536–16

Conversation No. 536-16

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:41 am and 11:53 am
Location: Oval Office

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

Weather

Speechwriters
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-William L. Safire, Raymond K. Price, Jr., [Forename unknown] Cooke
-Youth
-Sense of humor
-Admiration for the President
-Perception of people
-The President’s handling of receiving line
-Comparison to Ronald L. Ziegler
-The President’s meeting with Young Men’s Christian Association
[YMCA] members
-July 3, 1971 speech draft compared to Safire’s draft
-Background
-St. Louis
-Christian Scientist
-Principia College
-”Adventure Unlimited”
-John K. (“Cap”) Andrews
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-Haldeman’s children
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Previous role on Ziegler’s staff
-Ehrlichman
-Catholic priest speechwriter
-[Reverend John J. McLaughlin?]
-[Douglas L.?] Hallett
-Analysis of Pentagon Papers case Conv. No. 536-16 (cont.)
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Charles W. Colson

Photograph
-Removal of sculpture
-Abney [Surname unknown], Leonard Garment
-”Fourth of July” present

[Pause]

Government personnel
-The President’s meeting with Colson
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-”Goldstein” [Leon Greenberg]
-Call from Frederic V. Malek
-Jews
-Jews within the federal bureaucracy
-Supervision
-Loyalty issue
-Henry A. Kissinger, Garment, Safire
-Morton H. Halperin
-Kissinger’s non-Jewish staff
-White House secretaries, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake
-David R. Young, Jr.
-Work with the National Security Council [NSC] staff
-Kissinger
-Lawrence S. Eagleburger
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Privacy]
[Duration: 4s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Conv. No. 536-16 (cont.)

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-Kissinger’s treatment of staff

Helicopter

The President left and Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:41 am

Weather

The President entered and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:53 pm

July 3, 1971 National Archives speech
-Amount of time allotted for the President
-Carl B. Albert, Warren E. Burger
-Tempo of reading speeches in presentation
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-Emphasis
-Comparison to Lyndon B. Johnson
-Transcripts of speeches
-New York Times
-Repetition of lines in Presidential speeches
-Price, Safire
-Compared to past Presidential speeches
-Hallett’s view
-Public reaction

Federal personnel
-Jews in government jobs
-Executive pay level
-President’s reservations
-Ehrlichman
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-George P. Shultz
-Government reorganization plan
-John B. Connally
-Pay raises
-Shultz
-White House staff salaries
-Treasury Department
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Conv. No. 536-16 (cont.)
-Creation of new position
-Shultz
-Arthur F. Burns
-White House staff
-John C. Whitaker
-Work
-Loyalty
-Ehrlichman
-The new National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
-Domestic Council
-Peace Corps, Volunteers in Service to America [VISTA], Upward
Bound, HeadStart, ACTION
-The President’s programs
-Spending of money by Republicans
-Need to promote domestic programs

Trade
-Peter G. Peterson
-Way of publicly handling issue
-Connally
-”Goldstein”
-Trustworthy

An unknown man [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at 11:25 am

Request to adjust clock
-Correct time

The unknown man [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 11:26 am

Pentagon Papers case
-Colson
-Possible Presidential statement
-First Amendment constitutional rights
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-Journalistic action which may endanger lives of US prisoners of war [POWs]
in South Vietnam
-Risk of American lives
-The President’s responsibility
-Journalistic standards
-Setting
-Colson’s recommendation
-Press conference Conv. No. 536-16 (cont.)
-The President’s Kansas City speech
-The President’s schedule
-Television coverage
-Feasibility of statement by the President
-Press coverage
-Dean Rusk
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] broadcast
-Supreme Court decision
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston, Phil Geylen
-Reaction to court ruling
-Rusk
-Johnson and John F. Kennedy administrations’ focus
-Public opinion survey
-Daniel Ellsberg
-Reaction of Buchanan’s staff
-Appearance
-Public opinion
-Frequency of polls
-Effect on White House staff
-Question on Ellsberg
-Buchanan
-Man associated with Murray M. Chotiner [Seymour Freidin?]
-Reactions by Democratic presidential contenders
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Harold E. Hughes
-Muskie
-J. William Fulbright
-George S. McGovern
-Kennedy-Johnson administration responsibility
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Republicans
-Possible Machiavellian actions
-Kennedy’s actions in Vietnam
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-Limitation of Johnson’s actions
-Humphrey, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Clark M. Clifford
-Republicans
-Analogy to post-World War II leak
-James W. Byrnes’ reaction
-Ernest Bevan
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Conv.[USSR]
No. 536-16 (cont.)
-France
-Timing of poll

Public opinion polls
-Timing problem over July 4th holiday weekend

Pentagon Papers case
-Possible statement by the President
-Effectiveness
-Prosecution of Ellsberg
-Public opinion
-Effect of television
-Connally
-Texas and the Southwest
-Lack of personal effect of issue
-Reaction to Vietnam War
-Buchanan
-Widespread public desire for withdrawal from war
-Weekend polling
-Kansas City statement by the President
-Press briefings
-Compared to Rochester statement
-Johnson
-Lack of response to issue
-Rusk
-Effect of issue on sales of Johnson’s book
-President’s opinion of Johnson
-Possible statement on the New York Times

[Pause]
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The President’s July 3, 1971 National Archives speech
-Reading copy for the President
-Pages
-Ziegler

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 11:53 am

Conversation
Conv. No. 536-16
No. 536-17
(cont.)

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: Unknown after 10:41 am until 11:53 am
Location: Oval Office

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

Weather
-Day off for staff

Schedule
-Ronald L. Ziegler

[Pause]

The President’s July 3, 1971 National Archives speech
-Physical arrangements
-Podium
-Playing of the national anthem
-President’s actions
-Position of Warren E. Burger and Carl B. Albert

Death of Soviet cosmonauts
-Release of statement

Speech arrangements at the National Archives
-Playing of the national anthem
-President’s actions

The President’s schedule
-Letter
-Rose Mary Woods, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Haldeman left at 11:53 am
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