Conversation: 022-013
Prev: 022-012 Next: 022-014Start Date: 24-Mar-1972 12:54 PM
End Date: 24-Mar-1972 1:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:34:02
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:51:47
NARA Description:
On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:54 pm to 1:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 22-13 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 12:54 pm - 1:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 326-16] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -The President’s upcoming press conference -Latest developments -President’s statements -Administration’s antitrust record -Colson’s memorandum -Patrick J. Buchanan -Alger Hiss case -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] file -Period of greatest growth -John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations -FBI report -Letter -Contradiction of experts’ finding -Other tests -White House instigated -Possible results -ITT press conference of experts -Colson -Date -Tests -FBI -ITT -Pearl L. Tytell test -Walter McCrone test -McCrone -Meeting with FBI on March 24, 1972 -John D. Ehrlichman -FBI -Leak of story 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Results of test on Dita D. Beard memorandum -ITT strategy -Timetable -FBI conclusions -Colson’s advice -Unknown Senators’ trip to Denver -The President’s strategy -Beard -FBI tests -James O. Eastland -Response -Department of Justice -Committee hearings -Beard -Hugh Scott -John N. Mitchell Section 315 vote on suspension of equal time requirements for the Presidential election -Eastland’s vote -Previous vote -Howard H. Baker, Jr. Amendment -Defeat in Senate -Previous vote -Partisanship -Democrats -Publicity -Kenneth W. Clawson -The President’s press conference -Possible question -Response -Repeal -Number of candidates -Debates -Television networks -Free television time -Congressional limitations on spending in presidential campaigns -Possible veto -Public response -Tax check off -Free television time -Draft of veto message by Colson 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The President’s statement on George Meany, March 23, 1972 -Public response -Network coverage -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Statements on the President’s statement -Edward M. Kennedy -Michael J. Mansfield -Hugh Scott -Gerald R. Ford -Jacob K. Javits -Support for the President -Haldeman -Donald H. Rumsfeld The President’s instructions to Colson -Letters to Time and Newsweek -Cover story -Letters to networks -Busing issue -Effectiveness -Timing -Telephone calls -Busing issue -Time and Newsweek -Number of letters -Letters to Time -Clifford Irving hoax -Cover story -Spiro T. Agnew 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Jack N. Anderson compared to Irving ITT case -Unknown action of Colson -The President’s support -Beard -Document -Colson -Public response -Memorandum to the President -Mail to Congressmen -Effect -Source of information -California -San Diego -Duration of publicity -Anderson -Roman L. Hruska statements -Anderson compared with Louella Parsons -News coverage -White House instructions to Republican Congressmen Labor -Meany statement -Network coverage -Timing with Consumer Price Index [CPI] -The President’s view -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Request for call to Colson -Leaks in Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] -CPI -Meany -Officials -Colson’s view -George P. Shultz -Geoffrey H. Moore -The President’s view -Colson’s view -Arthur F. Burns -John B. Connally -Appearances -Split between Building Trades Council and American Federation of Labor – 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] -George Meany -Effects Messages to Congressmen and Senators -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Connally -Herbert Stein -Democrats and Meany -Louis P. Harris poll -Attitude towards Meany -Timing of release of poll -Wage increases compared to stabilized prices Fourteenth Amendment -Court interpretation -Racial balance -Busing