President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss a recent Louis Harris poll regarding public sentiment toward Vietnam War settlement options. Nixon requests that Colson bring the specific polling data to his office for review. The conversation serves to facilitate immediate access to information concerning domestic reactions to ongoing peace negotiations.
On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 34-18 Date: December 5, 1972 Time: 8:26 am – 8:27 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 387-4B] Colson’s location Vietnam negotiations -The President’s conversation with Col Richard T. Kennedy -Louis P. Harris poll, December 4, 1972 -Settlement agreement -Request for a meeting with Colson -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Dec.-07)
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