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Conversation No. 493-1 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 8:55 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

Camp David -Use by staff and Cabinet

-Patrick J. Buchanan, James P. Hughes -William J. Baroody, Jr. -Facilities -Hughes

Rose Mary Woods

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 8:55 am

Conversation No. 493-2 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:55 am and 9:00 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 2-120]

Conversation No. 493-3 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

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President’s schedule

-”Salute to Agriculture” May 7, 1971 -President’s remarks

-Length [The White House operator talked with the President at 9:10 am] [Conversation No. 493-3A] [See Conversation No. 2-103] [End of telephone conversation]

President’s schedule -”Salute to Agriculture”

-President’s remarks -Length

-A briefing -Clifford M. Hardin -John N. Mitchell -Rural revenue sharing

-Lunch at State Department -South Lawn exhibit

-Possible remarks by President -Dinner at White House

-Number of guests -President’s role

-Remarks, toast -Dinner

-Glen Campbell -Toast

-Farmers’ wives -Hardin

-Farmers -Public attitude

Supersonic Transport [SST]

-Upcoming vote -Gerald R. Ford

President’s schedule

Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)

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-George Meany -Possible breakfast

-Business Council -George P. Shultz -John D. Ehrlichman

Lobbyists

-Milk producers -John B. Connally’s suggestion

-Sugar -Administration staff

-Shultz, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan -Sugar -Oil -Lyndon B. Johnson [?] -Charles W. Colson -Administration staff

Prisoner of War [POW] wives

-Henry A. Kissinger’s contacts -Major General James D. (“Don”) Hughes

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:10 am

[Unintelligible] Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:20 am

POW wives -Kissinger

-Hughes -A press conference

-Effect

Lobbyists -Colson

-Possible work -Contributions

-Connally -Lee R. Nunn -Colson -Nunn, Herbert W. Kalmbach

Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)

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-Colson, White House staff -Milk fund

-Colson Vietnam War

-Upcoming vote on end the war resolution [The President talked with Ford between 9:20 am and 9:26 am] [Conversation No. 493-3B] [See Conversation No. 2-104] [End of telephone conversation]

SST or end the war vote -Defense Department [DOD]

Washington, DC demonstrations

-A possible poll -Possible questions -Timing

-Another poll [?] -Release

-Congressmen [Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access [SA] 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript] Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:38 am

Dinner, May 5, 1971 -Drinks -Dress -Drinks

Butterfield left at an unknown time after 9:41 am

Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)

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[Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]

Cabinet -John A. Volpe -Hardin -Connally -Cancer program

-President’s review -Staff -President’s commitment

Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 9:38 am

Dinner, May 5, 1971 -Drinks

Butterfield left at 9:41 am

Programs -Breeder reactor

-President’s role -Administration’s role

-Publicity -Commerce Department

-Peterson, Maurice H. Stans -Staff

[Transcript #3: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]

News -President’s reading -Network news

Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)

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-Story on the economy, May 5, 1971 -Washington, DC demonstrations -Story on the economy

-Position of the dollar -Germany -Length -Willy Brandt -US actions -Germany -Shultz -President’s advisors -Peterson -Flanigan -Shultz -Paul W. McCracken -Paul A. Volcker

-New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times [Transcript #4: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]

Vietnam -Vietnamization

-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak column, May 6, 1971 -Effect in Congress -North Vietnamese military action

-Casualties -Missing in Action [MIA]

-Release of figures -Stanley R. Resor’s office

-Timing -Casualty figures

-Comparisons -President’s statement

-Administration accomplishments -A network news story

-Arrival of a veteran

Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)

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-US withdrawal -Rate

-Draft -Kissinger -Colleges -Kissinger

-Negotiations -General Nguyen Van Thieu -Kissinger -President’s offer

-Timing -Possible reply

-Kissinger

“Salute to Agriculture”

Meetings -A commission

Federal Reserve

-Position on budgets

President’s schedule -Meetings

-Arthur F. Burns -Commissions

Publicity

-A May 5, 1971 story Haldeman left at 10:00 am

Conversation No. 493-4 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:00 am and 10:08 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull and an unknown man

Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)

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Agriculture exhibit

-Weather -Schedule

-Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Bull and the unknown man left at 10:08 am

Conversation No. 493-5 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: 10:08 am - 10:10 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Clifford M. Hardin, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, and John C. Whitaker

Agriculture exhibit -Weather -Schedule

[General conversation]

President, et al. left at 10:10 am

Conversation No. 493-6 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:28 am Location: Oval Office Unknown men entered

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****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The unknown men left at an unknown time before 10:28 am

Conversation No. 493-7 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: 10:28 am - 10:58 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Clifford M. Hardin and Dr. Norman E. Borlaug [Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

Agricultural programs -US programs abroad

-Purdue University, Michigan State University -Program in the Philippines -Work

Clark MacGregor, H[arold] R[oyce] Gross, and Jack R. Miller entered at 10:30 am

Greetings

Photo

Hogs

Des Moines Register Gifts for President

-National Pork Producers’ Council -Location

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-May 7, 1971 dinner

Foreign programs Members of the press entered at an unknown time after 10:30 am

Hogs

[Camera noise]

Hogs Members of the press left at an unknown time before 10:58 am

Hogs -Farm Bureau

Agricultural programs

-US programs abroad -Borlaug

-Nobel Prize acceptance speech -US role -Production

-India, Pakistan, Brazil, Spain -US -India -Japan -US exports -India -Japan -Taiwan

-Foreign aid -Food for peace -Teaching efforts

-Results -Foreign Students at land-grant colleges

-Length of stay -Mexico -State Department -Teaching efforts

-Length of stay -Conversations with Dr. John A. Hannah

Conv. No. 493-7 (cont.)

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-Congress

Agricultural programs -Foreign aid

-Private foundations -John D. Rockefeller, Henry E. Ford, II -Dr. [Forename unknown] Malone -Work -Rockefeller, Ford -Work

-Workers -A worker in Central America

-Michigan State University, Iowa State University, Purdue University

-Ethiopia -A college

-Workers -Peace Corps -Motivation

-Latin America -Education -Resettlement -Missionaries -Colombia

-Michigan State University program -Hannah, George Ferrara -Results -Bogota program -Results -National University at Deeka -University of Nebraska -Local involvement

-Personnel needs -Mexico

-Personnel needs -Work -Length of program -National Agricultural Research Institute of Mexico -Graduate education -A Pakistani worker -Beirut experience

-Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO]

Conv. No. 493-7 (cont.)

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-Middle East, Northern Africa, and Latin America -Personnel needs

-Education and training -FAO

-Mexico -Training

-FAO -Population control

-John F. Kennedy -Developing nations

-Food supply -Outlook -Food supply

-Needs -Mohammed Ayub Khan

-Position on food and population -Health -Position on food and population

-Election -A smallpox epidemic -Position on population control -US aid

-People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Food supply -Bengal, US

-Latin America -Caracas, Venezuela

-Mexico -New President’s position -Growth rate -President’s population message -An unknown man’s experience

Gifts from President

-Cuff links

A Mexican driver

Gifts -Cufflinks

Borlaug’s accomplishments

Conv. No. 493-7 (cont.)

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Hogs

Des Moines Register

President’s May 7, 1971 dinner

Borlaug’s accomplishments

[General conversation]

Hardin, et al. left at 10:58 am

Conversation No. 493-8 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:00 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 2-105]

Conversation No. 493-9 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:00 am and 11:26 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

H[arold] R[oyce] Gross -Position on President’s war policies

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Vietnam -Demonstrators

-North Vietnam -Carrying of Viet Cong flag -Possible counterattack

-Possible speech -Robert J. Dole

-Democrats

Agriculture -”Salute to Agriculture”

-Publicity -Dr. Norman E. Borlaug’s work

-US efforts worldwide -Demonstrators -Food -Peace Corps

-Costs -Workers -President’s future action

-Compared with Walter J. Hickel’s dismissal

Camp David -Use by staff and Cabinet

-Alexander P. Butterfield -Laurel cabin -John B. Connally

-Work

Borlaug [?]

