Date: March 13, 1973
Time: 5:45 pm 6:29 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob) Haldeman.
Flowers
President’s schedule
-William E. Timmons [?]
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Problems of the day
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-Ehrlichman’s meeting with Haldeman
-Earl L. Butz [?]
Food
-Market
-Transportation problems
-Claude S. Brinegar’s role
-President’s involvement
-Usefulness
-Brinegar’s report at Cabinet meeting
-Attitude
-Stockpiles
-Leaks to press
-Impact on prices
Stockpiles
-Aluminum
-Amount
-John D. Harper
-Decline of prices
-Automobiles
-Tin
-Cobalt, manganese
-Canned goods
Transportation
-Brinegar’s role
-Grain shipments
-Coal cars
-Effect on prices
-Work with Peter J. Brennan and Paul Hall and Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Seafarers union
-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Ziegler entered at 5:49 pm.
Briefing
-Gerald L. Warren
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Henry A. Kissinger entered at 5:50 pm.
Personnel appointments
-William P. Rogers
-John L. Jenkins
-Candidates
-Dr. David K. E. Bruce
-Seniority
-Counterpart in US
-Jenkins, John H. Holdridge
-Announcement
-Reaction
-Candidate
-Age
-Democratic affiliation
-Symbolism
-Jenkins, Holdridge
-Rank
-Lying
-Meeting with John J.McCloy
-McCloy’s paper on Europe
-Arms Control Advisory Committee
-William W. Scranton
-Chairmanship
-[Unintelligible name]
-Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
-Los Alamos Laboratory
-Kissinger’s telephone call
-Delegation
-Experts
-Seniority
Kissinger left at 5:55 pm.
Congressional leadership meeting
-Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford
-Pete V. Domenici
-Columnists
-President’s knowledge and participation
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-Compared with Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
-Freshman’s impression
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novack
-Nicholas P. Timmesch
Watergate
-Questions
-Stories on John W. Dean, III
-Testimony
-John O. Pastore [?]
-Meeting with Richard A. Moore, Dean
-Questions from press
-Ziegler’s answer
-President’s cooperation with Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] and
grand jury
-Cooperation in giving information
-Executive Privilege
-Written questions
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Testimony
-Emphasis on complete cooperation
-Alger Hiss case
-Hiss case
-Harry S Truman’s order of noncooperation
-Raw files
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Justice Department
-Precedent
-Cooperation
-Sworn statements
-Answer to questions
-Guidelines
-Executive privilege
-Extent
-Comparison with John F. Kennedy, Sherman Adams case
-Sworn written statements
-Ziegler’s statement
-President’s press conference
-Reference to Ziegler
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-President’s meeting with Dean
-Donald H. Segretti case
-White House involvement
-President’s press conference
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-Extent of comments
-Ehrlichman’s appearance on television [TV] talk show
-Question on Watergate
-Producer’s criticism of Thomas E. Jarriel, Herbert E. Kaplow
-Fay Weedon [?]
-Failure to ask questions on Watergate
-Longevity as an issue
-President’s press conference
-Press concerns
-Value
-Types of questions
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Segretti
-FBI file
-President’s comments
-Ervin Committee concerns
-President’s comments
Gridiron speeches
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Ziegler’s comments
-George S. McGovern
-Speechwriter
-1972 campaign
-Massachusetts
-Performance
-Robert S. Strauss
President’s press conference
-Speech
-Delivery
-Timing
-Problems
-Vietnam War period
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-1972 campaign
-National security purposes
-Topics
-Inflation
-Congress
-Watergate
-Discussion
-Display of concern about Watergate
Watergate
-White House staff
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Handling
-Problems
-Break-in
-Robert L. Vesco case
-Hiring of lawyers
-Washington, DC
-Charles W. Colson
-George A. Smathers
-$100,000
-New York
President’s schedule
-Utility of recent activities
-Crime speech
-Meetings
-Congress
-Governors
-Mayors
-Contributors
-Accomplishments
-Public impact
-Visit to Trader Vics
-Seattle
-Governors’ meeting
-Public appearances
-Forum
-Speech
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-Tulsa, Oklahoma
-Prime time TV
-Radio, TV
-Impact
-Size of audiences
-News programs
-Repetition of stories
President’s speech on crime
-Capital punishment
-Ramsey Clark
-McGovern
-Opposition
-Drugs
-Religious scruples
-Public reactions
-Polls
-Amnesty
-Public opposition
-Legislation
Henry E. Peterson
-Abilities
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Private practice
-Compared with government
-Criminal law
Joseph T. Sneed
-President’s impression
-Scholar
Donald E. Santarelli
-President’s impression
James T. Lynn
-Abilities
-Compared with Maurice H. Stans
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George W. Romney
-Compared with Lynn and Stans
-Urban Coalition
-Rejection
-Sol Linowitz
-Retirement
Veterans
-Speech by President
-Vietnam veterans
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Appropriations
-Legislation
-Problems
-Totally disabled veterans
-Dependents care
-Hospitalization
-Service connected disabilities
-Ehrlichman’s draft bill for Congress
-Stephen B. Bull
-Spending, budget
-Compassion
-Responsibility for costs
President’s programs
-Divestiture of power
-Columbia Broadcasting Service [CBS] program on President and Congress
-Congressional resistance
-“Pet” spending projects
-Divestiture issue
-White House power
-Avoiding lawsuits
Veterans
-Taxes
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:55 pm.
President’s speeches
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-Ehrlichman’s State of the Union speech draft
-Veterans’ speech draft
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 6:29 pm.
-Radio speech
-Draft
-Content
-Function of government
-Speech before Congress
-Previous speeches
-Focus on spending
-Protection of jobs, taxes, prices
-Effectiveness
-Press coverage
-Address to country
-Impact on public
-Press reaction
-Enemies
-Public support
-Influence on Congress
-Jennings Randolph
-New York Times
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Editing
Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:55 pm.
Briefcase
-Manolo Sanchez
Bull left at an unknown time before 6:29 pm.
Speech draft for President
-Appeal to public
-Congress
-Press conference
-Previous speeches
-Budget
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-Government reorganization
-Compassion
-Robert Teeter poll
-Taxes
-Level of concern
-Inflation, prices
-Level of concern
-Homeowners
-Mortgage deduction
-Questions
-Liberal bias
-Marijuana
-Legalization
-Congressional attitudes
-Raymond P. Shaffer [?]
Ehrlichman, Ziegler, and Haldeman left at 6:29 pm.