Conversation: 021-068
Prev: 021-067 Next: 021-069Start Date: 14-Mar-1972 4:18 PM
End Date: 14-Mar-1972 4:34 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:45:40
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:02:02
NARA Description:
On March 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:18 pm to 4:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-068 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 21-68
Date: March 14, 1972
Time: 4:18 pm - 4:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation 322-56]
International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
-John N. Mitchell’s testimony
-Congressional hearings
-Colson’s talk with Robert J. Dole
46
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
-Congress
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-The President’s view
-Peter Flanigan
-Norris Cotton
-Washington Star
-Colson investigation
-Denver
-Dita D. Beard memo
-Typewriter
-Committee
-Justice Department
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Analysis
-Typewriters
-Alger Hiss case
-White House removal
-Private investigators
-Evening Star
-Anonymous letter
-Protection of writer
-Beard
-New York
-Memo
-Jack N. Anderson
-Authenticity
-Letters
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Protection
-Washington Star
-Robert Walter’s story
-Walter’s theory
-Ken W. Clawson
-Smith Hempstone, Jr.
-Clawson’s call to John Cassidy
-Panda story
-Crosby S. Noyes
-Hempstone
-Beard
-Girl in Canada
-Drew Pearson’s secretary, Opal Ginnis
-Committee call for testimony
47
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
-Marlow W. Cook
-Beard relationship with Ginnis
-Cook’s questions
-Tactics
-Compared to Hiss case
-Cook’s daughter’s wedding
-Letter
-Richard W. McLaren
-“Face the Nation” appearance
-ITT growth
-John F. Kennedy administration
-Lyndon B. Johnson administration
-Harold S. Geneen’s statement
-Antitrust policy
-Walter’s article in Washington Star
-Content
-Testimony
-Mitchell
-Congressional hearings
-James O. Eastland
-Testimony
-Testimony
-Robert C. Wilson
-Edwin Reinecke
-Robert H. Finch
-Edgar Gillenwaters
-Democrats
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Confirmation
-Congressional hearings
-Mitchell
-Eastland
-McLaren
-Settlement
-Press comment
-Antitrust
-Kennedy and Johnson administrations
-Robert F. Kennedy
-Ramsey Clark
-Mitchell
-Hiss case
-Karl E. Mundt
48
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
-Clawson
-Colson investigation
-Florida primary concern
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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ITT case
-Typewriter
-Need for analysis
-Beard