550–3

Conversation No. 550-3
Conv. No. 550-1 (cont.)
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 5:16 pm - 6:22 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

The President's schedule
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Veteran’s legislation
-Goals meeting
-Welfare
-The President's forthcoming conversation with Ronald W. Reagan
-Timing
-”Early Bird” group
-Size
-Purpose of event
-John N. Mitchell
-Clark MacGregor and William E. Timmons
-Leslie C. Arends
-Timing
-Karl E. Mundt, Arends, William G. Bray, Joel T. Broyhill, Ancher Nelsen,
Donald L. Jackson
-Richardson meeting
-John D. Ehrlichman
-California trip
-Reagan
-Meeting with the President
-Henry A. Kissinger

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:18 pm.

-\"Early Bird\" Group
-Arends’ attendance at reception
-Stephen B. Bull
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Butterfield left at 5:20 pm.

-Richardson
-Catholic war veterans group
-Size

Butterfield entered at 5:24 pm.

-Arends
-Postponement of reception
-Rescheduling

Butterfield left at 5:28 pm.

-July 29, 1971 meeting with Sen. John G. Tower and Mitchell
-Purpose of meeting
-July 29, 1971 meetings
-William D. Eberle
-Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
-Ehrlichman
-Catholic War Veterans

Spiro T. Agnew
-Memorandum
-News story
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Possible White House source for story
-Relations with Robert H. Finch
-Meeting with the President, William P. Rogers, Kissinger
-Trip to Africa and Asia
-Golf
-Compared to the President's handling of trips

Conservatives
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s role

White House staff
-MacGregor, Finch, Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan

Congress
-Arends, Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
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-Rogers

The President's schedule
-Morning schedule, July 29, 1971
-Tower, Mitchell

Mitchell
-Trip to Switzerland Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
-Swiss Banks
-Accounts
-Trip to Great Britain
-Meetings with foreign officials
-Elizabeth II [Elizabeth, Queen of England]
-[James] Harold Wilson
-Switzerland

White House staff
-Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Rumsfeld
-Possible post
-White House staff
-Diplomatic assignment
-Foreign travel

Foreign travel by the President
-Unknown place
-Reception

Steel industry

[The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:39 pm]

[Conversation No. 550-3A]

The President's schedule
-Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz
-Mitchell, Tower

Steel industry
-Status of labor negotiations

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[Pause]

[The President talked with the White House operator at 5:39 pm]

[Conversation No. 550-3B]

[See Conversation No. 7-18] Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)

[End of telephone conversation]

Ehrlichman entered at an 5:39 pm.

Welfare legislation
-Status in Congress
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Reagan
-Ehrlichman's conversation with Richardson
-Nelson A. Rockefeller

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Rockefeller
-New York trip
-John A. Volpe
-Trip report

Department of Transportation
-Volpe
-Work
-Requested policy work

[The President talked with Connally between 5:41 pm and 5:43 pm]

[Conversation No. 550-3C]

[See Conversation No. 7-19]

[End of telephone conversation]

Shultz entered at 5:44 pm.

Schedule
-Meeting
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Labor disputes
-Railroads
-Willie J. Usery, Jr.
-Proposed meeting with Charles Luna

Pentagon Papers
Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
Labor disputes
-Railroads
-James D. Hodgson
-West Coast longshoremen
-J. Curtis Counts
-Meeting with Reagan, Tom McCall, Daniel J. Evans
-Steel industry
-Lack of progress
-Evans meeting with Shultz

Arthur F. Burns
-The President's conversation with Connally
-Meeting request
-Previous meeting with the President
-Burns’ stance
-Ronald L. Ziegler's press comment

Economy
-1971, 1972 forecasts
-Stock market
-Profit statements
-International economic situation
-Effect on business community
-Sales
-Machine tools
-Paul A. Volcker's view
-Release of statistics
-Budget figures
-Balance of payments
-Retail sales
-International debt

Schedule
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Shultz left at 5:51 pm.

Schedule
-Shultz
-Interruption of meetings

Connally
-Forthcoming Newsweek cover story Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
-Compared to Agnew

Economy
-International economic news
-Timing
-July-August comparison
-Steel
-Budget
-U.S. situation
-Public attitude
-Sales figures
-Advertising
-Balance of payments

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:51 pm.

Refreshment

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:00 pm.

The President’s schedule
-Shultz
-Proposed telephone call
-Ehrlichman
-Bull
-Schedule

Ehrlichman left at 6:00 pm.

The President's schedule
-Shultz's interrupted meeting
-Connally
-Call to Rockefeller
-New York businessmen
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-Appropriations Committee
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Forthcoming American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] interview
-Football questions
-Vince Lombardi
-Speech preparation
-Length
-Outdoor settings for speeches Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)

Meeting
-Schedule decision
-Effect of People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative on the President's image

Agnew
-Memorandum to the President
-White House news source
-Haldeman
-Perceptions
-News story source
-Finch
-Haldeman
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Leonard Garment
-PRC initiative
-Moynihan

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and
6:04 pm]

[Conversation No. 550-3D]

[See Conversation No. 7-20]

[End of telephone conversation]

Agnew
-White House staff
-Moynihan
-Kissinger

The President's July 29, 1971 schedule
-Shultz
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-Time of meetings

[The President and Haldeman talked with Rogers between 6:04 pm and 6:19 pm]

[Conversation No. 550-3E]

[See Conversation No. 7-21; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]
Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]


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The President and Haldeman left at 6:21 pm.