Conversation: 505-013
Prev:  505-012 Next: 505-014Start Date: 26-May-1971 1:41 PM
End Date: 26-May-1971 2:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:06:52
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:31:33
NARA Description:
On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:41 pm to 2:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 505-13 Date: May 26, 1971 Time: 1:41 pm - 2:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Charles W. Colson. Killing of policeman in New York -President’s view -White House staff inaction -Contacting widows -Washington, DC police shooting -Race -White House response -Colson's response -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] involvement -Public action -Justice Department -Colson's response -Funeral -President's call to Edward J. Kiernan -Leak to New York Daily News -Exploitation of issue -Justice Department -Richard S. Schweiker -Richard A. Moore -Justice Department -Possible conspiracy -Justice Department -Call to John W. Dean, III -Legal basis -Revolutionary conspiracy -Smith Act -Need for action -J. Edgar Hoover -Public opinion 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Privacy] [Duration: 37s ] Conv. No. 505-13 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Killing of policeman in New York -Need for legislation -Justice Department -Bureaucracy -Dean -Smith Act -FBI involvement -Richard G. Kleindienst -Justice Department -Constitutional rights -President's announcement -Bombing, 1970 -Nixon bill on shooting policemen -Blacks -Black Panthers -Black policeman -Support for President -Social issue -Race and crime -Concern over incidents in community -Interviews in Harlem -Possible visit to President -Schweiker's bill -Ronald L. Ziegler -Press conference -Publicity from phone calls and letters -National fund for children -Scholarships -Moore 38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -President’s position -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Position -Washington, D.C. police -James J. Kilpatrick, Jr. column -Mailing -Edmund S. Muskie -Demonstrators Conv. No. 505-13 (cont.) -(Madame) Nguyen Thi Binh -Hanoi Congress -Amendments -Draft -Edward W. Brooke -Robert P. Griffin -Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Peace issue -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -J. William Fulbright quote -William S. White -Support -Democratic presidential candidates -Hubert H. Humphrey -George S. McGovern -Muskie -Antiballistic Missiles [ABM] -Fulbright -White -Quote -ABM -Vote -Draft -Possible political impact -Doves -President's statement on SALT, May 20, 1971 -Henry A. Kissinger -Colson's talk -White -Joseph C. Kraft -Colson's note to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Article on ABM 39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Democrats -Unknown person’s column -Washington Post -Democrats -ABM vote -Disarmament -Arms control -Colson's meeting with Brooke Conv. No. 505-13 (cont.) -Possible foreign policy speech by Brooke -Brook’s position on ABM -National Security Council [NSC] -Vote -Timing -House -Senate -SALT negotiations -Public attention ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 9m 26s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** Colson left at 2:02 pm.