Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary/1969/November/26

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.)  NOVEMBER 26, 1969
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIMEDAY 8:44 amFriday
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		Activity
In	Out	Lo	LD
8:44	10:02			The President hosted a breakfast in the Family Dining Room of the Residence for members of Congress. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A".
10:03				The President went to his office accompanied by Congressman Leslie Arends.
10:05	10:08			Press Secy, Ronald L. Ziegler joined the meeting.
	10:07			Congressman Leslie Arends departed.
10:13	10:17			The President went to the Roosevelt Room for the signing ceremony of H. R. 14001, an act to amend the Military Selective Services Act of 1967. For a list of the attendees, see APPENDIX "B".
				The President returned to his office and met with:
10:17	10:37			H. R. Haldeman, Asst
10:20	10:37			Henry A. Kissinger, Asst
10:37	10:55			The President met with Secy of Defense, Melvin R. Laird.
11:00	11:10			The President met with his Press Secy, Ronald L. Ziegler.
				The President met with:
11:15	11:50			Arthur F. Burns, Counsellor
11:18	11:20			Ronald L. Ziegler, Press Secy
				The President met with:
11:50	1:25			John D. Ehrlichman, Asst
11:50	12:15			John Price, Spec Asst
12:15	12:40			Robert P. Mayo, Director, BOB
12:15	12:40			James R. Schlesinger, Acting Dep Dir, BOB
12:40	1:25			H. R. Haldeman, Asst
2:40	2:55			The President met with his Asst, H. R. Haldeman.
2:55	3:02			The President met with his Personal Secy, Rose Mary Woods.

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.)  NOVEMBER 26, 1969
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIMEDAY 3:04 pmFriday
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		Activity
In	Out	Lo	LD
3:04	3:35			The President met with: Walter Washington, Commissioner of D.C. John D. Ehrlichman, Asst Egil Krogh, Dep Counsel
3:36	4:16			The President met with his Asst, Henry A. Kissinger.
4:30	4:35			The President met with General Vernon Walters.
4:35	5:19			The President met with: Donald Rumsfeld, Dir, OEO John D. Ehrlichman, Asst
5:20	6:10			The President met with: George Kennan, former Ambassador Henry A. Kissinger, Asst
6:10				The President went to the Residence.
6:14	6:22		P	The President telephoned long distance with Bob Hope in California.
6:25	6:31	R		The President talked with his Asst, Henry A. Kissinger.
6:41		P		The President telephoned his Asst, H. R. Haldeman. The call was not completed.
6:42		P		The President telephoned his Spec Asst, Dwight L. Chapin.
6:49	6:50	R		The President talked with his Asst, H. R. Haldeman.
6:50				The President and the First Lady had dinner with: Patricia Nixon Julie and David Eisenhower Mamie Eisenhower Joel Carlson, uncle of Mamie Eisenhower Dabney Hibbert

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.)  November 26, 1969
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIMEDAY 7:57 pmFriday
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		Activity
In	Out	Lo	LD
7:57	7:58	P		The President talked with his Asst, H. R. Haldeman.
8:00		P		The President telephoned his Asst, Henry A. Kissinger. The call was not completed.
8:25	8:28			The President, accompanied by his Spec Consultant Leonard Garment, motored from the White House to Constitution Hall.
8:28	10:33			The President and his Spec Consultant Leonard Garment attended a concert of the National Symphony Orchestra. Among those who the President met were: Managing Director of the Symphony and Mrs. M. Robert Rogers Van Cliburn, Pianist Howard Mitchell, Music Director
10:33	10:35			The President, accompanied by his Spec Consultant, Leonard Garment, motored from Constitution Hall to the White House.
10:38				The President went to the Residence.

APPENDIX "A"

Attendees at the breakfast meeting in the Family Dining Room, November 26.

Senators

Gordon Allott

Howard Baker

Norris Cotton

Robert Dole

Roman Hruska

Winston Prouty

John Tower

Congressmen

Leslie Arends

John Byrnes

Gerald Ford

Clark MacGregor

Richard Poff

John Rhodes

Bob Wilson

APPENDIX "B".

Attendees at the signing ceremony for H. R. 14001, November 26, 1969. ­ Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense

John G. Stennis, Senator

Margaret C. Smith, Senator

Leslie Arends, Congressman

L. Mendel Rivers, Congressman

F. Edward Hebert, Congressman

Alexander Pirnie, Congressman

Bernard T. Franck. Assistant to the Director, Selective Service System

Russell Blandford

Frank Slantansheck

Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Board

Robert W. Ryan

David G. Aydelotte

Robert F. Morrison

Gerald M. Smith

William B. Patterson

Harold Moore