Date: February 28, 1973

Time: Unknown between 8:15 am and 9:01 am

Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

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Employment of minorities and ethnics

-Failure to follow President’s directives

-Frederick V. Malek’s approach

-Competency

-Transportation Department

-Appointments

-Ambassadors

-Advisory committees

-Percentage of minority

-Goal

-Mexicans

-Anne L. Armstrong

-Tejanos, Californeros

-Robert F. Finch, Patricia R. Hitt

-Poles, Italians, Mexicans

-Eastern Europeans

-Political commitments

-Effect of inaction

-Italian appointments compared with Polish, Eastern European, Mexican

-Michael P. Balzano, Jr.

-Blacks

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Symbolism

-Job losses

-Prestige positions

Congressional relations

-Social events at White House

-Ehrlichman, Haldeman, and William E. Timmons

-Meetings with small groups

-Ehrlichman, Gerald R. Ford, Hugh Scott

-Vetoes

-Demands of President’s time

-Bryce N. Harlow, Clark McGregor, Timmons, George H. W. Bush,

Ehrlichman

-Recommendation

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The President talked with Willie J. Usery, Jr. between 8:42 am and 8:43 am.

[Conversation No. 865-6A]

[See Conversation No. 37-3]

[End of telephone conversation]

Congressional relations

-Certain individual groups to be emphasized

-Republican, Democratic supporters

-Need for plan

-Maurice H. Stans

-Timing

-Efficacy of social events

-Evenings at White House, Church services

-Substantive talks

The President finished dictating at an unknown time before 9:01 am.