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Conversation No. 346-8

Date: June 28, 1972
Time: 11:16 am - 1:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

John N. Mitchell
-Conversation with Frederick C. LaRue
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Popular perception

Charles W. Colson entered at 11:18 am.
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John Mitchell
-Martha Mitchell
-George S. McGovern's remark
-Press coverage
-Martha Mitchell’s comments
-Haldeman’s view
-Political divorces
-John V. Tunney, Paul N. (“Pete)” McCloskey, Jr. Robert J.
Dole
-Press coverage
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Colson’s view
-The President’s view


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New establishment
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-Media
-Comparisons
-John W. Chancellor
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-George Putnam
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-Dan Rather
-Columnist supporters

Press relations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Herbert G. Klein
-Kissinger
-Contacts with press
-Haldeman’s efforts
-Chancellor
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Howard K. Smith
-Louie Martin
-Chalmers Roberts
-Kraft
-Rowland Evans
-Contacts with Senators
-Effectiveness
-Colson’s view
-Haldeman’s view

Press
-Coverage of House of Represenatatives vote
-Melvin R. Laird
-Newspapers and networks
-Washington Post article comparing McGovern's policies with Dwight D.
Eisenhower's
-Count officials support of the President
-Wire services


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Washington Post story
-Kissinger and Laird
-House of Representatives votes
-Coverage


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Amnesty
-Abraham Lincoln
-Research
-The President’s instructions
-Kinds of amnesty
-The President’s view
-Chieu Hoy program
-Lincoln’s policies
-Need for public relations effort


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Foreign policy
-Walter H. Judd
-President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Soviet Union
-Global strategy
-The President’s policies


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Former Philippine ambassador Ernesto V. Lagdemeo
-Visit to the US
-Campaign contribution
-Anna C. Chennault
-Lagdemeo
-Henry Kearns
-Feelings for President
-California
-Filipinos
-Note from the President to Lagdemeo
-Colson
-Clark MacGregor


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Colson left at 12:50 pm.

The President's forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s view
-Television
-Texas
-California
-Haldeman’s view

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:50 pm.
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Refreshment

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Questions
-Timing
-Networks
-Audience
-Questions
-Timing
-Local option time
-Coverage
-Number of press conferences
-Frequency
-Questions
-Briefing book
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Watergate break-in
-Martha Mitchell
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Policies
-Watergate break-in

Ziegler entered at 1:00 pm.

Baseball greats list
-Dissemination to Associated Press [AP]
-Jim Konstanty
-Elroy Face
-Unknown player
-Larry Doby
-Reggie Jackson
-Bill White
-Roy White
-New York Yankees
-Conclusion
-President's article
-Timing of release
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-Copy to [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Stars and Stripes
-Wire services
-AP
-United Press International [UPI]
-Sports Illustrated
-Sporting News

President's forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Length

Ziegler left at 1:05 pm.

President's article on baseball greats
-Press coverage
-The President’s instructions
-Ziegler
-Ted Williams

President's schedule
-Trip to California

Social Security legislation
-MacGregor's prediction
-Possible provisions

John Mitchell
-Future role

President's schedule
-Camp David

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:05 pm.

Removal of unidentified items

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.

President's schedule
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-California
-Camp David
-Terry L. Decker

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:05 pm.

Instructions

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.

White House staff
-Decker
-Secretaries
-Skills
-Secretaries for Camp David
-Beverly Kaye
-Patricia B. McKee
-Nellie L. Yates
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Kathy [Surname unknown]
-White House operators

President's schedule
-Colson's suggestions
-Vida Blue
-Possible telephone calls
-President's previous call to Frank L. Rizzo
-Value

White House secretaries


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-Yates's husband
-Rose Mary Woods
-Acker
-Husband
-Unnamed secretary [Sally Inge?]
-Trips
-Comparison with Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Cliques
-Avoidance
-The President’s forthcoming trip to California
-Secretarial assistance
-Reward
-MacGregor's office secretary
-East Wing secretary
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Secretary
-President's activities
-Yates
-Kissinger's office
-Haldeman’s office
-Woods's office
-MacGregor's office
-John D. Ehrlichman's office
-Rewards for top secretaries
-Comparison with Cabinet officers
-McKee
-Movie attendance
-Decker
-Shelley Buchanan
-Assignments
-The President’s view

John N. Mitchell
-Martha Mitchell
-Watergate break-in
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-Administration's containment efforts
-Answer for next press conference on Mitchell's involvement
-Cubans
-White House involvement and responsibility
-Bugging of President
-Kevin R. Phillips
-Telephone call in New Mexico
-Martha Mitchell
-Mitchell's future role
-Public relations
-Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ronald W. Reagan, James L. Buckley
-Work in Missouri
-Reorganization
-Frederic V. Malek
-1968 campaign compared to 1972 campaign
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Delegates
-Peter M. Flanigan


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Pennsylvania
-Milton J. Shapp
-Comments about the President
-Rizzo’s response
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Mitchell
-LaRue
-Mitchell’s resignation
-Failures
-Press accounts
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Daniel J. and Phillip F. Berrigan trial
-Angela Y. Davis trial
-Daniel Ellsberg case
-Watergate break-in
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Martha Mitchell
-Future role with President
-MacGregor
-Advisor
-Malek
-Role
-Personnel changes
-Watergate break-in
-Robert C. Mardian
-Role
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The President's forthcoming press conference
-Political questions
-The President’s view
-Haldeman’s view

Pending legislation
-Public broadcasting
-Size of appropriation
-Possible veto
-The President’s view
-Administration control of Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting


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July 4 holiday
-President's statement
-Timing
-Radio audience


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The President talked with the White House operator.

[Conversation No. 346-8A]

The President's call to an unknown person.

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-Haircut

Abraham Lincoln
-Amnesty
-Quotation
-Prosecution of Civil War
-Mythology
-Compared to 1960 campaign
-Edward M. Kennedy

The President and Haldeman left at 1:55 pm.