Date: February 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:12 pm and 7:19 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
State dinners
-Value
-Toasts
-Ritual
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Japan
-Emperor
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Haldeman’s attendance at a luncheon
-[Earl of Cromer] George R. S. Baring
-Edward R. G. Heath
-Burke Trend
-Jane (Dalton) Weinberger
-Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt
-Marjorie (Hecht) Sonnenfeldt
-Conservative
Kissinger
-Helmut Sonnenfeldt
-Expertise
-Soviet Union
-Elite
-Marjorie Sonnenfeldt
-Trips abroad by President
-Public reactions
-Mexico
-Brazil
-Invitations
-Head of state visits
-Golda Meir
State dinner
-Remarks
-Toasts
-Guests
-J. William Fulbright
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House guest lists
-Evenings at the White House
-Maurice H. Stans
-Charles W. Colson
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
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-State chairmen
-Maine, Delaware, Vermont
-Frederic V. Malek
Second term reorganization
-Speeches
-Economic policy
-George P. Shultz and Arthur F. Burns
-Speech
-Television [TV]
-International monetary situation
-International trade
-Devaluation
-Compared to wage and price controls
-Percentage
-Safeguarding US products
-Radio
-Reception by public
-Use of prime time television
-Phase II
-John B. Connally
-Phase I announcement
-Radio
-Best medium
-Public reception to TV appearance on trade
-Inflation
-Coordination of President’s schedule
-Stephen B. Bull
-Speech
-State dinners
-Preparation of speeches
-President’s input
-Lee W. Huebner
-Length
-Cuts
-Draft of speech
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-Cover memo
-Ed [Last name unintelligible]
-Ehrlichman
-Lead line
-Patrick J. Buchanan, Ronald L. Ziegler
-Huebner
-Ehrlichman
-Cabinet meeting
-President’s handling
-Col. William B. Nolde’s family
-Ziegler
-Comments
-Sense of color
-Lead
-Meeting with Nolde family
-Richard A. Moore
-Background story
-White House staff
-C. Gregg Petersmeyer
-Moore
-Domestic Council
-Meetings
-Charts
-Connally, Ehrlichman, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Budget presentations
-Meetings with Congress
-Charts
-Leads
-New People
-Number of workers
-Division of responsibility
-Amount of work
-Parkinson’s law
-Advance man
-Ceremonial functions
-Dinners
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-Military aides
-State chairmen
-Costs
Public relations
-President’s public presentations
-Lead time
-Line used in Prayer Breakfast speech
-Song
-Sources
-Mail from public
-Value
-President’s experience as Congressman, Senator
-Speechwriters
-Franklin R. Gannon [?]
-Limitations
-Mail from public
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Line from song
-Haldeman’s daughter
-Peacenik song
-John Huffman
-Use of liberal rhetoric
-Communists
-Freedom, liberation
-Nolde family
-Politician’s sense
-Help to President
-Summary of lines from mail
-Republican Congressional leader’s meeting
-William E. Timmons
-Peace issue
-Kissinger
-Briefings
-Ability to sell policies
-Intellectuals
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-Average person
-Program in New York
-Los Angeles
-Rating
-Content
-Appearance on TV
-Popular appeal
-Selling foreign policy
-Appeal to drama and emotions
-Kissinger
-Strength
-Deficiencies
-View of working in government
Foreign policy
-President’s conversation with Kissinger
-Wrapping up Vietnam settlement
-Challenges
-Economic aid for Vietnam [?]
