Date: July 24, 1972
Time: 4:14 pm – 5:48 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr., Rev. John J. McLaughlin, John K. Andrews, Jr.,
David R. Gergen, Lee W. Huebner, Rodney C. Campbell, Harold J. Lezar, Jr. Vera Hirschberg,
Aram Bakshian, Jr. and John B. McDonald. Stephen B. Bull and the White House photographer
were present at the beginning of the meeting.
Introductions
Arrangements for photograph session
[General conversation]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:14 pm.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:46 pm.
1972 campaign
-Democratic National Convention
-Speeches
-Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Surrogates
-Writer’s relationship with speaker
-Agnew’s staff
-John Coyne, Jr., J. Marsh Thompson
An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 5:46 pm.
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Development
-Clark MacGregor
-Staff
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Art Hammlesch [sp?]
-Tim Martin [?]
-Coordination
-Compared with 1960 campaign
-Christian A. Herter
-Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
-Robert B. Anderson
-Arthur S. Flemming, William P. Rogers, Arthur Summerfield
-Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-John N. Mitchell
Issues
-National defense, foreign policy
-Domestic issues
-Economics
-Welfare, taxes
-Busing, amnesty, marijuana
-Judiciary and law enforcement
-Supreme Court
-Appointments
-Controversy
-Nixon Court
-Busing
-Supreme Court
-Impact of the presidency
-Time required
-Balance
-Appointments
-Possible number
-William O. Douglas, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-John B. Connally’s views
-Kleindienst
-Speeches
-George P. Shultz
-George W. Romney, John A. Volpe
-Earl L. Butz
-James D. Hodgson
-Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Agnew
-Connally
-Preparation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-MacGregor
-Robert J. Dole
-Phraseology
-Material
-Anecdotes
-Republican National Convention
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-The President’s schedule
-September 1972
-Parameters
-1968 campaign
-Position papers
-Voters’ capacity for assimilation of material
-Repetition of themes
-Differences between the President and McGovern
-Connally
-Choice of means and ends
-National defense, economy
-Barry M. Goldwater and Lyndon B. Johnson
-National defense, private enterprise
-Values
-Great Society
-Press
-Press
-Actions
-Foreign policy
-Vietnam
-Amnesty
-Thailand
-US troops
-McGovern’s view
-North Vietnam
-US treaty obligations
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO], Israel
-US role in world
-McGovern’s view
-Votes
-Michael J. Mansfield Amendment on European troop withdrawal
-Chile
-Salvador Allende Gossens, Fidel Castro
-Aid to Greece
-Dictators on the right
-Importance
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-NATO
-Greek divisions
-Turkey
-Middle East
-Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia
-Allende, Castro
-Connally’s views
-Adlai E. Stevenson , II and Dwight D. Eisenhower
-John F. Kennedy and the President
-Johnson and Goldwater
-Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-National defense
-Budget
-Laird’s comments
-Carriers
-Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Soviet Union
-PRC
-[Soviet Union]
-Mutual cuts
-Domestic policy
-Welfare
-$1000 per person grant
-Role of government
-Spending
-Welfare
-Family Assistance Plan [FAP]
-Abraham A. Ribicoff’s plan
-Taxes
-$1000 per person grant
-Impact on middle-income people
-Busing, integration of housing
-Foreign policy
-Initiatives toward Soviet Union, PRC
-Domestic policy
-Congressional action
-Welfare reform, revenue sharing, government reorganization
-Responsible change
-Institutions
-Government, parties, church, business, labor
-McGovern’s possible attacks
-[Democratic National Convention]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Miami
-Differences between the President and McGovern
-Foreign, national defense, and domestic policies
-Name calling
-McGovern’s nomination
-Democratic Party
-Forthcoming campaign
-Tone
-Media
-Voters’ analysis
-Impressions
-Respective supporters
-Television
-McGovern’s positions
-White House response to changes
-Price’s memorandum
-Goldwater in 1964
-Defense budget, $1000 per person welfare grant, tax increases, marijuana
legalization
-Goldwater in 1964
-Supporters
-Republican National Convention
-McGovern’s thinking
-Sloppiness of proposals
-Radicalism
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Issues
-Change
-National security
-Foreign policy, national defense
-Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Compared to McGovern
-Domestic
-Economy
-Role of government
-Redistribution of wealth
-$1000 per person welfare grant
-Poll results
-Tax revenues
-Voters’ reactions
-Blue collar people
-Welfare
-Pride
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Family incomes
-Focus
-“McGovernites”
-Compared to Democrats
-Issues
-Congress
-Democrats for Nixon
-Connally
-Democrats
