Date: October 2, 1972
Time: 9:51 am – 10:08 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-[United Press International [UPI] wives]
The President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Henry A. Kissinger and Andrei A. Gromyko
-Meeting
-Timing
-Swimming
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Press relations
-The President’s previous western trip
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-Haldeman’s view
-Television [TV]
-Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-New York Times
-Administration’s daily schedule
-“Visual”
-George S. McGovern
-Private meetings
-Fundraising dinners
-Tone
-Buchanan
-David S. Broder column
-Press attitude
-Washington Post
-New York Times
-Radio speeches
-1968 campaign
-Clark MacGregor
-State of the Union address
-MacGregor
-The President’s policy, performance, character
-Local reactions
-San Francisco
-New York
-Los Angeles
-1972 campaign
-Fundraising
-Motorcade
-The President’s schedule
-Radio speech
-Timing
-Motorcade
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Upcoming conversation with Haldeman
-Office press conference
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-On-the-road
-Disadvantages
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Control
-The President’s August 29, 1972 press conference
-Questions
-Vietnam
-Kissinger
-Timing
-McGovern
-Vietnam
-Speech
-Peace plan
-Timing
-Eleanor (Stageberg) McGovern’s statement
-The President’s October 9, 1968 statement
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:51 am.
The President’s schedule
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:08 am.
Press relations
-The President’s schedule
-Office press conference
Broder
-The President’s accessibility to press
-Compared to McGovern
-Life magazine article
-McGovern’s credibility
The President’s schedule
-Office press conference
-Timing
-Issues
-1972 Campaign
-Vietnam
-Soviet Jewry
-Value of issues
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
-Watergate
-US-Soviet Union grain deal
-Earl L. Butz
-The President’s instructions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Buchanan
-Price
-Briefing book
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Radio speeches
-Questions
-Taxes
-Timing
-Maritime agreement signing
-News story
-American Legion
-Press conference
-Maritime agreement
-[Camp David]
Haldeman left at 10:08 am.