Conversation: 310-017
Prev: 310-016 Next: 310-018Start Date: Thursday, December 23, 1971 6:40 PM
End Date: Thursday, December 23, 1971 7:40 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; Hall, Joan; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:23:26
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:27:25
NARA Description:
On December 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Joan Hall, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:40 pm to 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 310-17
Date: December 23, 1971
Time: 1:40 pm - 2:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Christmas
Government holiday, December 24th
-Unknown store’s hours of operation
[Unintelligible]
George Meany [?]
-Potential labor problems [?]
Murderers
Vietnam
-Escapes
Meany [?]
-Network coverage
-Sympathetic
-Eugenia Meany [?]
-Illness
Unknown person’s meeting with Colson
-Timing
Vice-President's speeches
-Strength
Budget
Joseph C. Kraft
-Previous conversation with Colson
Amnesty/pardon
John W. Chancellor interview [?]
-Reactions
-President’s style
-Unknown person’s assessment of the President’s interview
Republican National Committee [RNC]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 310-17 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 59s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Colson talked with the White House operator and with Joan Hall [?] at an unknown time
between 1:40 pm and 2:40 pm.
[Conversation No. 310-17A]
[See Conversation No. 17-3]
[End of telephone conversation]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 12s ]
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-Edward M. Kennedy
-President’s previous correspondence
-President's ceremony for signing the National Cancer Act of 1971
-Colson's conversation with unknown man
-Kennedy
-Colson's project
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 310-17 (cont.)
-Status
-Response
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 26s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Spiro T. Agnew
-Working style
-Changes in last two months
-Attitude
-Presidential assignment during Christmas
-Cabinet meeting
-John A. Scali
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 6m 7s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Watergate
-Finance
-Democrat candidates
-Postcard mailing to Democrats
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 310-17 (cont.)
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 15m 13s ]
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:40 pm.
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:40 pm.
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Watergate
-Letter concerning Edmund S. Muskie and Meany
-Labor
-New York
-Literature
President's accomplishments
-Strategy
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Summit
-Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Harry S Truman [?]
-Comparisons [?]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 16m 34s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 310-17 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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1972 Presidential campaign
-Kennedy
-Chappaquiddick
-Strategy
-Cabinet officers
-Press
-Press conferences
-Washington newspapers
-Calls to radio station
-Number
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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-Strategy
-Cabinet officials
-Radio news programs
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
Press
-Haldeman [?]
-Washington Star
-Economic news
-Lee Cohn
-New York Times
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 310-17 (cont.)
Economy
-Christmas sales
-Sale of expensive items
-American public opinion
Colson left at 2:40 pm.