Demonstrators -Viet Cong flag

-Network publicity -Public opinion

-North Vietnam, Communists -White House publicity

President’s schedule

-George Meany -Meeting, May 7, 1971 -Health

Conv. No. 493-9 (cont.)

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-Schedule -Golf, convention -James D. Hodgson

Supersonic Transport [SST]

-Upcoming House vote -Effect on Senate

-California senators -Lockheed

-Other senators -Possible changes

-Jobs [The President talked with Mohammed Ayub Khan between 11:06 am and 11:07 am] [Conversation No. 493-9A] [See Conversation No. 2-106] [End of telephone conversation] Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:09 am

Connally’s press briefing -Wholesale Price Index -Lockheed -Wholesale Price Index

-Consumer Price Index comparison -Publicity

-Farm prices -George P. Shultz -Consumers, retailers, wholesalers

-Meeting with President

Ziegler’s briefing -Time

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access [SA] 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]

Conv. No. 493-9 (cont.)

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Ziegler left at 11:20 am

Press -Ziegler’s briefings -President’s conferences -Ziegler’s briefings

-Ziegler’s work -Staff

Vietnam or Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] Negotiations [?]

-Timing -Henry A. Kissinger

-A paper -Timing

-Importance -Kissinger

-Draft -Possible trip -Draft

-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Haldeman left at an unknown time before 11:26 am

Conversation No. 493-10 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:00 am and 12:10 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 15s ]

Conv. No. 493-9 (cont.)

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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 11:26 am

Vietnam -President’s meeting with General Nguyen Van Thieu -Draft

-Henry A. Kissinger -An announcement

-President’s schedule -Negotiations

-Kissinger -US position -Kissinger -Timetable -Xuan Thuy -People’s Republic of China [PRC], Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

[USSR] -US position

-Kissinger -An announcement

-Date -PRC -USSR -US position

-Motivation -President’s meeting with Thieu

-Timing -Congressional votes

-Appropriations -US position in Vietnam

-Stewart J. O. Alsop, Chalmers Roberts -President’s meeting with Thieu -Negotiations

-US offer -Public opinion

-President’s meeting with Thieu -Negotiations

Conv. No. 493-10 (cont.)

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement

-Possible announcement -Effect on public opinion

Public opinion

-Vietnam, PRC -Polls -Long-term -PRC -SALT

-Antiballistic Missile [ABM] -Compared with PRC -President’s press conferences -Press

-Columnists

SALT -Possible announcement -Importance

-Vietnam -Timing

-Congressional vote -Consultation -Congressional vote

USSR

-Possible summit PRC

-Possible meeting -Ping-pong team -Possible trade

SALT

-Possible announcement -Congress

USSR

-Possible summit

Vietnam

Conv. No. 493-10 (cont.)

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-President’s meeting with Thieu -US troop withdrawals

-Timing of announcement -Senate vote

-President’s meeting with Thieu -Senate

-Forthcoming vote -Response to Washington, DC demonstrators

-President’s meeting with Thieu -Draft

-Timing -President’s meeting with Thieu

-Effect of announcement

Congress -Effect of possible USSR or PRC announcements -SALT announcement

-ABM vote

Vietnam -Military situation

-Effect of upcoming Senate vote -North Vietnam -Negotiations

-US offer -Kissinger -Importance compared with Talks with USSR and PRC -Importance compared with Senate debates -Possible effect of Senate votes

-Draft -An announcement

-Timing -Draft

An announcement

-Timing -SALT announcement, possible summit announcement

-Public opinion

PRC -Possible visit -USSR

Conv. No. 493-10 (cont.)

