Conversation: 131-025
Prev:  131-024 Next: 131-026Start Date: 18-May-1972 10:10 AM
End Date: 18-May-1972 10:33 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:39:13
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:01:57
NARA Description:
On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:10 am to 10:33 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 131-25 Date: May 18, 1972 Time: 10:10 am - 10:33 am 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-25 (cont.) Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See also Conversation No. 191-3] Greetings ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7m46s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** President's schedule -Possible visit to George C. Wallace -Camp David -Advantages and disadvantages -Telephone call to Wallace -Publicity -Colson’s view -Mrs. Wallace -Appearance -Advantages -Preparation for Soviet summit -Visit to Wallace -Time spent -Importance -Timing -Previous walk to Treasury Department -Barry M. Goldwater's response -Dangers -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Effect 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-25 (cont.) -Hubert H. Humphrey's statement -Publicity Previous assassination attempts -Colson's office's research -James J. Kilpatrick column -Price of free society -Price of free society -Arthur H. Bremer -The President’s view -Fate in other countries -Price of permissiveness -Lee Harvey Oswald -Fate in other countries -Bremer -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]) search of car -George S. McGovern literature -Publicity -Washington Post -New York Times -Wire service stories -Wallace literature US-Soviet Union summit -President's previous meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Length -Expected press response -The President’s view -Washington Post editorial -Tone -Administration campaign -Time -Tone of press statements -Haldeman -Time Vietnam -Cease-fire -Doves -Carl B. Albert's position -[Thomas] Hale Boggs 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-25 (cont.) -Prognosis -Albert -Possible telephone call from President -Forthcoming meeting with the President -Importance of position -Soviet summit -Previous calls to Robert C. Byrd and Robert P. Griffin -Albert -Call -Position -Boggs -Byrd resolution -House Foreign Affairs Committee -J. William Fulbright -Byrd resolution -Albert's and Boggs's support -Effect -Doves -Vote in Senate -Incumbent Democrats -Administration campaign -Motives -Impact -National sentiment -Joseph Vicites -Wichita -Boise -Albert and Boggs -South Carolina legislature resolution -Local actions -Publicity -Antiwar demonstrations -Day -Location -Expectations -New York Teamsters -Peter J. Brennan -Posters -Television coverage -Colson’s view -Future action 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-25 (cont.) -Ho Chi Minh's birthday -Pilots -Interviews -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Effect -Morale -Targets -Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] -Colson’s view -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Public perceptions -Future plans -Bombing -Timing -Soviet summit -Bombing and blockade -Effect on North Vietnam and Hanoi -Columns -US public opinion -Albert E. Sindlinger -Effect on critics -Support for President -Louis P. Harris -John Cardinal Krol statements -Publicity -Timing -Soviet summit -Effect on Soviet summit -The President’s view 1972 election -Media campaign -Timing -President's accomplishments -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet relations -Vietnam -End of US involvement -South Vietnam status -Harris -President as world leader 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-25 (cont.) -Time -Busing -Timing -Image