Date: October 9, 1972

Time: 9:32 am – 10:09 am

Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull.

Haldeman’s schedule

The President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:55 am.

Vietnam

-Henry A. Kissinger’s cable

-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

-Progress of negotiations

-Status of negotiations

-William P. Rogers

-Forthcoming press conference

-Comment

-Rogers’s forthcoming press conference

-Timing

-Statement

-On-camera

-George S. McGovern

-Timing

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

[Personal returnable]

[Duration: 2m 32s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

2

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

*****************************************************************

Campaign practices

-Hecklers

-Julie Nixon Eisenhower`s schedule

-Vermont

-Possible response

-Young people

-William R. Codus

-Responsibility

-Advance men

[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II

-Military service

-Return

-Navy

-1972 election

-Haldeman’s possible effort

-Installation of heating system

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

[Personal returnable]

[Duration: 21s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

*****************************************************************

-1972 election

-Public reactions

-Compared to Dwight D, Eisenhower’s return of John

S.D. Eisenhower

Speeches

3

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

-Pierre Rinfret’s work

-Peace

-Herbert Stein

-Paul W. McCracken

-Tone

-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

-Presentation of issues

-The People’s Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union

-Rinfret

-Personnel management

-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]

Radio Address on Federal Spending, October 7, 1972

-Charles W. Colson

-Baltimore Sun story

-News summary

-List publication

-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

-Republican leadership meeting

-Colson

-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]

-Ronald L. Ziegler

-Baltimore Sun story

-Reporter

-Ziegler

-Catherine Mackin “syndrome”

-Leads

-Taxes

-Increase

-Size

-Rinfret

-Price

-Size

-Vietnam war settlement

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

[Personal returnable]

4

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

[Duration: 12m 42s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

*****************************************************************

Campaign practices

-Frank L. Rizzo

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

[Personal returnable]

[Duration: 1m 24s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

*****************************************************************

Ziegler entered at 9:55 am.

Press briefing

-Quadriad meeting

-Arthur F. Burns

-Weinberger

-Economic indicators

-Economic expansion

Photographs of the President’s recent address on Federal spending

-News summary

-Patrick J. Buchanan, Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin

-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins

-Distribution to wire services

-Candidates

-Photographs of the President

5

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

-Types of poses

-Camp David

-Laurel lodge

-Text

-Portraits

-Skill as a photographer

Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:55 am.

The president’s schedule

-Quadriad

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:09 am.

Radio speeches

-The President’s recent speech on Federal spending

-Radio and press coverage

-Colson

-Price

-Farm speech

-Veterans

-Farm speech

-Chicago

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6

[Personal returnable]

[Duration: 2m 28 s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6

*****************************************************************

The President’s schedule

Ziegler left at an unknown time before 10:09 am.

6

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

[Personal returnable]

[Duration: 2m 29s ]

Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:55 am.

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

The President’s schedule

-Russell E. Train

Haldeman and Ziegler left at 10:09 am.