On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:53 am to 10:02 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 158-35 Date: December 30, 1972 Time: 9:53 am - 10:02 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 237-44] Vietnam War -US bombing of North Vietnam -Demonstration -Dean Francis B. Sayre -Response -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Notification of Congress -William E. Timmons -Conversations with Colson and Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Call to Henry A. Kissinger -Kissinger’s telephone call -Telephone calls -42- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-35 (cont’d) -Hugh Scott -Kissinger’s telephone calls -The President’s conversation with Kissinger -Kennedy -Congressional relations -Possible hearings -William Fulbright -Dr. Thomas E. (“Doc”) Morgan -Kissinger, William P. Rogers -Negotiations -Colson’s conversation with Timmons -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -John A. Scali -Telephone calls -Announcement -Scali -Colson -Gerald L. Warren -Public relations [PR] -Colson’s possible call to the President -The President’s possible call to Colson -Timing -Scali -US bombing of North Vietnam -Congressional relations -Media relations -William B. Saxbe’s statements -Response -Timmon’s possible call to Saxbe -Thomas C. Korologos -Donald E. Lukens -Compared to Samuel L. Devine -Hubert H. Humphrey -Statement -PR -Albert E. Sindlinger’s poll -Intensity -Congressional relations -Reconvention -43- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-35 (cont’d) -Timing -1972 election -Humphrey -Saxbe’s statements -Previous statements and actions -G. Harrold Carswell vote -Letter -Response -Hugh Scott th -Cessation north of 20 Parallel -Notification of Congress -Scott -Possible call from Kissinger -Kissinger’s telephone calls -The President’s instructions -Timmons’s telephone calls -Timmons’s telephone calls -Scott -Kissinger’s telephone calls -Colson’s conversation with Timmons -John C. Stennis -Stennis -Liberals -Scott -Gerald R. Ford -Michael J. Mansfield -Stennis -F. Edward Hebert -Carl B. Albert -Leaders -The President’s decision -Explanation -Scali -The President’s May 8, 1972 decision -Bombing and mining north of 20th Parallel -Suspension -Negotiations -Tone -Resumption -44- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-35 (cont’d) -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Announcement -Press relations -Scali’s view -Wires -Saigon -United Press International [UPI] article -Reaction -Tone
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