826–3

Conversation No. 826-3

Date: December 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:53 am and 11:27 am
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

Location: Oval Office

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

Trip to Florida

Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
-Trip to Greece
-Timing

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:53 am.

The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Maurice H. Stans

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:10 am.

Second term reorganization
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Retention
-Announcement
-News Summary
-Herbert G. Klein
-Robert H. Finch
-Walter H. Annenberg School of Journalism
-University of Southern California [USC]
-Finch’s effort
-Possible salary
-Richard M. Nixon Library
-Cabin and Sub-Cabinet
-Camp David meeting
-Managers
-Frederick B. Dent
-Support
-Role
-Under Secretaries
-Managers
-Intelligence
-Personality
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-John C. Whitaker
-Dent
-Commerce Department
-[Donald Marron]
-Compared to [Robert W. Fri] of Office of Management
and Budget [OMB]
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-William E. Simon
-James T. Lynn
-Attorney General
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Deputy
-Joseph T. Sneed
-Earl L. Butz
-Transportation Department
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Frank C. Carlucci
-Commerce Department
-Marron
-Compared to Pride
-Haldeman’s and John D. Ehrlichman’s views
-Advancemen
-Michael J. Farrell
-Compared to John S. Davies
-Stephen B. Bull
-Compared to Alexander P. Butterfield
-Duties related to the President and people
-[Gerald Whitburn] [?]
-Bruce A. Kehrli
-Lawrence M. Higby
-Terence O’Donnell
-Commerce Department
-Dent
-Marron
-Age
-Fri
-Age
-Whitaker
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Interior Department
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Robert J. Hitt
-National Park Service [NPS]
-Ronald H. Walker
-George Hartzog
-Walker
-Ehrlichman
-Federal Aviation Administration [FAA]
-Butterfield
-Qualifications
-Compared to [John H. Shaffer]
-Appointment
-Performance
-Loyalty
-Departure
-Appointees
-Departures
-First term
-Cabinet
-Promotions
-1972 campaign
-Surrogates
-Politicians
-John A. Volpe
-Richard B. Ogilvie

Vietnam negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Schedule
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Press relations
-News summary
-Harry Reasoner
-Criticism
-Kissinger
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-“Peace is at hand” statement
-North Vietnam
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Fact compared to observation
-Politics

Henry A. Kissinger entered at 10:10 am.

Vietnam War
-US bombing north of 20th Parallel
-First wave
-Lack of losses
-Timing
-Air Force
-B-52s
-Negotiations
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Meeting with Haig
-The President’s letter
-Effect
-Tone
-Haig’s refusal to meet with South Vietnam National Security
Council as to negotiate
-The President’s letter
-Presentation
-Possible cooperation
-Congressional relations
-Kissinger’s meeting with Jacob K. Javits
-Javits’s opposition to the President
-1972 election
-Senate
-House of Representatives
-January 1973
-Possible legislation
-Timing
-Three and six months
-House of Representatives
-Senate
-F. Edward Hebert’s statement
-US mining and bombing north of 20th Parallel

Vietnam negotiations
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Charles W. Colson
-Washington Post editorial
-Settlement agreement
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Colson
-National League of Families
-Colson
-Haig
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Kissinger
-North Vietnam’s press conference
-Paris
-POWs
-Haig
-Scowcroft
-National League of Families
-Leadership
-Kissinger
-Haig’s possible telephone call to president [Phyllis Galanti]
-Compared to meeting with the President
-Christmas
-North Vietnamese demands
-Kissinger’s and Ziegler’s briefings
-News summary
-Possible denial
-Effect
-US bombing north of 20th Parallel
-Effect
-US bombing north of 20th Parallel
-Public relations [PR]
-Breakdown in talks
-Disappointment
-Press relations
-Television [TV] news
-Continuation
-Press relations
-Pundits
-Effect
-Thieu
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-North Vietnam
-Purpose
-Press relations
-Pundits
-Reasoner
-Criticism
-1972 campaign
-Reasoner
-End of war
-[1969]
-Cambodia
-US-Soviet Union summit
-US-People’s Republic of China [PRC] summit
-Motives
-Interest in US defeat
-1972 election
-Liberals
-Georgetown, New York, universities
-Contact with administration
-Telephone calls
-The President’s trip to the PRC
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-North Vietnam’s press conference
-Propaganda
-Breakdown in talks
-Timing
-Technical talks
-Agenda
-Resumption of talks
-Cessation of US bombing north of 20th Parallel
-Kissinger
-US bombing north of 20th Parallel
-Cessation
-Resumption of talks
-Kissinger
-Record
-Credibility
-North Vietnam’s [October] 26, 1972 statement
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-New York Times, Washington Post
-Settlement agreement
-US statements
-Settlement agreement
-Release
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Op-ed article

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 10:26 am.

