101–9

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. (“Bob”) 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. (“Cap”) Weinberger, Ezra Solomon, and Kenneth R.
Cole, Jr.

[General conversation/Unintelligible]

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Secret Service protection
-Connally
-Edward M. (“Ted”) 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
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-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

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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
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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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-Departure
-Relations
-Cabinet
-Volpe
-Romney
-Volpe [?]
-President and Patricia R. (“Pat”) 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