Conversation: 023-133
Prev: 023-132 Next: 023-134Start Date: 3-May-1972 12:41 PM
End Date: 3-May-1972 12:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:41 pm to 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-133 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 23-133 Date: May 3, 1972 Time: 12:41-12:59 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See also Conversation No. 335-7] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 7m 24s ] 88 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 1/13) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Public opinion -Vietnam issue -Benefits for the President -Reasons -The President's predictions -South Vietnamese losses -Gerald R. Ford and Robert P. Griffin -Length of offensive -Difficulties -National mood -David E. Bradshaw -Richard J. Daley -Praise for the President on transportation -Democrats -Establishment -Support for Hubert H. Humphrey -Fear of George S. McGovern -National mood -Sympathy for the President -Vietnam -Soviet summit -Possible cancellation -Hue -H. R. (Bob”) Haldeman -Colson's view -Belief in the President -Poll data -Peace issue -Vietnam -Democratic silence -Fears of the President -Statements -Media -Harry Reasoner -Criticism of the President 89 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 1/13) -Counterattack -Interest in defeat -Indiana results -United Press International [UPI] report Law and order -J. Edgar Hoover's death -The President's defense of Hoover -Benefits -Political advantages of the President's support -Support for FBI -Possible leak to press -Pressure to fire Hoover -The President's resistance -The President's public defense -Leak to press -Compared with action regarding Lewis B. Hershey -John A. Scali -Kenneth W. Clawson -Distribution Press -Attacks -Clawson -Methods -Sophistication -The Vice President -Credibility ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 49s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** 90 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 1/13)