Press relations
-1972 election
-Kissinger’s view
-White House social affairs
-Receptions for 1972 election supporters
-Midwestern colleges
-Age of Andrew Jackson

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 10:10 am.

Press relations
-White House social events
-Symbolism
-Press pool
-Washington Post
-Ziegler
-Kansas City Star
-Circulation
-Washington Post
-Photographs
-Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead’s speech
-Balanced programming
-Local broadcast
-Criticism of administration
-Influence on content programming
-Local TV station managers
-Networks
-Charles Crutchfield
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

Vietnam negotiations
-North Vietnam’s press conference
-US bombing north of 20th Parallel
-Airplane Losses
-Publicity
-Timing
-The President’s conversation with Adm. Thomas H.
Moorer
-TV news
-B-52s
-F-111s
-PR
-F-104s
-B-52s
-Crews
-Capture
-Effect
-North Vietnam

Kissinger left at 10:26 am.

Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger’s “peace is at hand” statement
-Credibility
-Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s view
-Franklin D. Roosevelt’s statement
-Peace
-Ziegler’s statement
-“Peace is at hand”

The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Maurice H. Stans
-Timing
-Kissinger

Vietnam negotiations
-Press relations
-Peace
-Kissinger’s relationship with the President
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-News summary
-Thieu
-Second term
-US bombing north of 20th Parallel
-PR
-The President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Delay
-Meeting with White House staff
-Ziegler
-Colson
-Klein
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
-Capabilities
-Haldeman’s view
-Ziegler
-Robert J. Dole
-Congressional relations
-Cut off of US funds


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Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Human Events article
-George H. W. Bush
-Dole
-Haldeman’s opinion
-Departure
-Support

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The President’s schedule
-Stans
-Meeting with White House staff
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Timing
-Ziegler
-Colson
-Haldeman
-Kissinger

Stans entered at 10:33 am.

Greetings
-White House
-Carpet cleaning

Stans’s schedule
-Shoreham Hotel
-The President’s schedule
-Trip to Camp David
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Christmas decorations
-Curry [?] [first name unknown]
-Trip to Florida
-Timing
-Stans’s schedule
-Shoreham Hotel
-Camp David
-Invitation to Stans and Kathleen (Carmody) Stans
-[Gen. Walter R. Tkach]
-Dogwood, Birch, Aspen lodges
-Sauna
-Kathleen Stans
-Gen. Tkach
-Children
-Timing
-Duration
-Cabinet
-The President’s schedule
-Children


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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

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The President’s foot

1972 election
-Fundraising
-Use of funds
-Difficulties
-The President’s victory
-Statistics

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Watergate
-Effect on 1972 campaign
-Fundraising
-Maurice Stans’s efforts
-The President’s supporters
-New York
-The President’s conversation with Donald McI Kendall
-Morality
-John N. Mitchell
-The President’s critics
-1972 campaign
-Violence
-Burning buildings, broken windows
-Disruption
-Republican National Convention
-Meetings
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Thelma C.
(“Pat”) Nixon
-Unknown person’s letter to the President
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Lack of response
-Donald H. Segretti
-Maurice Stans’s reputation
-Resolution
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Timing
-Mitchell
-1972 election


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1972 election
-Attacks on Stans
-Criminal accusations
-Frank E. (“Ted”) Moss
-Sabotage of fundraising
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Segretti
-Efforts
-Contributors
-Amount of funds
-Vote in Virginia
-“Bircher”
-Surplus funds
-Uses
-Lawsuits
-Decisions about use
-Timing
-Options
-Accident
-POWs
-Private airplane
-Separate fund
-Legality
-Conditions
-Republican Congressional campaign committees
-Intentions for funds
-Public statement
-Uses
-Litigation
-Private purposes

