Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 5:12 pm – 5:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
-Length
-Taping
-Broadcast
-Television [TV]
-Repetition
-Timing
-Delivery
-Risks
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1972 campaign
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Film
The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
-Duration
-Pace
-Tape editing
-Deletions
-Opening
-Wording
-John Adams
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Presentation
-White House library
The President’s trips
-New Mexico
-Albuquerque
-Advantages
-Boston
-Opposition
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Kissinger
-Promise to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-The President’s possible meeting with head of Soviet Union academy of
sciences [Mistislav V. Keldysh]
-Timing
Haldeman talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:42 pm.
[Conversation No. 391-10A]
The President’s schedule
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-Meeting with Keldysh
-Timing
[End of telephone conversation]
Kissinger
-Manner
-Meeting with Haldeman
The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
-George S. McGovern’s corruption charges
-1972 election
-Importance
-World peace
-John Adams
-The President’s trips to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
and Soviet Union
-The President’s decisions
-The President’s trips to the PRC and Soviet Union
-[McGovern]
-Chance of winning
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1972 campaign
-The President’s trips
-Rhode Island
-Scheduling
-The President’s schedule
-TV appearances
-Timing
-Purchase of air time
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Football game
-The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
-Length
-McGovern
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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-TV appearances
-Cancellation
-Length
-Timing
-Football game
-ABC
-CBS
-The President’s TV appearances
-Length
-Long campaign
-Issues
-Purchase of air time
-Commercials
-Announcements
-Documentary
-McGovern
-Coordination
-Football games
-CBS
-Speech writing staff
-Price
-Thinker
-Editor
-The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
-Foreign policy issues
-Importance
-Vietnam War
-Text
-Release
-Vietnam
-Announcement
-Radio
-Foreign policy section
-Editing
-Vietnam
-John G. Schmitz
-TV appearance
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Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:42 pm.
[Conversation No. 391-10H]
Request
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with Kissinger 5:42 pm.
[Conversation No. 3491-10C]
Vietnam negotiations
-George C. Wallace
-Briefing by Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
[End of telephone conversation]
Press conference
-Advisability
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-View
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s views
-Alternatives
-Ziegler’s view
-Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner
-Horner
-The President’s departure for California
-Duration
-The President’s return from California
-Theodore H. White, Nicholas P. Thimmesch
-Duration
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1972 campaign
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-Charles W. Colson’s call
-Boston
-Baltimore
-MacGregor
-Radio
-Massachusetts
-The President’s chances of victory
-Outcome
-Predictions
-Primary issues
-Vietnam
-Voter turnout
-Amnesty
-The President’s image
-Popular perceptions
-Watergate issue
-Importance
-John S. (“Jack”) Knight
-The President’s press conferences
-Ziegler
-Advisability
-Purpose
-TV coverage
-William E. Brock, III
-Plan
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
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The President left at an unknown time after 5:42 pm.
Haldeman talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr. [?] at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 5:47
pm.
[Conversation No. 391-10D]
The President’s schedule
-The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future”
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-Duration
-Draft
-Review by the President
The President entered at an unknown time before 5:47 pm.
[End of telephone conversation]
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Republican Party
-Purpose in elections
-RNC
-Candidates
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon between 5:47 pm and 5:48 pm.
[Conversation No. 391-10E]
[See Conversation No. 32-124]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods at an unknown time between 5:48 pm and 5:55 pm.
[Conversation No. 391-10F]
The President’s schedule
-Dinner
-Mrs. Nixon
[End of telephone conversation]
Republican party
-Candidate selection
-Ethnics
-Youth
-New Majority
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-Senate
-Senate campaign committee
-House campaign committee
-1971 spending
-Staff size
-Efforts
-Automation
-Farmers
-Constituencies
-Staff work
-Staffing
-Recruitment
-Leadership
-Brock
-Daniel H. Kuykendall
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Congress
-Chairmanship
-Robert J. Dole
-Spokesmen
-Candidate selection
-Youth
-Chairmanship
-Dole
-Departure
-Staffing
-Chairmanship
-State chairmen
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The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 5:48 pm and 5:55
pm.
[Conversation No. 391-10G]
The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
-Vietnam negotiations
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-Paris
-Latest developments
-The President’s comments
-Soundness
[End of telephone conversation]
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1972 campaign
-Pictures
-Ohio
-Unknown girl
-The President’s lead
Haldeman left at 5:55 pm.
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