Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary/1969/November/4
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Place Day Began | Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) NOVEMBER 4, 1969 | ||||
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. | TIMEDAY 12:06 amTUESDAY | ||||
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12:06 | 12:07 | P | The President talked long distance with Hobart Lewis in White Plains, New York.
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12:08 | 12:11 | P | The President talked long distance with C. G. Rebozo in Florida.
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12:12 | 12:17 | P | The President talked with his Assistant. H. R. Haldeman.
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12:19 | P | The President telephoned his Assistant for NSA, Henry A. Kissinger. The call was not completed.
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12:25 | 12:31 | P | The President talked with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler.
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12:32 | 12:37 | P | The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
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12:37 | 12:40 | P | The President talked with his Special Assistant, William L. Safire.
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12:40 | 12:41 | P | The President talked with his Assistant for NSA, Henry A. Kissinger.
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12:45 | 12:47 | P | The President talked with his Special Assistant, Dwight L. Chapin.
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12:48 | P | The President telephoned long distance to Reverend Billy Graham in North Carolina and San Diego. California. The call was not completed.
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12:50 | 12:52 | P | The President talked with his Assistant. H. R. Haldeman.
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1:12 | 1:16 | P | The President talked with his Assistant for NSA. Henry A. Kissinger.
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9:10 | The President had breakfast.
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9:18 | The President went to his office.
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The White House President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary (See Travel Record for Travel Activity) | |||||
Place Day Began | Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) NOVEMBER 4, 1969 | ||||
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. | TIMEDAY 9:19 amTUESDAY | ||||
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The President met with the following members of his staff.
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9:19 | 10:20 | H. R. Haldeman, Assistant
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9:36 | 10:25 | Ronald L. Ziegler, Press Secretary
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9:36 | 10:55 | Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant for NSA'
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9:36 | 10:20 | Jeb Magruder, Special Assistant
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9:36 | 10:25 | Alexander P. Butterfield, Deputy Assistant
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9:36 | 10:25 | Dwight L. Chapin, Special Assistant
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9:41 | 10:27 | Herbert G. Klein, Director of Communications
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9:45 | 10:19 | Patrick J. Buchanan, Special Assistant
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10:45 | 10:55 | Press photographers in to view telegrams received by the President.
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9:34 | 9:36 | P | The President talked with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
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10:45 | 10:55 | The President met with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler.
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11:03 | 11:29 | The President met with his Personal Secretary, Rose Mary Woods.
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11:29 | 11:34 | P | The President talked with U. Alexis Johnson, Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
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11:35 | 11:54 | The President participated in the promotion ceremony for Colonel Al Haig who was presented with the General's Star. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A".
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11:55 | 12:06 | The President met with:
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The President met with:
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12:08 | 12:55 | H. R. Haldeman, Assistant
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12:22 | 12:24 | Rose Mary Woods, Personal Secretary
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12:30 | 12:50 | Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant for NSA
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12:57 | P | The President telephoned Joseph Alsop. The call was not completed.
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The President met with:
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1:10 | 2:30 | H. R. Haldeman, Assistant
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1:10 | 1:20 | Ronald L. Ziegler, Press Secretary
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1:10 | 1:20 | Herbert G. Klein, Director of Communications
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The White House President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary (See Travel Record for Travel Activity) | |||||
Place Day Began | Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) NOVEMBER 4, 1969 | ||||
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. | TIMEDAY 1:02 pmTUESDAY | ||||
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1:02 | 1:05 | P | The President talked with Joseph Alsop.
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1:12 | 1:16 | P | The President talked with his Assistant for NSA, Henry A. Kissinger.
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2:40 | 3:10 | The President met with Assistant John D. Ehrlichman.
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3:05 | 3:10 | Press photographers in for second picture of telegrams received by the President.
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3:08 | 3:10 | The President met with:
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The President met with:
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3:15 | 3:52 | Members of the Voluntary Action Group. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B".
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3:40 | 4:15 | William E. Brock, Congressman
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3:40 | 4:15 | William E. Timmons, Deputy Assistant
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3:40 | 4:15 | Harry S. Dent, Deputy Counsel
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4:17 | 4:18 | P | The President talked with the First Lady.
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4:20 | 4:25 | The President met with his Assistant for NSA, Henry A. Kissinger.
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4:25 | 5:16 | The President met with:
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5:16 | 5:47 | The President met with:
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5:50 | 5:51 | P | The President talked with the First Lady.
