kalispell
-Mansfield's recommendations
-Washington state
-Seattle
-Fort Lawton
-Present problem of Indians and the mayor
-Daniel J. Evans
-Lake Washington
-Sewage treatment facilities
-Tri-city area of Kennewick-Richland
-Tacoma
-Walla-Walla
-Hanford nuclear facility
-Public attitude in Hanford
-Newspaper support for the President
-Governor [Evan] reception
-Hanford
-Possibility of remarks by the President
-James R. Schlesinger
-William S. Magruder
-Possibility of large crowds
-Hotel facilities
-Advance work
-Seattle
-Walla-Walla
-Oregon
-Portland
-Possibility of overnight stopover
-Church attendance

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-Day
-Briefing
-Montana to Portland
-Media briefing
-Departure
-Time
-Overnight stop
-Staff work
-Departure time
-Washington
-Hanford
-Alaska
-Planning trip
-Difficulties
-Staff and advance work

Economic policies
-Reprivatization
-Martin C. Anderson
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Major program
-Time
-Major policy statement
-Small non-public task force
-Analysis of problem by task force
-People outside of the government
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Milton Friedman
-Alan Greenspan
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Anderson
-Director of study
-Announcement
-Conservatives

Recruitments
-Frederic V. Malek
-Statistics

Coffee

The President left an unknown time before 10:51 am.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:50 am.

Coffee

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:51 am.

The President re-entered at an unknown time after 9:50 am

Administration staff
-Recruitment
-Caliber of people
-People from outside of government
-John N. Mitchell
-Harry S. Flemming
-Flanigan
-Computer recruitments
-Ehrlichman
-Recruiting process
-Ability of individuals
-Appointees
-Vice presidents of corporations
-Experience in government
-Return to private sector

Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Frank Stanton
-Change of jobs
-[Charles T. Ireland]
-William S. Paley

Personnel appointments
-Ambassador for agricultural exports
-David M. Kennedy
-Clarence D. Palmby
-Promotion of food exports
-Peterson
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Rogers
-Support of idea
-Symbolic interest in exports
-Food exports
-Peterson
-Rogers
-Support

US economy
-Wage and price issue
-Follow-up
-Discussion with John B. Connally
-Staff meeting
-Detroit Economic Club
-Discussion with Connally
-Question and Answer [Q&A] period

The President's schedule
-Q&A period for Congress
-Location
-State Department auditorium
-Timing
-Trips to the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Election
-Vietnam

Announcement of economic action
-Timing
-Date
-Options
-30-days leadtime
-Disadvantages
-Timing
-Month
-Connally
-Advantages
-Date
-Public relations
-Wage and price restraints
-Labor leaders
-George Meany
-Plan
-News account

College students
-Handling
-Ehrlichman's theory
-College presidents

Tennis matches
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Attendance
-Match
-Young player [Chris Evert]
-Age
-Winning streak
-Billie Jean King
-Forest Hills
-King
-Professional status
-Tactics
-[Evert]
-Future
-Attractiveness

Miss America contest
-Television show
-Time
-1970 Miss America [Phyllis Ann George]
-Touring
-Release from obligation to refrain from making controversial statements
-Women's liberation
-Demonstrators and individuals perceived as anti-American
-Media
-Portrayal of the US
-Views
-Home
-Contestants
-Questions
-Support for the President's Vietnam policy
-Responses
-Middle America

News media
-Handling
-Action
-Congress
-Tax proposals
-Response by the press
-Position vis-a-vis the President
-Credit
-Attitude
-Vietnam War
-Responsibilities
-Foreign policy
-Press reaction

Vietnam
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Comments about forthcoming election in Vietnam
-Press reaction
-Forthcoming election
-US public reaction
-Context
-Congressional elections
-US elections

John and Idanell (“Nellie”) Connally
-Demeanor at social events
-Interaction with other people
-Comparison with the President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Haldeman
-Quote about cocktail parties from [Look] article
-Connally

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Connally
-Type of impression
-Type of audience
-Comparison to the President

