Conversation No. 102-1

Date:  Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met with Robert J. McCloskey, Charles N. Brower, Reggie Thompson, Joseph Hancock, Ralph T. Smith, William L. Gifford, Charles D. Ablard, Thomas C. Korologos, Fred F. Fielding, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, and unknown men
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

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	Arms limitation agreement

[To listen to the segment (2m37s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-597.]

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	Arms Limitation Amendment
		-Proposed events if agreement reached
			-Press briefing in Moscow
				-Henry A. Kissinger
			-Public stance
		-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] briefings schedule
			-Coordination of public statements
				-White House participation
			-[Forename unintelligible] Jenkins
				-National Security Council [NSC]
				-Public affairs
		-Questions
			-Use of background information
			-Press corps
			-Rationale paper
				-Two types
				-Moscow
				-Changes
			-Packet to be prepared of Moscow briefing
				-Strengths of weapons
			-United States Information Agency [USIA]
			-Voice of America [VOA]
		-Public relations efforts
			-Melvin R. Laird=s plans
			-Television talk show
				-Schlesinger
			-John N. Irwin, II
				-AToday@ show
			-Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
				-Morning news on Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
			-Interviews
			-Use of Department of Defense [DOD] spokesmen
			-Security

	President=s instructions on briefings
		-Charles W. Colson
		-State Department role
			-Liaison with US embassies
		-Packet of materials
			-Distribution to administration friends
			-DOD
			-State Department
			-Target lists
		-Press briefings
			-Fact sheet
			-Transcript of meeting
		-Future meeting
		-Target lists of supporters
			-White House role
		-Printed material
			-Clearance required
			-Time of future meeting
		-Moscow announcement
			-Congress
				-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency=s [ACDA] role
		-Public relations
			-USIA
			-Press
				-Press release
					-Timing
				-Moscow
				-Text of agreement
					-Timing
			-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
			-Colson=s group
		-Congress
			-Ground rules
			-Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield
			-Hugh Scott
			-John C. Stennis
			-Margaret Chase Smith
		-Rationale papers
			-Moscow
		-Congressional briefings
			-Mansfield
			-Scott
			-Robert C. Byrd
			-Robert P. Griffin
			-President=s role
			-Instructions from Moscow
		-Public relations
			-Briefs
			-Possible statement by President
			-Ceremony
			-Opposition
				-Henry M. (AScoop@) Jackson
				-Barry M. Goldwater
			-Need for statement by President
				-Peace initiative
			-Television
				-Scheduling
			-Moscow statement
				-Press Corps
					-Statement by President
				-Impact
		-Congress
			-Opposition
		-Public affairs
			-Coordination by Clark MacGregor
			-Need for consistency
			-Rationale papers
		-Meeting schedule
		-Congressional briefings
			-Schedule
			-Telephone calls to key people in leadership
			-Haig=s views
			-Need for supportive Congress
			-Opposition
				-Jackson
				-Goldwater
		-Leaders= influence
			-Mansfield
			-Scott
			-J. William Fulbright
			-Stennis
		-Next meeting
			-Target list for formal coordination
			-Telephone list
		-Support
			-John O. Pastore
			-President=s leadership meeting
				-June 1st
			-Suggestions for Kissinger
		-Final text of agreement
		-Antiballistic Missile [ABM] Treaty
			-Resolution of support needed
			-House leadership
		-Executive agreement
			-Need for joint resolution
		-ABM Treaty
			-House resolution
				-Precedents
				-Senate resolution

Recording ends at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972, while the conversation is in progress

Conversation No. 102-2

Date:  Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

A tour group met
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

	Cabinet Room
		-Uses
		-Art work
		-Use of Projection Room
		-Fire alarm system
			-Effectiveness
		-Architecture
		-Lights
			-Electricians= duties
		-Crystal
			-Cleaning
				-Effort
		-Art Work
			-Bolshoi Ballet School
			-Bolshoi Theater

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

Conversation No. 102-3

Date:  Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Secret Service agents entered

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  2m 18s  ]

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The Secret Service agents left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Conversation No. 102-4

Date:  Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Unknown people entered

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  7m 47s  ]

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. 102-5

Date:  Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. met with unknown people

	[Unintelligible]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration:  47s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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	National economy
		-Memorandum
			-Contents
		-Black employment
			-Robert J. Brown
		-Small Business Administration [SBA]
			-Programs