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The President met with:
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5:51 | 6:06 | Ronald L. Ziegler, Press Secretary
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5:55 | 7:05 | John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant
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5:56 | 6:05 | The First Lady and Patricia Nixon went to see the telegrams the President had received.
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6:06 | 6:37 | The President met with:
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The White House President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary (See Travel Record for Travel Activity) | |||||
Place Day Began | Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) NOVEMBER 4, 1969 | ||||
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. | TIMEDAY 6:23 pmTUESDAY | ||||
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6:23 | 6:30 | R | The President talked long distance with Governor Ronald Reagan in London, England.
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The President met with:
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6:40 | 7:05 | Bryce N. Harlow, Counsel
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6:42 | 7:05 | Daniel P. Moynihan, Counsel
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6:50 | 6:54 | P | The President talked with Congressman James C. Wright, Jr.
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7:13 | The President went to the Residence.
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7:51 | 7:52 | P | The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
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7:53 | 11:08 | The President hosted a stag dinner in honor of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "C".
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9:14 | 9:17 | R | The President went to the Usher's office to talk long distance with Gubernatorial candidate William Cahill in New Jersey.
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10:46 | 10:51 | R | The President went to the Usher's office to talk long distance with Gubernatorial candidate Linwood Holton in Richmond, Virginia.
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11:10 | The President went to the Residence.
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11:16 | 11:19 | P | The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
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11:30 | 11:34 | P | The President talked long distance with David Eisenhower in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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11:35 | 11:38 | P | The President talked with his daughter, Julie Eisenhower.
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11:38 | P | The President telephoned Congressman Gerald Ford. The call was not completed.
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11:40 | 11:43 | P | The President talked with Congressman Rogers C. B. Morton.
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11:46 | 11:47 | P | The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
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11:48 | P | The President telephoned long distance to Governor Nelson Rockefeller in New York City. The call was not completed.
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The White House President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary (See Travel Record for Travel Activity) | |||||
Place Day Began | Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) NOVEMBER 4, 1969 | ||||
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. | TIMEDAY 11:49pm TUESDAY | ||||
Time | Phone |
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11:49 | 11:53 | P | The President talked with his Assistant for NSA, Henry A. Kissinger.
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11:56 | 12:02 | P | The President talked long distance with Paul Keyes in Los Angeles, California.
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11:58 | P | The President called long distance to Governor Thomas E. Dewey in New York City. The call was not completed.
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APPENDIX "A"
List of those present at General Haig's Promotion Ceremony in the President's Office - 4 Nov 69
The PresidentBrigadier General Alexander M. Haig
Mr. Kissinger
Mrs. Alexander M. Haig
Alexander P. Haig
Barbara E. Haig
Lt. General Alonzo P. Fox (USA-Ret.)
White House Staff
Bob Haldeman
Alex Butterfield
Ken BeLieu
Ken Cole
Colonel Don Hughes
Dwight Chapin
Anselmo Juanich
Kissinger Staff (contd)
Russell Ash
Captain R. C. Robinson
Lt. Colonel William Lemnitzer
Kissinger Staff
Lt. Commander Jon Howe
Tony Lake
Bob Houdek
Dave McManis
Jim Fazio
Muriel Hartley
Other
Secretary Melvin R. Laird
Richard Helms
General Lincoln (OEP)
Colonel John Siegle (OEP)
Theodore Eliot (State)
Colonel Mike Dunn (Vice President's Ofc)
Congressman John. Marsh, Jr.
Colonel DeWitt Smith (JCS)
Dr. Fritz Kraemer (Ofc, Asst. Chief of Staff Army)
Bill Watts
Jeanne Davis
Pete Vaky (Viron P.)
Hal Sonnenfeldt
Hal Saunders
John Holdridge
Rogert Osgood
Lawrence Lynn
Colonel Robert Behr
Winston Lord
Colonel Richard Kennedy
Lora Simkus
Sally Dahler
Julie Pineau
Frank Chapin
Sven Kraemer APPENDIX "B"
Meeting with the Voluntary Action Group. November 4, 1969.
