Date: November 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:15 pm and 1:01 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
[The recording began while the conversation was in progress]
[See Conversation No. 227-1]
Second term reorganization
-William P. Clements, Jr.
-Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
-Blue Ribbon [Defense] Panel
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-John B. Connally’s advice
-Haldeman’s forthcoming telephone call
-Texas
-Department of Defense
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Role in Department of Defense
-Decision making
-Budget cuts
-Independence from admirals, generals
-Determination
Press relations
-Henry A. Kissinger [interview with Oriana Fallaci, November 2, 1972]
-Statement
-Substance
-Relationship with women
Second term reorganization
-Charles W. Colson
-Retention
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan.-08)
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Colson
-Office
-Location
-White House
-Robert H. Finch
-Finch
-Departure
-Time
-The President’s recent conversation with Finch
-Announcement
-Date
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Finch
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-George P. Shultz
-Meeting with the President
-Plans
-Cabinet post
-The President’s intention
-Possible conversation with Shultz
-Labor Department
-Shultz
-Peter J. Brennan
-Colson
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons approval
-Reasons for appointment
-Shultz
-Jews
-Work with Colson
-Commerce Department
-Transportation Department
-Labor Department
-Labor representative
-Attitude of organized labor
-Colson’s conversations with the President
-Brennan
-Transportation Department
-Commerce Department
-[Anne L. Armstrong]
-Political symbolism
-Republican Party
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan.-08)
-Women
-Business community
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Advantages
-“Sales” skills
-Newness
-“Flair”
-Republican National Committee chair
-Interior Department
-Armstrong
-Oil
-Howard (“Bo”) Callaway
-John A. Scali
-United Nations [UN] ambassadorship
-Kissinger’s reaction
-George H.W. Bush
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Shultz
-Deputy Secretary of Treasury
-Shultz’s reaction
-Political requirement
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Shultz
-The President’s forthcoming meetings
-Commerce Department
-Calloway
-South
-Possible performance
-The President’s forthcoming meetings