Date: June 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Leonid I. Brezhnev’s visit
-Camp David
-Travel options
-Mt. Vernon, Hagerstown
-Helicopter, car
-Travel time
-Sequoia
J. Fred Buzhardt Jr. entered at an unknown time after 3:09 pm.
Watergate
-Prosecutors
-Envelope
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Judge
-John W. Dean, III
-Earl J. Silbert
-Archibald Cox
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Forthcoming letter to Dean, June 19, 1973
-$14,000
-Dean
-Ervin Committee testimony
-Handling of funds
-Charles N. Shaffer
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-Maurice H. Stans
-Conversation with Buzhardt
-Forthcoming letter to Dean, June 19, 1973
-Seymour M. Hersh
-Dean’s finances
-Dean
-Handling of funds
-Possible investigations
-Prosecutors
-Ervin Committee
-Possible newspaper stories
-$14,000
-W. Richard Howard
-Gordon C. Strachan
-Knowledge
-Conversation with Dean, November 1972
-Conversation with Stans
-$22,000
-$22,000
-Fred F. Fielding and Strachan
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Stans
-Fielding and Strachan
-Possible use
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-John N. Mitchell
-Frederick D. La Rue
-La Rue
-Buzhardt’s attempted phone calls, June 19, 1973
-$14,000 and $22,000
-Hersh
-Source of information
-Finances
-Handling of funds
-Lawyer’s possible advice
-Trust account
-Reasons
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-Hersh
-Investigation
-Possible press coverage
-Investigations
-Compared to Defense Department improprieties
-Letter from CRP
-CRP’s possible suit
Buzhardt left at 3:23 pm.
Melvin R. Laird
-Forthcoming conversation with President
-Role on White House staff
-Congress
-William E. Timmons
-Bills
-Veto
-Economic package
-Phase IV
-Haig’s resignation from Army
-US News and World Report article [?]
-Laird’s influence
-Role on White House staff
-Administration’s relations with Governors and Mayors
-Revenue sharing
-Economy
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Staff
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Intelligence
-Communications department
-Replacement
-Forthcoming conversation with President
-John B. Connally’s role on White House staff
-Advisement
-Meetings
-Energy
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-Economics
-Foreign policy
-Cabinet
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Skillset
-Background in law enforcement [?]
Haig
-Role on White House staff
-Laird, Harlow
-President’s schedule
-Interaction with Congress
Laird
-Meeting with Hugh Scott
-Alleged telephone call to President
Spiro T. Agnew
-Investigation in Maryland
-Laird’s forthcoming conversation with J. Glenn Beall, Jr.
-George Beall
-Intimidation
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Laird
-President’s influence
-Marvin Mandel
-Scope
-Possible effect
-Allegations
-Beall’s possible role
-Two prosecutors
-Forthcoming conversation with Beall
-Supervision
-Harlow
-St. Croix
-Laird
-Timmons
-Discretion
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Watergate
-Dean
-Motives
-Immunity
-Handling of funds
-Testimony
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-Press coverage
-Dean
-Motives
-Handling of funds
-Testimony
-Ehrlichman
-March 21, 1973 meeting with President
-Visit to Camp David
Laird entered at 3:38 pm.
Laird’s schedule
-Congressional leadership
-Republican Senators
-Policy
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Cole
-House of Representatives
-Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford
Cambodia
-Forthcoming vote in House of Representatives
-Ford’s view
-Albert’s view
-Position of House of Representatives
-Timing
-Henry A. Kissinger’s possible role
-Appearance before Republican conference
-Ford’s view
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-Attitude
-Date, September 1, 1973
President’s position
-Funding
-House rules on conference report
-Senate amendment
-Conference report
-Continuing resolution
-Efforts of Kissinger and Timmons
-Ford’s view
-J. William Fulbright
-Administration’s strategy
-Kissinger
-Laird
-Timmons
-Ford’s view
-Possible White House action
-House position
-Vote
-Republicans
-Compromise
-President’s authority
-Bombing
-Ford
-Albert’s view
-Timmons
-Senate amendment compared to House position
-Kissinger
-Schedule
-House Republicans
-Negotiations
-[North Vietnam] Hanoi
-Peace negotiations
-Peace negotiations
-President’s authority
-US withdrawal
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-September
-Impact
-Forthcoming vote in House of Representatives
-September amendment
-Continuing resolution
-Cut-off
-Ford’s position
Laird
-Office and staff
-Domestic council
Cole
-President’s recommendation
-Contacts
-Governors
-Mayors
-Relations with Laird
-Advisement
Laird
-Letters
-Telegrams
-Importance
Harlow
-Role on White House staff
-Start date
-Timing
Laird
-Forthcoming conversations
-Timmons, Roy L. Ash, Cole, Haig, Harlow
Congressional relations
-Texas bill signing, June 19, 1973
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-George H. Mahon
-Ash’s view
-Legislation
-Effect of budget efforts
-Republican Congressional leaders
-Views
-Compromise
-Options
-Positions
-Possible vetoes
-Minimum wage
– Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] legislation
-Ash’s views
-Possible vetoes
-Meetings with constituents
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 3:38 pm.