-Military
-Congress
-Constitutional process
-European summit
-Charter
-Soviet Union
-Middle East
-Israeli election
-US elections
-Middle East
-Kissinger’s actions
-William P. Rogers
-Egypt
-Confrontation
-Prospects of war
-Rogers
-Negotiations
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-Kissinger
-Enthusiasm
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Soviet Union
-Vietnam
-Settlement
-May 8, 1972 decision
-December 1972 bombing
-Foreign policy decisions
-Foreign leaders’ visits
-[Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal
-Eisaku Sato
-Heath
-John M. Lynch
-Ireland
-President’s boredom
Public relations
-Shultz, Burns
-August 15, 1971 announcement on Phase I
-Budget
-TV appearance
-Vietnam
-TV appearance
-Day of National Prayer
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s funeral
-Budget
-Radio
-Impoundment of funds
-Congress
-Average person’s perceptions
-Taxes
-Kissinger
-Mood after Vietnam settlement
-Intellectual community
-Reception
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-New York
-Autographs
-Public limelight
-Gallup poll
Public approval ratings
-December 1972 bombing of North Vietnam
-1972 election
-Results after election
-Gallup’s reaction to Vietnam
-Polling techniques
-Weekend fieldwork
-Prayer breakfast
-Press conference
-TV
-Importance
-December 1972 bombing [?]
-1973 Inauguration
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s funeral
-Vietnam settlement
-Commentators, writers
-Circumventing through TV
-International economic policy
-Troop announcements
-November 3, 1969 speech
-Washington Post
-Meetings with President
-Congressional leaders
-Cabinet
-Necessity
-Appearance on TV
-Reassurance
-Frequency
-Press conferences
-Value
-Compared to troop announcements
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-Public opinion polls
-Negative numbers
-December 1972 bombing
-Congress
-Press
-Reaction to peace settlement
-Johnson’s funeral
-1973 Inauguration
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Analytic skills
-President’s actions in November and December 1972
-Publicity
-Press
-Chicago Tribute, Washington Star
-Criticism of bombing
-Criticism of President
-Political leaders
-Bombing halt
-Paris
-Congressional resolutions
-William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos
-William B. Saxbe
-Letter
Public relations
-Korologos
-Skill as political operative
-Congress
-Congress, governors, public, businessmen
-Maturity
-John F. Kennedy, Johnson legacy
-Budget
-Fight
-Public support
-Foreign policy
-Gains
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-Vietnam
-Economy
-Democrats’ criticism
-Congress
White House staff
-Decentralization
-President’s speeches
-Control over writers
-Length
-Lead
-Proper medium
-Radio
-Preparation
-Haldeman’s role
-Amount of time for changes
-Scheduling
-Bull
-Time for preparation
-Burns
-Delivery of speech
Haldeman’s schedule
-Chowder and Marching Society
President’s schedule
-Robert J. Dole
-Lobbyists
-Capitol Hill Club
-Responsiveness
-Reelection campaign
-Dependence on administration
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-President’s reelection committees
-Chairmen
-Pay
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Public relations
-Press conferences
-Frequency
-TV appearances
-Location
-Coverage
-Frequency of evening conferences
-Varied exposure
-Thomas E. Dewey’s advice
-Retreat from public view
-Buchanan’s advice
-John D. Ehrlichman [?]
-Appearances
-Momentum
-Danger of overexposure
-Problems of country
-Economy
-War
-Riots
-Press relations
-Compared to Johnson’s administration
-Successes of administration
-Press criticism
-Reasons
-Vietnam
Amnesty
-Poll
-Implications
-Public attitudes
-George H. Gallup, Louis P. Harris
-Working of poll question
-Networks
-Punishment
-Deserters
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-Appearance to American public
-Veterans and relatives of casualties
-Nolde family
-World War II, Korean War
-Sindlinger
-Motives of deserters, resisters
-Selfishness
-Compared to morality
-Families of drafted citizens
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Sacrifice of time
-Law school
-Compared to World War II
-Peace Corps
-Conscientious objectors
-Alternatives
-Andrew Johnson
-Over-all amnesty
-Abraham Lincoln’s position
-Confederate troops
-Burns [?]
-Price
-Lincoln’s position on deserters
-Deserters and draft dodgers
-Return to US
-Peace Corps
-Volunteers in Service to America [VISTA]
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Buchanan
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time before 7:18 pm.
State dinner
Haldeman left at 7:18 pm.
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Dogs [?]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:19 pm.