Conversation No. 623-1

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:20 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

Request that Charles W. Colson join him

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.

Conversation No. 623-2

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  9:20 am - 10:00 am
Location:  Oval Office

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

The President's schedule
-Washington Redskins practice
-James R. Schlesinger
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Washington Redskins practice session
-George E. Allen

Charles W. Colson entered at 9:24 am.

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
	-President’s previous breakfast with Republic leadership
-Southern Democrats in House
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Hugh Scott

-Possible veto
-Chamber of Commerce
	-Colson
-Commerce Department
-George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
-Treasury Department
	-John B. Connally's schedule
-Possible veto
-Public relations
-Thomas G. Wicker and Richard L. Wilson
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Elliot L. Richardson
	-Busing
-26th Amendment
-Possible House action
-Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.'s column
-The President's conversation with Scott and Robert P. Griffin
	-White House congressional relations
		-Bryce N. Harlow
-Tax Bill
-House Republicans
-Federal pay raise veto
	-Democrats
		-Robert P. Mayo
		-[Name unknown]
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Clifford P. Case
-John O. Pastore
-Mathias
-Scott and Griffin
-Busing Amendment
-Richardson's view

The President's schedule
-Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Arthur F. Burns
-Schedule

	Public relations
		-President’s previous speech at American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention
-Scott's and Griffin's view
-Press coverage
-News magazines
	-Newsweek
	-Time
-Newspapers
-Paul Healy of Boston Globe
-George Meany
-Closing of convention
-Democratic candidates
-Washington Post
-Robert J. Dole's possible activities
-Ad in Miami newspaper
	-Meany
-Meany
	-President’s possible statement
	-Compared to Cornelius Vanderbilt
	-Jay Gould
	-Charles E. Wilson
-White House response
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Statement regarding the President's demeanor
-Press coverage
-Time
-John A. Scali
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Television

Connally's previous press conference, 11/22
-Television coverage
-Scheduling

Herbert E. Kaplow
-Unknown radio show host

Busing
-John N. Mitchell
-Possible conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Federal intervention
	-Department of Justice
-Chicago
-Michigan
-Ehrlichman
-Federal intervention
	-The President’s view
-Mitchell
-Possible forthcoming conversation with the President

Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Previous conversation with Colson
-Freeze on wages and prices
-Press coverage
-Public approval

President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Press coverage
-Time and Newsweek
-Sidey
-Conversation with William L. Safire
-Forthcoming editorial

Press relations
	New York Times
	-White House staff contact
		-The President’s instructions
	-Ronald L. Ziegler
	-Herbert G. Klein's staff
	-Safire
	-Colson's staff
	-Haldeman's efforts
	-Klein
-James Naughton
	-Attack on administration
		-White House response
	-Size of White House staff
	-Scali, Richard A. Moore and Klein's staff
	-Press contacts
	-Junior staff
	-Safire and Patrick J. Buchanan
	-Douglas L. Hallett
	-The Vice President
	-Statement regarding Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.
	-Ronald W. Reagan's reaction
	-Statement in Chicago regarding welfare recipients
	-Mike Royko's column

James D. Hodgson
-Previous statement
-Press coverage

Barry M. Goldwater
-Previous statement

Proposed statement on the national economy
-The President's program
-Special interest groups

Press relations
	-White House staff
	-Contacts with New York Times
	-Haldeman's possible efforts
	-Domestic Council
	-Ehrlichman
	-Domestic Council
	-Haldeman’s view
-John R. Price, Jr.
	-[Forename unknown] Hughes
-Earl L. Butz
	-Interview with Washington Post
-White House staff
-Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner's call to Haldeman
-1972 election
-Parade Magazine
-Henry A. Kissinger and Haldeman
-Lloyd Shearer
-Klein
-Daniel Ellsberg
		-Time cover story

The President's schedule
-Kissinger
-Connally

	Press relations
		-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Value of news magazines
-Time cover story
-Newsweek

Haldeman and Colson left at 10:00 am.

Conversation No. 623-3

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  10:01 am - 11:40 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

The President's schedule
-John B. Connally

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Check-off provision

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:01 am.

Request that Connally be asked to join them

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:04 am.

Pending legislation

-Tax Bill
-Ziegler's previous breakfast with William E. Timmons

	President's previous speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention
		-George Meany's conduct
			-Connally's previous comments

Connally entered at 10:04 am.

Connally's schedule

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-The President's previous meeting with Hugh Scott and Robert P. Griffin
-Possible veto
-Check-off provision
-Possible House action
-White House strategy
	-Possible House conference action
	-Possible veto
	-John W. Byrnes
	-Connally
		-Charls E. Walker
-Possible House action
	-Southern House members
-Possible veto
-Possible special session of Congress

Public relations
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany's conduct
-Connally's previous comments
-Press coverage
	-Boston Globe
-Barry M. Goldwater and Scott
-Possible questions to Ziegler
-Gerald L. Warren
	-The President's attitude and expectations
	-Television coverage of speech
		-Warren
	-The President’s attitude
	-The President's previous conversation with Scott and Griffin
	-Meany's attitude
	-Special interest groups
	-Compared to Cornelius Vanderbilt
	-Connally's previous comments
	-Editorials
	-The President’s response
	-Meany
	-The President's attitude and expectations
	-Future speeches

Ziegler left at 10:16 am.

