13–51

Conversation No. 13-51

Date: October 31, 1971
Time: 7:57 pm - 8:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

George H. W. Bush
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-Television appearance
-Colson's note
-President's note
-Television interview
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Audience

Edward M. Kennedy
-Attacks by Elliot Richardson and Robert Dole

Dole
-Forthcoming call from Colson
Hugh Scott
-Previous television appearance
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Liberals
-Call to Colson from Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin

Democrats
-Contrasted with Republicans
-Partisanship
-Possible Republican response
-Agnew's forthcoming speech

Bush
-Television interview
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Vietnam War
-President
-United Nations vote on Taiwan
-President's reaction
-Israel
-Arab delegates
-Television appearances
-Administration public relations
-Bush
-Scott
-Dole
-Richardson
-Possible role in administration
-United Nations [UN]
-Public relations
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Scott

George H. Gallup and Louis P. Harris polls
-Newspaper headlines

Robert Sherman
-Articles in Washington Star
-Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Henry A. Kissinger
-New York Times
-Colson's forthcoming meeting with Smith Hempstone, Jr.
Hempstone
-Columns
-President's schedule
-Possible meeting
-Column on Jesse Phillips (sp?)
-Forthcoming conversation with Colson
-Possible meeting with the President
-Sherman
-Role with Star
-Editorials
-Possible meeting with the President

Sherman
-Articles in Star
-Effect

Previous Senate vote on foreign aid program
-Public reaction
-J. William Fulbright
-William Timmons’ previous meeting with Scott
-President's schedule
-Bipartisan Congressional leadership
-Vietnam
-Greece
-President's forthcoming conversation with George H. Mahon
-White House response
-Michael J. Mansfield
-House and Senate Appropriations Committees
-Bipartisan Congressional leaders
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-Bush's previous statements
-President's performance

Polls
-Newspaper articles
-Gallup, Harris

United Nations vote on Taiwan
-As an issue

Previous Senate vote on foreign aid program
-As an issue
-Scott's statement
-Fulbright, Edward M. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
-Republican attacks
-Press coverage
-Compared with Supreme Court nomination issue

Agnew
-Forthcoming speech
-Foreign policy
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-William L. Safire
-Tone and content

Sherman
-Colson's forthcoming investigation
-Hempstone
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