Conversation: 373-001
Prev: 372-039 Next: 373-002Start Date: 24-Oct-1972 12:57 PM
End Date: 24-Oct-1972 1:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:57 pm to 1:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 373-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 373-1
Date: October 24, 1972
Time: 12:57 pm - 1:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson and Manolo Sanchez.
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:24 pm.
Veterans
-Bill signing ceremony, October 24, 1972
-The President's commitment to peace and honor
-The American Legion's auxiliary publication
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Veterans benefits bill
-Education
Foreign affairs
Campaign issues
-The President’s surrogates
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Chicago
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s speech, October 23, 1972
-Draft dodgers, amnesty
-Military spending cuts
-World War II
-George S. McGovern's vacillation
-McGovern’s campaign practices
-1968
-Response to McGovern's forthcoming speech about
morality
-Questions
-Demonstrations
An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time after 12:57 pm.
-Demonstrations
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-Double standard
-Charges against republican party
-McGovern supporters
-Public opinion
-Public opinion
-Watergate
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Campaign issues
-McGovern’s proposals
-Colson’s recent memorandum to surrogates
-Vietnam War
-US surrender
-Abandonment of prisoners of war [POWs]
-Welfare
-Busing
-Tax increases
-Confidence issue
-Forthcoming release of financial analysis
-Total cost of proposals
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Defense cuts
-Wilbur H. Mills’s statement
-Clairborne Pell
-New York Times
-Rhode Island
-John J. Rhodes
-Agnew's statement
-Utica, New York
-Griffith’s Air Force Base
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-Agnew’s schedule
-Texas
-New York
-Arkansas
-Mills
-McGovern’s proposals
-Morality issue
-Effectiveness
-Watergate
-Awareness by Wisconsin farmers
-News summary
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 6m 1s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Vietnam War
-Timing of possible settlement
-1972 Election
-Public relations
-McGovern, R. Sargent Shriver's reaction to peace
Prospects
-McGovern’s previous statement
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-1972 peace plan compared with 1969 peace plan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Campaign practices
-Demonstrators
-The President’s view
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 24s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Veterans Day message, October 25, 1972
-Wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery
-News coverage
-Today show
-Radio
-Donald E. Johnson
-Frank L. Rizzo
-The President’s words
-Amnesty
-Public reaction to Vietnam War, McGovern
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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Colson left at 1:24 pm.