350–18

Conversation No. 350-18

Date: July 24, 1972
Time: 1:03 pm - 2:24 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with John B. Connally.

The President's memorandum to Connally
-Rose Mary Woods

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 1:04 pm.

Schedule

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 1:25 pm.

The President's previous conversation with Lyndon B. Johnson, July 24, 1972
-Ranch
-1972 campaign
-Memorandum to Connally
-Marvin Watson
-The President’s previous meeting with Armand Hammer
-Johnson's letter
-Secretary
-Support for the President’s policies
-George S. McGovern
-Forthcoming visit to Johnson
-Endorsement by Johnson
-View of Johnson family
-Johnson's treatment
-Johnson’s position
-Comments of July 23, 1972
-Possible visits to Harry S. Truman and Johnson
-The President's visit to Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Tone
-Briefings by Henry A. Kissinger
-Comments about North Vietnamese
-Prisoners of war [POWs] for troop withdrawal
-Democrats for Nixon
-Watson
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-George Christian, Dwayne O. Andreas, Jake Jacobsen

Connally's schedule
-Memorandum
-Maurice H. Stans, Charles W. Colson
-Johnson
-George C. Wallace

Wallace

Secretaries

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:03 pm.

Request that Haldeman be asked to join them

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:24 pm.

Wallace

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:03 pm.


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Dr. George R. Davis, National Christian Church
-Democrats for Nixon
-Johnson
-Position on Vietnam War
-Letter to the President
-Bombing of Haiphong
-Attendance at church in San Clemente
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham [?]
-Johnson
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-Ranch


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Connally left at 1:25 pm.

Schedules of Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson, Luci B. (Johnson) and Pat
Nugent
-Airline security
-Memorandum
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Justice Department
-Kissinger
-Embassies


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White House staff
-Leonard Garment, Max M. Fisher, Stans
-Kissinger's schedule
-Kissinger's schedule
-Kissinger's conversation with Haldeman, July 24, 1972
-Jewish group
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-Jews
-Votes
-Briefings by Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Johnson
-Treatment by McGovern
-Democratic National Convention

Watergate
-John W. Dean, III
-Ehrlichman


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Issues
-Poll
-Democrats
-Raymond K. Price, Jr., Patrick J. Buchanan
-National defense
-Soviet Union
-Polls
-Death penalty
-Ehrlichman
-Leaks of story
-Haldeman's forthcoming conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Backgrounders by White House staff
-Ehrlichman
-National television


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White House staff
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s talk with the President, July 23, 1972
-William R. Codus
-Constance M. (“Connie”) Stuart
-Forthcoming conversations with Haldeman
-Stuart, Codus
-Codus's role
-Meetings
-Women
-Loyalty
-Haldeman's forthcoming meeting with East Wing staff


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John S.D. Eisenhower's role as spokesperson
-National defense and national security
-Speeches
-California
-Background
-Ambassador to North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Clark MacGregor
-Surrogate list

Memoranda from the President to Haldeman
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-Haldeman's secretary, Patricia B. McKee
-Handling and distribution
-Rose Mary Woods and the President's dictabelts
-Kissinger, Connally
-The President's procedures with dictabelts
-Separation of private and public dictations


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Presentation of the President's position on issues
-Magazines' and Associated Press [AP] questions for the President
-Views of Colson, Bryce N. Harlow, Ehrlichman, MacGregor
-George R. Hearst, Jr.
-Format
-1960 campaign
-Bill Elliott
-Herbert G. Klein
-Staff
-Size
-Buchanan's role
-Need for catchy phrases
-The President's previous meeting about drug abuse law enforcement
-Praise for efforts
-Chart
-Buchanan, William L. Safire
-Unknown man from Look
-The President's previous meeting about drugs
-Arrests
-Football analogy
-Ehrlichman's staff
-Writing

The President's schedule
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-Price’s staff
-Buchanan's staff
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Letter writers
-Cufflinks
-Price's staff
-Buchanan
-Buchanan

Haldeman left at 2:24 pm.