850–5

Conversation No. 850-5

Date: February 6, 1973
Time: 9:19 am - 9:35 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President’s schedule
-Republican Congressional leaders meeting

[Dwight] David Eisenhower II’s discharge from the Navy
-President’s inquiries
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Timing
-Living arrangements
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Comdr. Craig S. Campbell
-Secretary of the Navy [John W. Warner]
-Early release
-Political appearances
-Early release program for Naval officers
-Letter from Bureau of Naval Personnel
-Campbell’s previous conversation with David Eisenhower
-Haldeman’s conversations with Campbell

Warner
-Reappointment
-Maurice H. Stans’s list
-Contributions
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-Katherine Conover (Mellon) Warner
-Reappointment
-Interference with David Eisenhower’s discharge
-Politics
-Information for the President

David Eisenhower’s discharge from the Navy
-Early release program
-Routine nature
-Form
-John Warner’s interference
-Campbell
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Warner
-US Navy
-Information for the President
-Timing
-Rebozo’s purchase of house
-Retention as officer
-David Eisenhower’s meeting with Campbell
-Edward C. Nixon’s experience in Navy
-Involvement of Warner and Captain
-Equal treatment
-Routine process
-The President’s instruction
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Campbell
-The President’s conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Message from Campbell to Haldeman
-Campbell’s previous conversation with David Eisenhower
-Decline early release

John Warner
-Reappointment
-Involvement in David Eisenhower’s discharge
-Campaign contributions
-Performance as Secretary of the Navy
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-Campaign contributions
-Katherine Warner
-Wealth
-Stans

Information for President
-Statistics

Watergate
-Ervin Committee
-Hugh Scott
-President’s comments
-Scott
-Ehrlichman’s meeting with John N. Mitchell
-Purpose
-John F. Kennedy’s campaign
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Wiretaps
-Amendments to Ervin Committee charter
-Scope of inquiry
-Support for the President in the Senate

Budget
-Forthcoming bills
-Possible vetoes
-Budget impacts
-President’s view
-Costs
-Funding reserves
-Press relations
-Briefing
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Quality
-New York Times, Washington Post
-Ziegler’s presentation
-Paul H. O’Neill
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-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Distribution of copies
-Lincoln Day speeches
-Impoundment
-Thomas Jefferson
-Amount
-Executive privilege
-John W. Dean, III
-Library of Congress [LOC]
-Precedent
-Kennedy and Johnson administrations
-Ehrlichman’s anecdote
-Congressional relations
-Impoundment
-Public relations
-Taxes
-Mail
-Television [TV]

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:20 am.

The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Republican Congressional leaders
-Copies of briefing

Amnesty
-Charles W. Colson’s paper
-Revision
-Andrew Johnson’s policies

The President, Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Bull left at 9:35 am.
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