Date: October 2, 1972

Time: 8:15 am – 8:33 am

Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President’s schedule

-Presentation of credentials

-African ambassadors

-Niger

-Tanzania

-Sierra Leone

-Malagasy Republic

-Zaire

-Lombo Lo Mangamanga

-Frequency of Ambassadorial changes

-Secretary of State

-Possible change in second term

-Vice President

-Secretary of State

-Annual diplomatic reception

-Entertainment

-Thailand

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-New Zealand

-Jamaica

– [Douglas Valmore Fletcher]

-Frequency of changes

-New Zealand

John B. Connally

-Health

-Broadcast

-Son

-Health

-Haldeman’s recent conversation with Connally

-Connally’s morale

-Connally’s location

-Houston

-The President’s upcoming conversation with Connally

-Possible meeting with the President

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United Press International [UPI] editors’ wives reception

-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule

-The President’s schedule

-Camp David

-Mrs. Nixon’s role

-Handshaking

-The President’s involvement

-White House

-Possible tour

-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule

-Camp David

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-Rita Rajneih DeSantis

-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart

-William R. Codus

-Upcoming call to Mrs. Nixon

-The President’s schedule

-UPI wives

-American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE]

-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule

-The President’s schedule

-Andrei A. Gromyko

-Husbands

-Timing

-The President’s location

-Codus

-Forthcoming telephone call to Mrs. Nixon

-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

-George S. McGovern

The President’s schedule

-Camp David

-Timing

-Connally

-Upcoming meeting

-Gromyko

-Upcoming meeting

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John D. Ehrlichman entered at 8:26 am.

Debt limit-expenditure ceiling bill

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-The President’s possible letter to Congressmen

-Republicans

-Democrats

-Impact on vote

-Presidential activity

-The President’s view

-Possible letter to Congressional leaders

-Grandstanding before 1972 election

-Leaders of Congress

-Forthcoming meeting

-Wilbur D. Mills

-George H. Mahon

-Substitute

-Congressional veto

-The President’s proposed cut

-Deadline

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:26 am.

The President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:33 am.

-Possible letter

-William F. Timmons

-Upcoming conversation with Ehrlichman

-Forthcoming meeting

-Ehrlichman’s role

-Timmons’s role

-Casper W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

-Memorandum

-Camp David

-Ability at getting Congressional votes compared to ability to preset a case

-Compared to Clark MacGregor

-Weinberger

-Ehrlichman

-Agenda

-Ehrlichman’s role

-Press

-The President’s interest in bill passage

-Charls E. Walker

-Schedule

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-Debt limit extention

-Deficit

-Inflation

-Economic impact

-George P. Shultz

-Timmons

Ehrlichman left at 8:32 am.

The President’s recent conversation with Ehrlichman

Haldeman left at 8:33 am.