Conversation: 154-009
Prev:  154-008 Next: 154-010Start Date: 24-Sep-1972 11:56 AM
End Date: 24-Sep-1972 12:46 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On September 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:56 am to 12:46 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 154-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 154-9 Date: September 24, 1972 Time: 11:56 am - 12:46 pm Location: Camp David Study Table 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation no. 213-19] The President's meeting with laborers -Press coverage by the Washington Evening Star -Photographs -Effect -Type of story -George Sherman -Dissemination 1972 campaign issues -Amnesty issue -The President's analysis -Service to the country -Idea of “moral” compared with “immoral” war -World War II deserters -Jewish press -George S. McGovern -Interview of McGovern -Colson's analysis -McGovern's appearance -Problems stated -Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -Conversation between the President and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Complaint about buying television time -Buying time on television situation -Amount of time -Refusal to the Democrats -Robert J. Dole -Network decision -Amount of money for one-half hour of television -McGovern's campaign -Idea of frustration among public supporters -Idea of defensiveness by McGovern -Richard G. Valeriani -Idea of desperation -Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak study 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Richard M. Scammon, Oliver Quayle -Possible effect on McGovern -McComb County, Michigan -Demographics -Democrats -United Auto Workers [UAW] -Interviews -Results -Scammon -Type of individuals interviewed -Previous supporters of Hubert H. Humphrey -Busing issue in McComb County, Michigan -Interview results -Issues -The President's foreign policy -Soviet Union -The People's Republic of China [PRC] -Clean water bill -Possible veto -McGovern's credibility -Approval rating for the President -Similarity to Louis P. Harris poll -McComb County interview percentage results -Colson's analysis -The interview as reaching the silent majority -Reaching the upper middle class -Signing the water bill, the amnesty issue, the busing issue ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 28m 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Issues -Idea of sophisticated politics -Watergate issue -Wheat deal issue -Result in election votes -Comparison to Lyndon Johnson -Robert D. (“Bobby”) Baker and Walter W. Jenkins -Results -Scammon's analysis of campaign -Type of situation -Grain deal -McGovern's position -Results in poll figures ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 7m 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 *****************************************************************