845–4

Conversation No. 845-4

Date: January 31, 1973
Time: Between 2:50 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

Tape machine
-Location
-Tape

John B. Connally
-Meeting with Haldeman
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Algeria
-Export-Import Bank


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Conversation No. 845-4 (cont’d)


Politics
-Prospect for Connally’s change of parties
-Charles W. Colson
-William D. Ruckelshaus
-Press story
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
-Peter Lisagor
-Jules Witcover
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Connally
-Thimmesch
-John F. Osborne

-Agnew
Kevin P. Phillips’s analysis
-Prospects for 1976 Presidential race

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Press relations
-Press conference
-Location
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Dan Rather
-Television [TV] coverage

-Amnesty
-Vietnam settlement
-Mail analysis
-Opposition

-The President’s response
-Double standard
-Press conferences
-Frequency

-Helen Thomas
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Conversation No. 845-4 (cont’d)

-Henry A. Kissinger’s trip
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-TV coverage
-Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Harry S Truman

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:50 pm.

The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.

Press conference
-Clark R. Mollenoff
-Questions
-Sarah McLendon
-Vietnam questions
-Tax reform
-Europe
-Great Britain
-Edward R.G. Heath’s visit
-TV coverage
-New York Times

Press relations
-Kissinger
-Ziegler
-Barbara Walters
-Ziegler
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Marvin Kalb
-Dinner with Walters
-Commitment
-Kalb

Haldeman left at 3:10 pm.
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