699–7

Conversation No. 699-7

Date: March 31, 1972
Time: 12:02 pm - 1:58 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Media
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-H.R. (“Bob”)Haldeman
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-Appearance
-Marvin L. Kalb
-Backgrounder
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower's television appearance
-Dinah Shore
-Haldeman
-Ziegler
-William L. Safire
-Richard A. Moore
-Kissinger
-Interest in substance
-State Department
-Return from Moscow
-Democratic National Convention
-Forthcoming television appearance

Haldeman entered at 12:08 pm.

-Julie Nixon Eisenhower television appearance
-Godfrey Sperling, Jr.
-Staff viewing
-Conduct on television
-Ingrid Bergman
-Christmas show
-Shore
-Christmas show
-Maria McCllelan
-Harry Reasoner
-Shore
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s performance
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-The President
-Kissinger’s possible appearance on CBS
-Kissinger's press conference
-Transcript
-The PRC press corps
-The President's meeting with Chou En-Lai
-PRC
-The President and Mrs. Nixon
-Conduct
-Audience
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-CBS
-Kalb
-Kissinger
-Herbert G. Klein
-Compared to efforts of John A. Scali
-Press coverage
-Ziegler’s view
-Timing of Kissinger’s appearance
-PRC
-The President’s forthcoming Soviet trip
-Kalb
-The President’s view
-The President’s press conferences compared to John F. Kennedy’s
press conferences
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
-Peter Lisagor
-Kalb
-Timing
-Soviet trip
-Democratic National Convention
-Partisanship
-White House staff
-Domestic Council
-Klein
-Dealings with the press
-Compared to Kissinger
-John B. Connally
-Network coverage

Economy
-Prices
-Meat
-Percentages of increase
-Family budgets
-The President
-Work in a grocery store during the Great Depression
-Connally

Media
-Kissinger’s possible television appearance
-Kalb
-Prime time
-Kissinger's talk with Ziegler
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-Kissinger's previous meeting with the President
-Termination
-Timing
-William P. Rogers
-State Department
-Timing
-Soviet trip
-Networks
-Bargaining
-Questions
-Vietnam
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-Middle East
-Soviet summit
-Balance of power
-Middle East
-Original purpose of appearance
-PRC
-Timing
-CBS
-Spokesman for US foreign policy
-Rogers
-The President
-Soviet summit
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Kalb
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Removed from White House press detail
-Radio
-Sponsorship by insurance company
-Television
-Possible resignation
-NBC
-White House coverage
-Forrest Boyd
-Thomas E. Jarriel
-William A. Gill, Jr.
-CBS
-Robert Pierpoint
-Dan Rather
-Schedule
-NBC
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-John W. Chancellor
-Richard G. Valeriani
-Wife
-Previous interaction with the President
-Kaplow
-Pierpoint
-Rather
-Radio and television correspondents dinner
-Ziegler
-Rather’s January 2, 1972 interview with the President
-News summary
-Warren E. Burger
-Ziegler's introduction of correspondents
-Kaplow, Jarriel, Rather
-Rather
-Humor
-Ziegler
-PRC trip
-Suits
-Kaplow
-Humor
-Rather
-Reaction to comments
-Rather
-Talk with Ziegler
-Talk with Nancy Plessinger Ziegler
-Public reaction to Rather’s humor
-Haldeman’s view
-Kaplow
-The President's trip around the world, 1963
-The President's visit to Caracas
-White House coverage
-Possible environment job
-Other White House positions
-Haldeman’s view
-Scali
-Rather
-Correspondents dinner

Gridiron dinner
-Burger’s possible attendance
-Edgar A. Poe
-Call from the White House
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-Roger’s possible call to Burger
-Carl B. Albert
-Rogers's appearance

The President's meeting with Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-George Meany
-Pay Board
-Meany
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-
CIO] council meeting
-Leonard Woodcock
-Loan from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-Labor leaders compared to businessmen
-The President’s view

