Conversation: 408-007
Prev:  408-006 Next: 408-008Start Date: 5-Feb-1973 4:10 PM
End Date: 5-Feb-1973 4:46 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 408-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 408-7 Date: February 5, 1973 Time: 4:10 pm - 4:46 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson. Schedule -Colson -Trip to the Union of Soviet Republics [USSR] Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:10 pm. ********************************************************************** 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Schedule -Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II -Evening plans [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:46 pm. Colson's trip to the USSR -Patricia Colson -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis -Possible article by Colson about trip -Speech material Sanchez entered at an unknown time before 4:10 pm. ********************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Schedule -Julie Nixon Eisenhower [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:46 pm. Colson’s trip to USSR -Speech material -USSR -People 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) -Government -Negotiations -Trade -Briefing -Steven Lazarus -Commerce Department -East-West Trade Center -Ralph Lazarus -Navy Captain -East-West Trade Center -Vienna, Austria -Facilities -State Department -Israel -Duration of visit -The President’s opinion -1968 trip to Europe by Colson -Berlin -East Berlin -Berlin Wall -Colson’s son The President and Colson’s meeting with Albert E. Sindlinger -Herbert C. Hoover story -Sindlinger’s attitude -Helpfulness -Prompt inflation -Bias -Polling techniques -Reflection of public opinion -Shooting of John C. Stennis -Comparison with White House correspondence analysis -Telephone polling -Vietnam War ********************************************************************** 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Sindlinger -1972 election outcome -The President’s margin of victory -George S. McGovern -1964 election comparison -Barry M. Goldwater, Sr. -McGovern’s supporters -Loyalty -Bumper stickers -Minority -Fanaticism -Voter turnout -Sindlinger’s certainty of the President’s margin of victory -Comparison with George H. Gallup and Louis P. Harris [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ********************************************************************** Vietnam War -Settlement -Sindlinger's analysis -Desire for end of war -Hawks -Type of settlement -The President’s critics -The President as “national hero” -Effect -The President as a strong leader -Image -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, other White House staff members The President’s Schedule -Meetings with Sindlinger -Frequency 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) -Reflection of public opinion -Comparison with Harris, Gallup -Currency of reports -Depth -Issues -Busing -Budget -Recommendation of the President's television [TV] appearence -Timing -Vietnam settlement -Spending and economic issues -Domestic Council -Sub-standard housing -Food stamps -Congress -Access to interviews in districts -Change emphasis [?] -Public reaction -Standard polls -Harris’s reporting of domestic issues -Vietnam -Joseph W. Alsop -Domestic issues -Congress -Washington Post -New York Times -Networks -Pressure groups -Call to the President -Article -Currency Polls -Sindlinger -Use of Harris for polling -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) -Vietnam War -Polling techniques -Cease-fire -October 8, 1972 agreement -Vietnam War -Public relations strategy -Administration accomplishments -“Peace with honor” -Change in world relations -The Nixon Doctrine -Post-war period outlook -Generation of peace -Compared with Dwight D. Eisenhower -Korean War -1956 election -Foreign relations -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Communication -Respect Domestic Issues -Role of government -Taxes -Concentration of power -Social programs -School lunch programs -Bureaucrats -Government waste -Social issues -Shooting of Stennis -Sindlinger -Blacks -Whites -Middle class -Support for the President -West -Irish-Americans 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) -Italian-Americans -Social issues -Amnesty for draft dodgers -Law and order -Busing -Pornography -Marlon Brando -Newsweek, Time articles -Family magazines -Patricia Colson -Robert H. Abplanalp's conversation with the President -Public service program -Blacks -Language -Robert J. Brown -Permissiveness -Role of government Vietnam settlement -Antiwar critics -Reaction -The President's press conference -News coverage -Time -Dan Rather -Balance -The President's tone, voice -Comparison with Lyndon B. Johnson Press relations -Reporting standards -Censorship -Double standard -White House public relations -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Richard A. Moore -Agreement 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) -Implementation of policy -TV networks -Influence -CBS affiliate -Coverage -Watergate issue -Vietnam settlement -Antiwar critics -Prisoners of War [POWs] guests -CBS V -New York -Strategy -John O. Pastore -Donald R. Larrabee’s initiation at the National Press Club -Democratic Congressmen -New York Times piece -Unknown man’s comment -[Unintelligible name] -Fighting back The President’s supporters -William Proxmire -Demagogues [?] -Proxmire -Skills 1972 election -“49 state landslide” -Mandate -Comparison with 1968 election -Democrats -Students -Post-election plans -The President’s opponents The President’s schedule 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-09) Conversation No. 408-7 (cont’d) Colson left at 4:46 pm.