Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:02 pm and 4:07 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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[Duration: 4m 20s ]
John B. Connally entered at 3:03 pm.
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Campaign contributors
-Appeal for Democrats for Nixon funds
-Clark MacGregor
-John A. Mulcahy
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-Milk producers
-Fitzsimmons
-Dwayne O. Andreas
-Meshulam Riklis
-Arthur Cohen
-Daniel K. Ludwig
-1968 campaign activities
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Connally’s role in fundraising
-Leon Hess
-John Loeb
-Loeb’s son-in-law
-Contribution
-Jewish contributors
-Israel issue
-Spending by Democrats for Nixon
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[Duration: 1m 50s ]
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Connally’s forthcoming broadcast on foreign policy
-Effectiveness on party loyalty
-Democrats
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-Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Adlai E.
Stevenson II, [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-The President’s conversation with William H. Carruthers
-Picture of George S. McGovern
-The President’s handshake with Chou En-lai
-The President’s negotiations with Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Use of Congressional Record
-Consistency of the President’s views
-Connally’s reading of material
-A. James Reichley
-Fortune
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[Duration: 14m 10s ]
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Watergate related issues
-Corruption
-Watergate
-Donald H. Segretti
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Connally’s previous press conference
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Incident with fire marshal at George S. McGovern event
-Accusation of Republican sabotage
-Los Angeles, California
-1968 bugging incident
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC] employee
-New York Times
-Pulitzer Prize
-Publication of national security information
-Jack N. Anderson
-National Security Council [NSC] files
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-Segretti
-Actions
-Connally’s view
-MacGregor’s statement
-Avoidance of questions
-Compared to Ronald L. Ziegler
-Contributions
-Maurice H. Stans
-Connally’s previous press conference
-Question about International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
contribution to McGovern
-Columbus, Ohio
-George Embry
-Columbus Dispatch
-ITT’s pattern of contributions
-Portrayals of wealthy Democratic and Republican donors
-Stewart R. Mott
-Walter T. Duncan
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Byran, Texas
-San Antonio, Texas
-Connally’s view
-Jeno F. Paulucci
-Humphrey
-Committee to Re-Elect the President [CRP]
-Watergate
-The President’s knowledge of break-in
-Florida
-Bugging of Democratic Committee headquarters
-Responsibility of lower-echelon personnel
-Possible demonstrations at Republican National Convention
-Campaign practices
-Segretti operation
-Lack of connection to Watergate
-Washington Post story
-Nature of operation
-Campaign rallies and meetings
-Relationship to Chapin
-Compared Wendell L. Willkie’s campaign activities
-Press reaction
-Michael [Last name unknown]
-McGovern campaign activities
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-Demonstrations against the President in San Francisco
-McGovern office in Berkeley
-Additional demonstrations in California
-McGovern office in Los Angeles
-Burning of CRP office in Phoenix, Arizona
-Firebombing of additional CRP offices
-Press reports
-President’s knowledge of Watergate
-Segretti operation
-The President’s knowledge
-Democratic Presidential primaries
-Segretti compared to Watergate burglars
-CRP
-Desire for campaign intelligence
-Chapin
-Contact with Segretti
-Segretti’s background
-University of Southern California [USC]
-Treasury Department
-Army
-School activities
-Segretti’s contact with Chapin
-Updates on activities
-Edmund S. Muskie, Humphrey, Henry M. (“Scoop”)
Jackson
-Separation from Watergate
-Funding from CRP
-G[eorge] Gordon Liddy
-Watergate investigation
-Telephone logs
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Segretti’s appearance before grand jury
-FBI leak
-Chapin’s statement
-Segretti’s statement
-Haldeman
-Chapin
-Gordon C. Strachan
-Chapin’s role at White House
-Advancemen
-Connections
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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-Watergate
-White House
-Pentagon Papers
-Cubans
-Daniel Ellsberg
-White House position
-Condemnation of illegal campaign activities
-Electronic surveillance
-Connally’s view
-MacGregor
-Robert J. Dole
-Accusations against CRP
-Richard (“Dick”) Tuck’s activities on behalf of Humphrey
Pizzas
-Black ambassadors
-1960 campaign
-Tuck
-1968 campaign
-Bugging of the President’s airplane
-J. Edgar Hoover
-John N. Mitchell
-Johnson
-Humphrey
-Vietnam negotiations
-Bugging of the President’s compartment
-Knowledge of the President’s conversations
-Connally’s press conference
-Actions of previous administrations
-Segretti
-Possible response
-Dole
-Hunt, Liddy
-Money
-Dole, MacGregor
-Liddy
-Possible connection to Watergate
-Tuck
-Possible press reports
-Segretti compared to Tuck
-Fake press releases
-Barry M. Goldwater campaign
-Richard M. Scammon
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(rev. Nov-03)
-Leaks
-Johnson’s advance knowledge of Goldwater’s speeches
Connally’s schedule
-Meeting with Dell E. Webb, Ludwig
-Ludwig
-Herbert Brownell
-Campaign contributions
-CRP
-Mulcahy
1972 election
-The President’s possible speech
-The administration’s accomplishments
-Plans for future
-The President’s schedule
-New York
-Peace
-Inflation
-Economic growth
-Reform
-The President’s schedule
-Radio speeches
-Tone
-Crime, tax reform, government spending
-Foreign policy, vision of America
-The President’s forthcoming victory
-Irrelevance of mandate
-Compared to Johnson’s 1964 victory
-McGovern, Eastern liberal media, Eastern Establishment
-Significance of defeat
-US political system
-Possible effect of the President’s substantial victory
-Proponents of “way out” lifestyle
-Proponents of US withdrawal from Vietnam
-New isolationism
-New York Times
-Washington Post
-Newsweek
-Time
-Television networks
-Eastern Establishment
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-Universities
-“Decent” people
-South
-Midwest
-California
Post-1972 election plans
-“New Establishment”
-Government
-Jews
-Loyalties
-Intellectuals
-Harvard University
-Yale University
-Columbia University
-Fordham University
-FBI
-Loyalty
-Background of agents during Hoover’s tenure
-Harvard University
-Georgetown University
-Midwest
-South
-Press relations
-New York Times
-Washington Post
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Embry
-Sidey
-The President’s background
-Whittier
McGovern
-South Dakota background
-Liberal leanings
-Georgetown
-Forthcoming defeat in South Dakota
Post-1972 election plans
-State Department
-Defense Department
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
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-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
1972 election
-Defeat of McGovern
-Permissiveness
-Shame in the US
-Lack of patriotism
-Vietnam War
-The President’s November 3, 1969 speech
-Cambodia, Laos, May 8, 1972 decision by the President
-Youth
-Percentage support of the President
-Peer group pressure
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:03 pm.
The President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 4:07 pm.
1972 election
-Support for the President
-Midwest
-McGovern as symbol
-Media
-Rationale for McGovern’s defeat
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-McGovern’s campaign
-Ideas as issue
-Amnesty for draft evaders
-Marijuana
-Cuts in defense spending
-Lifestyle
-Supporters
-Media
-Rationale for McGovern’s defeat
-McGovern’s campaign
Campaign practices
-McGovern’s campaign
-Personal nature of attacks
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-Compared to the President’s campaign
-Connally’s public statement
-John D. Ehrlichman
-McGovern’s charge
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