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On December 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:12 am and 10:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 828-006 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President replayed a portion of his dictated memorandum to H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. [This is a continuation of Conversation No. 828-5] The President resumed dictation. The President's schedule - Meetings with foreign leaders - Timing - Vietnam War - Henry A. Kissinger - Meeting with George P. Shultz - The President's conversation with Shultz - Timing - Tax and trade policy - Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman - The President's conversation with Ehlichman - Domestic initiatives - Timing - Meetings with Shultz and Ehrlichman - Cabinet meeting - Timing - Attendance - Congressional leadership meeting - Timing - Republicans - Bipartisan meetings - Frequency - Vietnam War - Meeting with Michael J. Mansfield - The President's conversation with Mansfield - Timing - Republican leadership meeting - William E. Timmons's recommendation - Reorganization plans - Ehrlichman's recommendations - Meetings - Exceptions - Master schedule - January- June 1973 Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:12 am. Copy of memorandum Memoranda - Kissinger - Mailing The President's schedule - Meeting with Clay T. ("Tom") Whitehead - Charles W. Colson - Timing - Meetings - Postponement - The President's dictated memorandum to Haldeman -1973 Inauguration Bull left at an unknown time before 10:44 am. The President replayed a portion of his dictation. The President resumed dication. The President's schedule - Master schedule - January- June 1973 - Heads of State visits - Foreign trips - Europe - Stag dinners - Maurice H. Stans - Evenings at the White House -1972 campaign - State dinner -1972 campaign - Contributors - Church services - Press conferences - Trips - Domestic - Foreign - White House correspondents, Gridiron dinners - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew - Political people - Kissinger - Ehrlichman - George P. Shultz - Timmons - Breakfasts, lunches, dinners, briefings - Political people - Second term - Special interests - Haldeman's conversations with Ehrlichman, Timmons, Shultz, Kissinger, George H. W. Bush and Stans - Labor and ethnic groups - Haldeman's conversation with Colson - John B. Connally -1972 campaign - Contributors, political people - Committee to Re- Elect the President [CRP] - Colson- Connally group - Congress, governors, mayors - Ehrlichman - Administration personnel - Celebrities - Media - Presidential Commission - President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [PFIAB] - Cabinet Room - Use - Productivity Commission - Labor - Administration personnel The President changed dictabelt tapes. ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during chronological review 2007-2013] [Pause] ***************************************************************** The President's dictated memorandum to Haldeman - Introduction to second part - Previous tape The President resumed dictation. The President's schedule - Planning by Haldeman - Master schedule - Telephone calls - First term - Colson - Timmons - Harry S. Dent The President replayed a portion of his dictation. The President resumed dictation. The President's schedule - Master schedule - Telephone calls - Colson - Dent - Effectiveness - White House social affairs - Dinners - Stans - Financial contributors - Government officials - Clark MacGregor's recommendations - Priorities - Number per day - Recommendations - Birthdays, anniversaries - Parties - Letters National Security Council [NSC] staff - Second term reorganization - Cuts - Haldeman's possible meeting with Kissinger - List - Loyalists - Departments - Retentions - Priorities - White House - Direction of effort - Handling of problem - The President's role - Report from Haldeman Second term reorganization - Intelligence - Memorandum from Ehrlichman - Dr. James R. Schlesinger's report - Schlesinger's role vis-à- Vis Kissinger's role - Instruction for Haldeman - Authority - NSC - Congressional relations - Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] - Kissinger's schedule - Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - The President's efforts - Schlesinger's report - Implementation - Kissinger's relationship with Haig - PFIAB - Haldeman's possible meetings with Kissinger, Ehrlichman and Schlesinger - Management - Ehrlichman's recommendation - Roy L. Ash - Independent study - Recommendation - Schlesinger's memorandum - Weakness - Haldeman's conversations - Overlap in functions - Expenditures by Defense Department - Number of CIA personnel - Quality - Quantity -"Liberal establishment bureaucracy" - State Department - Cuts - Attitudes - Foreign policy - Georgetown - State Department - Recommendations - Timing. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.