Conversation: 404-026
Prev:  404-025 Next: 404-027Start Date: 23-Jan-1973 1:59 PM
End Date: 23-Jan-1973 2:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:59 pm to 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 404-26 Date: January 23, 1973 Time: 1:59 pm - 2:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson. Colson's lawsuit against Time -Publicity -Wire services -Colson’s conversations -Libel suits -Richard G. Kleindienst’s analysis -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 404-26 (cont’d) -Hung jury -Settlement -Hill case before Supreme Court Vietnam settlement -The President's speech -Timing -Conditions -Cease-fire in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia -Right of South Vietnam to hold elections -The President's strategy against opponents -White Hose staff meeting -Henry A. Kissinger -December 1972 bombing -Tone -Colson's role -Kenneth W. Clawson, Herbert G. Klein, John A. Scali -Labor leaders -Calls -Personal letters from the President -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's list -Frank E. Fitzsimmons, George Meany -Veterans leaders and other groups -Kissinger -Tone -Announcement by Colson and Scali -Political left -Unknown man -Statement -Duration -Possible effect -The President's opponents -Attacks compared to attacks on Herbert Hoover -Counterattacks -Effect -Tone -The President's goals in Southeast Asia -Future -Cease-fire -Violations -39- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 404-26 (cont’d) -Cambodia -US withdrawal -Prisoners of War [POWs] -The President's opponents -Republicans -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., William B. Saxbe, Jacob K. Javits, Clifford P. Case -George D. Aiken -Meeting with Colson -Attendance at Congressional leaders meeting -Call from Colson -Hugh Scott -Aiken -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield -Aiken -Remarks -Meeting with Colson -Support for President -Possible counterattacks -"Doves" effect -Aiken -Criticism of President -Counterattacks -Raymond K. Price [?] -Press relations -The President’s opponents -Congress -The President's speech -Audience -Importance -Length -Congress -Equal time -The President's opponents in press -Scali's view -Clawson's view Support for the President's decisions -Laos, Cambodia, Peking -William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, White House staff -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 404-26 (cont’d) Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:59 pm. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm. Vietnam settlement -The President's speech -Timing White House staff -Haldeman -Loyalty -Haldeman, Colson, and Patrick J. Buchanan -Principles -The President's inaugural speech -The President's conversation with Haldeman -Conservatives -Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff -Washington Post Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:59 pm. Colson's plans -Washington Post, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Kissinger, Haldeman -Meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu -Thieu's response -October 1972 agreements -1972 election Vietnam settlement -Possibility of earlier settlement -1973 Inauguration -41- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 404-26 (cont’d) Press relations -Colson's interview with Time -Ronald L. Ziegler -Jerold L. Schecter -The President’s courage -Effect of peer groups -Schecter -Press as the enemy -Scali's view -Loyalty to United Nations, to the President -Compared to Klein -Clawson -Background -Wife -Future -Labor report -Ziegler Scali -Personality -Future Klein -Personality Laird -Personality 1972 campaign [?] Rogers [?] -State department Elliot L. Richardson Bureaucracy Vietnam settlement -Controversy -Press relations -42- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 404-26 (cont’d) -Bombing -Effect -Press relations -Concerns -Joseph W. Alsop [?] -Answers -Henry Grewhite [?] -Paul Harvey -The President’s accuracy ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Conclusion -George S. McGovern -Democratic Party -Opinion of the President’s policies -US interests [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President's opponents -"Doves" -Buchanan -Goal of the President's plan -Mathias, Saxbe, McGovern, Donald Riegle, Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr., Mansfield, J. William Fulbright -"Doves" -Frank F. Church -McGovern's remarks on era of good feelings -The President's plan -Possible speech -Agnew -Attack on press -"Doves" -Agnew's role -Effect -43- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 404-26 (cont’d) -"Doves" -Expected response to cease-fire, bombing Colson left at 2:30 pm.