936–3

Conversation No. 936-3

Date: June 11, 1973
Time: 5:25 pm - 5:42 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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Conversation No. 936-3 (cont’d)

National economy
-Labor-Management Advisory Committee meeting

-Length

-Possible freeze

-Labor opposition
-Wage freeze
-Views of Paul Hall and Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Food prices
-George Meany’s conversations with Democrats
-Second thoughts
-President’s previous meeting with George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, and John T.
Dunlop
-Need for action
-Meany
-Opposition
-Possible freeze
-Duration
-30, 60 days
-Labor reaction
-Threat

-Follow-up

-Food prices, industrial prices

-Labor-Management Advisory Committee meeting

-Responsibility


Haig’s conversation with Bryce N. Harlow

Watergate
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Haig’s conversation with assistant

-Cook [first name unknown]

-Jonathon Moore

-Press stories
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
-Dita Beard
-ITT
-James O. Eastland, Hugh Scott
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Conversation No. 936-3 (cont’d)

-Haig’s conversation with Moore
-Media coverage
-Notification of Ronald L. Ziegler
-Richardson’s contacts with White House
-Staff
-President
-Haig
-Melvin R. Laird
-Counsel’s office
-Domestic staff

Harlow
-President’s forthcoming call to Howard J. Morgens of Procter and Gamble
-Harlow’s appointment
-Role on White House staff
-Laird
-Compared to Christian A. (“Sonny”) Jurgensen and Billy Kilmer
-Spiro T. Agnew
-George H. W. Bush
-Political interest, communications, special interests
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-President’s forthcoming call to Morgens, Harlow
-Timing of announcement
-Other announcements
-Vietnam
-Energy

Energy
-Haig’s conversation with [First name unknown] Payne
-Confirmation

White House staff
-Harlow
-Payne

National economy
-President’s plan
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Conversation No. 936-3 (cont’d)

-Opportunism

-Shultz, Stein

-Salesmanship

-John B. Connally


Watergate
-Effect

-Presidential power

-Damage

-Support for President
-Haig’s telephone call from President James Allen McCain of Kansas State
University
-Alfred M. (“Alf”) Landon
-Support for President
-Leonid I. Brezhnev’s possible forthcoming visit
-“Miracle grain” program
-A letter
-Support for President
-Florida

Watergate

-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

-Review of news summaries
-President’s notations
-John W. Dean. III’s possible allegations
-News summaries

-Henry E. Petersen

-Content

- -Haig’s search
-Buzhardt
-Access to President’s files
-Conversation with Haig

Haig’s schedule

-Sequoia cruise

-Joseph W. Alsop dinner

-Postponements
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Tape Subject Log

(rev. July-2011)

Conversation No. 936-3 (cont’d)


Watergate

-Dean

-Actions

-Effect

-Motive

-Possible immunity
-Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony

-Popular opinion

-Dean

-Possible allegations concerning President
-William O. Bittman
-Money

President’s schedule

-Ronald L. Ziegler


Haig left at 5:42 pm.