Date: February 29, 1972
Time: 2:56 pm - 3:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 322-10]
Reaction to the President’s recent trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Skeptics and Democrats
-President's confidence and poise
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-Colson’s conversation with Albert E. Sindlinger and Louis P. Harris
-Harris view
-Poll timing
-Sindlinger
-Poll timing
-George H. Gallup poll
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Poll timing
-The President’s personal image
-Press
-Photograph of toast with Chou En-lai
-Public reaction
-History of Nixon image
-Gen. Charles A.J.M. de Gaulle meetings
-[James] Harold Wilson meetings
-Novelty of PRC setting
-Landing in Peking
-Colson sampling of reaction
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-Washington Post headline
-The President’s comments to Congressional leaders
-Dan Rather radio report
-General quality of reporting
-The President’s comments at airport reception
-Rather
-Administration rebuttals
-Harris call
-Taiwan
-Image projection on return
-Speech
-Composition
-Public attention
-Drama of scene
-Tone
-Conveyance of purpose
-Closing note
-Substance compared to personal image
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Colson's informal poll
-President's image
-Confidence
-Great Wall of China
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-Forbidden City
-Toasting
-Toasting with PRC leaders
-Television coverage
-Television ratings
-Prospects
-Call from Howard K. Smith to Colson
-Impression of President
-Commentary on trip
-Timing
-News summaries
-Taiwan question
-Asia
-Military presence and influence