24–134

Conversation No. 24-134

Date: May 15, 1972
Time: 11:12 pm - 11:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Attack on George C. Wallace
-Calls to Dr. William M. Lukash and John D. Ehrlichman
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Press stories
-Political leanings
-Motives
-Press interviews with landlord
-Literature in apartment
-Wallace
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-L. Patrick Gray, III
-Interviews
-Mental state
-Lawyer
-Gray
-Custody
-Baltimore
-Plans for autobiography
-Apartment search
-Writings
-Mental condition
-Political affiliations
-George S. McGovern
-Publicity
-Brother
 90

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



-Attitude toward Wallace
-Gray
-Political affiliations
-Cover
-Publicity
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Wallace's condition
-Operation
-Recovery
-Lukash's report


*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 37s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

*****************************************************************


-Lukash's prognosis
-Extent of injury
-Paralysis
-Investigation
-FBI
-Gray's control
-Information
-Release
-Political leanings
-Press reports
-Clawson
-Public perceptions
-Bremer
-Background
-Political leanings
-The President’s view
-Background
 91

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



-Gray's investigation
-Money sources
-Schooling
-Travels
-Money sources
-Literature
-John F. Kennedy assassination
-Media coverage
-Motive of Lee Harvey Oswald
-Bremer
-Media coverage
-Investigation
-Gray's direction
-The President’s view
-Wallace's condition
-Operation
-Completion
-Lukash's report
-Medical bulletins


*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 39s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

*****************************************************************


Candidate protection
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Shirley Chisholm
-The President's orders
-Publicity
-Lukash
-Chisholm
 92

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)




*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 10s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

*****************************************************************


Assault on Wallace
-Forthcoming press coverage
-Bremer
-United Press International [UPI] report
-Political leanings
-Gray
-Possible motive
-Left wing McGovern and Hubert H. Humphrey supporters


*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

*****************************************************************


Assault on Wallace
-Weapon
-.38 caliber
-Power
-Impact
-.45 caliber
 93

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



-Handgun
-Saturday night special
-Purchase
-Gun control
-Issue
-Publicity
-Clawson
-National Rifle Association [NRA]
-Bremer
-Accomplices
-Mental condition
-Public reaction
-Bremer
-Motive
-Political affiliation
-Young Democrats
-Publicity
-Gray

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Public response
-Leonard Woodcock's television appearance on Face the Nation
-Statements
-Questions
-Louis P. Harris's statements on Meet the Press
-Robert J. Dole
-Statement
-Publicity
-Critics
-Stance
-Soviet summit
-Polls
-New York Times
-Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger results
-Support for the President
 94

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



Wallace
-Sindlinger poll
-Press coverage
-Recovery
-The President's trip to Moscow
-Condition
-Paralysis possibility


*****************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 6s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

*****************************************************************


Assault on Wallace
-Investigation
-Gray