473–2

Conversation No. 473-2

Date: March 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:58 am and 9:31 am
Location: Oval Office

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

President’s schedule
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Length
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Signing ceremony for government reorganization
-Briefing on the economy
-Staff work
-National Newspaper Association reception
-President’s role
-Number attending
-An interview with Frank van der Linden
-President’s accomplishments
-Length
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-President’s accomplishments
-van der Linden
-Interviews with other staff
-Meeting with Congressional Black Caucus
-Length
-Meeting with press
-Length
-Meeting with other press Conv. No. 473-2 (cont.)

Unemployment in space and technology fields
-Staff meeting discussion
-Supersonic transport [SST]
-Possible action on President’s trip to California
-Scope
-Type of event to be staged
-Reasoning
-George P. Shultz
-Orange County and San Mateo County, California
-General Electric Company layoffs
-Possible event in California
-Timing
-A meeting concerning aerospace layoffs
-Possible follow-up to Senate vote
-Budget cuts in space program
-Public opinion
-Space program
-Public opinion
-Administration policy
-Senate vote
-Clinton P. Anderson
-Margaret Chase Smith

President’s schedule
-National Newspaper Association reception
-President’s remarks
-Herbert G. Klein
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Content of briefing remarks
-Length

News coverage
-SST
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-Laos operation (Lam Son)
-Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] withdrawal
-Future stories
-Public relations efforts

NSC meeting

[Pause] Conv. No. 473-2 (cont.)

Young people
-Robert H. Finch’s efforts
-Administration policies
-College students
-President’s position
-Professors
-Compared with church members’ activism
-Effect of universities
-Haldeman’s daughter at Stanford University and a friend at University of Southern
California [USC]
-Compared with President and Haldeman’s college lives
-Course work
-College life
-Compared with President’s student career
-Pass-fail courses
-An exam

SST
-Staff response to Senate vote
-Effect on President’s schedule
-California
-Florida

President’s schedule
-California, Florida
-Facilities
-President’s meeting with General Nguyen Van Thieu
-Weather
-Symbolism
-Weather
-Purposes
-Movie industry concerns
-Aerospace industry concerns
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-Agricultural concerns
-Western White House facility
-Justification
-Effect of SST vote
-Announcement to press
-Public awareness
-Weather
-Public awareness Conv. No. 473-2 (cont.)

Congress
-Schedule for recess
-Timing
-Schedule for re-convening
-Senate, House
-President’s forthcoming meeting with editors

Vietnam
-US troop withdrawal
-President’s announcement
-Timing
-House session
-A forthcoming Organization of American States [OAS] event
-House response
-Timing
-Congressional response
-Timing
-Effect
-Public response
-Columnists’ response
-Public response
-President’s position
-Columnists
-Public response

John A. Scali
-Possible White House job
-Health

President’s schedule
-California trip
-Previous announcement to press
-Possible Florida trip
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-California trip
-Weather
-Effect
-Staff meeting discussion
-SST vote
-Staff
-Previous announcement to press
-President’s view Conv. No. 473-2 (cont.)
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Length
-Weather
-Press conference
-Preparation for a speech
-Florida
-Camp David
-California, Florida
-Weather
-California trip
-Press conference
-Length
-Possible event
-Press conference
-Date
-Aerospace event
-Date
-Press conference
-President’s preparation
-March 30, 1971 event
-Aerospace meeting
-Logistics
-Samuel Goldwyn meeting
-Date
-March 27, 1971
-Aerospace meeting
-Goldwyn
-Action
-Decision

The President left at an unknown time before 9:31 am
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