868–7

Conversation No. 868-7

Date: March 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 10:05 am
Location: Oval Office

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

Irving Berlin
-Evening at White House
-Attendance
-Health

Evening at the White House
-Entertainers
-Lawrence Welk
-Karen and Richard Carpenter
-Variety
-Lucy A. Winchester
-Arrangements
-Paul W. Keyes
-Stephen B. Bull
-Keyes
-Irving Berlin
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
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-Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra
-Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
-Possible appearance
-Comedy
-Music
-Carpenters
-Qualities
-Arrangements
-Control
-Bull
-Qualifications
-[First name unknown] Caldero
-William H. Carruthers
-Someone in charge
-Leonard Garment
-Qualifications
-Bull

US Department of the Navy
-Whistleblower
-Charles L. Ill
-Fired
-Litton Industries
-Jerry H. Jones [?]
-Roy L. Ash
-Haldeman's knowledge of problem
-Ill
-Elliot L. Richardson, John W. Warner
-Support for Ill
-Carlos C. Villarreal
-Mexican-American
-Warner
-Appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
-Agency for International Development [AID]
-Preference for Navy

Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.

Ronald L. Ziegler
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-Meeting with President

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.

William P. Rogers
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Symbolism
-Hugh Scott

Press conference

L. Patrick Gray, III's confirmation hearings
-John W. Dean, III's view
-Gray's strategy
-Raw Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] files
-Ervin Committee
-Harry F. Byrd's position
-Gray's testimony
-Advice
-James O. Eastland
-John N. Mitchell
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Senate vote
-Eastland
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.'s position on raw FBI files
-Haldeman's view
-Disagreement with Gray's strategy
-Dean
-Kleindienst
-FBI
-Handling of the Watergate investigation
-Directorship
-Jerry V. Wilson
-Dean
-Gray
-Kleindienst
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Watergate
-Maurice H. Stans
-Possible testimony
-Intelligence
-Compared to Gray
-Involvement in Watergate
-Innocence
-Robert L. Vesco
-Involvement
-Haldeman's view

Press conference
-News summary
-Tactical use
-Articles
-Washington Post, New York Times
-Air of formality
-Compared to Oval Office
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s press interaction on White House lawn
-Advantages
-Television [TV] coverage
-Control of discussion
-Amnesty

Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Statements
-Peace activists, Jane Fonda
-Conditions of release
-Sense of honor
-Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
-Religious beliefs
-Letter to President
-President's response
-Religiosity
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft’s telephone call to Denton
-President's impression of letter
-Permission to release letter
-Brainwashing
-Abilities
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-Statement
-Cleverness
-Capt. James A. Mulligan, Jr. [?]
-Comments on release
-Common view of POWs
-Shared experiences
-Structure of command
-Reticence
-Charges against colleagues
-Publicity
-TV coverage
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]

Peter J. Brennan
-Visit to high-rise apartment collapse site
-Bailey’s Crossroad

Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.

Quadriad meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.

Press conferences
-News rooms
-Advantages of using
-Compared with Oval Office
-Lighting
-Atmosphere
-Future scheduling
-Reasons

Swearing-in ceremony

Haldeman left at 10:05 am.
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