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Haig tactfully called on me the next morning. He would not accept the position without my blessing, he said; it was only for a week or so anyway. This was, of course, nonsense. Given his high commitment to service, Haig would not refuse a request by the President no matter how I might feel about it. I told Haig with conviction that he had to accept, even though it would probably mean the end of his military career. Haig replied that when he had gone on patrol in Viet Nam, he had risked not only his career but his life...
Around 7 p.m., I had a phone call from Nixon. He had just received an Israeli request for long-term military assistance. He would disapprove it, he said. In fact, he would cut off all military deliveries to Israel until it agreed to a comprehensive peace. He regretted not having done so earlier; he would make up for it now. His successor would thank...
McDonald outined several major reasons for last week's decision. Any move to establish presidential archives requires an act of Congress, McDonald said, and Congress is currently preoccupied with budgetary concerns. He added that a request for such an act would be "politically inflammatory" in an election year. Additionally, prospects for the private solicitation of funds for the projects are not good with the present economic climate, McDonald said...
...surprise that the administration's defense program calls for building 17,000 new nuclear weapons--in addition to the 30,000 we already have-- at a cost of $222 billion over the next six years. Moreover the "thinkable" view on surviving nuclear war is embodied in the president's request for $132.8 million in civil defense funds...
...Black Students Association for money. "The BSA was sort of led to believe that our participation would be allowed as far as we were able to contribute money." BSA president Gaye Williams '83 says, adding that Counter has not formally contacted the BSA since they turned down his request. Williams says she finds particular irony in the University asking financially strapped student groups to finance its Foundation. "In every other university," Williams said, "money flows from the administration to the student groups. Harvard seem to want it to go the other...