Conversation: 035-040
Prev: 035-039 Next: 035-041Start Date: 31-Dec-1972 7:34 PM
End Date: 31-Dec-1972 7:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:34 pm to 7:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 35-40
Date: December 31, 1972
Time: 7:34 pm - 7:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
Washington Redskins-Dallas Cowboys game
-Colson’s viewing
-Baltimore television [TV] station
-Post-game celebration
-Colson’s view
-1972 Presidential election
-George E. Allen
-The President's attempt to reach Allen
-Duke Ziebert's restaurant
-Edward Bennett Williams
-Allen
-Support for the President
-Redskins
-Larry Brown
-Billy Kilmer
-Jack Pardee
-Charley Taylor
-Cowboys
-Lance Alworth
-Bob Hayes
-Ron Sellers
-Calvin Hill
-Compared to Brown
-Yale University career
-Redskins style
-Defense
-Hitting
-The President’s view
-Brown fumble
-Compared to 1972 election
Henry A. Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-07)
Conversation No. 35-40 (cont’d)
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston article, “Nixon and Kissinger”
-Source investigation
-Instruction for Colson
-John A. Scali
-Reason for possible leak
-Reston’s status
-Establishment
-Messages in Vietnam negotiations
-William H. Sullivan
-State Department
-Possible ambassadorship to Philippines
-Kissinger
-Source investigation
-Record of telephone calls
-White House operators
-Stephen B. Bull
-Signal Corps officer
-White House operators
-The President’s instructions
-Kissinger telephone calls
-Private telephone
-White House switchboard
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
involvement
-Views on war
-Kissinger’s negotiations with North Vietnam
-Historical stature of Kissinger
-“Peace is at hand” statement
-Effect on negotiations
-US bargaining position
-National security issues
-New York Times
-The President’s view
-George P. Shultz
-Economic issues
-Conversations with Kissinger and staff
-Post-December 11, 1972
-Colson’s recent conversation with Kissinger
-Max Frankel
-Reston article
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-07)
Conversation No. 35-40 (cont’d)
-Source investigation
-Confronting Kissinger
-Effect
-Discretion
-Schedule
-Scali
-Herbert G. Klein
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Previous conversation with Colson
-Conversation with Kissinger
-“Hawk,” “dove”
-Morale
-Debating points
-Timing
-Interview with Marvin L. Kalb
-Reston article
-Effect
-Negotiations in Paris
-Settlement agreement
-Conclusion
-Statements
-Timing
-Settlement agreement
-Conclusion
-Statement by the President
-Colson’s recent conversation with Kissinger
Allen
-Ziebert’s
-White House operator