Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:41 pm and 6:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Charles W. Colson at 4:41 pm.
Vietnam War
-The President’s meeting with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Mansfield’s opposition
Harry S. Truman memorial service
-Richard A. Moore’s recommendation
-The President’s decision
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-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Hugo Black funeral
-Dean Francis Sayre
-Press coverage
-John A. Scali’s recommendation
-The President’s call to Johnson
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and
4:46 pm.
[Conversation No. 830-6A]
[See Conversation No. 35-66]
[End of telephone conversation]
-The President’s attendance
-Truman family
-Compared to funeral
-Bess (Wallace) Truman
-Scali’s recommendation
-Press coverage
-Johnson
-Parade
-Sayre
-Demonstrators
-Moore
-Johnson’s attendance
-Truman Democrats
-Support for the President
-The President’s trip to funeral
-Scali
-Sayre
-The President’s call to Johnson
The President talked with Johnson between 4:46 pm and 4:51 pm.
[Conversation No. 830-6B]
[See Conversation No. 35-67]
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[End of telephone conversation]
Johnson’s health
-Heart pains
-Hypochondria
Truman memorial service
-Spiro T. Agnew
-The President’s attendance at funeral
-The President’s and Johnson’s plans
-Reasons
-Independence, Missouri
-Press relations
-Gerald L. Warren
-Frank Cormier
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Richard A. Moore’s recommendation
-Risk
-The President’s exposure
-Statement for press
-The President’s call to Johnson
-Funeral service in Independence
-Truman family’s request
-Congress
-Foreign government representations
-Timing
-Warren
-Cormier
-Downplaying
-Ziegler
-Johnson
-Wording
-The President’s decision
-Johnson
-Warren
-Defensiveness
-Ziegler
-Sayre
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Vietnam settlement negotiations
-The President’s meeting with Mansfield
-Mansfield’s statements
-Concern
-Resolution
-Democrats’ motives
-Courage
-1972 election
-George S. McGovern’s resolution
-White House response
-Clark McGregor
-William E. Timmons
-Scali
-Responsibility of Congress during negotiations
-Chance of success
Roberto Clemente Memorial Fund
-The President’s contribution
-Leak to press
-Ziegler
-Nicaragua
-Ambassador
-Story for press
-Moore
-Francis Dale
-Daniel Mauck Galbreath
-Frank Robinson
-Barbara Ann Cole
-Publicity of contribution
-Ziegler
-No comment
-Nicaragua
-Ambassador
-Letter
-Scali
-Public release
-Billy Kilmer
-Privacy
-Kilmer’s daughter [?]
-Super Bowl
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-Interview
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Nicaraguan earthquake relief
-Warren
-Moore
George C. Wallace
-Surgery
-Health
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-Political influence
-Supporters
-Charles S. Snider
-Southern vote
-John O. March, Jr.
-Robert S. Strauss
-Snider
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Second term reorganization
-Marsh
-Defense Department
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Congressional expense
-Qualities
-Compared to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Haldeman
-Bull
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Haldeman
-Scheduling
-The President’s schedule
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-Overcommitment
-Congress
-1972 election
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Governors
-Republican Congressional members
-Discipline
-Timmons
-Dan Rather
-Qualities
-Clark MacGregor
-Thomas C. Korologos
-Qualities
-Haldeman’s deputy
-George H. W. Bush
-American Enterprise Institute [AEI]
-Colson’s responsibilities
-Outside support
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Haldeman
-“Kitchen Cabinet”
-Responsibilities
Johnson
-Condition
-Endurance
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-1968 election
-The President’s possible campaign against Johnson
-Nature of campaign
-Hubert H. Humphrey
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Vietnam War
-Congress
-Speeches
-Schedule
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs memorial service
-Truman’s memorial service
-Henry A. Kissinger’s trip to Paris
-Leadership positions
-Contests
-Kissinger
-Performance
-Press relations
-Conversation with Marvin L. Kalb
-Time
-Max Frankel
-James B. Reston
-Scali
-Conversation with Reston
-Bombing
-Loyality to the President
-Conduct before 1972 election
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Reston article
-Public impression
-Conversation with Colson
Truman memorial service
-Warren
-Johnson’s attendance
WJFC (Jacksonville, Fla.)
-Wire coverage
-Nixon Florida fundraiser
-Challenge to license
-Washington Post
-Costs
-Appeal
-Judge David L. Bazelon
-Chances of success
-George Champion, Jr.
