Date: February 21, 1973
Time: 12:54 pm – 2:13 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Spiro T. Agnew
-Conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler and Haldeman
-Uninformed
-President’s announcement of peace agreement
-Delivery
-Agnew’s role
-Joint session of Congress
-Mistake
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-Question and answer [Q&A] session
-December bombing
-President’s answer
-Hugh Scott’s knowledge
-Agnew’s staff’s role
Gridiron
-Ziegler
-Agnew’s attendance
-Toasts
-“Peace with honor”
-President
-Jokes
White House Correspondents Association
-President
-Edgar Allan Poe
-Dinner
-Meeting with President
-Gridiron dinner
Meeting with Rex W. Scouten
-Colors
-Bruce A. Kehrli
-White House renovation
-Budget
-Congress
-Bowling alley
-Taxpayer expense
-Maintenance
-Costs
-General Services Administration [GSA]
-Write offs and contributions
Contributions for renovations for bowling alley
-Walter H. Annenberg
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-Political problems of renovations
-Key Biscayne
-Budget
-Costs
-Scouten
-Write offs
-Annenberg
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-Assignment
-Haldeman
-Subtlety
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo, Abplanalp
-Contributions
-Fundraising
-Annenberg
-Underwriter
-Harry S. Truman precedent
-Bowling alley
-Donations
-Friends of the President
-Discussion
-Scouten
-Estimate
-Equipment
-Kitchen
-Air conditioning
White House renovations
-Kitchen
-Contributions
-Possible controversy
-Kitchen
-Necessity
-Prior renovations
-Budget
-Renovations
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-Air conditioning
-Plumbing
-Press relations
-Costs
-Inefficiency
-Excesses
-Work space
-Scouten
-Storage space
-GSA chief
-Arthur F. Sampson
-Storage space
-Location
-GSA
-Park Service
-Authority
-Ronald H. Walker
-Location near White House
-Scouten
-Airports
-National, Dulles
-Fort McNair
-Furniture
-Scouten
-Arrangements
Public relations [PR]
-Bowling alley
-Questions for Ziegler
-Costs
-Answer
-Contributions
-Truman
Gridiron dinner
-Another event
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-Haldeman’s opinion
-Florida trip
-Camp David
-Worship service
-Publishers
-President’s non-attendance
-Complication
-George S. McGovern
-William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger’s opinions
-McGovern
-Opportunities
-Possible harm to the President
-Publicity
-President’s non-attendance
-Camp David
-Alternative event
-Repercussions
-White House Correspondents Association dinner
-Press relations
-McGovern
-Worship service
-Editors, publishers
-Florida trip
-Disadvantages
-Attendees
-White House press
Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Events celebrating return
-Conflict with Gridiron
-White House Correspondents dinner [?]
-Letter from President
-Corsages to wives
-Letters to Missing in Action [MIA] family
-Letters from President
-Revisions
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-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Groups supporting President on Vietnam
-List
-Labor leaders
-Veterans groups
-Officers
-Letters
-Preparation
-Contents
-POW, MIA letterhead [?]
-MIA letters
-Advisability
-Delay
-Letters to POWs
-Mailing
President meeting with Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Rogers and State Department
-Relations
Kissinger
-Return to US from People’s Republic of China [PRC], Japan,
North Vietnam
-Press coverage
-Kissinger’s airplane
-Television [TV] coverage
-TV coverage
-Complaints
-Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Opposition
-Kissinger’s personality
-PRC
-Aid to Vietnam
-Problems
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-Congressional relations
Amnesty
-News summary
-President’s stand
-Republican senators, Congressmen
-Opposition
-Poll
-Gallup poll
Nguyen Van Thieu visit
-Date
-Arrangements
-POWs
-Kissinger
-San Clemente
-Ziegler
-President’s plans
-Weather
-Health
-Announcement
-Ziegler
-Length of stay
-White House Correspondents Association dinner
-Return to Washington
-Date
Staff position
-Henry [Last name unknown]’s resignation
-Rose Mary Woods
-New job
-Prestige, international travel
-Frederic V. Malek
-Study
-Bureaucracy
-International business
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-Unknown man’s forthcoming Asian trip
-Resignation letter
-Report
-Pressures
Anti-poverty rally
-Haldeman’s view
-Coverage
-Past demonstrations
-Sizes
-Destruction
Demonstrators and demonstrations
-1973 Inauguration
-Number
-Coverage by media
-Public reactions
-Democratic National Convention
-Anti-poverty rally
-Jesse L. Jackson
-Bella S. Abzug
-Vietnam Veterans Against the War
-Protest against farm cuts
-Equal Rights Amendment [ERA]
-Hatred
-Decline
-Violence
-Number
-Vietnam veterans
-Incidents
-National Mall
Spending
-Letters to Congress
-Report from Haldeman
-Bryce N. Harlow
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
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-Coordination
-Report on program
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Impact on Congress
-“Special interests” letters
