Date: August 17, 1972
Time: 3:06 pm - 3:21 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The Camp David operator talked with the President.
Call from Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 203-22]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] interview with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Marya McLaughlin
-Ziegler’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Transcript
-Ziegler’s review
-Use of edited sections
-Future use
-Ziegler's view of questions
-Ziegler's view of Mrs. Nixon's performance
-Mrs. Nixon’s demeanor
-Objective of questions
-Hanoi trips by celebrities
-Mrs. Nixon's rebuttal
-Impact of war on South Vietnam
-The President's instructions
-McLaughlin
-Barbara Walters
-Virginia Sherwood
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-McLaughlin
-Republican National Convention
-Contact with the President’s family
-Timothy G. Elbourne
-Press relations
-The President’s family
-Advisability
-White House
-Overall impact
Vietnam
-Actions by George S. McGovern representatives
-Comparison to 1968 election
-Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-George Logan Act violation
-Press reaction
-Future responses by the Administration
-Rejection of briefings by McGovern
-Benefit to McGovern
-Pierre E.G. Salinger’s trip to Paris
-Statements by McGovern
-Youngstown, Ohio
-Retraction
Marvin L. Kalb’s possible interview with Henry A. Kissinger
-CBS
-Other possible Kissinger interviews
-Kissinger’s schedule
Salinger visit to Paris
-W. Ramsey Clark
-Future use by administration
-Press reaction
-Questions to McGovern
-Wire service reports
-McGovern justification of Salinger trip
-Compared to trips by Kissinger
-Questions to Ziegler
-Negotiations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Use of war as issue
-Ziegler's possible answers to questions
-Haldeman
-Ziegler’s recent press conference
-Requirements of foreign policy
CBS interview of Mrs. Nixon
-McLaughlin
-Forthcoming call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower by Ziegler