State dinners
-Handling
-Japanese Ambassador
-Yellow Oval Room meeting
-Armin H. Meyer
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Rogers

Schedule
-Ehrlichman
-Paul W. McCracken

Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Arthur F. Burns
-Attendance

Connally
-Possible meeting with the President

McCracken
-Meeting with the President
-Council meeting
-Time
-Burns

US economic policy

News stories
-General public perceptions
-The President's speech to Congress, September 9, 1971
-Labor meeting
-Reactions on Capitol Hill

The President's schedule
-Congressional meeting
-Time
-Time of departure
-Vacation
-Florida
-Time of departure
-Response
-Press conference
-Congressional meeting
-Alaska trip
-Oregon
-Montana
-Flight pattern
-Glacier National Park
-Helicopter tour
-National parks
-Kalispell
-Montana trip
-Naming a town or bridge
-Mansfield
-Republicans
-Town
-Bridge
-"Mansfield Bridge"
-Florida
-Weather
-September
-Hurricane season
-Camp David

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Public relations
-Color story
-Mrs. Nixon
-Credit for idea
-Custom of using military aides at funerals of Senators and Congressmen
-Gerald Lipscomb

Staff
-Maj. Gen. James D. ("Don") Hughes
-Position
-Duration in job
-Election year
-Change
-Military service
-Command position
-Promotion
-Personality
-Vernon C. Coffey, Jr.
-Unknown man
-Russian expert
-Air Force background
-Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzie
-Political stipulation
-John V. Brennan, Craig S. Campbell
-Rank
-Senior aide
-Qualifications
-Character
-Effect on the President
-Campaign
-Election
-Time of appointment
-Length of appointment
-Hughes
-Possible meeting with Haldeman
-Discussion of appointment
-Coffey
-Air Force
-Press story
-Type
-Reactions

Bull and Gerald L. Warren entered at an unknown time after 9:50 am.

Photographs
-Picture of the President
-Connally

The President and Haldeman left at 10:51 am.

Conversation No. 570-3

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:51 am and 12:07 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

The President's location
-Cabinet Room

Recording of this conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:07 pm.

Conversation No. 570-4

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  12:07 pm - 12:53 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with John B. Connally and Arthur F. Burns: this recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress.

Press briefing
-Economic briefings
-Governors
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Special interest groups
-Consumers
-COLC
-Meeting with Connally
-Interest groups
-Date

Gerald L. Warren entered at 12:10 pm.

Press
-Reporters
-Briefing arrangements

Warren left at 12:11 pm.

US economy
-COLC
-Progress
-Phase II
-Various options
-Business groups
-Agriculture groups
-Congress
-Planning
-Direction of administration

-Announcement
-Commitment to course of economic action
-Follow-up plan
-Speech
-Question of voluntary action
-Sanctions
-General principles
-Freeze
-Thaw concept
-Herbert Stein, Arnold R. Weber
-Action by the administration
-Congress

International economy
-European markets
-Dual exchange
-Free market
-Free exchange market
-Sanctions
-Investments
-Promotions
-Trading
-Exchange rate
-US
-Europe
-Japan
-France
-Belgium
-Switzerland
-Great Britain
-Burns's forthcoming trip to Europe
-West Germany
-Position in world economy
-Burn’s strategy
-New controls
-Capital
-List of countries

Connally left at an unknown time after 12:07 pm.

US-Japanese relations
-Meeting with Burns
-Recent visit
-Dinner
-Currency revaluation
-Tax
-Percent
-Exports of US
-Total percentage
-Wider exchange
-Tourism
-Number of Japanese tourists in Hawaii
-Comparison to US tourists in Japan
-Guam
-Hawaii
-Number of Japanese tourists
-Comparison to mainland US tourists to Hawaii
-Expense
-Visitors from US mainland
-Japanese
-Number

Connally entered at an unknown time before 12:53 am.

