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746–3
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Charles W. Colson
- Stephen B. Bull
- Alexander P. Butterfield
July 1, 1972
Conversation No. 746-3
Date: July 1, 1972
Time: 8:50 am – unknown before 9:45 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 56s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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John N. Mitchell
-Resignation
-Forthcoming article
-Possible note from the President
-Schedule
-[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania] flood
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell’s conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Press coverage
-Handling of press
-Speech of June 30, 1972
-Advance text
-Network coverage
-Attitude toward press
-The President’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Colson, June
30, 1972
-Advance texts
-Speech of June 30, 1972
-Value
-Attitude toward press
-Network interview
-Compared to the President's press relations in 1960
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-John F. Kennedy
-Wire services
-Willard Edwards of Alger Hiss case
-Wire services
-J. William Theis, Douglas B. Cornell
-Columbus Citizen-Journal
-Victor Gold
-Performance as press secretary
-Barry M. Goldwater
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 57s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Dan Rather
-News summary
Scripps-Howard
-Helen A. Thomas
Rather
-Relations with left
-Possible Administration contract with William S. Paley
-Attitude toward Administration
-Motives
-Ambition
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Ideology
-Unknown person
-Colson’s possible conversation with Paley
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Media relations
-Instructions for Colson in forthcoming conversation with Paley
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-The President’s meeting with independent broadcasters, June 22, 1972
-Advertising and the Fairness Doctrine
-License renewals
-The President’s meeting with network heads
-CBS
Public broadcasting appropriation
-Social Security
-Public opinion
-Sesame Street
-News programs
-Competing network
-Presidential statement
-Sesame Street
-Networks
-Colson's forthcoming conversation with Paley
-Colson’s recent conversations with Paley and Leonard H. Goldenson
-The President’s view
-Private broadcasters
-Paley
-Frank Stanton
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:50 am.
The President's schedule
-July 4, 1972 speech
-Social Security message for the President’s signature
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.
Social Security bill
-Cost
-Tax increase
-Timing
-Value-added tax [VAT]
-The President's decision to sign
-Debt ceiling
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger's plan
-Possible veto
-Possible call of Congress into session
-Timing
-1972 election
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Watergate break-in
-Washington Daily News story on E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Possible leak
-Map
-Walkie-talkie
-Gun
-Hunt
-Latin America
-Office proximity to Colson
-Washington Daily News story
-Washington Daily News story
-Justice Department
-Networks
-Washington Post
-Howard K. Smith
-Money source
-Republican
-Cubans' fear of George S. McGovern
-McGovern's letter on Latin America
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
Watergate
-Possible break-in at Republican National Committee [RNC]
-The President's plan
-Attempts to bug administration
-Mitchell
-Missing Republican campaign files
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Burglars
-Projected break-in at RNC
-Timing
-Democratic National Convention
-Robert J. Dole
-Suit against the Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Projected break-in at RNC
-Financial records
-Hunt
-Relationship with Colson
-James W. McCord, Jr. and Hunt
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Hunt
-Previous role in administration
-Money
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Ideology
-Books
-McCord
-Contract with RNC
-Security
-Security
-Hunt
-Background
-CIA
-Latin America
-Bay of Pigs
-John F. Kennedy
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:05 am.
The President’s signature
-Unknown matter
-[Social Security] bill statement
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
The President's schedule
Butterfield left at 9:10 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m 49s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
*****************************************************************
National economy
-McGovern
-Economic indicators
-Compared to 1971
-Colson’s conversation with Herbert Stein
-Weather
-Stein’s view
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-May 1972
-Manufacturing orders, inventories, durable goods
-Stein’s view
-Social Security bill
-Colson's conversation with George P. Shultz June 30, 1972
-Payroll taxes
-Checks
-Timing
-Budget
-Effect on economy
-Effect on election
-Instructions for Colson to call Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher
-Elderly
-Budget
-Inflation
-Future vetoes
-Environment, education
Pending legislation
-Veterans bills
-The President's conversation with Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger and Clark
MacGregor, June 30, 1972
-Olin E. (“Tiger”) Teague
-Education
-Hospitals
-Veterans GI bill
Veteans
-Prisoners of war [POWs], national defense
The President’s press conference, June 29, 1972
-French POWs
-Network coverage
-French Government’s statement
-Washington Post article July 1, 1972
-Murrey Marder
-Hugh Scott's briefing
-Citizenship
-The President’ trip to Vietnam in 1953
-Indochinese
-Compared to Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Philippines
-Possible article
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Numbers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-State Department
-Scott
-Excerpt release
-Controversy
-McGovern
-Missinger in action [MIAs]
-French POWs
-Figures
-North Vietnam
-Dissemination
-Possible article
-Smith Hempstone
-Citizenship
-Categorization
-Effect
-Compared to press coverage
-Marder
-McGovern
The President's relations with press
-Reaction to the President’s recent press conference
-Marder
-John A. Scali
-Smith's opinion
-Dan Rather
-Vietnam
-Colson’s classmate’s action
-Hue, 1967
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Privacy]
[Duration: 40s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Veterans organizations
-Photograph
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Surface to air missiles [SAMs]
-McGovern's supporters
-Youth
-Hospital bill
-Possible veto
Social Security bill
-Compared to veterans hospitals bill
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Weinberger
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Family Assistance Program [FAP]
-Pilot program
-HR 1
Welfare
-Administration's goal
-Work
-McGovern's program
-Minimum guaranteed income
-$1000 per person welfare grant
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Colson left at an unknown time before 9:45 am.
