Date: March 13, 1973

Time: 12:42 pm – 2:00 pm

Location: Oval Office

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

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William P. Rogers’s call to Haldeman

-Ambassadorial appointments

-Thomas Vail

-Qualifications

-Paul Miller

-Job search

-Germany

-Robert Ingersoll

-[David] Kenneth Rush

-Compared to Vail

-Businessman

-Vail

-Offer of post

-Indebtedness

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-Kenneth B. Keating

-Age

-Abilities

-Nelson A. Rockefeller

-Yitzhak Rabin

-Mrs. Rabin

-Israel

-Professional diplomat

-Vail

-Intelligence

-Henry A. Kissinger

-Rogers’s opinion

-Geneva

-Businessman

-Importance of job

-Vail

-Personality

-Rogers’s motives

-Rockefeller

-Keating

-Argentina

-Haldeman’s meeting with Kissinger

-Appointments

-Complications

-Hold

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John B. Connally’s switch to Republican Party

-Haldeman’s meeting with George Christian

-Announcement

-Houston, Texas

-Profile

-Advance notice

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-Welcoming statements from Republicans

-Harry S. Dent

-Christian

-Other Democrats

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John W. Dean, III entered at an unknown time before 12:42 pm.

Prisoners of war [POWs] dinner

-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope

-Appearance at reception

-Announcement

-Press conference

-Briefing for POWs by President

-Format

-State Department

-Kissinger

-Preference for President

-Rogers

-POWs as surrogates

-Presence of press

-Text

-Presence of press

-Capt. Jeremiah Denton, Jr. and Col. Robinson Risner

-Emotional stress

-Press presence

-Wives

-Press relations

-Mingling

-Private party

-Exploitation of POWs

-Restrictions

-Justifications

-Television [TV] coverage

-Date

-Announcement

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-Importance of POW stories

-Control of publicity

-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft

-Advice for POWs on dealing with press

-Requests for TV appearances

-Gridiron dinner

-Exploitation

-Prevention

President’s schedule

-Baseball game

-Bowie K. Kuhn

-Denton’s appearance

POWSs

-Publicity

-Importance

-Asset

-Appearance on TV shows

-Dick Cavett

-Barbara Walters

-Assistance from White House

-Defense Department

-Appearances

-Exploitation

-Need for someone in charge of public relations

-Scowcroft

-Kissinger [?]

-Ronald L. Ziegler

-David N. Parker

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Haldeman left at 12:55 pm.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:55 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.

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Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:55 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:55 pm.

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Dean left at 2:00 pm.