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-North Vietnam -USSR

USSR

-Possible summit -Public opinion

-Compared with a PRC or Vietnam War announcement

Joseph S. Farland

PRC -Kissinger

Congress

-Influence of possible announcements -Possible USSR summit

-Edward W. Brooke -President’s forthcoming meeting

-Possible SALT announcement -Senate

-Possible announcements -President -Kissinger

-Leaders -Position on SALT -”Doves”

USSR

-William P. Rogers -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Vladimir S. Semenov -SALT talks

-ABM -Semenov -Gerard C. Smith -Kissinger -President’s role -Smith

-Possible summit -Joseph C. Kraft

-Possible column -Possible summit

Conv. No. 493-10 (cont.)

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-Congress -PRC

-ABM

Vietnam -Possible announcement -Draft -President’s meeting with Thieu

-Timing of announcement -”Doves” response -Thieu’s election -Possible outcome

Announcements

-SALT -Vietnam

Vietnam negotiations

-Kissinger -PRC, USSR -Effect of US affairs

-Position of the dollar -Washington Post -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]

-Hanoi, Europe -Thuy -A Senator

-Balance of payments -Public opinion

President’s schedule

-A message -Farland

-SALT announcement -Timing

-PRC -USSR

-Thieu meeting -SALT announcement -USSR summit -PRC announcement -Thieu meeting

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-SALT announcement -Importance

-Thieu meeting -USSR summit -PRC announcement -USSR

Haig left at 11:58 am

Haig -Compared with [Name unintelligible]

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:58 am

President’s schedule -Charles S. Rhyne -John B. Connally -Rhyne meeting

-Time Bull left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm

Vietnam negotiations -Haig’s position -Kissinger’s position -President’s experience -Importance -Prisoners of War [POWs] -US position

-Compared with Middle East -Kissinger, Haig -Administration policy

-Hardhats, Congressmen -Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:58 am

President’s schedule -Connally -Rhyne -Connally -Ronald L. Ziegler

Conv. No. 493-10 (cont.)

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Bull left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm

White House Correspondents’ dinner -Mr. and Mrs. Arte Johnson

-Mrs. Johnson’s appearance -Accent

-A takeoff on Kissinger Haldeman left and Rhyne and Richard A. Moore entered at 12:06 pm; a photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting

A book

International law -Experts -Washington Post -Professors

Rhyne’s schedule

-Taipei, Yugoslavia

Rhyne’s book -Publication date

Lawyers

A book

International law

-Possible announcement by President -US treaty obligations -African countries’ treaty obligations -Codification -Possible effect

A paper

Rhyne’s suggestion

Rhyne and Moore left at 12:10 pm

Conv. No. 493-10 (cont.)

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Conversation No. 493-11 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Thomas C. Korologos, Max L. Friedersdorf, William E. Timmons, Richard A. Moore, and Clark MacGregor; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting

Friedersdorf’s work in Senate

Photo session arrangements

President’s congratulations

Friedersdorf’s [?] education

Gifts from President Korologos, et al. left and Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 12:14 pm

A picture of the President’s great-great grandfather -[Forename unknown] Milhous

Ziegler left at an unknown time before 12:15 pm

Conversation No. 493-12 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: 12:15 pm - 12:22 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler and Mr. and Mrs. Arte Johnson; a photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting

Conv. No. 493-11 (cont.)

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Introductions

Photo session arrangements

President’s autograph -Spelling of a name

-President’s mother’s name

Mr. Johnson

Publishers and editors

A photo of Julie Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II

Mrs. Johnson’s background

Industrial complex

“Laugh-in” -Mr. Johnson’s work

Agriculture exhibit

Mr. Johnson’s life in California

-Westwood -Malibu -San Diego

-Beach, zoo -San Clemente

-President’s home -Beach

-Photos of President

Gifts from President -Cost

A picture

Gifts from President

Mr. Johnson’s work

-Value

Conv. No. 493-12 (cont.)

