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Secretary Connally/Mr. Kissinger
5/6/72 12:15 p. m.
JC: I just talked to the President. I have two names I want to
suggest to you at his request, I am calling you for the Command
provisions at there.
He was looking for Navy men--he was
talking about Riverra who is with the Sixth Fleet--he asked me
if I knew of any man that I had great confidence in in the Navy-
I think you ought to take a look at William Mack he weskcommanding
the Seventh Fleet.
HAK:
Oh.
JC: He is a vice Admiral--he was my naval aide when I became
Secretary of the Navy--Henry, you know with time , I haven't kept
that close of contact, but Bill Mack has come up through the change
of command he is a very able, smart, loyal guy. Heis not a
McCain type--he is a
guy, but he is a very tough guy
as I knew him.
HAK: And the seventh Fleet has the advantage of being out there
JC: That is correct, so he is somebody you ought to look at, and I
will go even stronger on the next name, the president said well who
else have you got, and I said well I don't know what all you have in
mind, but there is a man in the Marine Corps that I know and have
kept up with through these last 10 years and that is Major Gen. Ed
Wheeler and he is here in Washington.
HAK: Yes, but where could we put him?
JC: I don't know, I haven't gone down the roster and don't know precisely
how he intends to restructure this thing, but you ought to look at Ed
Wheeler--I am just giving you a name and I didn't pursue this, the
President brought it up. Except Wheeler has had a combat command
in every position of every rank in the Marine Corps--when he was a
2nd Lt., he commandixg Marines in battle As a first Lt. he
as major as a Colonel as a General He has been in Vietnam. He
has commanded a division in Vietnam. He is now Major General here
on the staff in Washington and was one of the three or four who the
Marine Corps thought would be considered as commandant--obviously
the President had already made up his mind on Kristin.
But Mj. Gen. Ed Wheeler- - he is different from Mac--He is ank all out
fighting Marine. He is not a most articulate feller--he has got a crew cut
he is a disciplinarian, he is a tough song of a bitch who doesn't know
how to do anything but fight.
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