PRC trip
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's television special
-Constance M. Stuart
-Scali
-Highlights of Mrs. Nixon's tours
-Voice-over by Mrs. Nixon
-Script
-Importance
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Length
-Timing
-Preparation
-Scali
-Ziegler
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Decision date
-Narration
-Highlights of Mrs. Nixon's tours
-Audio tape
-Scripting
-Mrs. Nixon’s voice
-Narration
-Announcer
-Stuart
-Scheduling
-Haldeman’s view
-Hairdresser during trip [Rita R. DeSantis]
-John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
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-Mike Schrauth
-John P. D'arcy
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Talk with Haldeman
-Film
-Compared to moon landing
-Footage of banquet
-Guest House
-Narration
-The President’s activities during the trip
-Public interest in trip
-John F. Kennedy administration
-Trips
-Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy
-Paris
-Mt. Vernon party for Mohammed Ayub Khan
-Opportunity
-Narration
-Voice
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Talk with Haldeman
-Ziegler
-Importance
-Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Public event in California
-Importance
-Audience
-Beginning of program
-Film
-Voice-over
-Haldeman's talk with Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Kissinger's possible television appearance
-The President’s view
-Willingness
-Kalb's involvement
-Timing
-Soviet trip
-The President’s memoranda
-Buildup of Kissinger
-Soviet trip
-Foreign policy question
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Ziegler’s schedule

American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE] reception
-Number of participants
-Questions and answers [Q and A]
-White House events
-Frequency
-Panel
-Location
-East Room
-The President's appearance
-Questions
-Length
-Date
-The President's press conference
-Television

Press conferences
-Office
-Television coverage
-Writing press
-Previous press conference in the Oval Office, March 24, 1972
-Television coverage of stories from the press conference
-Haldeman
-Film cameras
-Ziegler’s view
-NBC
-Possible story on refusal to answer questions
-Location
-Previous press conference in the Oval Office
-Television compared to the writing press
-Impromptu nature of office press conferences
-Location
-East Room compared to Press Room
-Press coverage
-Audience
-Equal time
-315 ruling on press conferences
-Federal Communications Commission [FCC] testimony memorandum
-Newton Minow
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Election
-Democratic primary
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-John N. Ashbrook
-Democrats
-Presidential advantage
-Democratic National Convention

ASNE reception [April 20, 1972]
-Length
-White House policemen, fire chiefs, church services
-Comparisons
-News conference
-Length
-Networks
-Ziegler’s view
-Editors
-[First name unknown] Whiteough [?] from Missouri
-Unknown editor from North Dakota
-Orange County
-White House press corps
-Numbers
-White House correspondents
-Q and A session
-Klein
-Wives
-Length
-Timing
-Press conference
-Q and A
-Television
-Possible event at ASNE hotel
-White House reception
-Timing
-Press conference
-The President’s forthcoming trip to Canada

PRC
-Ping Pong match between PRC and US teams
-Press coverage
-Timing
-White House tennis court
-Grandstand
-Doubles
-Singles
-Mixed doubles
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-Demonstration for the President

ASNE reception
-Questions
-Previous press conference
-Length
-Location
-Questions
-Number of attendees
-Radio
-Live
-Time
-Networks
-Television
-Q and A
-Location
-Radio
-Length
-Editors
-Radio
-Time
-Audience
-Dinner
-Panel
-Number of participants
-Applause
-Wives
-Press conference
-Questions

Press conferences
-Television
-Number
-Timing
-Soviet trip
-Democratic National Convention
-Possible dates
-Possible network interview
-“Three on one”
-Soviet trip
-Foreign policy
-Ziegler’s view
-Timing
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-“Three on one”
-Press conference
-Summits
-Foreign policy
-Pattern
-1969
-ABC
-One on one interview
-CBS
-One on one interview
-NBC
-A Day in the Life of the President
-Three on one
-Timing
-Soviet summit
-Format
-Q and A
-Television
-Networks
-Equal time
-315 ruling
-Soviet summit
-Busing
-Networks
-Audiences
-1960 campaign
-Claire Booth Luce
-Speech
-Rating
-Air time
-Vice Presidential candidates
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-Rating
-The President’s appearance as a candidate
-Rating


ASNE reception
-Radio
-Importance
-Endorsements
-Klein
-Convention
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-Drawing
-Criteria for attendance
-Q and A
-Location
-Receiving line
-Blue Room
-Redecoration
-Compared to Red Room and Green Room

Ziegler left at 1:16 pm.

The President's schedule
-Possible speech at the National Catholic Educational Association [NCEA]
convention
-Timing
-Connally
-Tax reform
-Wilbur D. Mills

The President left at an unknown time after 1:16 pm.

Request for Manolo Sanchez

The President re-entered at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.