-Connally's previous comments
-Television coverage
-Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey and Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Schedules
-Convention adjournment
-Meany
-Connally's previous comments
-Michael J. Mansfield's views
	-Scott
-Comments
-The President
					-Arnold R. Weber, George H. Boldt, Connally and James D. Hodgson
-Labor's support for the President's foreign policy
-John L. Lewis
-White House reaction
-Television coverage

Connally's schedule

The President's schedule
-Eisenhower Medical Center

Connally's schedule
-Foreign visit
-Meetings
	-Mario Ferrari Aggradi
	-Japanese officials
	-Canadian officials
	-Timing

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Funding for presidential campaigns
-Effect
	-Minor presidential candidates
	-Minor political parties
-George C. Wallace
-John C. Stennis
-Possible veto
-Possible House action
-Possible veto
-Possible special session of Congress
-Necessity
-Funding presidential campaigns
-Effect
-Possible veto
-House of Representatives
	-The President’s view
	-Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends and George H. Mahon
-Wilbur Mills
-Connally’s view
-Senate vote
-Possible veto
	-Support for veto
-Possible provisions of bill
-Funding political campaigns
-Effect
-Major political parties
	-Independent voters
-Quality of candidates
	-Contributions
	-1968 campaign
	-Primaries
	-Examples in the South
		-James O. Eastland
		-Stennis
		-Russell B. Long
		-Compared to demagogues
	-Effectiveness of special interest groups
		-Compared to intellectuals
		-Compared to general public
	-1972 presidential campaign
	-Edward M. Kennedy
	-Jews
	-Henry A. Kissinger
	-Humphrey and Muskie
	-Congress
	-Responsiveness to constituents
-Intentions of Founding Fathers
	-Voter qualifications
-Mediocrity in government
-Broadening of franchise
	-Voting Rights Bill
	-Literacy tests
	-Minorities
		-Connally’s view
		-The President’s view
-Necessity
	-Economic prospects
		-Connally’s view
			-Possible veto
-Possible special session of Congress
-Government reorganization
-Revenue-sharing
-Welfare reform
-Health Bill
-Education reform
-Tax Bill

International monetary situation
-George P. Shultz
-Status of negotiations
-Realignment of currencies
-Public perception
-Effect on US economy
-Commentators
-Trade
-Political effects
-Connally's previous comments
	-Mexico
		-Negotiations
-Trade negotiations
	-Agriculture
	-Computers
	-Automobiles
-Agriculture
-Negotiations
-William D. Eberle
-Italy
	-Rinaldo Ossola
	-Meeting with Connally
	-Message from Mario Ferrari Aggradi
-Japan
-Negotiations on cattle
	-Effect on states
-Quotas on the importation of calves
-Henry L. Bellmon
-Tariffs
	-South Korea
-Timing
-Public relations

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Shultz
-Forthcoming meeting with Connally and Arthur F. Burns
	-Price of gold

Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
-Appointments
-Connally's conversation with Frederic V. Malek
-William J. Carson
-Connally’s view
-Conversation with Connally
-Loyalty
-Impact of Reserve Board
	-Money supply
-Loyalty
-Burns's views
-Carson

International monetary situation
-Gold price
	-France
		-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Italy
-Ossola's previous conversation with Connally
-Aggradi
-Group of Six
-Group of Ten
-Composition of Group of Six
-Possible proposition
-Rates of exchange
	-Linkage of rates and currencies

William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Previous conversation with the President
-Meany
-Alexander Douglas-Home
-Graham's conversation with Anthony P. Lysberg, Lord Barber
-Barber’s view of Connally

Barber

International monetary situation
-Gold price
-Group of Six
-Possible proposition
-Convertibility
-Possible congressional action
-Political effects
		-Pierre Rinfret
-Connally's negotiations
-Import surcharge
-Connally's previous conversation with Ossola
-Trade concessions
-The President's schedule
-Pompidou, Edward R.G. Heath and Willy Brandt
-Negotiations
	-Timing
-Politics
	-Agriculture
-Possible public statement
-Possible strategy
	-Meeting with European officials
		-Paul A. Volcker's possible press conference
			-Possible concessions
				-Price of gold
				-Import surcharge
				-Trade
-France
	-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Pompidou
		-Concession on price of gold
		-Agricultural products
-Monetary issues compared to trade issues
	-Price of gold
		-Currency issue
	-Import surcharge
		-Trade issue
-US negotiating strategy
-Connally's schedule
-Shultz, Kissinger and William P. Rogers
-Shultz's views
-Previous conversation with Connally
-Price of gold
-Germany and France
-Burns’s views
-Henry S. Reuss and Jacob K. Javits
-Congress's actions
-Trade compared to currency realignment
	-Politics
	-1972 campaign
	-Price of gold

National economy
-Money supply
-Connally's previous conversation with Burns
-Connally's forthcoming conversation with Burns
-Burns's speech in New York
-The President’s view
-Effect on the dollar
	-William McChesney Martin
-Value Added Tax [VAT]
-Edwin S. Cohen's views
-Connally’s view
	-Politics
-Cohen and John Alexander 
-Connally’s view
	-Timing
	-Effect
	-Balanced budget

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:16 am.

