Conversation: 154-005
Prev:  154-004 Next: 154-006Start Date: 23-Sep-1972 5:32 PM
End Date: 23-Sep-1972 5:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On September 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:32 pm to 5:59 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 154-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 154-5 Date: September 23, 1972 Time: 5:32 pm - 5:59 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation no. 213-10] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 4s ] 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Issues -Foreign policy and amnesty -The President’s positions 1972 campaign -George S. McGovern -Position on amnesty and foreign policies -Colson's analysis -Possible air time purchase -Defense -Edmund S. Muskie type speech by McGovern -Peace Corps -Schools ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 57s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Issues -McGovern's campaign -Marijuana issue -Observation by Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Legalization of marijuana -Similarity to legality of alcohol -Earlier Playboy Magazine interview -George Meany 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Penalty for possession of marijuana -Reduction -Knowledge of legal terms by man on street -Reduction -Marijuana issue -Reduction of penalty -McGovern and marijuana issue -Impression -Television coverage on this issue -The President’s September 22, 1972 and September 18, 1972 statements -Drug issue during campaign -The President's position -Television coverage -Myles J. Ambrose -Press coverage on drug issue, amnesty issue -Richard G. Kleindienst -Amnesty issue -Desertion and penalty -Abraham Lincoln -Interviews in Canada -Absentee ballot for McGovern -Citizenship status -Speech by Barry M. Goldwater -Statement by Kleindienst -Statement by Lowell P. Weiker, Jr. -Tour of Connecticut -Response from crowd -Possible legislative action ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 19m 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) *****************************************************************