Conversation: 037-162
Prev:  037-161 Next: 037-163Start Date: 19-Mar-1973 8:34 PM
End Date: 19-Mar-1973 8:58 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:34 pm to 8:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-162 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 37-162 Date: March 19, 1973 Time: 8:34 pm-8:58 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Colson's law firm -Office move -Construction Watergate -Colson's conversation with Robert J. Dole -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Supreme Court case -Congressional aides' testimony -Immunity issue -Ervin - 118 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-162 (cont’d) -Shrewdness -Political value of issue -Forthcoming election -Lifestyle -Face the Nation appearance -North Carolina politics -1974 Senate race -James E. Holshouser -Governor -James C. Gardner -Harry S. Dent -Administration responsiveness -Ronald L. Ziegler -Washington Post -New York Times -Coverage of President's stand -Executive privilege -Editorials -National opinion -Hearings -Impact -Administration responsiveness -John W. Dean, III -Lawyer status -Involvement -White House testimony -Cover-up argument in press -Cooperation with Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Cooperation with grand jury -Public record -Political value to President's opposition -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Attacks on President - 119 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-162 (cont’d) -Dole -Double standards -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Middlesex Club Dinner -Boston -1968 election -View of Kennedy family -Colson's meeting with Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Hugh Branson -Baker's concerns -Reassurances -Ervin -1974 Senate race -Opponent -Helen D. Bentley -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Maryland -L. Patrick Gray, III hearings -North Carolina politics -1974 Senate race -Gardner -Dent -Gardner -Election issues -Ervin's age -B. Everett Jordan -Ervin -Dole -Supreme Court on Congressional immunity -Michael Gravel -Gravel vs. US -Gravel's administrative assistant -Leonard Rodberg -Dole - 120 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-162 (cont’d) -Aid to the White House -Prospects for reelection from Kansas -International Brotherhood of Teamsters -Image of Cooperation -Executive privilege -President's popularity -Peace -Senate hearings -Gray's confirmation -Senate Judiciary Committee -“New Majority” -FBI raw files -Relations with Colson -Judgment -Administration cooperation -Media coverage -Ziegler -Colson's activities -Congressional relations -Kennedy -Charges against administration -Motives -Fitzsimmons -Boston President's letter to Colson -Gratitude National issues -Watergate -POWs -Food prices -POWs -Boost to Republicans - 121 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-162 (cont’d) -Bombing -Henry A. Kissinger -Kennedy -George S. McGovern -Crime -Democrats' response ****************************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Democratic Party -President’s popularity -Potential Presidential candidates for 1976 -Kennedy -Governors John B. Connally -Conversion to Republican Party -Taft Schreiber -Amount of support -Fear of Watergate issue -National effect Potential candidates for 1976 election -Connally -Kennedy -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Age -Liberalism -Judgment -Ronald W. Reagan -Ideology -Spiro T. Agnew - 122 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09) Conversation No. 37-162 (cont’d) -Charles H. Percy -Prospects for Republican nomination -Mood of Republican Party [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ****************************************************************************** -Media coverage Watergate -Media relations -President’s impact on country -George Washington University -General Accounting Office [GAO] -Theodore F. Brill [?] -Ervin -Ervin Committee hearings -Compared to International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] hearings -National response -Bribery and corruption -National attitude -Welfare -Busing -Crime -Spying -Executive privilege -Public’s understanding -Congressional aides' immunity -Dole -Colson’s research -Baker -North Carolina Republicans -Challenge to Ervin - 123 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-09)