International economy
-Projected action by other countries
-Export business
-Politics
-Possible problems
-International monetary system
-US responsibility
-Hypothetical situation
-Realignment
-Effects on other countries
-Price of gold
-Possibility of price fluctuations
-Position of other countries
-Possibility of reduction of official price of gold in foreign currency
-Realignment of currency
-Exports
-Imports
-Effect of political situation in other countries
-Price fluctuations
-Percentage
-Dollars per ounce

US economic policy
-The President's conversation with Connally and Burns
-Paul A. Volcker
-Politicians
-Connally’s breakfast with unknown person
-The President's knowledge of economics
-Role of experts
-Price of gold
-Floating exchange rate
-Two tiers
-Standard depreciation rate [SDR]
-Experts
-Connally, Burns
-Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz
-Technical aspects
-Election in November, 1972
-US responsibility to the world
-Impression of office of the Presidency
-Past twenty-five year history of the US
-[Welfare] role
-US interests
-US interests
-Attitude toward US by foreign countries
-1960's
-Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
-Vietnam War
-Japan
-The President's conversation with Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda
-Okinawa reversion issue
-Senate ratification
-Eisaku Sato
-Textile issue
-Exchange rate of Japanese yen
-Friendship with the US
-Peace
-Attitude of US population
-Handling of issues
-Textiles
-Okinawa
-Japanese national defense
-Investment, Trade balance, exchange rates
-Perceptions
-Great Britain
-Price of gold
-Exchange
-Call to the President from Connally
-San Clemente
-Edward R.G. Heath
-British interests
-Rolls-Royce
-Lockheed bailout
-Handling of international economic relations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Great Britain
-West Germany
-Willy Brandt
-Berlin Agreement
-State Department
-Kissinger
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Ambassador [David] Kenneth Rush
-The President’s role
-Meeting with Christian Democrat [Rainer C. Barzel]
-Berlin
-Access
-Relations between East and West Germany
-Brandt
-Agreement and political views
-Okinawa reversion
-Sato
-Relations with the US
-US options
-French
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Possible meeting
-US-French relations
-State Department
-Gen. Charles A.J.M. De Gaulle
-Funeral
-Italy
-Netherlands, Belgium
-US interests
-The President’s speech before Congress, September 9, 1971
-European markets
-Japanese market
-US needs
-Possible effects
-Possible strategy
-The President's record
-Greek-Turkish bill
-Marshall Plan
-[Christian A.] Herter Committee
-Reciprocal trade
-Foreign aid
-World responsibility
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Political atmosphere
-Type of politics

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:07 pm.

Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Camp David

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:53 pm.

US economic policy
-US interests
-International role
-Attitude of American people
-Perceptions
-Connally's knowledge
-Burns's expertise
-Monetary policy
-Political nature of issue
-Monetary policy
-Views of bureaucracy 
-State Department
-Treasury Department
-Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-American people
-Isolationist tendencies
-Perceptions
-Middle East
-Vietnam War
-Reaction to import surcharge
-Attitude of American people
-Wage and price freeze
-The President’s September 9, 1971 speech
-The President's administration
-Responsibility to American people
-Political background
-West Germany
-Anecdote
-Israel
-Comparison to Japan and Germany
-Europe
-Troop withdrawal
-US responsibility
-Surcharge
-Price
-Present time
-Time of year
-Effect of surcharge
-Responsibility
-Effects of US economics on world
-Action
-World peace

US foreign policy
-International order
-The President’s talk before the Academy of Political Science
-US relations with other countries
-Monetary issue
-Trade
-Reaction
-Restrictions
-US relations with foreign countries
-Strategy
-State Department
-Responsibilities of other countries
-Japan
-Responsibilities of US leadership
-Previous examples of Roman and British Empires
-Political opponents
-Role compared to officeholders
-Isolationism
-Mansfield amendment
-Vietnam
-Europe
-The President's role
-US interests and priorities
-US responsibility
-Drain on resources
-US role
-Position in world
-Aid to US
-Japan
-Surplus
-Reserves
-Connally’s conversation with the Finance Minister
-British
-Fixed exchange rate for the US
-Tariff Agreements
-Non-tariff Agreements
-US relations with free world
-US position
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Japan
-Prices
-US responsibilities
-Return to old system
-Opposition by President
-Import surcharge
-Previous meetings with Takeo Fukuda, Kakuei Tanaka
-US relations
-The President's strategy
-Connally and Burns
-Trips to Europe
-CEA
-Contemplation of problem
-Policy directions
-Bureaucracy
-State Department
-Phillip H. Trezise
-Responsibilities and roles
-New ideas
-Asia
-Vietnam
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Soviet Union
-Bargaining

Cabinet meeting

Connally and Burns left at 12:53 pm.