The President's schedule
-Possible trip to Cambridge, Massachusetts
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Harvard University
-Spring vacation
-Plane travel
-Size of plane
-Press
-Backup plane
-Helicopter
-Large plane
-Possible departure from Camp David
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Departure from airport
-Gettysburg
-Harrisburg
-Press pool
-Advance notice of trip
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-Easter Sunday
-News
-Demonstrations
-Previous Easter
-Episcopal priests


Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:16 pm.

The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Departure
-Time
-Helicopter
-Mrs. Nixon
-Car
-Ellipse

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.

Rose Mary Woods entered at an unknown time after 1:16 pm.

Camp David
-Departure
-Woods's call to Mrs. Nixon
-Time
-Car to Ellipse

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 1:16 and 1:53 pm;the
President can be heard talking with Woods in the background.

The President's schedule
-The President’s possible speech at the NCEA conference
-Cancellation
-Tennis racquets

Woods left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.

-Camp David
-Time
-Departure

[End of telephone conversation]
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Material for the President's review
-Canadian Parliament speech
-U.S. News and World Report article
-Canadian Parliament speech
-Safire
-Price
-Kissinger

Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.
-Possible participation in the Soviet trip
-Seating arrangements in motorcades
-The President's car
-Patricia R. Mosbacher
-Emil Mosbacher’s possible participation in Soviet trip
-Advance trips
-Patricia Mosbacher
-Adele (Langston) Rogers
-Advance trips
-William R. Codus
-Protocol
-Hussein ibn Talal [Hussein, King of Jordan]

Woods entered at an unknown time after 1:16 pm.

The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Mrs. Nixon
-Travel plans

Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:16 pm.

-Time

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.


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The President’s schedule
-Flight to Camp David
-The President’s possible speech at the NCEA

Woods left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.

-Elliott Richardson
-Politics
-Importance
-Connally
-Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew

Camp David
-Dwight David II and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Use of helicopter from Andrews Air Force Base
-Compared to driving
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Cabinet
-Staff
-Military aide
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Convenience
-Forthcoming discussion with the President regarding public
programs

News summary story
-Contributors
-John V. Tunney
-C. Arnholt Smith
-1968

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Dita D. Beard
-Secretary
-Vance Hartke
-Helicopter and plane story
-Contributions
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-Democratic

Charles W. Colson
-Schedule
-Location
-Relaxation

Busing issue
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Role
-Rowland Evans and Robert D.Novak

News summary
-Evans and Novak
-Politicians
-Analysis
-Detail

ITT case
-Robert H. Finch
-Effect on the administration
-Press
-Finch
-Quotation
-Dealing with the press
-Klein
-Possible meeting with Finch
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Clark MacGregor
-Colson
-News
-Secretary's testimony [Mrs. Stanwich?]
-Hartke
-Airplane
-Harold S. Geneen
-White House strategy
-Tunney
-Questions
-Hartke

Congress
-Use of airplanes
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-Gill report
-State Department
-Investigation
-Alcohol
-John E. Hunt
-Overseas travel of Congressmen and Senators
-Use of funds
-Kleenex story
-ABC
-Congressmen's calls to the State
Department

Democrats
-Contributions

Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Television appearance
-Staff viewing
-Convention plans
-John Reagan (“Tex”) McCrary
-Dinah Shore show
-Staff viewing

Media
-Possible meetings with the President
-Kissinger
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-John Chancellor
-Howard K. Smith
-Kissinger's role in establishing meetings
-Scali
-Klein
-Writing press
-Lunch with Stewart J. O. Alsop
-Joseph G. Kraft
-New Republic
-Cronkite
-Chancellor
-Smith
-Kissinger
-Handshaking

PRC
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-Ping Pong team
-Visit to the US
-Newsworthiness
-Travel
-Pandas
-Naming

White House staff
-Discipline
-Klein
-Finch
-Haldeman's forthcoming conversation with Lyndon K. (“Mort”)Allin
-Reporting of Finch’s comments
-Finch’s and Klein's statements
-Foreign policy remarks
-Youth
-Primaries
-ITT case
-Settlement
-Convention
-Republicans
-William V. Roth, Jr.
-Sherman Adams example

News summary
-Preparation
-Allin

Press

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Woods entered at 1:53 pm.

Woods left at 1:54 pm.

Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:54 pm.
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Haldeman and Bull left at 1:58 pm.