Conversation: 018-059
Prev: 018-058 Next: 018-060Start Date: 10-Jan-1972 7:44 PM
End Date: 10-Jan-1972 8:06 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:08:20
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:30:31
NARA Description:
On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:44 pm to 8:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-059 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 18-59
Date: January 10, 1972
Time: 7:44 pm - 8:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
Colson's health
Louis P. Harris poll
-Issues
-India-Pakistan War
-The economy
-Foreign affairs
-Peace
-December 1971 bombing of North Vietnam
-Timing
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 45s ]
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Presidential approval poll
-Issues affecting results
-Harris poll
-Compared to George H. Gallup poll
-India-Pakistan War
-Press
-US relations with the People's Republic of China [PRC] and the Soviet Union
-Bombing of North Vietnam
-India-Pakistan War
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Age and income groups
-Support for the President
-Economic issues
Poll on ability to handle issues
-Muskie
-Calls to Colson
-Economy
-Vietnam
-Poor
-Crime
-Environment
-Health and education
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 50s ]
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Support for the President's handling of issues
-India-Pakistan War
-Bombing of North Vietnam
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-The economy
-Foreign affairs
Harris and Gallup polls
The economy
-Strengths
Foreign policy
-Recent actions
-United Nations [UN] vote, foreign aid issue
Harris poll
-The economy
-Foreign policy
Christians’ and Jews' opinion of Muskie
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Positive events for the administration
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's trip to Africa
-Japanese meeting
-San Diego trip
-January 5, 1972 approval of space shuttle development program
-Eisaku Sato's visit
Timing of polls
-Paul W. McCracken's press conference
-December 1971 bombing of North Vietnam
-India-Pakistan War
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-Effect of events
-Public opinion
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 44s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Stock market
-Status
-Investor confidence
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 38s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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Colson's health
-Schedule
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