Conversation: 157-028
Prev:  157-027 Next: 157-029Start Date: 9-Dec-1972 4:00 PM
End Date: 9-Dec-1972 6:50 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On December 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 157-28 Date: December 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 235-10] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Democratic National Committee [DNC] -Impeachment vote -Failed -Jean Westwood -Resignation -Robert S. Strauss -43- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Apr.-08) Conversation No. 157-28 (cont’d) -Vote count -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -John B. Connally -Second vote -Radicals -Charlie Snider -Support for Westwood -Supporters of George C. Wallace -Lawrence O’Brien -Charles Manatt -George Mitchell -Come Home Democrats Coalition -Advertisements -Conservative Democrats -Ben Wattenberg -Richard M. Scammon -Possible meeting with the President -Support for the Republicans 1972 election -Issues -Social issues -May 8, 1972 decision to mine Haiphong Harbor -Samuel Lubell -Albert E. Sindlinger -Soviet Union -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Scammon analysis -American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] -Patrick J. Buchanan -Paper about 1972 election -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson column -Circulation -Herbert C. Hoover -George S. McGovern -Destruction -Harriet Vanhorn -McGovernites -Power -44- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Apr.-08) Conversation No. 157-28 (cont’d) -DNC -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s views -1972 election -Personal victory -Little assistance -Republican National Committee [RNC] analysis -Michigan -Counties -Vote turnout -Theodore H. White column -Copy for the President -RNC -Centrist coalition Princeton University -Mood -Wendell Bell Colson, II -Nixon posters -Campus -1972 election reaction -Other campuses -Harvard University -Activists -Support for Nixon -Apathy -Tolerance -Young Republicans -Yale University -Columbia University -Ohio State University -Kentucky University -Vanderbilt University -Tulane University -Radicals -Decreasing support for protests [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** -45- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Apr.-08) Conversation No. 157-28 (cont’d) Vietnam negotiations -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s schedule -Return for consultation -Henry A. Kissinger -Continuation of talks -Colson’s view -Settlement agreement -Announcement -Presidential speech -Necessity -Public opinion -Public opinion -Support for the President -1972 election -George S. McGovern -Economy -Support for the President -Settlement agreement -Kissinger -Progress -Public opinion -Normalcy National economy -Albert E. Sindlinger -Consumer Confidence Index -Stock Market -Wall Street ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 election -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Tricia Nixon Cox -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -1968 election -National confidence -Key Biscayne -46- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Apr.-08) Conversation No. 157-28 (cont’d) -Future of Republican Party -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Second term compared -Public support Democrats -Internal conflicts -Snider -Report to Colson [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] *****************************************************************