The President's schedule
	-Kissinger

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:12 am.

National economy
-VAT
-Politics
-Connally's experience

Kissinger entered at 11:12 am.

-Tax Bill

India-Pakistan
-Possible telephone call from Rogers
-US policy
-Pakistan
	-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-India-Soviet Union relations
-India’s role
-Possible State Department options
-United Nations [UN]
	-US position
		-PRC
		-Soviet Union
	-Security Council
-Kissinger’s forthcoming conversation with Rogers
	-Pakistan
	-India
	-UN
		-Great Britain and Rhodesia
		-East Pakistan
-State Department
-Washington Special Action Group [WSAG]
-Pakistani proposal
	-Mujibur Rahman
-US policy
-Rogers
-Cables
-Aid to Pakistan
-Aid to India
	-President’s view
-UN
	-Possible resolution
		-Support
-PRC
-George H. W. Bush
Proposed meeting with PRC officials
-Cables
	-Kissinger and Rogers

David M. Kennedy
-Possible role with administration
	-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]

Peter G. Peterson's schedule
-Forthcoming trip to Europe
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Possible meetings with economic ministers and Prime Ministers
	-The President’s view

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 11:12 am.

-Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
	-Peterson’s forthcoming trip
-The President's schedule
	-Future meetings with heads of state
-Connally's schedule
	-Forthcoming meeting with Group of Ten
-Approval

White House staff
-Presidential approval of foreign travel
-Cabinet officers
-Peterson
-Shultz's previous conversation with Sally Peterson
	-Peter Peterson’s forthcoming trip to Europe
-Forthcoming conversation with Shultz and Kissinger
-Forthcoming announcements
	-Foreign travel
-Shultz
	-Previous conversation with Sally Peterson
-Possible meetings with Prime Ministers

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 11:39 am.

International monetary policy
-Connally's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Shultz and Kissinger
	-Burns’s potential involvement
	-Peterson’s potential involvement
-Kissinger, Shultz, and Burns
-Timing
	-Forthcoming meeting of the President, Connally, and Burns
-Connally's proposal
-Shultz
-Price of gold
-Connally's proposal
-Negotiations
	-Timing
-Price of gold
	-Forthcoming Group of Ten meeting
	-The President's forthcoming meeting with Pompidou
-Forthcoming Group of Ten meeting
	-Import surcharge
	-Currency revaluation
	-Price of gold
	-President’s forthcoming meeting with Pompidou
		-Germany
		-Possible compromise
-Connally's previous meeting with Ossola
	-Forthcoming proposition
		-Price of gold
-Possible settlements
	-Import surcharge
	-Price of gold
	-Pompidou
	-Connally’s role
	-The President’s view
-The President's schedule
	-Forthcoming meeting with European leaders
	-Timing of announcements
-Pierre E. Trudeau
-Eisaku Sato
-Proposed message to Sato
	-Connally
-Trudeau
	-The President’s view
	-Connally's schedule
	-Proposed telephone call to Trudeau
	-Kissinger's schedule
	-Proposed telephone call to Trudeau
	-Proposed telephone call to Canadian Ambassador
		-State Department

Brandt
-Previous call to Kissinger
	-Forthcoming announcement
	-India-Pakistan

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meetings with Burns, and Connally
-Forthcoming meeting with Shultz
-Forthcoming meeting Connally, Kissinger, and Burns
-Burns
-Pompidou
	-International monetary negotiations
	-Surcharge
	-Currency realignment

Kissinger's schedule
	-Forthcoming meeting with Peterson and Shultz
		-Connally
	-Peterson, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Maurice H. Stans and John A. Volpe
	-Travel to Europe

Kissinger left at 11:39 am.

	International monetary negotiations
		-Shultz, Kissinger, and Connally
			-Briefing material
-The President’s view

Connally's schedule
-Idanell (“Nellie”) Connally

Connally left at 11:40 am.

Conversation No. 623-4

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:40 am and 11:43 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 15-110]

Conversation No. 623-5

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  11:43 am - 11:47 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President talked with William E. Brock, III.

[See Conversation No. 15-111]

Conversation No. 623-6

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  11:47 am - 12:20 pm
Location:  Oval Office

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

The President's previous call to William E. Brock III

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:56 am.