-Ehrlichman
-Baroody
-Charles W. Colson
-Meeting with Harlow and William E. Timmons
President’s schedule
-Press conference
-Address to National Association of School Administrators
-Atlantic City
-Ehrlichman’s recommendation
-President’s view
-South Carolina, Mayport trips
-Audience
-Secondary school administrators
-Relevance
-Governors, Congressmen
-Public relations
-TV coverage
-Support for the President
-Negative signs
-New Jersey, New York
-Audience
-Certainty of support for President
-National Association of Secondary Schools
-Administrators, principals
-History teachers
-Advantages of going
-Disadvantages of going
-Protests
-Model cities
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Press relations
-Mass demonstrations
-Small protest
-South Carolina
-Visit with the President
-Media attention
-Effectiveness compared with mass protests
National Association of School Administrators address
-Crowd turn-out
-Trip to hall
-Helicopter
-Compared with Columbia, South Carolina
-Ehrlichman
-Attendees, demonstrators
-Speech
-Number of words
-Delivery
-Length
-Ehrlichman’s proposal
-Stephen B. Bull
-Revisions
-Public relations
-James Keogh, Harry S. Dent
President’s schedule
-Atlantic City address
-National Governors conference dinner
-Press conference
Trade
State of the Union speeches series
-Haldeman
-Domestic issues
-Ehrlichman
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-Schedule
-Human resources
-Community development
-Crime and drugs
-Government structure
-Review
-Delivery to Congress
-Revisions
National Association of School Administrators address
-Haldeman’s view
-President’s attendance
-Benefits
-President’s reception
-Ehrlichman
-Need to deal with education
-Compared with the environment
-Secondary education
-Speech
-Length
-Date
State of the Union speeches series
-Radio
-Camp David
-Live broadcast
-Scheduling
-Taping
-News coverage
-Camp David
-TV
-Timing
Breakfast for Republican Congressional freshmen
-Haldeman’s view
-Congressional “Peace with Honor” reception
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-Worship service, Evening at the White House [?]
-White House staff meetings with Congress
-Timmons
-Ehrlichman
-Reasons for event
-Timmons
-Ehrlichman
-Chowder and Marching
-Haldeman
-Freshman
-Kissinger
-Ehrlichman
-Peter M. Flanigan
-International economics
-Meetings with the President
-Value
-Supporters of the President
-Haldeman’s meeting with Gerald R. Ford
-Ehrlichman
-President’s social interaction with Congress
-Sunday meetings
-Reactions of others
-Breakfasts
-Kissinger
-Time
President’s meeting with Congressmen
-Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.
-Value
-Supporters of President
-Congressmen, Senators
-Charles H. Percy
-Congressional half hour
-Value
-Length of meetings
-Bull
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-Format
-Freshmen
-Samuel L. Devine
-Conservatives
-“Wednesday group”
-Ehrlichman
-Congressional reception
-Congressional wives
-Freshmen
-Substance
-Number of attendees
-Leadership meeting
-Misinterpretation
-Timmons
-White House staff meetings with Congress
-Ehrlichman
-Haldeman
-Congressional responses
Congressional relations
-Information
-Events
-Speeches
John B. Connally
-Call to Haldeman
-Location
-Message
-Dr. Armand Hammer
-Meeting with President
-Call to Marvin Watson
-Advisability
-Conflicts of interest
-President’s interest in meeting with Hammer
-President’s response
-Meeting with President
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-Scheduling
Freshmen Congressmen
-Meeting with President
-Value
-Bull
-Arrangements
-Events compared to meetings
Kissinger
-Incidents upon return to U.S.
-Airplane
-Reasons
-Press conference
-Wire
-Concerns
-North Vietnam
-PRC
Military aide
-Col. John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
-Qualities
-Promotion
-Lieutenant Colonel
-Colonel
-Marine Corps
-Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-Military aide
-Navy aide
-Reaction of armed services
-Qualifications as aide
-Robinson Risner [?]
-Larsen [First name unknown]
-Brennan and Vernon C. Coffey, Jr.
-Army aide
-Navy aide
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-Transfer
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Navy aide
Robert H. (“Bob”) Taylor, William L. Duncan controversy
-Haldeman’s conversation with Duncan
-President’s letters
-Woods
-Taylor’s plans
-Transfer
-Downgrade
-Richard E. Kaiser
Unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:54 pm.
-Talk with Haldeman
-Lilburn E. (“Pat”) Boggs, James J. Rowley
-Opinion of Taylor
-Promotion to Assistant Director
-Transfer
-New job
-Political appointment
-Dangers
-Duncan
-Taylor
Unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:13 pm.
Watergate
-Latest report
-Charles W. Colson
-Dita Beard
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Leaks
-L. Patrick Gray, III
-W. Mark Felt
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-Washington Post
-Reports
-Time magazine
-Senate
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Chief counsel suggestions
-Kenneth Keating
-A New York lawyer
-Republican
Haldeman left at 2:31 pm.