Republican Party
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Surplus funds
-National Command Post Campaign
-Senate Committee
-House Campaign Committee
-Boosters
-Campaigning spending
-Peter H. Dominick
-Memorandum
-National Finance Committee’s contributions
-Contributions to candidates
-William M. (“Red”) Blount, John G. Tower, Henry Hibbard, John H.
Chafee, William L. Scott, Pete V. Domenici, S. Fletcher Thompson, Jesse
A. Helms, Margaret Chase Smith
-Jack Miller, Gordon L. Allott, J. Caleb Boggs
-Dominick
-Leaks to the press
-Rowland Evans, Robert D. Novak
-Coverage
-Jack Miller
-Number of contributions
-Recognition
-New contributors
-Invitations
-Form letter
-Dinners for contributors
-W. Clement Stone
-John W. Mulcahy
-Richard M. Scaife

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Location
-Camp David
-Class One
-White House
-Class Two
-Finance Committee
-Anderson House
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-The President’s schedule
-White House
-Receptions for 1972 election supporters
-Wives of contributors
-Number of guests
-Location
-Camp David
-Compared to White House
-Transportation
-Number of guests
-“Million dollar club”
-John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy
-W. Clement Stone
-Richard M. Scaife
-Richard M. Nixon Foundation
-Number of guests
-Recognition of campaign workers
-Number of guests
-Number of dinners
-Recognition of contributors
-Formula
-Lists by brackets
-Maurice Stans
-Commerce Department
-Appointments
-Commissions, committees
-Foreign trips
-Maurice Stans’s conversations with Haldeman
-Maurice Stans’s letter
-Brackets
-Trips
-William V. S. TUbman’s funeral
-Use of White House
-Rose Mary Woods
-Social affairs
-Appointments
-Commissions, committees
-Trips
-Liberia
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Henry A. Kissinger’s office
-State Department
-Funerals
-Frank B. Rackley
-Health
-Administration
-William L. Codus
-Frank Borman
-Escorts for foreign guests
-Certificates
-Ambassadors
-Social affairs
-1973 Inauguration
-The President’s schedule


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1972 election
-List of noncontributors
-Washington Post
-Thomas Spencer Shore
-Ohio Republican Finance Chairman
-Problems
-Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.
-Ambassadorial hopes
-Contribution
-Herbert G. Brownell
-Former RNC chairman
-Daniel K. Ludwig [?]
-Interior Department
-Haldeman
-Jack Eckard
-Florida businessman
-Daniel J. Evans, Governor of Washington
-Interference
-Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor of West Virginia
-Interference
-Francis W. Sargent, Governor of Massachusetts
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Fundraising commitment
-Failure
-Phil [surname unintelligible]
-Johnson and Johnson
-Lamar Hunt
-Kansas City
-William Fisher
-Ohio
-Al Pinkerson
-Colorado
-Warren P. Knowles, Governor of Wisconsin
-Crossby Kemper [?]
-Missouri
-George H. Love
-Chrysler Corporation
-Consolidated Coal
-Daniel Lufkin
-Louis Marx [?]
-Bob Mantolo [?]
-California
-Chain stores
-J. Irwin Miller
-Bill Miller
-Tectron [?]
-William S. Paley
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Lester Ruwe
-L. Nicholas Ruwe
-Chief of Protocol
-Norton Simon
-Walter N. Thayer
-John H. (“Jock”) Whitney
-White House dinner
-Ambassador to Great Britain
-Bob Eli [?]
-Schlitz beer

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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)


-Xerox Corporation
-Use of machines
-Federal government


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-Whitney
-Contributions
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Amount
-Edward R. G. Heath, Sir Alexander F. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
-New York dinner
-Whitney de Roulet
-Joan Payson
-Disaffection
-Response to letter
-Appointment
-Thayer
-White House staff’s responsibility
-Flanigan
-John B. Connally
-Eisenhower College Financing
-Jacob K. Javits
-Rose Mary Woods
-Eisenhower silver dollars
-Report from Haldeman
-New contributors
-List
-Colson
-Labor
-John A. Volpe
-Herbert W. Kalmbach

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time before 11: 27 am.

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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)



Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:33 am.

The President's schedule
-Meeting with William D. Ruckelshaus

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:27 am.