[Conversation No. 623-6A]

[See Conversation No. 15-112]

[End of telephone conversation]

Peter G. Peterson’s forthcoming trip to Europe
-John B. Connally
-Haldeman's conversations
	-Henry A. Kissinger
	-George P. Shultz
		-Previous conversation with Sally Peterson
			-Previous job offer from Lyndon B. Johnson
-Schedules of other Administration officials
-Trips by John A. Volpe, George W. Romney, and Clifford M. Hardin to Europe
-Kissinger
	-Approval of official travel
-Forthcoming conversation with Shultz
	-Peterson’s forthcoming trip
-Haldeman's previous conversation with Shultz

The President's schedule
-Washington Redskins practice session
	-Timing
-George E. Allen
-Forthcoming meeting with Rogers C. B. Morton
-Redskins practice session
-Press coverage
	-William L. Safire

The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:56 am.

[Conversation No. 623-6B]

[See Conversation No. 15-113]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-Redskins practice session
-Press coverage
	-Television coverage
	-Wire service
	-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
	-Press photographers
	-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Timing
-Military aide

The President talked with Chalmers P. Wylie between 11:56 am and 11:58 am.

[Conversation No. 623-6C]

[See Conversation No. 15-114]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-Washington Redskins practice session

White House staff
-Foreign travel
-Donald H. Rumsfeld, John D. Ehrlichman, Shultz, Robert H. Finch and Herbert G. Klein
-Paul W. McCracken
-Attendance at conference
-Peter G. Peterson
	-Forthcoming trip to Europe
-Sally Peterson
-Rules
-Peter Peterson
-The President's previous conversation with Connally
-Previous conversation with Kissinger
-Shultz's previous conversation with Sally Peterson

The President's schedule
-William P. Rogers's forthcoming dinner for Clifford M. and Mrs. Hardin, 11/23
-Finch
-Schedule
-Latin American trip
-Kissinger

Connally
-Compared with David M. Kennedy
-Performance in office
-The President's meeting with Connally and Shultz

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
	-Possible veto
-Check-off provision for financing political campaigns
-Constitutionality
	-Parochial schools
	-Ku Klux Klan
-Provisions for financing political campaigns

Public relations
	-George Meany
	-White House response
		-Connally
			-Compared with rest of Cabinet

The President's schedule
-Redskins practice session
	-Timing
-Press coverage
-Ziegler
-Previous conversation with Haldeman
	-Informing the press
		-Example of President’s previous trip to Key Biscayne
		-Travel plans
			-California
			-Chicago
			-Football game
			-Congress's schedule
-Redskins practice session

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-Allen
-Advance notice of the President's plans
-Press

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The President and Haldeman left at 12:20 pm.

Conversation No. 623-7

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:34 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Rose Mary Woods met with an unknown person.

Thanks

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.

The President entered at an unknown time after 12:20 pm.

Woods's schedule
	-California

Mrs. Herbert E. [Betty (Koplow)] Kaplow

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-7A]

[See Conversation No. 15-115]

[End of telephone conversation]

Mrs. Kaplow

Letter from chairman of Bausch & Lomb
-Picture of President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon in San Clemente

[Unintelligible name]

Letter from Arthur F. Burns
-Letter from Gustave L. Levy
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]

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Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:20 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.

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	The President’s schedule
-December 18 and 19, 1971
-Forthcoming trip to New York

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The President talked with Mrs. Kaplow between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-7B]

[See Conversation No. 15-116]

Woods left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm.

[End of telephone conversation]

Conversation No. 623-8

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:34 pm and 1:13 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President dictated a memorandum.

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Conversation No. 623-9

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown after 1:13 pm until 1:18 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield.

The President's schedule
-Washington Redskins practice session
-Call to unknown person

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:18 pm.

-Signature
-[Unintelligible man's name]

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:13 pm.

Request for instructions

Butterfield and Sanchez left at 1:18 pm.

Conversation No. 623-10

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Redskins practice session
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's schedule

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-Schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:25 pm.

Conversation No. 623-11

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm
Location:  Oval Office

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

The President's schedule
-Washington Redskins practice session
-Haldeman's presence

Conversation No. 623-12

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm
Location:  Oval Office

An unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.

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Conversation No. 623-13

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm
Location:  Oval Office

An unknown man [Secret Service agency] talked with an unknown person.

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Conversation No. 623-14

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Unknown men met.

[Unintelligible]

The unknown men left at an unknown time before 3:07 pm.

Conversation No. 623-15

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm
Location:  Oval Office

An unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.

The President’s location

Conversation No. 623-16

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  3:07 pm - 3:09 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Robert H. Taylor.

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming trip on Air Force One
	-Travel of Taylor's wife and daughter on Air Force One
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
	-Seating arrangements

Taylor left at 3:09 pm.

Conversation No. 623-17

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
-Press attendance
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.

Conversation No. 623-18

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Rogers C. B. Morton

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.

Conversation No. 623-19

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  3:10 pm - 4:33 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Rogers C. B. Morton, John D. Ehrlichman and John C. Whitaker; the White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Arrangements for photograph

[Unintelligible]

Cypress Swamp in Florida
-Government purchase of rights
-Announcement

The Nation
	-The President
		-Morton’s view
-Economy
-Vietnam
-Casualties
-Spirit
	-The President’s view
	-Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy

Morton's previous trip in the west
-Publicity
-Interest groups
	-State officials
	-Resource groups
	-Conservationists
	-Mining groups
	-Timber groups

	-Oil groups
	-Weyerhaeuser Corporation

An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 3:10 pm.

