On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:12 pm to 11:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-134 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 24-134
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: 11:12 pm - 11:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
Attack on George C. Wallace
-Calls to Dr. William M. Lukash and John D. Ehrlichman
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Press stories
-Political leanings
-Motives
-Press interviews with landlord
-Literature in apartment
-Wallace
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-L. Patrick Gray, III
-Interviews
-Mental state
-Lawyer
-Gray
-Custody
-Baltimore
-Plans for autobiography
-Apartment search
-Writings
-Mental condition
-Political affiliations
-George S. McGovern
-Publicity
-Brother
-Attitude toward Wallace
-Gray
-Political affiliations
-Cover
-Publicity
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Wallace's condition
-Operation
-Recovery
-Lukash's report
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 37s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-Lukash's prognosis
-Extent of injury
-Paralysis
-Investigation
-FBI
-Gray's control
-Information
-Release
-Political leanings
-Press reports
-Clawson
-Public perceptions
-Bremer
-Background
-Political leanings
-The President’s view
-Background
-Gray's investigation
-Money sources
-Schooling
-Travels
-Money sources
-Literature
-John F. Kennedy assassination
-Media coverage
-Motive of Lee Harvey Oswald
-Bremer
-Media coverage
-Investigation
-Gray's direction
-The President’s view
-Wallace's condition
-Operation
-Completion
-Lukash's report
-Medical bulletins
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 39s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Candidate protection
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Shirley Chisholm
-The President's orders
-Publicity
-Lukash
-Chisholm
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Assault on Wallace
-Forthcoming press coverage
-Bremer
-United Press International [UPI] report
-Political leanings
-Gray
-Possible motive
-Left wing McGovern and Hubert H. Humphrey supporters
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Assault on Wallace
-Weapon
-.38 caliber
-Power
-Impact
-.45 caliber
-Handgun
-Saturday night special
-Purchase
-Gun control
-Issue
-Publicity
-Clawson
-National Rifle Association [NRA]
-Bremer
-Accomplices
-Mental condition
-Public reaction
-Bremer
-Motive
-Political affiliation
-Young Democrats
-Publicity
-Gray
Vietnam
-Blockade
-Public response
-Leonard Woodcock's television appearance on Face the Nation
-Statements
-Questions
-Louis P. Harris's statements on Meet the Press
-Robert J. Dole
-Statement
-Publicity
-Critics
-Stance
-Soviet summit
-Polls
-New York Times
-Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger results
-Support for the President
Wallace
-Sindlinger poll
-Press coverage
-Recovery
-The President's trip to Moscow
-Condition
-Paralysis possibility
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Assault on Wallace
-Investigation
-GrayNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.