President Nixon and Charles Colson coordinated efforts to gauge public sentiment regarding potential Vietnam peace negotiations through various polling contacts. Colson engaged with Dick Howard to analyze recent poll data from Albert Sindlinger while simultaneously arranging a briefing with pollster Louis Harris. These actions underscore the administration's focus on monitoring domestic reactions to foreign policy developments in the final stages of the 1972 election campaign.
On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-072 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 32-72
Date: October 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:55 am and 11:05 am
Location: White House Telephone
Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator. The President can be heard in the
background.
Request for a call to office
Colson talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:05 am.
Call to W Richard (“Dick”) Howard
Colson talked with Howard at an unknown time between 9:55 and 11:05 am.
1972 election
-Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Call from Howard
-Public reactions
-Vietnam peace settlements
Colson talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:05
am.
Request for a call to office
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Colson talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:05 am.
Call to Louis P. Harris
-Meeting with Colson
-Delivery of poll resultsThis transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.