Conversation: 016-131
Prev:  016-130 Next: 016-132Start Date: 21-Dec-1971 10:11 PM
End Date: 21-Dec-1971 10:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:44:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:07:24
NARA Description:
On December 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:11 pm to 10:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-131 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 16-131 Date: December 21, 1971 Time: 10:11 pm - 10:35 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Bermuda Azores Media -John W. Chancellor -National Broadcast Corporation [NBC] program [“A Day in the Life of the President”] -Editing -Content -President’s image -Comparisons -Harry S. Truman -Dwight D. Eisenhower -John F. Kennedy -Lyndon B. Johnson -Ending of show discussed -Interview with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox -John A. Scali’s impression -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -President’s comments to Haldeman -Patricia Colson’s reaction -Sound quality -Compared to the Oval Office 102 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** -Lighting -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -North Carolina -Forthcoming visit to Duke University -Labor legislation -Haldeman -Feelings towards show -Scali -Dwight L. Chapin -Discussion of show with Colson -End of show -Description -Interview with Chancellor -Return to the White House -Ratings -People’s reactions -Polls George Meany -Letter from President -Wishes for speedy recovery -Health -James Suffridge -Plan for Suffridge to take over for Meany Meeting with British in Bermuda, December 20, 1971 News summaries -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin 103 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Press -Coverage -Positive over past three weeks -India-Pakistan War -Negative -Public apathy -Harris poll [?] Stock market -Performance -Attitude -John B. Connally Press -Attitude -Colson’s view -Time and Newsweek -Influence Consumer Price Index [CPI] -James D. Hodgson prediction -Excise tax President’s trips abroad -Justification -British and French -Henry A. Kissinger -Effect on foreign leadership -NBC program -Chancellor -Gen. Charles A.J.M. de Gaulle comparison -Parallels -Truman -Dwight Eisenhower -Kennedy -Johnson -President favorably compared to -Positive tone -Ending show -Dramatic emphasis 104 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Media -Julie Eisenhower’s Christmas Eve show -Publicity -Public awareness -Time and Newsweek -Additional print media -NBC -Letter from President -Robert W. Sarnoff -Chancellor -Julian Goodman -Chancellor -Dinner party -Colson’s conversation with Chancellor -1972 Presidential campaign Europeans ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 24s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ********************************************************************** Edward R.G. Heath Georges J.R. Pompidou -Negotiations -Length Press photographs -Effects -New York Times -Public’s good feelings 105 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Economy -Unemployment -Insurance unemployment claims -CPI -Hodgson -Wholesale price index -Stability -Retail sales President’s image -Charisma -British and French -Mood of country -Importance -Effects -John F. Kennedy -Charisma -1960's -Johnson -Albert E. Sindlinger poll of Meany confrontation -Public image of President -Poll results -NBC -Compared to one-on-one show -Colson’s view -President’s image -Importance -Sindlinger poll -Scali’s opinion -Scali’s call to Colson -Scali’s opinion of NBC program -End of show -Haldeman -Image conveyed -Reactions -Public opinion Economy -Peter G. Peterson -Jobs 106 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)