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-Washington Post
-Court action
-Stockholder lawsuit
-David Shapiro
-Sidney Dickstein
Second term reorganization
-Harry S. Dent
-Departure
-Colson’s responsibilities
-Ziegler
-Press coverage
-Washington Post
Watergate
-Donald H. Segretti
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Dwight L. Chapin’s role
-Working outside White House
-Attacks on critics
-Groups to coordinate
-Haldeman
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Duties
-White House involvement
-Colson
-Watergate
-Campaign activities
-Outside groups
-George H. W. Bush
-Blame
-Responsibility
-Segretti
-Control
-Financing
-Chapin
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-“Black” mailings
-Boston activities
-Democratic illegalities
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-Campaign illegalities
-“Black” mailings
-[Unknown Man]
-Work with Colson
-Baroody
-Background
-Melvin A. Laird
-Holy Cross
-Haldeman
Second term organization
-Parochial school bill
-Pennsylvania, New York
-Catholic hierarchy
-Tax bill
-Letter-writing campaign for Catholic parents
-New Jersey
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Democratic tricks
-George H. W. Bush
-Congressional relations
-Timmons
-Korologos
-Wallace H. Johnson
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:51 pm.
Briefcase
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:09 pm.
-Wallace Johnson
-Qualifications
-Public relations [PR]
-Korologos
-Work on Congress
-Campaign work
-John F. Kennedy
-Use of Congressional administrative aides
-Compared to California politics
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-Korologos
-Wallace F. Bennett
-Age
-1968 reelection
Congressional relations
-Age
-Len B. Jordan
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Gordon L. Allott
-Jack R. Miller
-Loss
-Charge
-Iowa
-MacGregor
-Qualification for Senate
-Maryland
-Charles McM. Mathias, Jr.
-Employment
-Income
-Haldeman
-Legal practices
-Defense contractor
-Qualities
-United Aircraft
-Timing
-Attorney General
-Haldeman
-Lifestyle
-Personality
-Strength
-Legal practice
-Attorney General
-Watergate
-Confirmation hearings
-Involvement
-Robert J. Dole
-Qualifications for Senate
-Enthusiasm
-White House Staff
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-Bush
-The President’s meeting with Mansfield
-Concern over war
-Age
-World War I
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Republican Party
-Bush
-Republican National Committee [RNC] Chairman
-William E. Brock, III
-Clarence J. (“Bud”) Brown, Jr.
-Murray M. Chotiner
-MacGregor
-House campaign committee
-Senate campaign committee
-Candidates
-“Talent hunt”
-Endorsements
-Official and unofficial group
-Name change
-John B. Connally
-Candidate selection
1972 Election
-Massachusetts
-F. Bradford Morse
-John Kerry
-Paul W. Cronin
-Defeat
-Irish-Catholic
-Campaigning
-Connecticut
-Congressional defeats
-“Machine”
-Legislative elections
-Thomas J. Meskill
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-Robert H. Steele
-Colson’s role
-MacGregor
-Harry S. Dent
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Government spending
-Marvin Mandel
-New Year’s reception
-Television [TV]
-Governor
-Fiscal reform
-Taxes
-Meskill
-Political philosophy
-Maryland, Connecticut
-Education, health care
-Revenue sharing
-Need
-Relations with mayors
Second term reorganization
-Caspar W. Weinberger
-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
-James T. Lynn
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-Qualities
-Claude S. Brinegar
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Transportation Department
-Budget cuts
-Urban mass transit
-Employees
-Federal Railroad Administration
-Peter J. Brennan
-Personnel cuts
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
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-Antibureaucratic attitude
-Experience from building trades
-New York
-Hiring blacks
Conservatism
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Meskill
-Connecticut
-Mandel
-Maryland
-The President’s interviews with Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner
-Wallace
-Redskins fans
-Government workers
-Blue collar workers
-Popular appeal
-Compared to the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
-Dallas Cowboys
-New York Yankees
-Brooklyn Dodgers
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McGovern
-Elitism
-Mistakes
-Tax issue
-Unemployment
-Underdog
-Arrogance
-Advisors
1972 election
-The President’s strategy
-Compared to McGovern
-Certainty of the President’s victory
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-Henry A. Kissinger
-May 8, 1972 decision
-Vietnam negotiations
-Bombing
-Compared to Moscow Summit
-Public opinion
-Settlement
-Reaction against “doves”
-Korea War
-Veterans
-Criticism from “hawks”
-Douglas MacArthur
-Yalu River
-Bombing
-Lack of preparation
-Combat ready troops
-Military budget
-Louis Johnson
Truman
-Weakness as President
-Strengths
-1948 campaign
-Thomas E. Dewey
-Farmers
-Opposition to Congress
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1972 election
-The President’s strategy
-McGovern as issue
-Congress
-McGovern
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-Attack on press
-Richard Dougherty
-Advocacy reporting
-Success of the President’s strategy
-Compared to 1948 election
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Kissinger’s schedule
-Haig
-Meeting with Colson
-Meeting with reporters
-New York Times
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
Colson left at 6:09 pm the President left at 6:10 pm.