George W. Romney, Sec of HUD
Charles W. Wilkinson, Special Consultant
Leonard Garment, Special Consultant
Max M. Fisher, Special Consultant
Robert F. Shea, Vice President of the American Natl Red Cross APPENDIX "C"
DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Tuesday, November 4, 1969
at eight o' clock
The President
His Royal Highness The Prince Philip
- Duke of Edinburgh
H. E. The British Ambassador
- The Right Honorable John Freeman
Mr. James B. V. Orr
- Private Secretary & Personal Aide to Prince Philip
The Vice President
The Chief Justice
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Commerce
Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas)
Senator John J. Williams (Delaware)
Senator Alan Bible (Nevada)
Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia)
Senator James B. Pearson (Kansas)
Senator Thomas J. McIntyre (New Hampshire)
Senator Mark O. Hatfield (Oregon)
Senator Robert Dole (Kansas)
Senator Mike Gravel (Alaska)
Rep. Olin E. Teague (Texas)
Rep. Carl Albert (Oklahoma)
Rep. Tom Steed (Oklahoma)
Rep. E. Ross Adair (Indiana)
Rep. Frank T. Bow (Ohio)
Rep. Elford A. Cederberg (Michigan)
Rep. Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (New Jersey)
Rep. Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey)
Rep. Paul Findley (Illinois)
Rep. W. E. Brock (Tennessee)
Rep. David E. Satterfield, III (Virginia)
Rep. Robert Taft, Jr. (Ohio)
Hon. Dean Acheson
- Former Secretary of State
Hon. Dean Rusk
- Former Secretary of State
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
- Chief of Naval Operations Hon. Robert L. Kunzig
- Admr., General Services Administration
Hon. Emil Mosbacher, Jr.
- Chief of Protocol
Hon. James Keogh
- Special Assistant to the President
Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
- Assistant to the President
Hon. Daniel P. Moynihan
- Assistant to the President
Hon. Roy L. Ash
- Chmn., President's Advisory Council on Executive Organizations
Hon. Walter N. Thayer
- Special Consultant to the President
Hon. Fred J. Russell
- Dep. Dir., Office of Emergency Preparedness
Mr. James Farmer
- Assistant Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Hon. John Hay Whitney
- Former U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain
General Emmett O'Donnell
- McLean, Virginia
Major General George H. Olmsted
- Arlington, Virginia
Mr. Robert H. Abplanalp
- Bronxville, New York
Colonel Frank Borman
- Seabrook, Texas
Dr. Kingman Brewster, Jr.
- New Haven, Connecticut
Mr. J. Carter Brown
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Hugh Bullock
- New York, New York
Mr. William J. Casey
- New York, New York
Mr. John Chamberlain
- New York, New York
Mr. George Champion
- New York, New York
Mr. Otis Chandler
- Los Angeles, California
Mr. Frank Cormier
- Fairfax, Virginia
Mr. James Crosby
- New York, New York Mr. Richard G. Danner
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Ralph de Toledano
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Roscoe Drummond
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Mark Evans
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Russell W. Freeburg
- Alexandria, Virginia
Mr. Manuel Garcia
- Tampa, Florida
Mr. Charles L. Gould
- San Francisco, California
Hon. Robert Keith Gray
- Washington, D. C .
Mr. Charles J. Greene, Jr.
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
- New York, New York
Mr. John W. Heffernan
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Christian A. Herter, Jr.
- New York, New York
Mr. Bob Hope
- North Hollywood, California
Mr. Herbert Kaplow
- Falls Church, Virginia
Mr. Donald M. Kendall
- New York. New York
Mr. Carroll Kilpatrick
- Washington. D. C.
Mr. Bernard J. Lasker
- New York, New York
Mr. Robert Lee
- Pompano Beach. Florida
Mr. Max Lerner
- New York. New York
Mr. Hobart D. Lewis
- Pleasantville, New York
Mr. Art Linkletter
- Los Angeles, California
Mr. Daniel Lufkin
- New York. New York
Mr. Charlton H. Lyons, Sr.
- Shreveport. Louisiana
Mr. David J. Mahoney
- New York, New York
Mr. J. Willard Marriott
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Paul L. Martin
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Jerem.iah Milbank, Jr.
- Washington, D. C.
Hon. Malcolm C. Moos
- St. Paul, Minnesota
Mr. William D. Mounger
- Jackson, Mississippi
Mr. John A. Mulcahy
- New York, New York
Mr. H. Ross Perot
- Dallas, Texas
Mr. J. Howard Pew
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mr. Charles G. Rebozo
- Key Biscayne, Florida
Mr. Charles S. Rhyne
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Robert B. Semple, Jr.
- Washington, D. C .
Mr. Hugh Sidey
- Bethesda, Maryland
Hon. George Smathers
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Howard K. Smith
- Bethesda, Maryland
Mr. Merriman Smith
- Alexandria, Virginia
Mr. Jack Steele
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. W . Clement Stone
- Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Michael W. Straight
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Nicholas P. Thimmesch
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Thomas Wakefield
- Miami, Florida
Mr. Philip H. Watts
- Washington
Mr. Mike Wallace
- New York, New York
Mr. William S. White
- Washington, D. C.
