Conversation No. 101-1

Date:  May 8, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:07 pm and 11:59 pm
Location:  Cabinet Room

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met with William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Herbert Stein, Caspar W. (ACap@) Weinberger, and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
[Recording begins while the news broadcast is in progress]

[Conversation No. 101-1A]

	Viewing of television news broadcast
		-John W. Chancellor
		-Vietnam War

[End of television viewing]

The President entered at 9:28 pm

	Applause

	Vietnam
		-The President=s May 8, 1972 speech
		-Cabinet
			-The President=s appreciation for meeting
			-Discussion
				-Advance text
			-Rogers and Melvin R. Laird
			-The Vice President
			-Connally
		-Blockade
			-Cabinet
				-Speeches

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	Vietnam

[To listen to the segment (19m2s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-595.]

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The President left at 9:44 pm

	[General conversation/Unintelligible]

The Vice President, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm

Conversation No. 101-4

Date:  Unknown between May 8 and May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:44 pm, May 8 and 11:03 am, May 16, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Assistant to the President
		-Counsel to the President
		-Use
		-The President=s chair
		-The Vice President=s chair
		-Chairs
			-Nameplates
			-Departments
			-Seating order
		-Portraits
			-Dwight D. Eisenhower, [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, and Theodore (ATeddy@) Roosevelt
				-Party Affiliations
		-Use
		-The President=s chair
		-Seating
			-The Vice President
			-Arrangements
			-Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman
		-The President=s chair
			-Described
		-Portraits
			-The President=s choices
				-Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Wilson
				-Installation
		-Table
			-Donor
			-Described
		-Photographs

The tour group left at an unknown time before 11:03 am, May 16, 1972

Conversation No. 101-6

Date:  Unknown between May 8 and May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:44 pm, May 8 and 11:03 am, May 16, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Meetings of Cabinet and Congressional leadership
			-Frequency
		-Chairs
			-Size

The tour group left at an unknown time before 11:03 am, May 16, 1972

Conversation No. 101-8

Date:  Unknown between May 8 and May 16, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 9:44 pm, May 8 and 11:03 am, May 16, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Chairs
			-Nameplates
			-Dates
			-Arrangement of seats
			-The President=s chair
			-Disposition
		-Rugs
		-Cleanliness
		-Flowers
			-White House florist

	[Unintelligible]

The tour group left at an unknown time before 11:03 am, May 16, 1972

Conversation No. 101-9

Date:  May 16, 1972
Time:  11:03 am - unknown before 11:59 pm
Location:  Cabinet Room

The President met with John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, [David] Kenneth Rush, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Peter G. Peterson, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush,  H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, Frederic V. Malek, Robert J. Brown, Caspar W. (ACap@) Weinberger, Ezra Solomon, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.

	[General conversation/Unintelligible]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Privacy]
[Duration:  1m 52s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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	Secret Service protection
		-Connally
		-Edward M. (ATed@) Kennedy
		-Airplane hijacking
		-Other candidates

	George C. Wallace
		-Number of agents
		-Vulnerability

	Secret Service agent
		-Wounds
		-Hazards of duty

	Wallace
		-Location
			-Hospital
			-Alabama
			-The President=s offer
				-Walter Reed Hospital
				-Unknown Alabama hospital
		-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
			-Secret Service
			-Assailant
				-Political affiliations
					-Young Democrats of Wisconsin
					-Black Panthers
					-Wallace
				-University of Wisconsin

	Cabinet
		-Changes
			-Announcement
				-Timing
			-Connally
				-Date of nomination
				-Duration of appointment
				-International monetary situation
				-The President=s economic program
					-Status
					-Extension
				-Reasons for leaving
				-Achievements
					-The President=s economic policy
						-Inflation

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	International economy

[To listen to the segment (1m4s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-595.]

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					-Role in administration
						-National security
							-Advice to the President
				-Departure
					-Timing
						-Soviet summit
				-New assignments
					-Announcement

	Shultz
		-Beliefs

	Weinberger
		-Beliefs

	Announcement

	Shultz and Weinberger
		-Remarks

	Connally
		-Remarks to Cabinet
		-Remarks by Cabinet
		-Work with the President
			-New assignments
		-Circumstances of appointment
		-Departure
			-The President=s leadership
				-Assessed
				-Vietnam policies
				-Assessed
				-Public opinion
		-Work as Secretary of Treasury
			-Appointment
			-Duration
				-Original terms
		-Speculation of future
		-Work with the President
			-Described
			-Support for the President
				-The President=s achievements
		-Future plans
			-Return to Texas
			-Rest
			-Assignments for the President
			-Political plans
			-Texas politics
		-Decision
			-Wallace
			-Consultation with the President
				-Date
		-Future plans

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration:  37s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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		-Departure
		-Relations
			-Cabinet
				-Volpe
				-Romney
				-Volpe [?]
			-President and Patricia R. (APat@) Nixon
				-Nellie Connally
		-Successor
			-Shultz
		-Remarks
			-Romney
			-Volpe
		-Ceremony with chair
		-Achievements
			-As governor
				-National Governors= Conference
		-Future work
		-Work as governor
		-Appointment
		-Achievements
		-Announcement to press

	Shultz

The President and Connally left at 11:30 am

	[General conversation/Unintelligible]

Irwin, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm

Conversation No. 101-10

Date:  May 19, 1972
Time:  4:13 pm - unknown before 11:59 pm
Location:  Cabinet Room