Refreshment
-Coffee, tea
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.
Laird domestic policy
-Domestic Council
-Divisions
-Forthcoming conversations
-Ash
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Divisions
-Weinberger’s view compared with Ash’s
-Wage and price freeze
-Phase IV
-Forthcoming conversation
-George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop
National economy
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-President’s program
-Phase IV
-60-day freeze
-Phase III
-Food
-Laird’s role
-Shultz’s view
-Duration of freeze
-30, 40, 60 days
-Inflation
-Political implications
-Briefing papers
-Duration of freeze
-Views of Laird, Connally, Ash
-90-day freeze
-Laird’s schedule
-Meetings with economic advisors
-Wage negotiations
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons’s view
-Teamsters union
-Paul Hall’s view
-Impact of freeze
-Early end to freeze
-Benefit
-Food prices
-Progress
-Economic Stabilization Act
-Possible amendment
-Exports
-Supplies
-Arthur Burns’s view
-Taxes
-Taxes
-Possible Congressional action
-Congressional philosophy
-Views of Stein, Shultz, and Dunlop
-William E. Simon
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-Views
-Fiscal and political sensibilities
-Relationships
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Laird’s conversation with Mills
-Burns
-President’s schedule
-Views
-President’s August 15, 1971 action
-Gold convertibility
-Ideology
-Feasibility
-Political acumen
-Capitol Hill
-Flexible investment tax credit
-Practicality
-Political climate
-Forced savings
-Germany’s experience
-Matching funds from employers
-Pay raises
-Burns
-President’s program
-Confidence
-Business community
-Political climate
-Phase IV
-Laird’s participation
Connally
-Laird’s forthcoming dinner
-Schedule
-California
-Gas fuel
-Meeting with President
-Role on White House staff
-Energy
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-National economy
-Influence
-Simon, Ash
-Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
-Cabinet
-Skills
-Salesmanship
-Political judgment
-Reading of stock market
National economy
-President program
-Support for President
-Shultz
-Stein
-Dunlop
-Ability
-Shultz
-Speech
-Connally’s role
-Economic confindence
Connally
-Conversation with Haig
-Enthusiasm
-Possible activities
National economy
-President’s program
-Response
-Stock market
-Possible Congressional action
-60-day freeze
-60-day freeze
-Support for program
-President
-Haig
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-Connally
-Ash
-Political assessment
-Duration of freeze
-Food, gasoline
-60-day freeze
-Implications of 30-day freeze
-Views of Shultz, Stein, and Dunlop
-Laird’s role
-Support for 60-day freeze
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Shultz
-Farm prices
-Weather
-Modification
-Possible freeze
-Unprocessed farm products
-President’s program
-Connally’s possible role, Laird’s role
-Success
-Status
-Housewives’ view
-Economic health
-Compared to other nations
John A. Love
-Possible role in administration
-Forthcoming conversations
-Wife
-Travel to Washington, DC
-Haig
-Title options
-Czar
-Energy director
Energy
-Cabinet committee
-Rogers C. B. Morton, Simon
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-Defense Department, State Department
-Simon’s policy committee
-Treasury Department
-Staff organization
-Morton, Simon Shultz
Shultz
-Responsibilities
-Durability
-Work ethic
-Laird’s role
-Sensitivities
-Forthcoming meeting with Russians
Connally
-Forthcoming dinner with Laird
-President’s schedule
-California
-Staff harmony
-Statements concerning Ziegler
-Views concerning White House staff
White House staff
-Ziegler
-President’s assessment
-Briefing Books
-President’s schedule
-Ziegler’s role
-4th of July in Cheyenne, Wyoming; Milk Producers function, press
conferences
-Laird
-Contacts with press
-Open interviews
-Background interviews
-Television [TV]
-Connally
-Hugh S. Sidey
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-Importance
-Telephone calls on Cabinet
-Contacts with press
-Ziegler
-Forthcoming meeting with Walter Washington
-Meeting locations
-Officials
-Congress
-Contacts with press
-Timing
-Schedule
-Economic and energy matters
-Budget
-San Clemente
-Media
-Conversations with Haig and Ziegler
-Importance
-Public presence
Brezhnev’s visit
-Agenda
-Agreements
-Camp David
-Summit results
Laird
-Role on White House staff
-Response
-President’s schedule
President’s schedule
-Weekly meeting
-Laird, Harlow, Haig, Ziegler
Harlow
-Role on White House staff
-Timmons’s role
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-Congress
-Administration’s appointments
-Judicial appointments
-Laird’s meeting with Senators
-Interaction with Laird, Haig, Ziegler
White House staff
-Meeting schedule
-Senior staff
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Sensitivities
Brezhnev visit
-Agreements
-Kissinger’s role
Shultz [?]
Laird and Haig left at 4:30 pm.