829–35

Conversation No. 829-35

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Between 12:13 pm and 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William E. Timmons and Stephen B. Bull.

Congressional leaders briefing
-Wage and price controls
-Number of attendees
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-George P. Shultz
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Herbert Stein
-Second term reorganization briefing
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Roy L. Ash
-Economic affairs
-Shultz
-Speaking ability
-Ash
-Ehrlichman
-Rumsfeld
-Ash
-Confirmation
-Attendance
-Shultz
-Rumsfeld
-Master of Ceremonies
-Stein
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-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Domestic briefing
-Time for questions
-Second term reorganization
-Attendees
-Congress
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Robert C. Byrd
-Hugh Scott
-Robert P. Griffin
-John J. Sparkman
-John G. Tower
-Banking and Currency Committee
-William Proxmire
-Russell B. Long
-Wallace F. Bennett
-Carl B. Albert
-Thomas P. (\"Tip\") O'Neill, Jr.
-Gerald R. Ford
-Leslie C. Arends
-Wright Patman
-William B. Widnall
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Herman T. Schneebeli
-Chet Holifield
-Breakfast
-Mansfield
-Invitations
-Bipartisan meetings
-Economic reorganization meetings
-Future briefings of Congressional leaders
-Ehrlichman
-Roosevelt Room
-The President’s participation
-Foreign policy
-Timing
-1973 Inauguration
-Cabinet meeting
-Memorandum to Haldeman
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Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)

-Norris Cotton
-Habits
-Ford, Scott
-Informal meetings
-Attendees
-Government Operations Committee
-Location in White House
-[First name unknown] Redding [?]
-Blue Room
-State Dining Room
-Food service
-Timing
-Publicity photographs
-Location
-Timing
-Truman’s memorial service
-Length of briefing
-Wage and price controls
-Consultation
-Proxmire
-Patman
-Mansfield
-Albert
-Second term reorganization
-Future meetings
-Ehrlichman
-Mansfield
-Timing
-Developments in Paris
-Vietnam negotiations
-Albert
-Republican leaders
-Scott
-Mansfield
-Scott
-Democratic House Caucus
-Albert, Ford, Scott, O'Neill
-Ford's schedule
-Reactions
-Scott
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Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)

-Republican leaders
-Ford
-Albert

Truman’s memorial service
-Diplomatic reception
-Carlos P. Romulo
-The Philippines
-Other meetings with heads of state
-Courtesy call
-Personal nature

Meetings with the President
-Mansfield
-Confidentiality of meetings
-Albert
-Subjects
-Timmons's relationship with Mansfield and Albert
-Timing

Democratic House Caucus
-Elections
-O'Neill as majority leader
-Speaker of the House
-End the war resolution
-Vietnam negotiations
-Mansfield, Albert
-Henry A. Kissinger’s briefing
-End the war resolution
-Effectiveness
-O'Neill
-Albert
-Olin E. Teague
-F. Edward Hebert
-Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr.
-Gillespie V. Montgomery
-Southern Democrats

Meeting with freshman Republicans
-House of Representatives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)

-Size of group
-White House relations
-Ford
-Briefing
-White House reception
-Wives
-Breakfast
-Freshman Democrats
-Senators and Southern Democrats
-Reception for Democrats
-Advantages
-Freshmen Democrats
-Political orientation
-Compared to breakfast
-Ford
-Timmons’ efforts
-Ehrlichman
-The President's attendance
-Reception for all freshman Representatives
-Wives
-Scheduling
-The President’s participation
-Cabinet attendees
-Agnew
-White House staffers
-Timmons
-Ehrlichman
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Ash
-Shultz
-Haldeman
-Ziegler
-Thomas C. Korologos
-Wives
-Invitations
-Albert, Ford
-Protocol
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Warren E. Burger
-Ford seminar
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)


Harry S. Truman memorial service
-Compared to funeral

The President’s schedule
-Mansfield
-Albert
-Breakfast
-Freshman Republicans reception
-Congressional leadership meeting
-Cabinet meeting
-Photographs
-Press statements
-Democrats
-Scott, Ford, Albert, Mansfield
-Meeting with Mansfield
-Confirmations
-Budget submission date
-State of the Union address

Timmons and Bull left at 12:56 pm.