Secret White House Tapes

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12–115
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Charles W. Colson
October 25, 1971
Conversation No. 12-115

Date: October 25, 1971
Time: 2:40 pm- 2:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 304-8]

Colson's schedule

Weekend news commentary
-Time, Newsweek
-Supreme Court nominees
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist
-Herschel H. Friday, Mildred L. Lillie
-Powell, Rehnquist
-The President's radio speech
-Colson’s view
-Washington Post
-New York Times
-Television
-\"Today Show\"
-Veterans Day speech
-United Nations [UN] statement
-Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford

UN vote on expulsion of Taiwan
-Vote prediction
-George H. W. Bush
-Belgium
-William P. Rogers
-Martin Z. Agronsky program
-Bush
-\"Today Show\"
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] news
-Domestic political implications
-Administration’s response
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



Supreme Court nominees
-James J. Kilpatrick
-Richard A. Moore
-Time, Newsweek
-Dan Rather
-George H. Gallup poll
-Washington Star

Polls
-Louis P. Harris
-Edmund S. Muskie
-The President's standing
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Trip to Charlotte, North Carolina
-Textiles
-Supreme Court
-Donald J. Oberdorfer
-Washington Star

Public relations
-Supreme Court
-Selections
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Woman
-Senator
-Choices of the President
-The President's speech announcing nominees
-Manolo Sanchez
-Rose Mary Woods
-Time, Newsweek
-ABA
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-John N. Mitchell
-Press coverage
-Announcement speech
-Thomas J. Meskill
-Leon Albert
-Colson
-John F. Kennedy
-Feelings toward the President
-Jewish community
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Tape Subject Log
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-Democrats
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Henry M. \"Scoop\" Jackson
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Economy
-Harris
-Economy

Economy
-Public perception
-Administration policies
-Arthur F. Burns
-Money supply
-John B. Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Readers Digest
-The President's economic program
-Colson's prediction
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Retail sales
-Automobiles
-Unemployment figures
-Cost of living features
-Public relations
-Future
-Political gain
-Donald H. Rumsfeld’s role
-Edmund S. Muskie
-\"Face the Nation\"
-Colson’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



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Political situation
-Support for the President
-Economy
-Supreme Court nominees
-Tax bill
-Automobile sales
-Oberdorfer
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