Conversation: 149-010
Prev:  149-009 Next: 149-011Start Date: 15-Oct-1972 11:07 AM
End Date: 15-Oct-1972 11:21 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:07 am to 11:21 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 149-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 149-10 Date: October 15, 1972 Time: 11:07 am - 11:21 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Charles W. Colson. 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) [See Conversation No. 220-14] The President's schedule -Colson -Earlier meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman The press -New York Times, Washington Post -Watergate story -The President’s view -The President's conversation with Haldeman -Time magazine -Effect on election -Louis P. Harris -Poll -Attitudes of the American people towards Watergate -Campaign practices Congress -Delay in adjournment -Press reports -The President's schedule -Effect on campaign activities -Legislation -The President's responsibilities -Possible vetoes -Spending limit -Taxes -Water quality bill -Veto override -Quorum -Possible Republican strategy -Effect of attendance on consideration of legislation -Colson's conversation with William E. Timmons -Water bill veto override -Timmons’s view -Environmental pressure groups -Colson’s view -The Sierra Club -Taxes 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Revenue sharing -Forthcoming signing ceremony in Philadelphia -Frank L. Rizzo -Independence Hall -Number of people -Support for the President -The President's conversations with Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman -Milton J. Shapp -Attendance of other governors -Transportation with Rizzo -Type -Non-political event -Possible press reaction -Charges of politicization The President's schedule -Forthcoming trip to New York -Veterans’ Day -Ohio -Philadelphia -Advantages -Congress ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 40s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Press reports -1972 campaign -Washington Post -Watergate -Maritime agreement 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Effect on jobs -Television report -Peter G. Peterson's briefing -Visit to US by doctors from the People's Republic of China [PRC] -The President's foreign policy accomplishments -PRC, [Soviet Union] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** George S. McGovern -Issues -Ethics proposals -Public reaction -Concerns -Confidence issue -John N. Mitchell -Corruption charges -Watergate -Effect on polls -Ten million dollar secret fund -Campaign financing -Believability -Privacy -Effectiveness as issue -Watergate -Washington Post story -Comparison to Joseph “McCarthyism” -Style of story -Comparison to firebombing story -The President’s schedule 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Journalistic standards -Protestors The President's schedule -Philadelphia trip -Congressional adjournment delay -Legislative issues -Taxes