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808–8
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Gilroy Roberts
  • Clement C. Conger
  • UNKNOWN
  • White House operator
  • Alexander P. Butterfield
  • Earl L. Butz
  • H. R. Haldeman
October 27, 1972
Conversation No. 808-8

Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 12:59 pm -1:29 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Gilroy Roberts and Clement C. Conger.

Introductions

The President’s schedule
-Time for sketch of the President

An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 12:59 pm.

The President's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 1:01 pm.

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and
1:01 pm.

[Conversation No. 808-8A]

[See Conversation No. 32-74]
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[End of telephone conversation]

Roberts's sketch
-Techniques

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:59 pm.

The President's schedule
-Bill signing

Butterfield left at 1:01 pm.

The President talked with Earl L. Butz between 1:01 pm and 1:04 pm.

[Conversation No. 808-8B]

[See Conversation No. 32-75]

[End of telephone conversation]

Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 1:01 pm.

The President's schedule
-Bill signings

H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:04 pm.

Bill signings


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 45s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The President's schedule
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Roberts's sketch

Roberts and Conger left at 1:10 pm.

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:10 pm.

The President's schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman's request for meeting
-Legislation and vetoes
-Robert J. Dole
-Forthcoming appearance on Face the Nation, Meet the Press
-Charles W. Colson
-Meeting with campaign surrogates

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.

Dole
-Work
-Colson’s view

John B. Connally

Congressional relations
-Notification of Republican leaders
-Pictures
-Possible telephone calls
-Response to news stories

Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:10 pm.

The President's schedule
-Ehrlichman

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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[Duration: 2m 16s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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Ehrlichman entered at 1:15 pm.

Ehrlichman's schedule
-Briefing
-Legislation
-Vetoes
-Older Americans bill
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Bureaucracy
-Timing
-Arthur S. Flemming
-Elliot L. Richardson
-October 27, 1972 announcement of bills signed

The President’s schedule
-Ohio
-Possible statements
-Michigan
-Busing and parochial aid issues
-Robert P. Griffin
-The President’s forthcoming remarks

Ehrlichman left at 1:20 pm.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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[Duration: 4m 54s ]
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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Polls
-The President's polls
-Timing
-Vietnam issue
-George H. Gallup, Louis P. Harris
-Peace settlement
-Bombing
-Approval of the President's actions
-Robert Teeter
-Announcement


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 51s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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The President's schedule
-Vetoes of legislation
-Vietnam War settlement
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Routing of memorandum
-Private file


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 32s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

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Haldeman left at 1:29 pm.
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