Conversation No. 570-5

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:53 pm and 12:56 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

Barking dog

Paul W. McCracken
-Forthcoming meeting

Charles G. (“Bebe") Rebozo
-Visit with the President
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Dog
-Location in Oval Office

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:56 pm.

Conversation No. 570-6

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  12:56 pm - 12:59 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo.

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STEPHEN B. BULL ENTERED AT 12:59 PM.

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Rebozo and Bull left at 12:59 pm.

Conversation No. 570-7

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  12:59 pm - 1:13 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Paul W. McCracken.

Dog

President’s schedule
-Legislation
-John D. Ehrlichman

US economic program
-International, domestic
-Gold
-Currency floatation
-Import surcharge
-Adjustment of exchange rates
-Effect on price levels
-US
-World
-Action on gold
-Price fluctuations
-Dollar devaluation
-Nonpublic information
-Public information
-Position
-Adjustment of prices
-Price of gold
-Speech
-US background history
-Changes in exchange rates
-Dollar devaluation

-Prices
-Limit on devaluation or appreciation of prices
-Amount of money
-Nonpublic information

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-Changes
-US monetary issue
-Equivalency to the rest of the world
-US action
-Total adjusted exchange rate
-The President's conversation with Connally and Burns
-Surcharge
-State Department reactions
-Effect on US people
-Alternatives
-Exchange rate
-Change
-Percentage
-Surcharge
-Percentage
-Gasoline prices
-Effect of exchange rate
-Textile issue
-Peter G. Peterson
-Legalities
-Impact
-Depreciation

Japan
-McCracken's contacts and friends
-Number
-Contact with Mr. [Forename Unknown] Anzai [sp?]
-Trip
-Time
-Speaking engagement at the Japan America Society
-Foreign policy procedures
-William P. Rogers
-Textile issue
-Relations with the US
-People’s Republic of China {PRC]
-Soviet Union
-Professor [Forename Unknown] Nishiyama
-Emissary
-Relations with the US
-Flexible dates for possible McCracken trip
-Wage and price discussion

US economic policy
-Wage and price freeze
-Freeze followed by a thaw
-Herbert Stein
-Effect on certain areas
-Confidence
-Deceleration of inflation
-Wholesale prices
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Freeze
-Transition
-Thaw by sector
-Strategy
-Industries
-Phase II
-Details
-Transitions
-Commodities
-Leadership
-Inflation
-Budget
-Monetary restraints
-Deceleration
-Inflation
-Trend
-Rise and rate
-Cause of action
-Effect
-The President's policies
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Arnold R. Weber
-George A. Lincoln
-Connally

McCracken's tenure in office
-Flexibility
-Administration actions
-University of Michigan

McCracken left at 1:13 pm.

Conversation No. 570-8

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  1:13 pm - 1:56 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's schedule
-Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:56 pm.

Schedule
-Lunch
-The President’s forthcoming talk with unknown woman
-Weather
-Camp David
-Boating

Rebozo entered at an unknown time after 1:13 pm.

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Rebozo left at an unknown time before 1:56 pm.