	Tax Reform Act of 1969
		-Charles W. Colson=s office
		-Information
		-Ed Cullen [sp?]
			-Analysis of vote
		-Colson
			-Note
		-S. Steven Karalekas
		-Congress
		-Votes
		-Technical aspects
		-Washington Post
			-Leaks
		-W. Richard Howard
		-Karalekas
		-Administration wishes
		-Lou [Surname unknown]
		-Colson

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Privacy]
[Duration:  11s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration:  3m 4s  ]

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	Media
		-Plans
			-Review by John D. Ehrlichman

	A trip
		-Palace
		-Unknown woman
			-Press

	Media
		-Rome
		-Paris
		-United States Information Agency [USIA]
		-Unknown person
		-William D. Ruckelshaus
		-Russell E. Train
		-Rogers C. B. Morton
		-Unknown person
		-George S. McGovern
		-Ruckelshaus
		-Hubert H. Humphrey
		-Supersonic Transport [SST]
		-Paul N. (APete@) McCloskey, Jr.
		-Environmentalists
		-Ruckelshaus
		-John L. Campbell
		-Egil (ABud@) Krogh, Jr.

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

Conversation No. 102-7

Date:  Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location:  Cabinet Room

Unknown people met
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

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

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

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:01 am, May 30, 1972

	Cabinet Room meeting
		-Congressional leaders
		-Chairs
		-Upcoming meeting

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

Conversation No. 102-8/103-1

Date:  June 13, 1972
Time:  Unknown after 8:01 am until 9:39 am
Location:  Cabinet Room

The President met with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, Charls E. Walker, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Gordon L. Allott, Norris Cotton, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, John J. Rhodes, Robert C. (ABob@) Wilson, H. Allen Smith, Samuel L. Devine, Richard H. Poff, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert J. Dole, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Harry S. Dent, Herbert G. Klein, Patrick J. Buchanan, Casper W. (ACap@) Weinberger, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, and Ronald L. Ziegler
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

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	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]

	Vietnam

	US foreign policy

[To listen to the segment (30m6s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-597.]

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	Revenue sharing
		-Democrat leadership
			-Delay of President=s program
				-Reaction of mayors
		-Shultz
		-Walker
		-Carl B. Albert
		-Scott
		-National Association of Counties
		-Governors= association
		-Vice President=s leadership
		-Ways and Means Committee
		-Bill
			-Provisions
				-Comparison with President=s bill
				-Formula changed
				-Money
				-Allocation formula
					-Description
					-Urban impact
						-Political benefits
		-Senate Finance Committee
			-Possible impact on bill
		-Automatic authorization
			-Purpose
			-Distribution formula
			-Amendments
		-Wilbur D. Mills
		-Views
			-Vote estimates
				-Republican successes
			-MacGregor=s office
			-Upcoming meeting
				-Attendees
					-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
					-Thomas P. (ATip@) O=Neill, Jr.
					-Mills
					-Arends
		-Opposition in House
			-George H. Mahon
		-Closed rule
			-H. A. Smith
		-Mills
			-Ways and Means Committee
		-Appropriations Committee
			-Points of order
		-Tax law changes
		-Oil depletion
		-John B. Connally
		-Republican strategy
			-Advanced preparation
			-Payment process
			-Supplemental appropriations
				-House Resolution [HR] 1
			-H. A. Smith
			-Cosponsors
			-Russell B. Long
			-Closed rule
				-Problems
			-Appropriations
			-John W. Byrnes
				-Ways and Means Committee
			-Administration Commitments
			-Opposition
		-Control of budget by Congress
		-Robert C. Byrd
		-Republican views on appropriations
			-Legislative oversight
		-Smith resolution
			-Support
		-Mahon
			-Support for bill
		-Ford=s afternoon meeting
		-Richard G. Kleindienst

	Legislative schedule
		-DC appropriation
		-Military Assistance
		-John O. Pastore
		-John C. Stennis
		-Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield Amendment
			-Strategy
		-Appropriations
			-Timing
		-Military Procurement Bill
			-Authorization
		-Conventions
			-Number of sessions
		-July 4 recess
		-George S. McGovern welfare plan

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration:  8m 21s  ]

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	Legislative schedule
		-David S. Broder column
		-Tax Reform
			-Impact of election
		-Welfare Bill

Recording ends while the conversation is in progress; conversation continues as 103-1