Conversation: 355-014
Prev:  355-013 Next: 355-015Start Date: 3-Oct-1972 2:15 PM
End Date: 3-Oct-1972 3:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 355-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 355-14 Date: October 3, 1972 Time: 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson. The President's schedule -Camp David ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 15s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Campaign practices -George S. McGovern’s accusations 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Patrick J. Buchanan -Attack on morality and corruption -Public response -Colson's conversation with Albert E. Sindlinger -Response to McGovern -John B. Connally’s view -Possible risks -Media -Robert B. Semple, Jr. -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Possible comments -Media coverage -Media -Television -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Coverage -John D. Ehrlichman’s view -Staff meeting, 8:00 am -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -CBS -Change -NBC -Telephone calls -Leadership -David Horowitz [?] -Colson’s view -The President’s recent meeting -Anti-trust suit -Radio Corporation of America [RCA] -Colson's conversation with John W. Chancellor -1972 election -Colson’s possible action -Networks -Local stations -Administration action -Competition -Oval Office -White House -Invitations -Pattern 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -ABC -CBS -Colson’s trip to New York -NBC -Chancellor -Ratings -Reuven Frank -Colson’s view -Connally -Administration strategy -Response to charges -1972 election ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] -Signing ceremony -Charles H. Percy -Clifford P. Case -John Sherman Cooper -Jacob K. Javits McGovern -Attacks on the President -George E. Christian -Colson’s view -Colson’s conversation with Sindlinger -Colson’s previous conversation with Chancellor -Chancellor’s view -Christian’s view 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Corruption charges -Morality -North Vietnam -Bombing -Christian’s view -Surrogates responses -Television appearances -Agnew -Style -Compared to McGovern ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Issues -Corruption charges by McGovern -Effectiveness as issue -Christian’s view -The economy, the Vietnam War, competence of candidates, busing -Lyndon B. Johnson -Johnson -Television stations -Watergate -Democrats -Edward M. Kennedy -The President’s view -Hugh W. Sloan, Jr. -Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -Current activities -The President’s view 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 46s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Advertisement in Boston newspaper -Defense budget -Cuts -Hubert H. Humphrey -Busing -Legalization of marijuana -Welfare -Aid to parochial schools -Quotes -Democrats for Nixon -Committee to Re-Elect the President [CRP] -Raymond A. Gallagher, unknown person -McGovern's welfare proposals -McGovern's charges -Connally’s analysis -Surrogates handling -Agnew -McGovern advertisement promising accomplishments -South Dakota -Massachusetts and Missouri -John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, Johnson -Possible response from the administration -Colson's conversation with Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger -Documentary -California -McGovern -World War II bombing -Charges on Vietnam War 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Double-standard ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 10m 11s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Social Security -Possible veto Water bill -Congress -Possible veto by the President Moral corruption charges against the President's administration -Courage -Veto -McGovern -Colson’s view Water bill Welfare -Bill -Possible compromise -Eliot L. Richardson -Adlai E. Stevenson, III -The President’s instructions -House Resolution [HR] 1, Title I -Possible filibuster -Social Security -Titles II, III and IV -Possible veto 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Henry A. Kissinger entered at 2:55 pm. HR 1 Kissinger’s schedule -New York friend Michael J. Mansfield -Possible trip [General conversation] Administration’s opponents Colson left at 2:58 pm. Foreign policy defense -Connally Mansfield -Possible trip -Timing -1972 election -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -McGovern -Kissinger’s concern -Bipartisan approach -Conservatives -John C. Stennis McGovern -Corruption charges against the President's administration -Press standards -Analogy to hypothetical charge -Press reaction -The President’s view Odds on the President's election -Polls 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Negotiations on Vietnam War settlement -McGovern's peace plan -Negotiating strategy -Postponement of resolutions -Timing -Nguyen van Thieu -Bombing -Tripartite government in South Vietnam -Administration response -Communist government -Current negotiations -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip -Announcement -Timing -Kissinger’s schedule -PRC -W[illiam] Averell Harriman -Thieu’s future -McGovern -Camapign -Compared to the President’s -Kissinger’s view -Loyalty The President’s schedule -Camp David -Speech -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -The President’s instructions to Kissinger -Upcoming telephone call to the President -Kissinger’s schedule -New York -Vietnam -Statement Ehrlichman entered at 3:08 pm. SALT -Signing ceremony -Andrei A. Gromyko’s telephone call 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Kissinger -PRC Kissinger left at 3:10 pm. Richardson -The President’s schedule -Camp David Welfare legislation -Ehrlichman’s previous telephone call with Richardson -Russell B. Long -Stevenson amendment -Abraham A. Ribicoff -Veto possibility -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Richardson's conversation with Ehrlichman -Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] -Implications -Cole, Thomas C. Korologos -The President's forthcoming meeting with Richardson -Timing -Cole -Political judgement required -Welfare reform issue -The President’s strategy -New York Times -Liberals -Ribicoff -Long -Debt ceiling -Wilbur D. Mills -Stevenson -Richardson’s view -Possible liberal shift Ehrlichman left at 3:15 pm. 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)