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-Richard (“Red”) Skelton -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope

Ziegler and the Johnsons left at 12:22 pm

Conversation No. 493-13 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: 12:22 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull

President’s schedule -John B. Connally

-Location Bull left at 12:22 pm

Conversation No. 493-14 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: 12:22 pm - 12:32 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John B. Connally and Ronald L. Ziegler

Lockheed -Connally’s meeting

Supersonic Transport [SST]

-President’s conversation with Gerald R. Ford -Upcoming vote

-Date -Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson, Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -David H. Gambrell, John V. Tunney, and Alan Cranston

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-Lockheed

International monetary situation -Position of the dollar

-Xuan Thuy’s statement -Connally’s statements -[Forename unknown] Coombs [?]

-New York Federal Reserve Bank -Conversations with foreign exchange bankers

-German position -George P. Shultz -Karl Schiller

-Call from Connally -US position

-Europe, Canada -US economy

-Effect of Vietnam War

US economy -Wholesale Price Index

-Effect of Lockheed action -Agriculture

-President’s San Clemente press conference statements -Inflation, unemployment -Connally’s forthcoming statement

-Long-term outlook -Steel industry

-Connally’s forthcoming statements, Ziegler’s previous statement -Wage and price policies

-Management, labor -Other industries

-US production -Connally’s forthcoming statement -President’s San Clemente statement

-1950 compared with 1970 -Japanese production

-Importance -US position in world -Automobile industry -US competitiveness

-Prime rate of interest -Bank of America

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-Connally’s possible statement -Administration position

-Banks, steel labor -Wage settlements -Fiscal policy

-Business and labor -Wages/prices

Connally’s forthcoming statements

Connally and Ziegler left at 12:32 pm

Conversation No. 493-15 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:32 pm and 1:06 pm Location: Oval Office Alexander P. Butterfield met with Stephen B. Bull

President’s schedule -John A. Scali

The President entered at an unknown time after 12:32 pm

John B. Connally [?] -Use of Camp David [?]

An item to be returned

An unknown woman

Camp David

[Pause]

Princess Grace Patricia Kelly and Prince Louis H. M. B. Rainier III of Monaco

Will Hays, Mrs. Will Hays [?] -A letter

Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)

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-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Mr. Hays identified

-California doctor

Another letter [?] Butterfield and Bull left and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 12:36 pm

President’s meeting with Connally -Lockheed -Steel prices -Connally’s forthcoming statement -Connally

-Compared with Republicans in House and Senate

News -Administration handling -President’s role -Agnew

-Schedule -Revenue sharing

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]

-Importance -Henry A. Kissinger -Public opinion -Antiballistic Missiles [ABMs]

Vietnam

-A poll on Washington, DC demonstrations, May 6, 1971 -A graph -[Forename unknown] Benham [?] -Possible publicity

-An Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll -US withdrawal

-Prisoners of War [POWs], Communists -President’s policies -Congressional cutoff of funds -POWs, communists -US withdrawal -Patrick J. Buchanan’s and Haldeman’s role -Publicity

Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)

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-A poll on Washington, DC demonstrations -Comparison with ORC poll

-Polls -Publicity

-Democrat leaders -Newspapers -Mail to Congressmen

-A George H. Gallup poll on war -Albert E. Sindlinger [?] -ORC poll

-Possible use of Buchanan’s statement -Possible White House publicity

-Louis Harris and Gallup polls -President’s policies

-A poll after press conference -Wording of questions

-”Sam Jones”, Bella S. Abzug

Gateway National Bank -President’s position -Congressional action -President’s possible visit

-Logistics -Floyd Bennett Field

-Purpose -Possible demonstrations -Field -Nelson A. Rockefeller, William T. Cahill -Rogers C. B. Morton and unnamed senators -Logistics -Purpose

-Long Island, New Jersey -Guests

-Rockefeller and Cahill -[Name unintelligible] -Number -Morton -[Name unintelligible]

Visitors to Oval Office

-Taping system -Richard A. Moore

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-Photographs [?] -Moore’s role -Taping system

-Use -Knowledge -Use

President’s schedule

-US ambassador to Bolivia -State Department, Kissinger -Ernest V. Siracusa -A speech concerning President’s policies

-Tin -Previous career

-Peru -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] Conference on Cities, May 28, 1971

