472–22

Conversation No. 472-22

Date: March 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 6:07 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

President’s schedule [?]

[Pause]

President’s preparation

Patrick J. Buchanan

President’s previous interview with Howard K. Smith
-Public opinion
-President’s demeanor
-Format

President’s schedule
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Dairy industry
-President’s decision
-John B. Connally
-Campaign contributions to President
-Parity level
-Connally
-Relations with dairymen
-Possible additional contributions by dairymen
-Campaign contributions to President
-Amount

Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Upcoming vote
-Meeting at 6:00
-Possible meeting of President and Marlow W. Cook, John Sherman Cooper, Winston
L. (“Win”) Prouty, Jack R. Miller, and Clifford P. Hansen
-Upcoming vote
-Tally
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Cooper
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Peter H. Dominick
-Humphrey
-Labor
-Cooper
-Symington
-Connally
-Dominick
-Clark MacGregor
-Pairing
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-Cook
-Quentin N. Burdick
-Karl E. Mundt
-Possible pairing with Burdick
-Milton R. Young
-J. William Fulbright
-Location
-Mark O. Hatfield Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
-Joseph M. Montoya
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson and Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson
-Possible pairing
-Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
-Connally
-Campaign promise
-Cook
-Possible compromises
-James L. Buckley
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Prouty
-Hugh Scott
-Environmental concerns
-Lawton M. Chiles, Jr.
-George A. Smathers
-David H. Gambrell
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Aerospace industry
-Chiles
-Smathers
-Possible meeting with President
-Prouty
-Possible meeting with President
-Environmental concerns
-Buckley

President’s schedule
-Connally
-John N. Mitchell
-Thomas A. Pappas and Mitchell
-John A. Scali
-Health
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Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral
-President’s eulogy
-Distribution
-Leonard Garment
-Ministers, black leadership, white civil rights supporters

President’s schedule
-Black Congressmen Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Comparison with President’s meeting with mayors
-Cabinet role
-James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney
-Size of group
-Agenda
-Housing
-Romney


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President’s interview with H. K. Smith
-President’s credibility
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Telephone poll by White House
-Unknown persons’ response
-Questions
-Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Buchanan’s response
-Garment’s response
-Background

Hatfield
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Dairy industry
-Campaign contribution
-President’s decision
-Congressional action

President’s schedule, March 24, 1971
-Afternoon
Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)

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News summaries

Marjorie P. Acker entered at an unknown time after 5:38 pm

Rose Mary Woods
-Location
-A letter

Acker left at an unknown time before 6:02 pm

News summary
-Use

Crisis atmosphere
-White House staff

President’s schedule
-California trip
-Weather
-Florida comparison
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 6:02 pm

-A briefing
-[Name unintelligible] [Burdick?]
-A call
-Henry A. Kissinger

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 6:07 pm Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)

An unknown man [Burdick?]

President’s schedule
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Time
-Compared with Congressional leaders’ meetings

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 6:07 pm