The President's schedule
-Francis W. Sargent
-Delay in meeting

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 3:57 pm.

Morton's previous trip in the west
-Itinerary
	-States
-Water development
-Grazing fees
-Employment
-Environment and pollution concerns
-Geographical areas of concern
		-Youth
		-Morton’s view
-Water development
-Projects
-Central Utah
-Central Arizona
-Central Valley in California
-Garrison Diversion in North Dakota
-Oahe Project in South Dakota
-Indian water
-Funding
-Kennedy and Johnson
-Future
-Western interests
	-Projects
		-Prioritization
			-Indian water
	-Politics
		-Congress
		-Alan Bible
-Future programs
-Sewage systems
-Politics
	-The President’s view
		-Edmund S. Muskie
			-Water pollution
		-Need for important programs
			-Appropriations
	-Funding backlog
	-Corps of Engineers
	-Department of the Interior
	-Priorities
		-Phoenix
		-Central Valley
		-Utah
		-Garrison
		-Oahe
		-Washington
		-Utah

Indians
-Militants
	-Morton’s view
-Appropriations
	-Department of the Interior
		-Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]
-Elliot L. Richardson
-The President's football coach
-Department of the Interior
-Staffing
-Louis R. Bruce and Harrison Loesch
-Relationship
	-Morton’s view
-Industrial development
-Roads
-Electricity, running water and telephones
-Development of infrastructure
	-Highway Trust Fund
-The President's program
-Morton's actions
-Political constituency
-Development of plans
	-The President’s view
		-Blue Lake
		-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Department of the Interior
-Legislation
-Bureaucracy
-Bruce
-Morton’s view
-Loesch
-Morton’s view
-Barbara (“Bobbie”) Greene
-BIA
-Possible changes
-Living conditions
	-Modern conveniences
	-Use of appropriations
	-Development of infrastructure
-Militants

US territories
-1967 legislation regarding governments of Virgin Islands and Guam
-Johnson
-Comptroller
	-Secretary of the Interior
		-Morton’s experience with the territories
-Virgin Islands and Guam
-Morton's discussions
-State Department
-Need for cooperation among federal agencies
	-Corruption
	-Virgin Islands
-Samoa
-Governor
-Micronesia
-Stewart Udall
-Development of self-government
-Walter J. Hickel's speech in Saipan
-US commitments
-Micronesian reaction
	-Henry A. Kissinger
	-Franklin Haydn Williams
-Loyalty
-Morton's forthcoming trip
	-Goals of trip
	-Appropriations
	-The President’s view
	-Kissinger
	-State Department
		-US policy
		-Okinawa
	-Hickel
-Peace Corps
-Teachers
-Communists
-Office of the Territories
-Elizabeth P. Farrington
-Reorganization
-Micronesia
-Hickel
	-Local control of the government
-High Commissioner
-Edward E. Johnston
	-Morton’s view
	-Hiram L. Fong
	-Johnston’s tenure in office
	-Hawaii
		-Morton’s view
		-Fong
		-Johnston
			-The President’s view
			-Morton’s view
-Hickel
	-Allocation of funds
		-Micronesian Congress
-Continental Airlines
-Dealings with Interior Department
	-Morton’s view
-Pan American Airways
-Najeeb E. Halaby
				-The President’s view
	-Japanese
-Morton's forthcoming trip
-Kissinger
	-Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.
-Travel budget
-Hickel
-Itinerary
-Governor of Samoa
-The President’s view

Travel by Administration officials
-William P. Rogers

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:10 pm.

Sargent

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:57 pm.

Environment
	-Importance
	-Pollution
	-Economic stimuli
		-Construction of new plants and hardware
	-Great Lakes
		-Importance of issue
	-Morton's previous meeting with Russell E. Train
		-Credit for the President
	-Letters to William D. Ruckelshaus
		-Lack of interest in environmental issues
	-Possible speech by the President
		-Compared to previous speeches on issues
			-Cambodia
			-Economy
	-National Association of Manufacturers [NAM]
	-Public relations
		-Appeal to women
		-Appeal to youth
		-Muskie's bill
		-State of the Union speech
		-The President's accomplishments
	-Ehrlichman
	-Train, Ruckelhaus, Morton, and the Department of Commerce
	-Ruckelshaus
	-Criticism by Morton and Maurice H. Stans
	-Development of policy
	-Possible legislation
	-Muskie and Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
	-1972 campaign
		-Administration's record
			-Environment compared to economy and Vietnam
	-Need for emphasis
	-Morton's previous meeting with William Berry [?]
	-Water pollution
	-Administration policy
		-Proposed meeting of Ehrlichman, Train, Morton, and Ruckelhaus
	-Stans

Bull and an unknown man [White House photographer?] entered at an unknown time after 3:10 pm.

