Date: October 6, 1972

Time: 8:55 am – 9:06 am

Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R.( “Bob”) Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield.

Radio Address on Federal Spending

-John D. Ehrlichman

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:06 am.

-Spending limit

-Amount

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

-Patrick J. Buchanan

-Proposed speech

-Vetoes

-Tax increase

-Property taxes

-Elderly

-The President’s October 5, 1972 press conference

-The President’s nomination acceptance speech

-Buchanan

-Tone

-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

-Buchanan

-George S. McGovern

-Veto

-Property tax relief

-Elderly

-Buchanan

-Spending program of the President’s opponents

-Cost

-Tax increase

-Amount

-Veto

-President’s budget

-The President’s spending programs

-Tax increase

-Goal

-Second term

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am

The President’s schedule

An unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:06 am

Radio Address on Federal Spending

-President’s spending programs

-Congress

-Prices and taxes

-Importance in 1972 campaign

-Spending program of the President’s opponents

-Taxes

-Goal

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

-Tax increase in 1973 and second term

-Congress

-The President’s budget

-Democrats

-Cooperation of Congress

-Prices

-Taxes

-Spending programs

-Ehrlichman

-Question and answer session [Q&A] on taxes

-Programs

-Government employment

-Tax increase

-Buchanan

-News summary

-Price

-Duration

-Announcement

-Tax increase

-Goals

-Congress

-Cooperation

-Buchanan

-Notes

Pollsters

-Republican party

-Clark MacGregor

Ronald L. Ziegler

-Press coverage of the President’s recent press conference

-Networks

-Jerome R. Waldie’s statement on 1972 campaign

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

-Strip mining

-Support

-Performance

John J. Sirica

-Watergate

-Public comment

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Nov-03)

-Rights of defendants

The President’s recent press conference

-Charles Manson

Radio address on Federal spending

-Buchanan

-News coverage

The President and Haldeman left at 9:06 am.