Conversation: 360-012
Prev:  360-011 Next: 360-013Start Date: 11-Sep-1972 12:40 PM
End Date: 11-Sep-1972 1:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On September 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:40 pm to 1:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 360-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 360-12 Date: September 11, 1972 Time: 12:40 pm - 1:45 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson. Colson’s schedule -Princeton University Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:40 pm. Refreshment Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:45 pm. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 32s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Watergate -Strategy -Republicans -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] -Federal Bureau of investigation [FBI] -Colson's previous meeting -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Clark MacGregor -George S. McGovern -Statements -Possible response 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Information source -MacGregor’s view -McGovern’s charges -Tone -FBI -Alfred C. Baldwin, III -Work for James W. McCord, Jr. -Information -Colson’s view -McGovern’s charges -Legal action -MacGregor's future statement -McGovern, R. Sargent Shriver, Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -Investigation -Response -The President’s view -Maurice H. Stans -McGovern -Possible effect -Break-in -The President’s view -The President's role -Participants -The President’s view -John N. Mitchell -Campaign support and contributions -The President’s view -The President’s conversation with Stans -John B. Connally -Campaign staff -Legal action -Indictments -Alger Hiss case -MacGregor -Response -The President’s instructions -Robert J. Dole -Response -Letters, advertisements -Common Cause -New York Times, Washington Post 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Domestic policy staff -Use of offensive tactics -John D. Ehrlichman -The President’s view Issues for 1972 election -The President’s view -Domestic issues -George P. Shultz -Welfare -The presdient’s view -John B. Connally -Public response -Watergate -Colson’s view -Charges -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] -Hiss case compensation -Five-percenter case -1960 election -Issues -1964 election -Lyndon B. Johnson -Barry M. Goldwater -Robert D. (“Bobby”) Baker -Walter W. Jenkins 1972 campaign -Responses to McGovern -MacGregor -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Tax increases -The President’s view -Republican response -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Welfare issue -The President’s view -The President's successor -George Meany’s view -Connally -Emphasis on New Majority theme 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Colson’s efforts -The President’s instructions -Monday magazine -Articles -W. Ramsey Clark -Viet Cong [VC] -Foreign policy -William P. Rogers -Abram F. Chayes -Transcript of conversation -Release -The President’s instructions -Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Release of Pentagon Papers -The President’s instructions -Source -William J. Porter -Kenneth W. Clawson -State Department cables -As issue -Vietnam, amnesty -McGovern -Public opinion -Bombing, mining -Prisoners of war [POWs] -South Vietnam's future -VC -Coalition government -Communist government -New York Daily News story -Clawson -David Kraslow -Use of item [about Chayes] -Joseph W. Alsop -Kraslow -Jews -Kissinger -Jerry Green's column -Chayes's disavowal of story -Newsweek -Arnaud de Borchegrave 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -[David] Kenneth Rush's forthcoming press conference -Leo Cherne -Chayes's interview with de Borchegrave -White House use of story -Rogers -Edmund S. Muskie -Effect of charges -McGovern's judgment -US-Soviet Union grain deal -Earl L. Butz's response to charges -Reports -Charges -Response to McGovern -McGovern’s press conferences Credibility issues -Ehrlichman, Herbert G. Klein -The President -News media -The President’s view -McGovern -Confidence issue -Colson’s view -The President ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 13m 43s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** 1972 Olympic games in Munich, Germany -The President's previous telephone call to Chris Schenkel -National attitudes 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -The President’s view -Black athletes -Reaction during playing of national anthem -"Sugar" Ray Seales -1968 Olympic Games incident -International Olympic Committee -US Olympic Committee -Athlete’s action -Athletes action characterized -Blacks -Reaction ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 12s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** 1972 campaign finances -McGovern -Status -The President's recent conversation with Stans -Number of committees -Robert J. Dole’s possible press conference, September 12, 1972 -Compared to Republicans -Financial discrepancies in McGovern campaign -Analysis -Dole’s possible press conference -Charges of violations of Federal Election Campaign Act -Sources -Colson’s conversation with Jay Lovestone 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Foreign governments -South American governments -Watergate -Howard Hughes -Possible investigation McGovern -Colson’s view -Self-righteousness -Credibility -Press -Statement about support for Thomas F. Eagleton -Milton J. Shapp The President's schedule -Pennsylvania -Shapp -The President’s view -Ernest P. Kline -The President’s view -Unions -Walter H. Annenberg -Philadelphia Inquirer story -Report of the President's September 9, 1972 visit -Photograph Watergate -Handling of issue -Klein -Clark MacGregor -Investigation -Involvement -John N. Mitchell -Investigation -Whitaker Chambers-Alger Hiss confrontation, 1948 -Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey -Action in campaign -Cover-up -Negative effect -MacGregor -Possible statement on disclosure 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -McGovern's source of information -McGovern’s charges -Secrecy -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Barry M. Goldwater's statement -Campaign practices -Herb -1964 campaign -Use of spies -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Cow Palace -Politics -Goldwater’s view -Audience response ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Public relations -White House staff -John A. Scali -Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Clawson -News media -US-Soviet Union grain deal -Butz -Response to McGovern -Public reaction ***************************************************************** 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 59s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Watergate -Indictments -The President's involvement, administration's involvement -Press Media and press relations -The President’s view -1972 campaign The President's health Colson left at 1:45 pm.