-Unknown man

Sargent entered at 3:57 pm.

Big Cypress Swamp

Photograph opportunity
-Morton

Bull and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:58 pm.

Colson's note

Morton's schedule
-Press

Morton and Whitaker left at 3:58 pm.

James W. McLane
-Colson
-Richardson

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	US foreign policy
		-Vietnam
		-President’s forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]

Economy
	-Massachusetts
-California
-The President’s view
	-California compared to Massachusetts

Sargent
-Relations with White House
-Ehrlichman

Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Views regarding Earl L. Butz

Welfare
-House Resolution [HR] 1
	-Sargent's conversation with Richardson
-Abraham A. Ribicoff Amendment
	-Support
-HEW
	-Richardson
	-Performance
	-Ribicoff's view
	-The President’s view
		-Compared to Robert H. Finch
-HR 1
	-The Administration’s position
-Ribicoff Amendment
-Budget
-Republican Governors Conference in Puerto Rico
-Russell B. Long

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Campaign financing provisions

Welfare
	-Proposed statement by Sargent
	-Richard B. Ogilvie
	-Welfare reform
	-Revenue-sharing

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:58 pm.

Refreshment

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.

Welfare
-HR 1
-Charles H. Percy Amendment
-Long

Revenue-sharing
-Wilbur D. Mills's program

States' problems
-New York City
-Rockefeller and Ronald W. Reagan
-Massachusetts taxes
-Sargent’s view
	-Welfare
	-Social Security
	-Education
	-Property tax
-Education
-Administration action
-Possible tax reform
	-Property tax
		-Massachusetts
	-States’ role in funding education
-Revenue-sharing

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:58 pm.

-Congress
-Mills

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.

-HR 1
-Revenue sharing
	-Public opinion

Sargent's letter to the President
-Quincy Shipyard closing
	-Employment
-Ehrlichman's handling

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Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:58 pm.

Mississippi
-William L. Waller
-John Bell Williams
-Defeat of [James] Charles Evers
-John C. Stennis

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.

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Presentation of gifts by the President

David [Surname unknown]

Sargent's concerns
-White House actions

Sargent and Ehrlichman left at 4:33 pm.

Conversation No. 623-20

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  4:33 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-William L. Waller
-James O. Eastland

Bull left at 4:33 pm.

Conversation No. 623-21

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  4:33 pm - 4:35 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Alexander P. Butterfield met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 4:34 pm.

-James O. Eastland

The President entered at 4:34 pm.

-William L. Waller

Butterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 4:35 pm.

-Travel
-Informing the press
-Gerald L. Warren
-Ziegler's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Football game
-Senate action
-Ziegler's forthcoming press briefing
-Weather

Ziegler left at 4:35 pm.

Conversation No. 623-22

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  4:36 pm - 4:56 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with William L. Waller, James O. Eastland and John N. Mitchell.

Introductions

John C. Stennis

The President's schedule

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

[Unintelligible]

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

Waller's campaign
-Eastland's efforts

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

Refreshments

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	Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

Gulfport, Mississippi
-Development of tourist and convention facilities

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

Request for five copies

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

Gulfport
-Development of tourist and convention facilities
-Federal assistance
-Mitchell's possible actions
-John D. Ehrlichman
				-The President’s view

Eastland
-Waller and George C. Wallace

Gulfport
-Development of facilities
-Federal aid
-Mitchell
-Types of facilities
	-Convention center
	-Outdoor recreation areas
	-Education centers
		-Location
-New Orleans
-Mobile
-The President's previous visit

The President's programs
-Support of Mississippi Senators
	-National security
		-Vietnam
		-National defense
		-Anti-ballistic missiles [ABMs]
			-Soviet Union
-Stennis
-Compared with Richard B. Russell
	-Eastland

Supreme Court appointments
-William O. Douglas
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Editorials in Washington Post and New York Times
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Experience in government
-Editorials
-Roosevelt
-William H. Rehnquist
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Compared with Douglas
-Powell
-Rehnquist
	-The President’s view
-Hugo L. Black
-The President's nominees
-Confirmation
-Hugh Scott
-Eastland's previous conversation with Charles McC. Mathias
-Jacob K. Javits
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.
-“60 Minutes” news program
	-Mike Wallace's comments
-Warren E. Burger
-Use of television

Television
-Use in courtrooms
-Effect

Mississippi
-Senators
-The President's previous visit
-Ross R. Barnett
-The President's speech in Capitol
-Wallace's prospects in 1972

Waller
-Background and experience

Presentation of gifts by the President

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

Envelope

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

The President's offices
-Executive Office Building [EOB]

Oval Office furnishings
-Presidential seal
-Flags

Lyndon B. Johnson
-Accession to presidency

Eastland's conversation with unknown man

John N. Mitchell's schedule

Waller, et al., left at 4:56 pm.

Conversation No. 623-23

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  4:56 pm - 4:57 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Rogers
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Bull left at 4:57 pm.

