472–17

Conversation No. 472-17

Date: March 23, 1971
Time: 2:50 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

President’s previous interview with Howard K. Smith
-Format
-Compared with press conference
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Buchanan
-Leonard Garment
-Length
-Smith’s questioning
-Foreign policy emphasis
-Blacks
-Price
-Buchanan
-Smith compared with [Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Questions
-Length of interview
-Difficulty
-President’s responses
-President’s demeanor
-William E. Brock, III
-John B. Connally
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Public opinion
-Camera angles
-Placement of cameras
-White House control
-Barbara Walters interview
-President’s seating position
-Hardin’s view
-White House control
-William H. Carruthers
-Placement of cameras
-Effect
-Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman conversations
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 6s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Conv. No. 472-17 (cont.)

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President’s schedule
-An announcement concerning Davis-Bacon Act, March 26, 1971
-A prison dedication in Oklahoma
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Another Oklahoma dedication
-Oklahoma City logistics
-President’s role
-Remarks
-Tour
-Precedent
-President’s role
-Prisoners

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:50 pm

-3:00 meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:00 pm

President’s interview with Smith
-Public response
-White House telephone call

The President and Haldeman left at 3:00 pm
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