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 ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** ITT case -Typewriter -Need for analysis -Beard