Conversation No. 594-1

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:25 am and 8:45 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Barber

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:45 am.

Conversation No. 594-2

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  8:45 am - 9:58 am
Location:  Oval Office

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

The President's schedule
-Helicopter
	-Passengers
		-The President’s instruction
-Andrews Air Force Base
-Passengers
-William P. Rogers
-John N. Mitchell

News story
-World Series game
-The President's prediction
-Richard A. Moore
	-Irish vote
		-Ronald L. Ziegler

Sports
-Pittsburgh Pirates
	-The President’s prediction
		-Wire service story
-Outcome of World Series
-The President's telephone call
-Washington Redskins
-Popular psychology
-Arkansas-Texas football game
-Reaction of Arkansas players
-Pittsburgh Pirates

Personnel
-Look reporter
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Thomas R. Shepard, Jr.
	-Campaign
-State Department
-Public affairs office
-Rogers
-Objective
-[Forename unknown] Collins
-John Richardson, Jr.
				-Campaign
				-The President’s view

H. Rap Brown

“The Vantage Point”
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-John F. Kennedy
-Ngo Dinh Diem
-Media reaction

Press coverage of World Series
-Disturbance in Pittsburgh
-Earl Weaver
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Dan Rather

Supreme Court appointments
-Nominees
-Mitchell, Ehrlichman
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Herschel H. Friday
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Record as judge
-Friday
-Lawyer
-Possible problems
-Potter Stewart
-Tom Wicker
-Lillie
-Ehrlichman
-Mitchell
-Southerner
-[Unintelligible]
-Florida
-William H. Mulligan
-Lillie
-Political membership
-Woman
-Conservative Catholics
-John F. Kennedy
-Bella S. Abzug
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Public relations
-Friday
-Question of using the Court for political ends
-Republicans
-Friday
-Mitchell
-John L. McClellan
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Louis C. Wyman
-New Hampshire primary
-Richard H. Poff
-Justice Department
-Will R. Wilson
			-Mitchell
				-Friday
-John W. Dean, III
-Ehrlichman
-David R. Young, Jr.
-Nominees
-Mitchell
-Friday
-Jew
-Edward H. Levi
-Mitchell
-Friday
-Age
	-Lewis F. Powell
-Friday
-Age criteria
-Friday
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Strategy
-Timing of announcement
-Press
	-Questions and answers [Q&A]

Media
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Allen S. Drury
-Look magazine excerpt
-Ziegler
-Haldeman's daughter
-Response to press
		-Look article
	-Haldeman's daughter’s view
				-Ziegler
-Henry A. Kissinger

News summary
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s book
	-Diem’s assassination
-The President's visit to Charlotte, North Carolina
-Washington Star story
-Kissinger
-Veracity of story
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Rogers
			-The President’s role
-Kissinger
-Briefings
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-John A. Scali

The President's PRC trip
-Media coverage
-Scali
-Kissinger

Kissinger's trip to PRC
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Hawaii
-Kissinger
-State Department
-Alfred LeS. Jenkins
-John H. Holdridge
-Chinese language ability
-PRC Summit
	-Holdridge’s and Jenkins view
		-Public relations
	-Kissinger
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Desires of Chinese
-Publicity
	-Holdridge’s and Jenkins’ view
-Forthcoming Soviet Summit

Media
-News story
-Summit meetings
-Kissinger
-Soviet Summit announcement
-New York Times
-Lillie's husband, A. V. Falcone
-Account
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Hugh Sidey
-Chicago Sun Times
-Levi
-P. G. Wodehouse
-New York Mets
-Richard M. Nixon
-Plane crash
-Dr. James E. Allen
-Wife
-Grand Canyon

The President's schedule
	-Contacts with the press
	-Ruth Voss
	-Robert Allen
	-Scali
	-Kissinger
	-Haig
	-Kissinger
-Forthcoming trip to Disneyland
-Kissinger's schedule
-Troop announcement
-Camp David
-Republican Women's dinner
-Disneyland
	-Possible press conference
-Location of the President upon Kissinger's return
-Florida
-Kissinger
-Radio addresses
-Veterans' Day
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Year end Presidential perspective

Youth
-Newsweek magazine
-Peace
-Fort Detrick
	-Cancer initiative
	-Military
-William E. Brock III

The President's schedule
-Mitchell
-Supreme Court appointments
-Rogers and Haig
-George P. Shultz, Ehrlichman, Haig, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Budget meeting

Supreme Court appointments
-Nomination
-Woman
-Timing of announcement
-Confirmation hearings
-Liberals
-Jews
-Levi
-Weinberger
-Republican Women event
-Lillie announcement

The President's schedule
-Delores Hope
-Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Reception
-Hospital
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) and Delores Hope

Economy
-Business Council
-Charles W. Colson
-Publicity

Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Forthcoming trip to Africa

Public relations
-Photographs of the President
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Bradford K. (“Fabian”) Bachrach
-Arnold Newman
			-The President’ view
-Unknown photographer from California
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Atkins
-Bachrach
-John B. Connally
-The President's view

White House correspondence
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Charlotte, North Carolina

