24–24

Conversation No. 24-24

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:23 pm and 10:42 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator; Haldeman conferred with the
President before the conversation began.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69H]

Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time.

[See Conversation No. 336-69]

[End of conferral]

Haldeman talked with Colson at an unknown time.

Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 24-24 (cont.)


-Blockade
-The President's announcement
-Public reaction
-Colson’s view
-Nature
-Enthusiasm
-College presidents
-Telegrams
-Labor leaders
-Enthusiasm
-Jesse Calhoon
-Caution
-Support for the President
-The President's sincerity
-Cabinet meeting
-Television appearances
-Elliot L. Richardson
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Television
-William P. Rogers's briefing
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s concerns
-Time
-Changes
-Cabinet meeting
-Rogers
-Stance
-Richardson
-Haldeman’s view
-Thomas H. Moorer's presence
-Melvin R. Laird
-Rush
-Television appearance
-Advantages
-Public response
-Telegrams
-Value
-Western Union
-Request for a call to president of company
-Haldeman’s view
-Service available
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 24-24 (cont.)


-Alternatives
-Calls to local papers and television stations
-Pressure on Western Union
-Experiences
-Calhoon and Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-White House switchboard
-Calls
-Number
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Colson's analysis
-Delivery
-Rhetoric
-Polls
-Louis P. Harris
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Jay Lovestone