Conversation: 366-003
Prev:  366-002 Next: 366-004Start Date: 10-Oct-1972 2:40 PM
End Date: 10-Oct-1972 3:37 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Acker, Marjorie P.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Marjorie P. Acker, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 3:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 366-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 366-3 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 2:40 pm - 3:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 8m 17s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** 1972 campaign -Vietnam War -George S. McGovern’s forthcoming speech -Settlement prospects -Effect on McGovern's campaign -Response to McGovern -Congress -William P. Rogers -Henry A. Kissinger -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s recent speech -McGovern speech -Press coverage -Illinois ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-03) [Duration: 2m 22s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** 1972 campaign -Robert J. Dole's recommendations -Economic issues -Upcoming speeches from surrogates -High prices, inflation, tax increases, increased spending -Vietnam -McGovern's position characterized -Debate -The President’s recent breakfast meeting -John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor -Surrogates -Wisconsin -Rhode Island -Ehrlichman -Brooklyn, Queens -Philadelphia -Cuyahoga County -Cleveland -Ethnics, labor unions -Bridgeport, Connecticut -Illinois -Pittsburgh -Amnesty -Permissiveness -Abortion -Catholics -Rhode Island -McGovern -William F. (“Billy”) Graham -View of the Momon Church -Catholic issue -Permissiveness -Promiscuity 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-03) -Venereal disease -Conservatives -Colson’s view -The President’s view -Position of doctors characterized ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 50s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** 1972 campaign -Amnesty, welfare -Unions -Permissiveness -Lifestyle of McGovern supporters -Photographs -George Meany -Gay liberation group -Handouts -Roman S. Hruska comment -Strategy on use of issues -Hugh Scott -McGovern’s issue advertisements -Responses -Veterans -Vietnam Marjorie P. Acker [?] entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm. Tennis -Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan -Patrick J. Buchanan 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-03) Acker left at an unknown time before 3:37 pm. 1972 campaign -Economy -Herbert K. Stein’s forthcoming appearance at New York Society of Security Analysts -Attack on McGovern -McGovern’s recent appearance -Inflation -Prices -Wage and price controls -Duration -Lyndon B. Johnson -Prices -Wage and price controls -McGovern’s program -Effect -Taxes -Media and press relations -News summary -Patrick J. Buchanan -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin -Establishment -Time, News Week -Buchanan -Name calling -News magazines focus -Welfare -Garment workers -Anti-semitism -Louis P. Harris -Italians, Poles, Russians -Foreign policy issues -McGovern campaign -Harris’s view -Incompetence -Soviet Union -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Harris poll 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-03) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 21m 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** 1972 campaign -Tone -Attack mode -The President’s recent breakfast meeting -Attack mode -MacGregor -Cabinet and White House staff -Honesty -Response to corruption charges Press relations -Watergate -Washington Post -Story, October 12, 1972 -Sabotage of Edmund S. Muskie campaign -John B. Connally -Committee to Re-Elect the President [CRP] Issues -1972 campaign -Miami Herald -McGovern -Vietnam 1972 campaign -McGovern's schedule -Chicago -Aldermen -Detroit 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-03) -[Roman S. Gribbs] -Democrats for Nixon -Mrs. Gribbs -Italian parade An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm. Connally Colson and the unknown person left at 3:37 pm.