Conversation: 131-019
Prev: 131-018 Next: 131-020Start Date: 17-May-1972 7:49 PM
End Date: 17-May-1972 8:20 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:01:03
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:32:11
NARA Description:
On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:49 pm to 8:20 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 131-19 Date: May 17, 1972 Time: 7:49 pm - 8:20 pm Location: Camp David Study Table Charles W. Colson talked with the President. [See also Conversation No. 190-10] Vietnam -Announcement of blockade -Support -Connecticut delegation -Cuban supporters -Boise (Idaho) and Wichita demonstrations of support -Publicity -Mail response -Demonstrations -Advertisement in New York Times -Polls -Louis P. Harris, Albert E. Sindlinger, Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -Length -Nash Kestenbaum -Rabbi [Forename unknown] Seidman -Rabbi Abraham (?) Gross -Press campaign -Response to President’s announcement of blockade 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-19 (cont.) -Detroit Free Press -Des Moines Register -Joseph C. Kraft -Administration program -John A. Volpe -Today show appearance -President's trip to Soviet Union -Importance -Speeches -Robert A. Taft, Jr. -William E. Brock, III -Barry M. Goldwater -Letters to columnists -Robert J. Dole -Brock -Colson’s view George C. Wallace -Assassination attempt -Story on Harry S. Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt parallels -Kenneth W. Clawson -James J. Kilpatrick, Jr. -William S. White -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson -Kilpatrick -Liberal media -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. -Gun control legislation -Effect -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Tracing of Arthur H. Bremer weapon US-Soviet Union summit -Previous meeting with John Cardinal Krol -Announcement by Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -US Information Agency [USIA] -Circulation -Domestic impact -John D. Ehrlichman -Haig -Cabinet 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-19 (cont.) -Trade -Earl L. Butz, Peter G. Peterson -Significance Wallace -Assassination attempt -Impact on busing issue -Senate and House conferees' proposal -Busing moratorium -Housing bill -Length of meeting -Michigan ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m47s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Vietnam -President's previous decision to mine harbors and bomb North Vietnam [blockade] -Press response -The President’s view -[Arnold] Eric Sevareid -Marvin L. Kalb -Newspapers -Milton Viorst -Joseph C. Kraft -Administration response -Patrick J. Buchanan -Today show appearance -Statements -The President’s view -Columbia University Journalism School 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-19 (cont.) Administration media campaigns -Forthcoming memorandum from Colson -Monitoring operation -Harry Reasoner -Network executives -Frank Stanton -Robert W. Sarnoff -The President’s view -Mail campaign -Stanton -Vietnam -Media coverage -Colson’s view -Compared to Laos and Cambodia -Firebase Bastogne -The President’s view -Reason -Effect of President's previous speech announcing blockade -Wallace assassination attempt -Clawson story -Bremer -Political affiliations -Washington Post -Detroit and Chicago papers -Black Panthers -Young Democrats -Chicago Tribune -Democrats' criticisms -The President’s view -Colson's office's work -Colson’s view -Michael Gravel and Edmund S. Muskie -The President’s view -Edward M. Kennedy -Muskie -The President’s view ********************************************************************** 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-19 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m52s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** Vietnam -Senate vote on cease-fire -Administration use of results -Taft's speech -McGovern's position on war -Jerry Rubin -Rennie Davis -Abbie Hoffman -Clawson -Democrats' position -The President’s view -Harris poll -Cease-fire amendment -Doves -Michael J. Mansfield -New proposal -President's trip to the Soviet Union -Effect -Dole’s statement Senate confirmation hearings -Richard G. Kleindienst -Timing -President's talk with Robert P. Griffin -Senate floor fight -Robert C. Byrd -Party vote -George P. Shultz -Timing -President's talk with Griffin -John B. Connally 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-19 (cont.) -Administration actions -John R. (“Tex”) McCrary -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Mansfield -The President’s view -Position -Timing -President's trip to Soviet Union -Convention recess -Administration actions -Benefits -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] parallel President's policies -Domestic policy -Foreign policy -Harris -Domestic issues -The President’s view -Water pollution -Revenue sharing -Welfare reform -Level of concern nationally -Welfare reform -President's actions -Connally’s view -Domestic policy -Drugs -Busing -Effect on voting -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] analysis -Connection with race, housing -Cardinal Krol's parish -Effect on voting ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m44s ] 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-19 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 **********************************************************************