Public broadcasting
-The President’s view
-Frederic V. Malek
-Report
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Colson
-Programs
-Subsidization
-Sander Vanocer
-Brookings Institute
-George H. Gallup
-Fred W. Friendly
-Flanigan
-Funding

Peace Corps
-Robert H. Finch
-Outside volunteer organizations
-Malek
-Finch
-Director
-Center for Voluntary Action
-ACTION

The President's schedule
-White House correspondents dinner
-Dinner
-PRC-USSR planning

	Newsday magazine article
-Ziegler
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
	-Possible suit
-Ehrlichman
-Schedule
-Newspapers
-Minneapolis, Los Angeles
-Miami
-Story
-Son-in-law
-Stock
-Veracity 
-The President's finances
-Ehrlichman
-Financial loss
-Stock quotations

	Campaign financing
-Lewis
		-Dwayne O. Andreas
-Contribution
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Rebozo
-Rose Mary Woods
		-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Mitchell
-Robert J. Dole
-Woods
-Rebozo
-Maurice H. Stans
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Humphrey
-Andreas

Media
-Newsweek magazine
-Gallup
-Polls
-Political affiliations
-Campuses
-Edward Kennedy

Polls
-Louis P. Harris
-Gallup
-Press coverage
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC]
-Colson

Administration tactics

Media
-Cartoon about democrats
-John Kennedy
-Lyndon Johnson
-Washington, DC
-Supreme Court appointments
-Polls
-Carswell, Clement F. Haynsworth

US foreign relations
-Haig
-Kissinger
-Moscow
	-The President’s view
-Vietnam
-Paris Summit
-Chapin’s view of PRC trip preparations
-Kissinger
-State Department
-Holdridge
	-Haldeman
	-Kissinger
-Diem
-Johnson
-Richard M. Helms

White House dinners
-William McMahon
-Indira Gandhi
-Nihat Erim
-Emilio Garrastazu Medici
-Guest list
-Invitations

The President's schedule
-Robert F. Ellsworth
-Haig
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Ehrlichman
-Mitchell

Haldeman left at 9:58 am.

Conversation No. 594-3

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  10:00 am - 10:17 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

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Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Letters from school children
-The President's signature
	-White House correspondence branch
		-The President’s instructions
	-Autopen
-School children
-West Virginia
-Teacher of the Year, 1970

Campaign financing
-Dwayne O. Andreas
	-Contribution
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis

The President's schedule

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Campaign financing
-Andreas
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman assessment
	-Herbert W. Kalmbach’s knowledge
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Haldeman
-Rebozo
	-Knowledge
-Andreas
-Storage of contribution
-Rebozo

Purchase of wine for White House
-Kalmbach
-John A. Mulcahy
-Walter R. Tkach

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:12 am.

The President's schedule
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) and Delores Hope

Woods left at 10:17 am

The President and Butterfield left at 10:19 am.

Conversation No. 594-4

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:19 am and 12:00 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Unknown people met.

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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 12:00 pm.

Conversation No. 594-5

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  12:01 pm - 12:35 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with William P. Rogers and Robert H. Finch.
[Press photographers and White House photographers were present at the beginning of this meeting]

Salutations

The President's schedule
-Fort Detrick
	-Cancer initiative

Baseball
-World Series
-Tony Kubek
-Attendance

Rogers

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:01 pm.

The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:20 pm.

Finch's schedule
-Mexico

Bull returned with photographers at an unknown time after 12:01 pm.

Bull and photographers left at an unknown time before 12:20 pm.

Finch
-Rogers
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Mrs. Nixon's forthcoming trip to Africa
-William R. Tolbert, Jr.
-Visit to Liberia
-Tolbert and the president
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Mrs. Nixon
		-Possible visit to other African countries
-Nigeria
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Ghana
	-Mrs. Nixon’s previous visit
-Timing of announcement
-Graham
-Nigeria
-Possible itinerary
	-Possible events

	Finch’s forthcoming trip
		-Length
-Mexico
-Argentina
-Ecuador
-Brazil
-Panama
-Peru
-Argentina
-Ecuador
	-Fishing
-Venezuela
-Columbia
-Bogota
		-Meetings
	-Organization of American States [OAS]
		-Tourism
		-Highways
	-Quito
-The President's experience
	-Panama
	-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Henry A. Kissinger
	-International Highway Association
	-Commerce
	-Department of Transportation
-Size of delegation
	-State
	-Companies
		-Freestone, Del Monte
	-Technical assistance
		-Disease
			-Pan American health organization
			-Surgeon general
-Argentina

Demographics
-Cabinet Committee on Spanish-Speaking [CCOSS] population
-Chicago, New York
	-Gerrymandering
-Illegal aliens
	-California
	-Otis Chandler
-Pay scales
-Romano A. Banuelos
-Philip V. Sanchez
-Chandler

Hispanic Americans
-Democrats
-Support for the President

Finch's forthcoming trip to Latin America
-Expectations
-Class structure
-Future American plans toward Latin America
-Finch’s status as the President's personal representative

Imelda Marcos
-Schedule
-Ferdinand E. Marcos
-Relatives
-Business deal

Finch left at 12:20 pm.

