Conversation: 037-093
Prev:  037-092 Next: 037-094Start Date: 11-Mar-1973 4:19 PM
End Date: 11-Mar-1973 4:51 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On March 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:19 pm to 4:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-093 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 37-93 Date: March 11, 1973 Time: 4:19 pm-4:51 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Colson's trip to Israel and Romania -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman - 69 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-93 (cont’d) -Impression of Jewish people -American Jews -Discipline -Israeli nationalism -Anti-communism -President’s stature -Communists -Romanians -Meetings with leaders -Souvenirs -Israel -President’s popularity -American Jewish support for President -1972 election -Colson's appreciation -Donald H. Segretti -Watergate -World view -Travel as education -Nicolae Ceausescu -Admiration for President -Previous meetings with President -Television [TV] appearance for Colson -Ceausescu’s political prowess Watergate -Washington Post reporting -Herbert W. Kalmbach -Dwight L. Chapin -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Hearings -Ralph Flanders -Damage to the White House -John W. Dean, III -Court ruling - 70 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-93 (cont’d) -L. Patrick Gray III -Ervin hearings -Court ruling -Dean -Lawyer-client privilege -Executive privilege -Testimony by White House aides -Haldeman -John D. Ehrlichman -Colson -Chapin -Separation of powers -Avoidance of cover-up -Public stand -Gray -Paris Herald Tribune -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] raw files -American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] -Effect on FBI -Aid to President's image -Washington Post article -Demonstrators -Peace groups -Conventions -San Francisco -Los Angeles -Double standard -Washington Star -Vance Hartke -Misuse of funds -Bob Walters -Campaign practices -Dean's investigation -Non-White House personnel -Colson's role -Benjamin C. Bradlee - 71 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-93 (cont’d) -National Press Club debate -Donald R. Larrabee -Donna L. Larrabee -Republican National Committee [RNC] President's crime radio address -Richard G. Kleindienst -President's role in drafting -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe -Rehabilitation -Mandatory sentencing -William P. Rogers -Sudan -Killing of diplomats -Death penalty -Sirhan Sirhan -Public opinion -Hijacking -Assault on John C. Stennis -Albert E. Sindlinger poll -Judges, probation officers -Second offenders -Compassion -Press coverage Amnesty -Judges -Spiro T. Agnew's speech -Prisoners of War [POW] reaction -Public opinion -[First name unknown] Kessler -Reaction to peace protestors ****************************************************************************** ** - 72 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-93 (cont’d) [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -George S. McGovern -Gridiron speech Martin Z. Agronsky TV show -Watergate -Marquis Childs -Future elections -New Republican Majority -Racism Democratic Party -Control by McGovern supporters -Robert S. Strauss -House of Representatives Democratic Caucus -Rules changes -Open rule -Seniority system -Effect -Clarence J. (“Bud”) Brown, Jr. -Southern Democrats -Age -Support for President -Alaska Election -Donald E. Young -Support for President -Democratic Candidate -Emil Notti -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -1957 election -1956 election -Dwight D. Eisenhower’s victory -Democratic winner Polls - 73 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-93 (cont’d) -President’s support [End of segment reviewed under deed of gift] ****************************************************************************** ** Domestic issues -Food prices -Possibility of price freeze -Future effect -President’s strategy -Federal spending -Taxes -Congress’ position -Compassion issue -Poll -Rowland Evans -Robert D. Novak -St. Louis -Support for President -Harris Poll -Headstart program -Education -Aid to the poor -Taxes -Urban renewal -Public opinion -Framing of issue -Ehrlichman -Social programs -Popular support -Medicare, education aid -Northeast -Peter J. Brennan - 74 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-93 (cont’d) Colson's law firm -Moving -Federal Bar Building -American Institute of Architects' Building -Staff -Political affiliation -David Shapiro -Strauss -Henry C. Cashen, II -Former Commerce Department lawyers -Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander, and Mitchell -Fred Louder -Time constraints -Client relations -Aid to President -Washington Post -Lawsuit -Discussion with Walter H. Annenberg -London -Katherine L. Graham -World influence -Effect of Paris Herald Tribune -Possible formulas for take-over -Bid for purchase -Shapiro -Graham -Stock price -Appeal to stockholders -American Stock Exchange -Necessary assets -Line of credit -Richard M. Scaife -Personality -Confidentiality -Annenberg -Possible buyers - 75 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-93 (cont’d) -Maurice H. Stans -Combine -Harris Poll -Support for President -Kenneth W. Clawson -Benign neglect -Congress -Governors TV networks -William F. Buckley, Jr. -Column on Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead proposal -Conservative support -Accuracy in Media advertising [AIM] President’s advice -Legal fees -Clark M. Clifford -Golf