Henry A. Kissinger's schedule
-New York

Press coverage of forthcoming trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-William H. Carruthers and Ronald L. Ziegler
-Technicians
-Crew
-Work Day
-Number of Hours
-Crew
-Number of People
-Press list
-Number
-Ground station for broadcast transmission
-Considerations
-Tokyo, Hong Kong
-Live broadcast feed capability
-News coverage
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-American Telephone and Telegraph [At&t]
-PRC
-Cable link in San Francisco
-Publicity

US Economy
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-John B. Connally
-Announcement of follow-up action
-Date
-Time period
-Effectiveness
-Type of announcements
-Stock market
-Charles W. Colson
-Rise
-Bankers
-Lawyers
-Effect
-Haldeman's son
-Bicycle
-Ten-speed
-Example of availability of goods
-Effect of economic action, surcharge
-California
-Washington, DC
-Time period
-Deposit for bicycle
-Current price
-Reasons
-Popularity of item
-Pre-surcharge
-Imported bikes
-Dock strike in Los Angeles
-Dock strike
-Dock worker’s union
-James D. Hodgson, J. Curtis Counts
-Action by the administration
-Dock worker’s union

The Press
-PRC trip
-Number in press entourage
-Kissinger’s view
-Announcement of trip
-Number in press entourage
-Ziegler
-Trip to the PRC
-Trip to the Soviet Union
-Kissinger
-PRC trip
-Type of coverage
-Ping pong picture
-Effect
-Photographs from Kissinger's Peking trip
-Trip to the Soviet Union

US economy
-COLC
-Work
-Connally

The President's schedule
-Trips to the PRC, Soviet Union
-Press
-Limitations on coverage opportunities
-Comparison to Spiro T. Agnew trip
-Lack of activity
-Possibility of trouble
-Briefing backgrounds

Military draft bill
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Meeting with Clark MacGregor
-Military service draft extension Congressional conference report
-Gordon L. Allott
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Possibility of rejection
-New data
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] troop withdrawal
-Possible breakfast meeting between the President and Mansfield
-Time
-MacGregor and Haig
-Kissinger
-Draft extension conference report
-Possibility of defeat of bill
-International negotiations
-Possible implications
-Time
-Kissinger's schedule
-Mansfield
-Possible rejection of bill
-MacGregor
-NATO
-Capitol Hill
-Perceptions
-Election
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Military pay bill
-Wage and price freeze
-Draft extension conference bill
-Possibility of defeat
-Draft loss
-Time period
-Possibility of a new conference
-F. Edward Hébert
-John C. Stennis
-Position
-New conference
-Military pay raise

COLC
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Possibility of meeting with state and local government representatives
-Number of meetings
-End of conference
-Time
-Relation to press conference
-Date
-State and local government conference
-Mayors conference
-Executive committee of the Governor's Conference
-Association of county officers
-Number of representatives
-League of Cities
-Meetings with special interest groups
-Ehrlichman
-Analysis
-Value
-Labor unions
-Consumer movement representatives
-Meeting
-Letter
-Implications
-Colson
-Establishment of Citizens Committee
-Phase II
-Freeze
-Voluntary action
-Consumer groups
-Duration of meeting

Public relations
-Meetings with the President
-Time period
-Ehrlichman
-The President's State dinner with the Japanese
-Duration
-Focus on the President's leadership
-Press conference
-Effect of the President's scheduling

President’s schedule
-Winners of World International Bowling Federation Tournament
-Meeting with the President
-Congratulations
-Timing
-Bowling publications compared with other publications
-Pictures
-Time period
-Number of people
-National Highway Week
-Time
-World racing individuals
-Department of Transportation
-Highway safety program
-Briefings by the administration
-Individuals
-Number of people
-Possibility of Blue Room reception
-Receiving line
-Picture
-Remarks
-Safety techniques
-Effect
-Mario Andretti, Andy Granatelli, Parnelli Jones
-Reception
-Comparison to meetings with governors and local officials
-Sir Alexander F. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
-United Nations [UN] General Assembly
-Meeting with the President
-Foreign Minister Aldo Moro of Italy
-Presidency
-Amintore Fanfani
-Forthcoming election in Italy
-Meeting with the President
-Attendance at General Assembly session
-Meeting with the President
-Scheduling
-Length of meeting
-Press picture
-Douglas-Home
-Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Date
-Cabinet meeting
-Economic program
-Discussion
-Attendees
-Connally
-Wives
-Length of meeting
-Agenda
-International aspect
-Domestic aspect
-Tax structure
-Charls W. Walker
-Tax structure
-Legislative leaders meeting
-Agenda
-Colson
-MacGregor
-Arnold R. Weber
-Herbert Stein
-George A. Lincoln

