Conversation 150-001

TapeTape 150StartSunday, October 15, 1972 at 5:20 PMEndSunday, October 15, 1972 at 8:28 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.Recording deviceCamp David Study Table

On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 8:28 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 150-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 150-1

Date: October 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:20 pm and 8:28 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Charles W. Colson. This recording began at an unknown time while the
conversation was in progress.

[See Conversation No. 221-1]

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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 5s ]

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        Press reports
            -Wire services
                 -The President's speech of October 15, 1972 on drug abuse
                 -Colson’s view
                 -The President’s view

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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 56s ]

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The wire leads on your speech.
Mr. President, they're running very good.
We've stopped the frightening trends of crime that drive the drug bushes off the streets.
Excellent.
I feel like a complete jackass.
It's a hard line.
That's the main thing.
That's right.
I feel like a fool.
I didn't listen.
No, no, you shouldn't.
Oh, Christ, don't listen to these things because Jimmy can read them.
I never listened to anything.
Well, I do.
I always do.
First one I missed, but I...