Date: May 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:49 am and 12:34 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Watergate
-G. Bradford Cook
-President’s previous conversation with John B. Connally
-Testimony before Ervin Committee
-Resignation
-Robert L. Vesco
-President’s reaction
-William J. Casey
-Leonard Garment’s forthcoming investigation
-Vesco
-Possible resignation
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
President’s previous meeting with Connally
-Secretary of State appointment
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Connally
-Timing
-European summit
-Possible target for Democrats
-Connally’s schedule
-Leonid I. Brezhnev’s visit to US
-Hunting trip
-Texas
-White House staff
-Need for new faces
-John C. Whitaker
-Ronald H. Walker
-Cook
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-Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
-Jerry H. Jones’s list
Personnel appointments and management
-Haig’s schedule
-Cook’s resignation
-President’s previous meeting with Connally
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Possible role on White House staff
-Compared with Ehrlichman
-Scheduling and public relations [PR]
-John A. Scali’s telephone call to Haig
-Ziegler
-Possible replacement
-Robert J. McCloskey
-Service to William P. Rogers
-Ambassadorship
-Ziegler
-Possible replacement
-Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Credibility
-Scali’s view
-John W. Dean, III
President’s meeting with Connally
-Cabinet
-George P. Shultz
-Import surcharge
-Grain prices [?]
Presidency
-Possible resignation
-Impeachment
-Public opinion
-Views of press corps
-Congress
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-Resignation
-New York Times
Watergate
-Dean
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-White House response
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Testimony
-Memoranda of conversation [memcons]
-William E. Colby’s possible testimony
-Dr. James R. Schlesinger’s possible testimony
-Walters
-Testimony
-Memcons
-National security
-Cook
-Replacement
-Press coverage
-Popular reaction
-Confidence in government
-Support for President
-Haig’s travels
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s leaving office
-President’s possible resignation
-Guilt
-Vesco
-White House reaction
Personnel management and appointments
-Ziegler’s role on White House staff
-Haig’s role on White House staff
-President’s manager
-PR
-Spokesperson
-Transition
-Timing
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-Scali
-Emotion
-Appointment
-Ziegler
-Credibility
-Transition
-Replacement
-Scali
-Contributions
-Loyalty
Watergate
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Connally’s opinion
-Conversation with Haig, May 15
-Special Prosecutor
-Confirmation
-Special Prosecutor
-Special Prosecutor
-Warren M. Christopher
-Partisanship
-Possible White House actions
-Christopher
-“Kennedy Democrat”
-Possible actions
-Richardson’s selection process
-Ervin Committee’s input
-Cook
-Dean’s documents
-Diplomatic cables
-Ngo Dinh Diem
-Bay of Pigs
Haig left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm.
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