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.
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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
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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
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Press reports
-1972 campaign
-Washington Post
-Watergate
-Maritime agreement
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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]
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[Duration: 2m 6s ]
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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
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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