Date: December 28, 1972

Time: 2:26 pm – 2:30 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Maurice J. Williams.

[See Conversation No. 380-28]

Greetings

-Williams’ location

-West Virginia

-Compared to Camp David

Nicaraguan earthquake

-Williams’ forthcoming trip to Nicaragua

-Compared to Bangladesh

-Fighting

-Looting

-Nicaragua relations

-Compared to US-Philippines relations

-Williams’ authority

-Coordination of government and volunteer agencies

-Reports

-Latin America

-Symbolism

-Media relations

-Williams’ role

-Role

-Peruvian Earthquake

-William P. Rogers

-Public relations [PR]

-Staff

-Turner B. Shelton

-Relationship with the President

-Chancellery

-Destruction

-Use of residence for relief efforts

-Lesly (Starr) Shelton

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Parting remarks

-Disasters