Conversation No. 623-24

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  4:57 pm - 6:07 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and John N. Mitchell.

Mitchell's schedule

William L. Waller
-James O. Eastland's comments regarding gubernatorial primary run-off
-Opponent, Charles L. Sullivan

William H. Rehnquist

The President's schedule
-Mitchell

Mitchell left at 4:59 pm.

Kissinger's schedule
-People's Republic of China [PRC] officials

The President talked with an unknown person [Sally Inge?] at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:15 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24A]

The President's meeting with Kissinger

Unknown person's forthcoming conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Handling of press briefing

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-Return call to someone

Kissinger's schedule
-PRC

	India-Pakistan
-Kissinger’s previous meeting with George R.S. Baring, Earl of Cromer
-Rhodesia
-India

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-Refugees
-Humanitarian relief
-Political settlement
-United Nations [UN]
	-Great Britain
-State Department
-US policy
	-PRC
	-Soviet Union-India
-William P. Rogers’s view
	-United Nations
	-Possible US policy
-The President's schedule
-Rogers and Kissinger
-California

International monetary situation
-John B. Connally's views
-Kissinger's previous conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-George P. Shultz

The President's schedule
-Announcement of visit by Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Rogers
-Haldeman
-Forthcoming call from Kissinger
-Francis W. Sargent and Waller
-Joseph J. Sisco

Kissinger's schedule
-PRC official
-Rogers's knowledge

The President's schedule
-Rogers
-Forthcoming call from Kissinger

India-Pakistan
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with PRC official
-The President's previous conversation with Sadruddin Aga Khan
-Possible UN resolution
-Kissinger’s conversation with Chou En-lai
	-US economic aid
-US policy
	-US economic aid
	-The President's previous conversations with Indira Gandhi
	-Rogers's conversation with Gandhi
	-Kissinger’s conversation with Indian ambassador

Kissinger's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with PRC official
	-Vietnam
-Pham Van Dong’s visit to PRC

India-Pakistan
-US policy
	-PRC
	-India
-State Department's views
-Forthcoming Washington special Action Group [WSAG] meeting
-The President's previous conversations with Gandhi
-PRC’s views
-US policy
-PRC possible views
-State Department's views
	-Rogers's views
	-Military assistance

Foreign visits and visitors
	-The President's schedule
-The President's conversation with Haldeman
	-Latin America
	-France
	-Germany
		-Forthcoming US-Soviet Union Summit
	-Japan
	-Australia
	-Eisaku Sato
		-San Clemente
		-Kissinger's schedule
				-Possible travel
			-PRC
				-Pham Van Dong's visit

	PRC
		-Policy
			-The President’s view
-Soviet Union
-The President's forthcoming visits to the Soviet Union and the PRC
-Chou’s statements
	-Kissinger’s responses

The President's schedule
	-Previous meetings with Sargent and Waller
-Kissinger’s forthcoming conversation with Rogers
-Proposed Latin American trip
	-The President’s view
	-Salvador Allende Gossens
-Juan Velasco Alvarado
-Jose Figueres Ferrer
-Rogers's schedule
	-Foreign ministers
		-The President's schedule
			-Kissinger’s view
				-Proposed speech by the President

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Rogers and Kissinger

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 5:15 pm.

Henry A. Grunwald's letter to the President
	-Time magazine
	-"Man of the Year" award

The President's schedule
-Rogers
-Kissinger's forthcoming call

Kissinger left at an unknown time before 5:33 pm.

-Foreign visits and visitors
	-Kissinger’s view
	-Proposed trip to Asia
	-Proposed visit from Sato
		-San Clemente, California
	-Proposed Latin America trip
-Rogers's views
-Forthcoming meeting with Rogers
-Possible Latin American trip
	-Rogers
	-The Vice President

Rogers's schedule
-Foreign visit
	-Proposed travel with other Cabinet members
	-George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
	-Robert H. Finch's schedule
-Haldeman
-The President

The President's schedule
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Forthcoming call from Haldeman
-Time magazine interview
-Hedley W. Donovan, Hugh S. Sidey and Grunwald
-Publication

Time magazine
	-"Man of the Year" award
	-Effect
	-Lyndon B. Johnson
	-John F. Kennedy

Public relations
-The President's previous visit to Washington Redskins practice session
-The President's previous conversation with Ziegler
		-Ziegler's briefings
		-The President’s view
		-The President's previous conversation with Sally Inge
		-Richard A. Moore
-Unknown black reporter from Washington Star
	-Relationship with Ziegler
	-Interview with the President
-Descriptive details from visit
	-George E. Allen

The President's schedule
-The President's conversation with Ziegler
	-The President’s forthcoming travel
		-Notice to press
			-Potential schedule changes
				-Florida
				-California
					-Senate's schedule
					-Football game
					Time

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:15 pm.

Ziegler's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:33 pm.

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:33 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24B]

[See Conversation No. 15-117]

[End of telephone conversation]

Wire story
	-Disloyalty

Norman Van Brocklin
-The President’s view
-Philadelphia Eagles
-National Football League [NFL] Hall of Fame

Ziegler entered at 5:33 pm.