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Date: July 1, 1972
Time: 8:50 am – unknown before 9:45 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 56s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
*****************************************************************
John N. Mitchell
-Resignation
-Forthcoming article
-Possible note from the President
-Schedule
-[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania] flood
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell’s conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Press coverage
-Handling of press
-Speech of June 30, 1972
-Advance text
-Network coverage
-Attitude toward press
-The President’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Colson, June
30, 1972
-Advance texts
-Speech of June 30, 1972
-Value
-Attitude toward press
-Network interview
-Compared to the President's press relations in 1960
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-John F. Kennedy
-Wire services
-Willard Edwards of Alger Hiss case
-Wire services
-J. William Theis, Douglas B. Cornell
-Columbus Citizen-Journal
-Victor Gold
-Performance as press secretary
-Barry M. Goldwater
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 57s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
*****************************************************************
Dan Rather
-News summary
Scripps-Howard
-Helen A. Thomas
Rather
-Relations with left
-Possible Administration contract with William S. Paley
-Attitude toward Administration
-Motives
-Ambition
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Ideology
-Unknown person
-Colson’s possible conversation with Paley
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Media relations
-Instructions for Colson in forthcoming conversation with Paley
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-The President’s meeting with independent broadcasters, June 22, 1972
-Advertising and the Fairness Doctrine
-License renewals
-The President’s meeting with network heads
-CBS
Public broadcasting appropriation
-Social Security
-Public opinion
-Sesame Street
-News programs
-Competing network
-Presidential statement
-Sesame Street
-Networks
-Colson's forthcoming conversation with Paley
-Colson’s recent conversations with Paley and Leonard H. Goldenson
-The President’s view
-Private broadcasters
-Paley
-Frank Stanton
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:50 am.
The President's schedule
-July 4, 1972 speech
-Social Security message for the President’s signature
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.
Social Security bill
-Cost
-Tax increase
-Timing
-Value-added tax [VAT]
-The President's decision to sign
-Debt ceiling
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger's plan
-Possible veto
-Possible call of Congress into session
-Timing
-1972 election
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Watergate break-in
-Washington Daily News story on E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Possible leak
-Map
-Walkie-talkie
-Gun
-Hunt
-Latin America
-Office proximity to Colson
-Washington Daily News story
-Washington Daily News story
-Justice Department
-Networks
-Washington Post
-Howard K. Smith
-Money source
-Republican
-Cubans' fear of George S. McGovern
-McGovern's letter on Latin America
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
Watergate
-Possible break-in at Republican National Committee [RNC]
-The President's plan
-Attempts to bug administration
-Mitchell
-Missing Republican campaign files
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Burglars
-Projected break-in at RNC
-Timing
-Democratic National Convention
-Robert J. Dole
-Suit against the Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Projected break-in at RNC
-Financial records
-Hunt
-Relationship with Colson
-James W. McCord, Jr. and Hunt
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Hunt
-Previous role in administration
-Money
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Ideology
-Books
-McCord
-Contract with RNC
-Security
-Security
-Hunt
-Background
-CIA
-Latin America
-Bay of Pigs
-John F. Kennedy
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:05 am.
The President’s signature
-Unknown matter
-[Social Security] bill statement
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
The President's schedule
Butterfield left at 9:10 am.
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m 49s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
*****************************************************************
National economy
-McGovern
-Economic indicators
-Compared to 1971
-Colson’s conversation with Herbert Stein
-Weather
-Stein’s view
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-May 1972
-Manufacturing orders, inventories, durable goods
-Stein’s view
-Social Security bill
-Colson's conversation with George P. Shultz June 30, 1972
-Payroll taxes
-Checks
-Timing
-Budget
-Effect on economy
-Effect on election
-Instructions for Colson to call Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher
-Elderly
-Budget
-Inflation
-Future vetoes
-Environment, education
Pending legislation
-Veterans bills
-The President's conversation with Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger and Clark
MacGregor, June 30, 1972
-Olin E. (“Tiger”) Teague
-Education
-Hospitals
-Veterans GI bill
Veteans
-Prisoners of war [POWs], national defense
The President’s press conference, June 29, 1972
-French POWs
-Network coverage
-French Government’s statement
-Washington Post article July 1, 1972
-Murrey Marder
-Hugh Scott's briefing
-Citizenship
-The President’ trip to Vietnam in 1953
-Indochinese
-Compared to Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Philippines
-Possible article
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Numbers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-State Department
-Scott
-Excerpt release
-Controversy
-McGovern
-Missinger in action [MIAs]
-French POWs
-Figures
-North Vietnam
-Dissemination
-Possible article
-Smith Hempstone
-Citizenship
-Categorization
-Effect
-Compared to press coverage
-Marder
-McGovern
The President's relations with press
-Reaction to the President’s recent press conference
-Marder
-John A. Scali
-Smith's opinion
-Dan Rather
-Vietnam
-Colson’s classmate’s action
-Hue, 1967
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Privacy]
[Duration: 40s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Veterans organizations
-Photograph
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Surface to air missiles [SAMs]
-McGovern's supporters
-Youth
-Hospital bill
-Possible veto
Social Security bill
-Compared to veterans hospitals bill
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Weinberger
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Family Assistance Program [FAP]
-Pilot program
-HR 1
Welfare
-Administration's goal
-Work
-McGovern's program
-Minimum guaranteed income
-$1000 per person welfare grant
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Colson left at an unknown time before 9:45 am.
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)