806–13

Conversation No. 806-13

Date: October 24, 1972
Time: 11:58 am - 12:32 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

Speech on education
-Draft
-John E. Ehrlichman
-The President’s schedule
-John B. Connally
-Speech on farm policy

H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 11:59 am.

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm.


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Vietnam
-Poll
-Ngyuen Van Thieu
-Pham Van Dong
-Thieu
-Upcoming speech
-Dong
-Poll
-Prisoner of war [POW] question
-Cease-fire and US withdrawal
-Communist takeover of South Vietnam
-North Vietnamese and Vietcong [VC] control of territory
-Coalition government
-Thieu
-Settlement
-Cease-fire
-POWs
-Control of territory
-VC compared to North Vietnam

Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:02 pm.

Veterans bill signing ceremony
-Revision

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:32 pm.

Vietnam
-Poll
-Partial settlement compared to complete settlement
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Laos, Cambodia
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Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:02 pm.

Refreshment

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:32 pm.

Vietnam
-Poll
-Conclusions
-Settlement before 1972 election
-Control of negotiations
-Honorable peace
-POWs
-Communist takeover

Motorcade safety
-Ohio trip
-Speech
-Hecklers
-Ashland, Kentucky trip
-Purpose


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Security
-Ohio
-Radio speech
-Demonstrators


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The President’s schedule
-Los Angeles Airport
-Demonstrators
-University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA]
-Ontario, California
-Century Plaza Hotel
-Colorado postponement
-Chicago
-National television
-California
-Need for event
-Motorcade
-Demonstrators
-UCLA
-Valley State University
-Airports
-Ontario, California [November 4, 1972]
-Torchlight rally
-1960 campaign
-Timing
-Benefits
-San Clemente
-Church
-Headquarters
-Vote
-Tone of speech
-Press coverage
-Radicals
-Denver postponement
-Justification
-Invitees to Chicago
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-Flying
-Speech compared to hand-shaking
-Florida, Georgia
-Recent New York trip
-Speech
-States


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Security
-Tighter control
-El Toro Marine Base
-Ontario
-March Field
-Riverside, California
-Military bases
-Quality of control
-Traffic
-1960 campaign
-Ontario
-El Toro
-Torchlight rally
-Crowd quality
-March Field
-Compared to El Toro
-Orange County
-Riverside County
-Los Angeles motorcade
-Contact with people
Recent meeting
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-Robert H. Finch
-California
-March Field
-Access to Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, Pomona


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Watergate
-Public posture
-White Paper
-John W. Dean III
-Clark MacGregor
-Answer to questions
-Distribution to editors
-Tone
-Smear campaign
-Quality of report


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1972 campaign
-Issues
-Amnesty
-The President's recorded message for Veterans Day
-Arlington National Cemetery
-Abortion
-The President’s New York trip
-Motorcade
-Organization
-Signs


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Haldeman left at 12:32 pm.