US foreign relations
-Controversy
-Adam Malik
-Kissinger
	-Conservatives
-Meeting
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-White House position
-George H. W. Bush
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Bush
-Speech, October 18, 1971
-Chou En-Lai

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:20 pm.

The President's schedule

Photograph
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:35 pm.

US foreign relations
-Rogers's schedule
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] meeting
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Kissinger
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-European security conference
	-Rogers’ role
	-Scheduling
-Press
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Campaign
-Television
-Iceland
-Compared with Kissinger for PRC
-Kissinger's PRC trip
-Discussions
-USSR trip
-Press
-Ziegler
-Numbers involved
-PRC trip

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-Communications
-Press
-Size of official party
	-Secretaries
-Compared with trip to USSR
-Alfred Les. Jenkins
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Television personnel
-Wire services
-News magazines
-New York Times
-Washington Post
			-Television
-USSR trip
	-Press
	-Chinese
-SALT
-Middle East
-Trade
-Salt
-European security agreement
-Rogers
	-Andrei A. Gromyko
-PRC
-Middle East
-Salt
-Press
-Kissinger
-PRC trip
-Scheduling
-Statement
-Ziegler

Bush's forthcoming speech

Rogers left at 12:35 pm.

Conversation No. 594-6

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

The President's schedule

The President and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:37 pm.

Conversation No. 594-7

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  12:37 pm - 12:44 pm
Location:  Oval Office

George T. Bell met with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Walters, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Tarr, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent G. Walkendifer, Gertrude G. Davis, Mr. Carleton J. Chace, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Gardner, Col. Glen R. Johnson, F. E. O'Connor, Luther L. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Joe G. Attebery, Mr. and Mrs. Ed W. Meadows, Ray Hillyard, Charles J. Turrisi, Ben W. Graybill, David M. Magee, Chris J. O'Neill, Katherine G. Slade and Judith E. Park
[The White House photographer was present for part of this meeting]

[General conversation]

Introductions
-Mrs. Walters
-George T. Bell

The President entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm.

Salutations

Photograph

Photographer left at an unknown time before 12:44 pm.

Introduction

National Association of Retired Federal Employees [NARFE] 
	-Support for the President's policies

Economy
-Income
-Savings

Gift presentations
-Oval Office seal

White House tour

Bell, et al. left at 12:44 pm.

Conversation No. 594-8

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Barber
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.

Conversation No. 594-9

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.

Conversation No. 594-10/595-1

Date:  October 18, 1971
Time:  12:46 pm - 1:15 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Salutations

US foreign relations
-India-Pakistan
-India
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Anatolity F. Dobrynin
- Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-George H. W. Bush
-Speech at the United Nations [UN]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-UN
-William P. Rogers
-Possible meeting of Haig, Rogers, Bush and the President
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Rogers
-Strategy for UN vote on Taiwan
-Panama
-Greece
-Turkey
-Use of US ambassadors
-Venezuela
-Oil
-Greece and Turkey
-Congress
-Foreign aid
-African countries
-Adam Malik
-White House

-Rogers-Bush position
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Planting of question
-The president's position
-Secretary of State
-PRC
-Taiwan
-Chou En-lai
-Ziegler
-Bush
-Speech 
-Ziegler
-Rogers
-Bush
-Press conference
	-The President
-Administration position
-Rogers
-Soviet Naval task force
-Cuba
-Kissinger
-Dobrynin
-Aleksei N. Kosygin’s visit to Cuba
-Kissinger
-Press
-Gerard C. Smith
-Washington Post
-The President’s trip to Moscow
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-[Forename unknown] Getler
-Defense Department
-Haldeman
-State
-Defense

US foreign policy
-Relationship with media
	-Memorandum from Haig and the President
-Smith
-Rogers
-Ziegler
-Nobel peace prize
-Senior Review Group [SRG]
-Cambodia
-US involvement
	-Press stories
-Melvin R. Laird
-Hill liaison
-Senate foreign relations committee
-Administration policy
-Relationship with media
-Smith
-Rogers
-News summaries
-Paul H. Nitze
-Smith
-Defense Department
-Rogers
-Bush
-Timing regarding UN votes
-Richard A. Moore
-Ireland
-John D. Moore
-English
-Airline issue
-John M. Lynch's note
-UN vote
-Effect in US
-US membership in UN
-Administration position
-Kissinger
-Soviets
-North Vietnam
-Rice crop
-Pol
-Soviets
-Deliveries
-Peking

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-Kissinger
-Moscow
-Paris
-Hanoi
-Letter
-Dobrynin
-Moscow

Letter
-Band people
-Laird

	John B. Connally trip
-Announcement
-Indonesians
-Japanese
-Ambassador
-Okinawa
-Eisaku Sato

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-Purpose of Connally’s visit
-Indonesians
-Timing
-Sato
	-Congress
	-Conflict with administration
	-Public relations
-Timing of announcement
-Robert H. Finch’s trip
-Bangkok
-Indonesia
-Saigon
-Philippines
-Japan
-Tokyo
-Hong Kong

This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 1:15 pm; it is continued on Oval 595.