Date: January 3, 1973

Time: Unknown between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

Location: Oval Office

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

Haldeman’s vacation

-Weather in Palm Springs

White House staff performance

-Stephen B. Bull

-Gerald L. Warren

-Ronald L. Ziegler

-Bull

-Haldeman’s vacation

-Charles W. Colson

-Competence

-George P. Shultz

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Key Biscayne

-Vietnam War

-Haldeman

-Support for the President

-Emotionalism

-Press relations

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-Cambodia

-May 8, 1972 decision

-Domestic advisors

-Sphere of responsibility

-Donald H. Rumsfeld

-Robert H. Finch

-Ehrlichman

-Shultz

-Roy L. Ash

-Ziegler

-Strength

Bombing of North Vietnam

-Public opinion

-Sports

-1972 election

-Landslide

-Compared to Cambodia

-Compared to May 8, 1972 decision

-Nuclear war

-Difficulties of decision

-Costs

The President’s schedule

-Haldeman’s responsibility

-Congressional leaders

-Time off

-Ehrlichman

-Shultz

-1973 Inauguration

-Speech

-Meeting with bipartisan Congressional leaders

-Second term reorganization

-Wage and price controls

-Government organization committees

-Chet Holifield

-Shultz

-Length

-Timmons

-Ehrlichman

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-Shultz

-Briefing abilities

-Timmons

-Ehrlichman

-Meetings with Congressional leaders

-Carl B. Albert

-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield

-Gerald R. Ford

-Hugh Scott

-Meeting with bipartisan Congressional leaders

-Invitations

-Cabinet

-Timing

The President’s supporters

-The President’s memorandum

-Maurice H. Stans’ memorandum

-Contributors

-Quantity

-Use of White House

-Kissinger

The President’s schedule

-Dinner with Edward R.G. Heath

-New rule

-White House Staff attendance

-Kissinger

-State Department

-National Security Council [NSC]

-Meeting with [Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal

-Private visit

-Dinner

-Working lunches

-Meeting with Golda Meir

1973 Inauguration

-Drive to Capitol

-Departure

-Television [TV]

-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

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-Chairmen of Senate committees

-Marlow W. Cook

-Howard W. Cannon

-Spiro T. Agnew

-Elinor I (Judefind) Agnew

-Introduction

-Mrs. Nixon and Elinor Agnew

-Musical selection

-Military academies choirs

-Mormon Tabernacle Choir

-Religious services

-William F. (“Billy”) Graham

-Terence Cardinal Cooke

-Edgar F. Magnin

-New Majority

-Ceremony

-Greek Orthodox, Jew, Catholic

-Protestant black minister

-Edward V. Hill

-California Baptist

-Norman A. Huffman

-Louis H. Evans

-Catholic

-John Cardinal Cody

-Chicago

-Jerome M. Boyle

-John Cardinal Krol

-Cooke

-Black clergy

-Jewish rabbi

-Magnin

-Catholic cardinal

-Political supporter

-Humberto S. Medeiros

-Archbishop of Boston

-Timothy Cardinal Manning

-Los Angeles

-Cooke

-Graham

-New Majority

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-Italian

-Cooke

-Congressional luncheon

-Number invited

-The President’s family

-Arrangements

-Congress

-Julie Nixon Eisenhower

-Tricia Nixon Cox

-Mamie G.D. Eisenhower

-Details

-Truman memorial service

-Moment of silence

-Announcement

-Inaugural balls

-Cancellation

-Mourning period

-Salute to states

-Concerts

-The President’s schedule

-Concert

-Inaugural ceremony

-Balls

-Church service

-Family reception

-Parade

-Length

-Bands

-Richard Nixon High School

-Laredo

-Prepositioning

-Center of operations

-White House

-Mayflower Hotel

-Parade

-Cabinet

-Balls

-Length

-The President’s appearances

-Congress

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-Concerts

-1972 elections

Contributors

-Stans’s list

-Business Council

-Number

-Donald McI. Kendall

-Charles W. Colson

-David Packard

-Support for the President

The President and Haldeman left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.