The President met with Clinton P. Anderson, Robert P. Griffin, Robert C. Byrd, Norris Cotton, J. William Fulbright, Warren G. (AMaggie@) Magnuson, Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield, John C. Stennis, John G. Tower, Milton R. Young, Page Belcher, Gerald R. Ford, Craig Hosmer, George H. Mahon, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, John A. Scali, William P. Rogers, and Helmut (AHal@) Sonnenfeldt; the White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting

	Greetings

	Photographs
		-Arrangements
		-Byrd
		-Fulbright
		-Oliver F. (AOllie@) Atkins

	Helen A. Thomas
		-Trip to Moscow

	Margaret Chase Smith
		-Absence

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	Soviet summit

[To listen to the segment (43m47s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-595, E-596.]

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	Soviet Union
		-Soviet agriculture
			-Weather
			-Most Favored Nation [MFN] status
				-Bill in Senate
					-Content
					-Passage prospects
		-Negotiations
			-People=s Republic of China negotiations
				-Consequences
		-Trade
			-Credits
			-World War II debts
				-Lend-lease
			-MFN status
				-Content
				-Passage in Senate
				-East European nations
					-Poland
					-Romania
					-Bulgaria
					-Hungary
				-Congressional sentiment

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	Soviet summit

The President left at 5:23 pm

[To listen to the segment (20m30s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-596.]

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	[General conversation/Unintelligible]

Flanigan, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm

Conversation No. 101-11

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  12m 46s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Conversation No. 101-12

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A cleaning crew met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  10m 19s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The cleaning crew left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 101-13

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  15m 3s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 101-14

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Unknown people [workmen] met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  43m 29s  ]

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 5:23 pm, May 19, 1972

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Conversation No. 101-15

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  1m 53s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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	Briefing for the President [?]
		-Length

	Thomas C. Korologos
		-Previous day=s actions

	Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
		-Legal services
			-The President=s veto
		-Continuing resolution
		-The President=s veto
			-Significance
		-Wesley L. Hjornevik
			-Position
		-Harold Testlack [?]
			-Position
		-Hjornevik
			-New position
		-Phillip V. Sanchez
			-New assistant
				-Howard J. Phillips
			-Assignment
				-Reasons
		-National Advisory Council
			-Appointment of Fred Spiegel [?]
			-Call from the Vice President
				-Sanchez
		-Public relations plans
			-Polls
				-Times
				-Albert E. Sindlinger
				-Follow-up
		-Meeting with Richard K. Cook [?]
			-Preparation
			-Scheduling
		-Public relations plans
			-Memo
			-Deadline
				-The President=s return from Soviet Union trip

	Arthur S. Flemming

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Privacy]
[Duration:  35s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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	Camp David
		-The President=s return

	James V. Smith

	Rural development
		-The President=s position
		-Caspar W. (ACap@) Weinberger
		-Frank C. Carlucci
		-J. Philip Campbell

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration:  56s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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	Cancer
		-Colon
			-Meat eaters
			-Action
				-Dr. Merlin K. DuVal
				-Call to Earl L. Butz
				-National Institutes of Health [NIH]
		-Smoking
		-Coca-Cola
		-Food and Drug Administration [FDA]
			-Report
				-Source
				-Cancer
				-Cyclamates
				-Congressional bills
				-Disposition by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
				-Publicity

	Busing
		-Report in newspaper
			-Administration position
			-James S. Coleman report
				-Position

	Domestic Council meeting
		-Purpose
			-Briefing for Cabinet
				-The President=s trip to Soviet Union
					-Domestic implications
		-Time and date
		-The Vice President
		-Significance
		-Time and date

	Soviet summit
		-Environment
			-Briefing
				-John D. Ehrlichman

	Camp David trip
		-Departure time
		-Mode of travel
		-Attendees
			-Number
			-Samuel M. Cohn
			-Weinberger
			-Cohn
			-[Forename unknown] Hartford

	Public relations issue

	[Unintelligible]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Privacy]
[Duration:  1m 37s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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	Unknown person=s schedule

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Conversation No. 101-16

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Seating
			-The President
			-The Vice President
		-Chairs
			-Nameplates
			-Disposition
		-Table
			-Shape
		-Portraits
		-Use

The tour group left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 101-18

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  5m 55s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 101-19

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Chairs
			-The President
			-The Vice President
			-Disposition

The tour group left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 101-20

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Pewter plates
		-The President=s and the Vice President=s chairs
		-Use
			-Bill-signing ceremonies
			-Meetings
		-Seating
			-Order
				-The President
				-Secretary of Defense
				-Secretary of State
				-The Vice President
				-Secretary of the Treasury
				-Attorney General
				-Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
				-Secretary of Transportation
		-Table
			-Donor
		-Pewter plates and ashtray

	[Unintelligible]

	Doors

The tour group left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 101-21

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Chairs
		-Seating arrangements
			-Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
			-Secretary of Agriculture
		-Reproductions of Originals

The tour group left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 101-22

Date:  Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met

	Cabinet Room
		-Functions
		-Seating arrangements
			-Plaques
			-Chairs
				-Counselor to the President
				-Secretary of the Treasury
				-John B. Connally
					-Previous ceremony
				-Secretary of Commerce
				-Cost
		-The President=s chair
			-The President=s phone
		-Portraits

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972