The President's schedule
	-Forthcoming trip to California
	-Notice to press
	-Senate's schedule
	-Carroll Kilpatrick and Mary O'Dobbins
	-Previous conversation with Ziegler
	-Compared to Johnson Administration
	-John F. Kennedy
	-Timing
	-Press's families
	-Possible time for return
	-Compared to Johnson Administration
	-Ziegler’s view
-Forthcoming meeting with Shultz

Peter G. Petersons' schedule
-Foreign travel
	-The President’s view

The President's schedule
-Previous visit to Redskins practice session
-Black reporter from Washington Star
-Previous meeting with Ziegler
-Possible story
-[Unintelligible name]
	-Possible interview with the President
		-Sports Illustrated

Shultz

Peterson

Ziegler left at 5:37 pm.

The President's schedule
-Foreign visits and visitors
-Kissinger's view
-Possible trip to Latin America
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Budget

Camp David
-Renovation of Laurel Cabin
-Architect

Shultz entered at 5:38 pm.

-Completion date
-Facilities
-Old Cabinet table

Foreign travel
	-Peter G. Peterson's schedule

Haldeman left at 5:42 pm.

	-White House staff
-Cabinet
-The President's conversation with Connally
	-Patrick J. Buchanan
	-Kissinger
	-Shultz
	-Arthur F. Burns
	-Peterson
-Peterson
	-The President's conversation with Kissinger
	-The President’s view
	-Shultz’s view

Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]

The President's schedule
	-Forthcoming meetings
	-Shultz, Connally and Ehrlichman
		-Budget
	-Shultz, Kissinger, Connally and Burns

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 5:44 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24C]

[See Conversation No. 15-118]

[End of telephone conversation]

CEA
-Shultz's conversations
-Connally and Ehrlichman
-Milton Friedman
-Possible role in administration
-Friedman's view

The President talked with Connally between 5:44 pm and 5:47 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24D]

[See Conversation No. 15-119]

[End of telephone conversation]

Connally's schedule
-Burns
-Money supply

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Burns
-Shultz and Kissinger
-Connally

International monetary situation
-Shultz's previous meeting with Connally and Kissinger
-The President's schedule
	-Forthcoming meeting with Pompidou
		-Forthcoming Group of Ten meeting
-Paul A. Volcker
-Burns
-Import Surcharge
-Connally
	-Trade negotiations
	-Agriculture
-Price of gold
-France

CEA
-Herbert Stein
	-Shultz’s views
-Connally's views
-Friedman's views
-Jews
-Kissinger, Stein, and Burns
-Stein
-Schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Shultz
		-Views of Paul W. McCracken
	-Connally's views
	-Role
	-Burns
		-Money supply
-Price theory

National economy
-The President's program
	-Wage and price controls
	-Friedman's views

CEA
-Shultz's forthcoming conversation with Stein
-Shultz's conversation with Connally
-Stein
-Jews

Stein
-Forthcoming call from Shultz
-The President's schedule
-Timing of announcement
-Leaks

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:47 pm and 5:58 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24E]

[See Conversation No. 15-120]

[End of telephone conversation]

Stein
	-Leaks
-Health

The President talked with Connally between 5:58 pm and 5:59 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24F]

[See Conversation No. 15-121]

[End of telephone conversation]

Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:59 pm.

The President's schedule
-Stein

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:02 pm.

CEA
-McCracken's resignation
-Stein's knowledge

The President's schedule
-Stein
-Shultz
-Schedule

Shultz’s forthcoming travel
-Ride with the President
	-Andrews Air Force Base
-Farm
	-Golf
	-Williamstown, Massachusetts
	-Williams College

Massachusetts
-The President’s view
-Kennedys
-Leverett Saltonstall and Henry Cabot Lodge
-Sargent
-Political alignment

George Meany
-I[lworth] W[ilbur] Abel
-Conversation with Labor Department General Counsel
-Pay Board

Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:59 pm.

Stein's location
-Secretary

The President's schedule
-Stein
-Connally

Bull left at 6:02 pm.

The President talked with Van Brocklin between 6:02 pm and 6:05 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24G]

[See Conversation No. 15-122]

[End of telephone conversation]

Stein's schedule
-Speech in Wilmington, Delaware
-The President
-CEA

CEA
-Stein
-Timing of Ziegler's announcement

Shultz left at 6:07 pm.

Conversation No. 623-25

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-Charles W. Colson

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:08 pm.

Conversation No. 623-26

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person [Alexander P. Butterfield?].

Delivery of something

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:08 pm.

Conversation No. 623-27

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 15-123]

Conversation No. 623-28

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:08 pm.

Conversation No. 623-29

Date:  November 23, 1971
Time:  6:08 pm - unknown before 6:10 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Ziegler's forthcoming statement
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations
-Vietnam War
-Senate action

Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Herbert Stein
-Paul W. McCracken's resignation

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 6:10 pm.