Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary/1969/January/28

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Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary (1969)
January 28, 1969
3578412Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary — January 28, 19691969

The White House
President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary
(See Travel Record for Travel Activity)
Place Day Began Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) 
January 28, 1969
WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. TIMEDAY
7:45aTuesday
Time

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7:45 8:28
The President went to the Red Room to meet his breakfast guests. The group then went to the small dining room on the first floor for breakfast. Those present were:
Spiro T. Agnew
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
Bryce N. Harlow
7:55 8:28
Richard H. Poff joined the breakfast group
8:29 8:35
The President and his guests went to the West Wing he met briefly in his Office with Bryce N. Harlow.
8:36 10:30
The President,accompanied by Bryce N. Harlow, went to the Cabinet Room for the Congressional Leadership meeting. Those present were: See Appendix A, attached.
10:30 10:34
The President, accompanied by the Leadership, went to the Rose Garden where the White House Staff presented him with a birthday gift; a six month old male Irish Setter, named King Timahoe. Press photographers were present.
10:34 10:45
The President returned to his Office, and met with:
John N. Mitchell
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
10:34 R
The President received a call from John V. Lindsay. The call was not completed.
10:46 11:05
The President met with:
John G. Tower
Bob Wilson
Bryce N. Harlow
11:07 11:38
The President went to the Cabinet Room for a briefing on the District of Columbia. Those present included:
John N. Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman
D. Patrick Moynihan
The White House
President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary
(See Travel Record for Travel Activity)
Place Day Began Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) 
January 28, 1969
WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. TIMEDAY
11:39aTuesday
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11:39 2:39
The President went to Capitol Hill for a meeting with Members of the House and a luncheon with the Leadership group. He was accompanied by:
Bryce N. Harlow
H. R. Haldeman (SEE APPENDIX "B")
William E. Timmons
Dwight L. Chapin
2:40
The President returned to his Office accompanied by Bryce N. Harlow.
2:44 3:05
The President met with Arthur F. Burns.
3:05 3:42
The President met with:
Henry M. Jackson
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrew J. Goodpaster
3:35
Ollie Atkins, the White House photographer joined the meeting to take pictures.
3:42 3:45
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
3:45 4:11
The President met with:
Henry A. Kissinger
Glenn T. Seaborg
Lee A. DuBridge
Robert F. Ellsworth
H. R. Haldeman

4:43
4:43
4:43q

5:20
5:10
5:10
The President met with:
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Jerry Smith
5:22 5:40
The President met with:
Andrew J. Goodpaster
5:40 5:53 R
The President received a call from Dwight D. Eisenhower.
5:40 5:53
The President met withH. R . Haldeman.
The White House
President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary
(See Travel Record for Travel Activity)
Place Day Began Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) 
January 28, 1969
WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. TIMEDAY
6:05pTuesday
Time

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6:05

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The President telephoned long distance to John W. Tuthill in Baltimore, Maryland. The call was not completed.
6:36
The President, accompanied by James D. Hughes, went to the Mansion.
6:47 6:58 P
The President talked with Robert H. Finch.
6:58 7:00 P
The President talked long distance with John W. Tuthill in Baltimore, Maryland.
7:05
The President had dinner.
8:06 P
The President telephoned Frank Shakespeare. The call was not completed.
9:14
The President went to his Office.
9:55
The President returned to the Mansion.
10:30
The President retired.
APPENDIX"A"
8:36 10:30

Congressional Leadership Meeting
Those present were:

Spiro T. Agnew
Winton M. Blount
George W. Romney
Robert F. Mayo
Everett M. Dirksen
Hugh Scott
Margaret C. Smith
Milton R. Young
Gordon L. Allott
John G. Tower
Gerald R. Ford
Leslie C. Arends
John B. Anderson
William C. Cramer
Richard H. Poff
John J, Rhodes
H. Allen Smith
Robert J. Taft
Kenneth E. BeLieu
William E. Timmons
Herbert G. Klein
Patrick J. Buchanan

APPENDIX "B"

Luncheon on January 28, 1969, The Speaker's
Dining Room, The Capitol, Washington, D. C.


11:39 - 2:39

Congressman William M. Colmer, D-Miss., Chairman, Committee on Rules (Host)
Congressman Ray J. Madden, D-Ind., Member of the Committee on Rules

Congressman James J. Delaney, D.-N.Y. "
Congressman Richard Bolling, D-Mo. "
Congressman Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., D-Mass. "
Congressman B. F. Sisk, D-Calif. "
Congressman John Young, D-Tex. "
Congressman Claude Pepper, D-Fla. "
Congressman Spark M. Matsunaga, D-Hawaii "
Congressman William R. Anderson, D -Tenn. "

Congressman H. Allen Smith, R-Calif., Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Rules
Congressman John B. Anderson, R-Ill., Member of the Committee on Rules

Congressman Dave Martin, R-Nebr., "
Congressman James H. Quillen, R-Tenn. "
Congressman Delbert L. Latta, R-Ohio "


The Speaker
Congressman Carl Albert, D-Okla., The Majority Leader
Congressman Hale Boggs, D-La., The Majority Whip
Congressman Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., The Minority Leader
Congressman Leslie C. Arends, R-Ill., The Minority Whip
Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., Chairman, Democratic Caucus
Congressman Wilbur D. Mill, D-Ark., Chairman, Comm. on Ways and Means
Congressman George H. Mahon, D-Tex., Chairman, Comm. on Appropriations
Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, D-S.C., Chairman, Comm. on Armed Services
Congressman Robert Taft, Jr., R-Ohio
Congressman John J. Rhodes, R-Ariz.
Congressman William C. Cramer, R-Fla.
Congressman Richard H. Poff, R-Va.
Congressman Bob Wilson, R-Calif.
Congressman Thomas E. Morgan, D-Pa., Chairman, Comm. on Foreign Affairs
Mr. Lewis Deschler, The Parliamentarian, U. S. House of Representatives
Dr. Rufus J. Pearson, The Attending Physician, U. S. Capitol

The Honorable Howard W. Smith, former Democratic Congressman from Virginia and Chairman of The Committee on Rules, 1955 through 1966
Mrs. Virginia Mitchell, Secretary to Judge Smith
 
Rules Committee Staff
Mr. Laurie C. Battle, Counsel and Staff Director
Mr. Robert D. Hynes, Jr., Minority Counsel
Miss Mary Spencer Forrest, Assistant Counsel
Mrs. Winifred L. Watts, Secretary
Miss Jonna Lynne Cullen, Secretary