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1972 election
-Contributors
-Meetings with the President
-Stans’s role
-Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr.
-Robert B. Pamplin
-Georgia Pacific
-John E. Ullmann
-Max M. Fisher
-Taft Schreiber
-Industry group contributors
-National Association of Real Estate Boards [NAREB]
-National Association of Home Builders of the United States [NAHB]
-Carpet industry
-Cable television association
-Trucking industry
-Cable television association
-Football blackouts
-Trucking industry
-Ruhan [first name unknown]
-Iowa
-Lobbying
-Meetings with the President
-Howard Hughes
-Telephone call from the President
-Birthday
-Location
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Nicaragua
-Republican National Finance Committee
-New chairman
-Jerry Novaine
-Pat Wilson
-Tennessee
-William E. Brock, III
-John W. Rollins
-Schedule
-Kalmbach
-J. William Middledorft
-Ambassadorial post
-The Netherlands
-Treasurer, National Committee
-Bush
-John N. Mitchell
-Meeting with Stans
-Dole
-List of contributors
-Requests
-Robert H. Finch
-California
-Republican National Finance Committee
-Use
-Problems
-Future commitments
-1974 election
-Carl Litner [?]
-Cincinnati
-New candidates
-New Majority
-Patronage
-List
-Roy Carbon
-Jamaica
-Iowa
-Van Dycke Corporation

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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)



1972 campaign
-Possible appointments for contributors
-Ambassadorships, Consuls General
-Number
-State Department efforts
-1971
-Commercial officers
-Sao Paolo
-Melbourne
-Toronto
-Hamburg


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Republican dinner, March 28, 1973
-Location
-Congress
-Republican National Finance Committee
-Sponsorship
-Possible attendance by the President
-1972 dinner
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-House campaign committee
-Departure
-House of Representatives candidates
-Quality
-Fundraising
-Opposition
-Gerald R. Ford
-Daniel H. Kuykendall
-Candidates
-Reorganization plan
-Bush
-The President’s terms
-Candidates
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-The President’s efforts
-Compared to Democrats
-Quality

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Joseph R. Biden
-News summary
-Identity
-Senators-elect from Delaware
-Deaths of wife [Neilia (Hunter) Biden] and child [Amy Biden]

1972 campaign
-Possible appointments for contributors
-Stone
-Meeting with the President
-Ambassadorship to Great Britain
-Secretary of State
-Effect
-Walter H. Annenberg
-Ambassadorship to France
-Conversation with the President
-Ambassadorship to Great Britain
-Annenberg
-David E. Bradshaw


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1972 campaign
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Possible appointments for contributors
-Stone
-Ambassadorships
-Portugal, Belgium
-Great Britain
-London
-Stone’s conversation with Maurice Stans
-Timing
-The President’s meeting with Stone
-Annenberg
-Retention
-Departure

Congressional relations
-Dwight D. Eisenhower College
-Walter N. Thayer letter to the President
-Treasury Department legislation
-John B. Connally
-Thayer
-Charls E. Walker
-Ehrlichman’s letter to Thayer
-Thayer’s letter to the President
-Meeting with Walker
-Thayer’s telephone call to Ehrlichman
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Ehrlichman’s office
-Peter M. Flanigan’s meeting with Thayer
-Bill introducing
-Timing
-Connally’s schedule
-Jacob K. Javits
-Treasury Department
-Paul H. O’Neill’s memorandum
-Grants
-Ehrlichman’s memorandum to Connally
-Thayer’s proposal
-Connally’s reply to Ehrlichman
-Treasury Department
-Connally’s conversation with Thayer
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)

-Bill
-Bill introduction
-Timing
-Senate [S. 2987], House of Representatives [HR 12199]
-Thayer’s letter to Flanigan
-Hearings
-Thayer’s view
-Compared to Eisenhower Hospital Center
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope’s view
-Maurice Stans or Flanigan’s possible conversation with Thayer
-The President’s schedule
-Files for Maurice Stans
-Copy
-Thayer
-Motives


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1972 election
-Contributors
-Whitney
-Attendance at dinner
-Ambassadorship
-Refund
-Stans’s performance
-Thayer

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Watergate
-Effect
-Maurice Stans’s alleged involvement

Maurice Stans’s schedule
-Camp David
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Conversation No. 826-3 (cont’d)


The President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida

Kissinger [?]

Haldeman and Maurice Stans left at 11:27 am.