Mr. Richard L. Wilson
- Washington, D. C.
APPENDIX "A"
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE
FROM: | Bryce N. Harlow |
DATE: | November 4, 1969 |
Please clear the following Congressional Members for a breakfast meeting with the President in~·the State Dining Room for tomorrow, November 5 at 8:30 a.m.:
Howard Baker
Caleb Boggs
Norris Cotton
Carl Curtis
Paul Fannin
Cliff Hansen
Roman Hruska
Karl Mundt
George Murphy
Strom Thurmond
John Tower
John Williams
Bob DoleCONGRESSMEN
Les Arends
Frank Bow
Bill Brock
Bob Dole Jerry Ford
Jim Fulton
Glen Lipscomb
Rog Morton
Louis Wyman.-Tonie to Ed?
Clark McGregor-Tonie to Ed?
Att General John N. Mitchell
Copies Sent To: E-1 A-4 B-4 G-3 658 Bob Newbrand
APPENDIX "B"
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November 4, 1969
TO: | Dwight Chapin |
White House Police | |
Usher's Office | |
Secret Service | |
FROM: | Office of John C. Whitaker (illegible text) |
RE: | Cabinet Meeting, Cabinet Room, |
Wednesday, November 5, 1969 | |
10:00 to 12 Noon |
- The President
- The Vice President
- Secretary of State, William P. Rogers
- Secretary of Treasury, David M. Kennedy
- Secretary of Defense, Melvin R. Laird
- Attorney General, John N. Mitchell
- Deputy Postmaster General, Elmer T. Klasson
- Secretary of Interior, Walter J. Hickel
- Secretary of Agriculture, Clifford M. Hardin
- Secretary of Commerce, Maurice H. Stans
- Secretary of Labor, George P. Shultz
- Secretary of HEW, Robert H. Finch
- Secretary of HUD, George W. Romney
- Secretary of Transportation, John A. Volpe
- Budget Director, Robert P. Mayo
- UN Ambassador, Charles W. Yost
- Dr. Arthur Burns
- Hon. Donald Rumsfeld
- Mr. Bryce N. Harlow
- Dr. D. P. Moynihan
- Hon. Rogers C. B. Morton
- P. J. Buchanan
- C. S. Blair
- L. A. DuBridge
- J. D. Ehrlichman
- P. M. Flanigan
- H. R. Haldeman
Copies Sent to: E-1, A-4, B-4, Bob Newbrand
- James Keogh
- H. A. Kissinger
- H. G. Klein
- P. A. McCracken
- C. B. Wilkinson
- Ron Ziegler
- John C. Whitaker
And, the following political and/or personnel representatives from the Departments (from 10:00 to 10:30 A.M. only):
- Wil Hastings (pol.)
- Bert Rein (pers.)
Treasury:
- Don Webster (pol/person)
Defense:
- Carl Wallace (pol/pers)
- (Bob Froehlke, the personnel man, is out of the country)
Justice:
- Kevin Phillips (pol)
- George Revercomb (pers)
Post Office:
- Paul Carlin (pol)
- Henry Albert (pers)
Interior:
- Ron Walker (pol)
- Barry Dunn (pers)
- Bill Galbraith (pol)
Commerce:
- Tony Chase (pol/pers)
Labor:
- Bill Gifford (pol/pers)
HEW:
- Pat Gray (pol)
- Alan May (pers)
HUD:
- March Miller (pol/pers)
Transportation:
- David Hays (Pol)
- Frank Coy (pers)
- Joe Bosco
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE
FROM: Bryce N. Harlow
DATE: November 4, 1969
Please clear the following Congressional Members for a meeting with the President in the Oval Room Pres's Office at 5:00 p.m., November 5:
Camp, John "Happy"
Coughlin, Larry
Dennis, David
Fish, Ham
Foreman, Ed
Frey, Lou
Goldwater, Barry, Jr.,
Hansen, Orval
Hastings, Jim
Hogan, Larry
Landgrebe, Earl -
Lujan, Manuel
McKneally, Martin
Mizell, Vinegar Bend
Ruth, Earl
Sebelius, KiethWeicker, Lowell
Whitehurst, William
Wold, John
Also present: William E. Timmons,
Deputy Assistant
Copies Sent To: E-1 A-4 B-4 Bob Newbrand
71 + Usher 4-5/pm (illegible text)