Conversation: 148-006
Prev: 148-005 Next: 148-007Start Date: 10-Oct-1972 8:24 PM
End Date: 10-Oct-1972 8:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:24 pm to 8:44 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 148-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 148-6 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 8:24 pm - 8:44 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 219-8] The President's schedule -The President's attempt to call Wilbur D. Mills Spending ceiling -House of Representatives -Vote passage -Margin -Senate 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Meeting with Senators -Timing -Senate -Public perception -Taxes -Public relations 1972 election -George S. McGovern’s foreign policy speech, October 10, 1972 -R. Sargent Shriver -Possible trip to Hanoi -The President's response -Vietnam War -South Vietnam -Communists -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Amnesty -Peace Corps -Number of draftees, dead -Union response -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Thomas W. ("Teddy") Gleason -Kenneth R. Lyons -Jesse M. Calhoon -Opinions on McGovern -Gleason’s view -Henry A. Kissinger -Negotiations -Paris -Labor leaders' views of McGovern -Media coverage -Lyons -Gleason -Gleason -Vladimir I. Lenin Peace Prize -Jane Fonda -McGovern as President -US Army -South Vietnam -Colson’s view -Production values 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Hanoi -US bombing -North Vietnamese armored divisions -The President’s instructions -Domestic Council -Vietnam War -Louis P. Harris -Jews -Hanoi -Cambodia, Laos -Hanoi -Recent visit from Shriver -Thailand -South Vietnamese -Hugh Scott’s statement -North Vietnamese -Pierre Mendes-France -Comparisons from McGovern -France -Importance of issue -Communists -POWs -French ethnics -Upcoming speech by Melvin R. Laird -Return of ethnic POWs -Comparison -Filipino -American -South Vietnamese -North Vietnamese -Frenchmen Laird’s schedule -Colson’s previous conversation with William J. Baroody, Jr. -Speech -Amnesty -POWs -Exploitation by North Vietnam -South Vietnam -Communists 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Issues -McGovern’s recent foreign policy speech -Amnesty -POWs -Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] -Soldiers serving in Vietnam -Number -Calhoon -Reference to McGovern’s areas of strength -Canada -Sweden -North Vietnam -Jay Lovestone -George Meany -Statement on Vietnam -Gleason -Calhoon -Paul Hall -Possible statement -Colson’s request -Fitzsimmons -POWs Political activities of Frank L. Rizzo -Philadelphia -Democrats -Fundraising violations -Media coverage 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -McGovern -Refund of money 1972 election -Media coverage -Washington Post -Television networks -Daniel L. Schorr ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** McGovern’s recent foreign policy speech -Vietnam War -Shriver -Hanoi -Originality of comments