-Indianapolis -President’s role -Other attendees -Significance -Coverage

-British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC], “Today” show

-Possible Indianapolis Speedway appearance -Indianapolis 500 date

-NATO Conference on Cities -President’s possible speech -Coverage by Telstar

[Machine noise - 15 seconds]

-Significance -President’s possible speech

Domestic issues

-Public opinion -Jobs

President’s schedule

-Indianapolis trip -NATO Conference on Cities -Indianapolis 500

-Possible length of stay

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-Presentation of trophy -Publicity

[Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access [SA] 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]

-Indianapolis 500 -Lyndon B. Johnson Library

SALT talks

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]

-Position on President -Joseph C. Kraft, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

President’s schedule for May and June

-Indianapolis -Florida -Texas -Indianapolis -Tulsa -Midway Island -Tricia Nixon’s wedding -Indianapolis -Frederick L. Hovde’s retirement dinner

-Possible California trip -Length of stay

-Compared with White House Correspondents’ dinner -Dinners

-Albert H. Smith, Jr. -NATO Conference on Cities -Public opinion

-Des Moines trip -Demonstrations

-Timing -Possible effect on international situation

-Indianapolis 500 -Value

Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)

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Sports and social class distinctions

-Racing -Supporters of President’s

-Bowling Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm

President’s schedule -Barber

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:06 pm

Race drivers -Compared with boxing fans -Support for President -Italian heritage

-Andy Granatelli

President’s schedule -Indianapolis

-Possible overnight stay -Race -Possible stops

-President’s mother’s birthplace -Race

-Length of stay -Possible presentation of trophy -Significance

-Baseball, football -Kentucky Derby

-Compared with Indianapolis 500 -Indianapolis 500

-Crowds [Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]

Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)

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An unknown man Haldeman left at 1:06 pm

Conversation No. 493-16 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:06 pm and 2:30 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people entered ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 13s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The unknown people left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm

Conversation No. 493-17 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:06 pm and 4:15 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people entered

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****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 10s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The unknown people left at an unknown time before 4:15 pm

Conversation No. 493-18 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 5:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

President’s schedule, May 7, 1971 -John D. Ehrlichman -President’s possible remarks at “Salute to Agriculture”

-Photo coverage -”Glen Campbell Show”

-Ronald L. Ziegler -Introduction, musical numbers -Press in State Dining Room

-A morning group -President’s possible remarks -Press pool

-Judith Martin of Washington Post -Ziegler

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:05 pm

Conv. No. 493-18 (cont.)

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Conversation No. 493-19 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 5:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

Gifts for Congressmen -Key chains -Paperweights -Golf balls -Number

-Staff -Ashtrays -Cufflinks -Tie clasp

-President’s signature

President’s schedule -Charles W. Colson

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:08 pm

Conversation No. 493-20 Date: May 6, 1971 Time: 5:05 - 5:22 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Charles W. Colson [Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access [SA] 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

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[End of transcript] Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 5:14 pm [Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]

President’s May 7, 1971 remarks at “Salute to Agriculture” -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] and Mutual Broadcasting Radio coverage

Ziegler left at 5:18 pm

Agriculture -Farm bureau

-Agriculture Department -President’s meeting -Leaders

-”Salute to Agriculture” -Value

-Farm prices -Importance of Wholesale Price Index, Consumer Price Index, unemployment

figures

Peter J. Brennan -Organizing efforts

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:18 pm

President’s schedule -House Task Force on Revenue Sharing and Reorganization

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:22 pm

Brennan -Possible New York demonstration

-American, Viet Cong flags -Meeting with executive council of building trades union -1970 demonstration

Conv. No.

[Transcript #3: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] 493-20 (cont.)

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-Wall Street -Colson’s efforts

-Support for President

[End of transcript]

President’s forthcoming conversation with Colson The President and Colson left at 5:22 pm

Conversation No. 493-21 Date: Unknown between May 6 and May 7, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:22 pm, May 6 and 10:40 am, May 7, 1971 Location: Oval Office Unknown people entered ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 22s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:40 am, May 7, 1971