-Obstructionists
-Use of term “Democratic”
-Dole
-MacGregor’s statement about American Federation of Labor-Congress of
Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
-Refusal to endorse McGovern
-AFL-CIO Executive Council
-Maurice A. Hutcheson
-Political affiliation
-Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
-Vietnam
-Kennedy role
-Democrats for Nixon
-Johnson, Jackson, Hubert H. Humphrey associates
-Campbell
-W. John Kenney
-Jackson
-George Christian
-Johnson
-Previous administrations
-Humphrey
-Vietnam
-Conduct of war
-Morality
-State Department
-McGovern
-Amnesty
-The President’s view
World War II
-McGovern’s experience
-The President’s conversation with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Quantico
-Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Gen. Omar N. Bradley
-Selflessness
-Use of atomic bomb by Harry S. Truman
-Nagasaki,Hiroshima
-Bombing of Germany
-Dresden
-Essen
-Krupp
-Berlin
-Hamburg
-Civilian deaths
-Adolf Hitler
Vietnam
-Bombing
-South Vietnam
-Communist government
-US role
-Possible US withdrawal
-Effect
-Communist takeover of North Vietnam, 1956
-The President’s trip to Hanoi, 1953
-The President’s trip to South Vietnam, 1956
-Refugee camps
-Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN]
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-McGovern’s position
-US troops in Thailand, offshore
-South Vietnam
-Morality
-US interest
-Strait of Malacca
-Possible US withdrawal
-Effect
-Communist dictatorship in South Vietnam
-Japan, Asia, Western Europe
1972 Campaign
-Issues
-Tone
-Situation on January 20, 1969
-Vietnam
-US casualties
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Tet offensive
-Draft
-PRC, Soviet Union
-Arms race
-Soviet Union
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-National economy
-Inflation
-Employment
-War spending
-Crime
-Drugs
-The President’s recent meeting on federal law enforcement
efforts
-1972
-Compared to 1969-1971
-Permissiveness
-Blame
-Kennedy and Johnson
-Party and personality
-The President’s previous campaigns
Johnson
-Place in history
-Vietnam
1972 campaign
-Issues
-Unity compared to division
-McGovern’s efforts
-Democratic National Convention
-Regional differences
-Compared to Republicans
-Labor
-Old and young
-Race
-Rich and poor
-Employer and employee
-Compared to Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Labor, South
-Compared to Republicans
-Youth
-Regional differences
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Race
-Busing
-Forced integration
-Education, housing
-Jews in New York
-Ethnic groups
-Poles, Italians
-Detroit
-Democrats
-Democrats
-Use of adjective “Democrat”
-Ray Barrow [?]
-Gridiron Club
-Republican National Committee
-Du Pont
-Southern Republicans
-Johnson’s 1964 campaign
-Republicans
-Effect
-House of Representatives and Senate
-1962
-Party loyalty
-California, New York
-Connally’s allies
-Republican National Convention
-Delegates
-Pins
-Administration’s goals and accomplishments
-Foreign, domestic policies
-Congress
-George H. Mahon
-John L. McClellan
-John C. Stennis
-Possible speeches at Republican Convention
-Technique
-The President
-Philosophy
-Issues
-Use of term “Radical”
-Goldwater
-Tennessee Valley Authority [TVA]
-Social Security
-McGovern
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Extremism
-Goldwater
-Sincerity of beliefs
-Isolationism
-Redistribution of wealth
-Naivete
-Arrogance
-Henry A. Kissinger’s views
-Ideology
-Buchanan
-The President’s constituency
-Farmers, blue collar, silent majority
-Compared to “Georgetown set”
-“Radical chic”
-As issue
-Media
-Beliefs
-Contrasted with the President
-Instructions
-Government
-Reform
-Speeches
-George Meany, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Peter J. Brennan, Frank L. Rizzo
-Techniques
-Intellectuals
-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-Compared to Newspaper Guild
-Meany’s and AFL-CIO Executive Board’s non-endorsement of McGovern
-Effect
-Funding
-Jews
-Teamsters
-Building trades
-Votes
-Possible percentages
-Views of Daniel L. Schorr, Rogers H. Mudd and Douglas Kiker
-Congressional candidates
-Goldwater
-The President’s campaign efforts in 1964
-Fitzsimmons, Brennan, Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason, Jesse M.
Calhoon
-Television
-Possible debates
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-MacGregor
-Effect on foreign policy negotiations
-McGovern’s 1964 note on Section 315 of the Communications Act
dealing with equal time
-Johnson, Goldwater, the President
-Vietnam, PRC, Soviet Union
-Differences between the President and McGovern
-The President and Kennedy
Presentation of gifts by the President
-Pin, cufflinks
The President’s appreciation for work
1972 Campaign
-Speeches
-Party and personality
-Issues
-Tone
-Vice Presidential candidates
-Issues
-Welfare
-National defense
-Soviet Union
-Laird
-Jobs
-McDonnell-Douglas
The President’s appreciation for work
The President left and Bull entered at 5:45 pm.
[General conversation]
Price, et al. left at 5:46 pm.