Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 5:40 pm – 6:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.
Ehrlichman’s schedule
-New York meeting
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-John W. Dean III
-The President’s schedule
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:40 pm.
The President’s instructions
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Ehrlichman’s schedule
-New York meeting
-Agenda
-Republican National Convention, 1972 campaign, legislative session
Executive Office Building [EOB]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:15 pm.
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[Duration: 4m 40s ]
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The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting July 21, 1972
-Agenda
-Legislative leaders
-Cabinet meeting
-Clark MacGregor
-William E. Timmons’s paper
-John B. Connally
-Democrats for Nixon
-Use of term “Democrats”
-Compared to “McGovernites”
Forthcoming congressional session
-Democratic leadership
-Compared to 1948
-Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey
-Congress, George S. McGovern, Thomas F. Eagleton
-Phrase “McGovernites”
-Name recognition
-Media
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-The President’s possible vetoes
-McGovern’s possible tactics
-Revenue sharing
-Government spending and taxes
-Statement
-Donald F. Rodgers
-Irving Kristol article
-The President’s conversation with William T. Cahill, July 20, 1972
Taxes
-Property
-Value-added
-Michigan referendum
-William G. Milliken
-Schools
Congress
-Issues
-Busing
-McGovern, Eagleton
-Government spending
-MacGregor
-McGovern’s electability
-Polls
-McGovern
-Possible landslide for the President
-Possible presidency
-Consequences
-Forthcoming meeting July 21, 1972
-Henry A. Kissinger
-End the war resolutions
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[Duration: 12m 22s ]
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Forthcoming meeting July 21, 1972 with Cabinet and congressional leaders
-Press briefing on issues
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger’s views on budget
-Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford
-Memorandum
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[Duration: 55s ]
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Presidency
-McGovern
-Possible impact on country
-Tax program
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[Duration: 24s ]
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Ehrlichman left at 6:15 pm.