Congress
-Action
-Bill before Congress
-Delays or failure to pass
-The President's speech to Congress, September 9, 1971
-Effect
-Reaction
-Arthur F. Burns

Press coverage
-Colson
-Connally
-Press coverage
-Senate
-Potential Presidential candidates on Democrat side
-Effect on actions
-Unknown person's statement or reaction

Events' effect on the President's actions

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President’s schedule

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Speechwriting
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-One liners

The President's schedule
-Funeral of Winston L. Prouty
-President’s attendance
-Answers to press questions
-Funerals of other Senators
-Richard B. Russell
-Everett M. Dirksen

The President's leadership
-Haldeman's schedule
-Colson, Ehrlichman
-Drug issue

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[Signing documents]

President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Dog

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Scheduling of the President's time
-"Open Door Hour"
-Time use
-Telephone calls

Connally

Strategy

The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Announcement
-Drive
-Meetings with groups
-Mayors and governors
-Environmental and transportation issues
-Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]
-The President's role
-Agnew
-Other officials

Haldeman left at 1:56 pm.

Conversation No. 570-9

Date:  September 11, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:56 pm and 2:18 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

King [Timahoe, the President’s dog]

Schedule
-The President's location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]

[King]

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Conversation No. 570-10

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  8:02 am - 8:04 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman; this recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress.

Cabinet meeting
-Attendance
-Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz
-Preparations
-Domestic briefings

Butterfield left at 8:04 pm.

Conversation No. 570-11

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:04 am and 8:40 am
Location:    Oval Office

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

Congressional affairs
-Clark MacGregor’s September 12, 1971 meeting with Hugh Scott
-Robert P. Griffin
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Interparliamentary conference
-Boeing 707 flight
-Meeting in Bonn, West Germany
-German leaders
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] troop reduction
-Attendance at meeting

-Evaluation of the President's work
-Effect of Gallup poll
-Motivation
-US relations with the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-The President's actions
-Effect on Soviet Union
-MacGregor

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:04 am.

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Oval Office

Bull left at 8:29 am.

Federal pay legislation

Mrs. Nixon entered at 8:29 am.

Mrs. Nixon’s television broadcast

Mrs. Nixon left at an unknown time before 8:40 am.

Economic policies
-Congress
-Testing period for economic program
-Military service draft extension
-Pay raise
-Freeze schedule
-MacGregor's analysis
-Questions
-William Proxmire
-Family assistance
-Social Security
-Comments regarding Wilbur D. Mills
Congress
-News summary
-Sense of confusion
-Irresponsibility
-Democrats

Leaks
-Accidental war agreement
-Press report
-Tad Szule
-New York Times
-Radio

Vietnam
-Withdrawal dates
-MacGregor

John N. Mitchell
-Location
-Time for meeting

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The President’s schedule

The President and Bull left at an unknown time before 8:40 am.

Mrs. Nixon entered at an unknown time after 8:29 am

Mrs. Nixon's television broadcast
-Film
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Amount
-Number of hours broadcast
-California
-Type of work
-Various location shots
-Julie Eisenhower
-Time
-Editing
-James D. ("Don") Hughes
-Mrs. Nixon's activities
-The President
-Mr. [Forename unknown] Albee
-New York
-Time

Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:29 am.

Cabinet meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:40 am.

Television broadcast
-Editing in New York
-Virginia [Surname unknown]
-Sound system
-Type of microphones
-Distance
-Water
-Modern technological equipment
-Microphones
-Distance
-Calls

The President and Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:29 am.

Cabinet meeting

The President, Mrs. Nixon, Bull, and Haldeman left at 8:40 am.

Conversation No. 570-12

Date:  September 13, 1971
Time:  10:42 am - 10:44 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

President’s schedule
-Robert J. Dole
-Time of meeting

Butterfield left at 10:44 am.