147–4

Conversation No. 147-4

Date: October 6, 1972
Time: 8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 217-6]

Campaign issues
-Commercials
-The President’s view
-Defense
-Hard hat
-Changes of position
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Amnesty
-Vietnam
-Robert Teeter's assessment of issue
-George S. McGovern's position
-Compared to the administration’s position
-Effectiveness compared to economic issues
-Request for Colson to check with Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Vietnam advertisements and speeches
-John B. Connally
-Melvin R. Laird
-Bombing effectiveness
-Colson’s previous conversation with Laird
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Mining effectiveness
-McGovern
-South Vietnam
-Imposition of communist government
-Amnesty
-Vulnerability
-John N. Mitchell
-Teeter's organization
-Youth vote's reaction on amnesty
-Jewish young people
-Canada
-McGovern
-The President’s view
-Advertisements
-Connally
-Laird
-William P. Rogers
-McGovern
-Issues for advertisements
-Amnesty
-Vietnam
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Hanoi
-Communist government in South Vietnam
-Amnesty
-Youth vote
-Possible losses
-Morality
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Raymond K. Price, Jr. office
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-The President's forthcoming speech
-Colson’s instructions
-Peter Fosco
-Bulding trades leaders
-George Meany
-Colson to report to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Approval on speech wording
-Operations
-Bumper stickers
-Donald F. Rodgers
-“Labor for Nixon”
-Amnesty
-Issue's effectiveness
-Colson’s view
-Colson’s upcoming conversation with Haldeman
-Instructions on issue's use
-Colson's analysis of press conference by the President,
October 5, 1972
-Amnesty issue
-McGovern’s defense
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Canada
-Destination of US citizens avoiding draft
-Coming activities on Vietnam, amnesty, POW issues
-Rogers
-Meet the Press
-Laird
-Face the Nation
-Approach
-Issues to be used against McGovern
-Rogers
-Schedule
-Colson’s previous conversation with Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Senate
-Democrats
-McGovern
-President’s instructions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Use of direct quotes
-Vietnam
-Presentation of position
-A. James Reichley
-McGovern
-Direct quotes of McGovern
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-South Vietnam
-Communists
-Release of POWs
-Hanoi
-Louis P. Harris poll of US public reaction
-Colson's briefing of Laird's aide [Baroody?]
-Laird
-Face the Nation
-Coming activities
-Senate debate
-Connally and Elliot L. Richardson
-Vietnam
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Anaheim, California rally
-Network television coverage
-Rogers
-Laird
-Spot advertisements
-Vietnam
-Hard hats
-Liberal writers of advertisements
-Haldeman's view of Colson
-Newspaper advertisements
-Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM] advertisement of 1970
-Harris
-View of issues
-News summary
-Washington Star
-McGovern
-Photograph
-Comparison to R. Sargent Shriver photograph
-McGovern
-Reaction to pressure
-Possible mistakes
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Amnesty
-Networks
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Advertisement people
-Vietnam
-McGovern
-Amnesty, POW issues
-Vietnam
-Communists


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McGovern approach on issues
-Constituency
-Democratic party
-The President’s view
-Establishment, suburbanites
-Amnesty
-Appeal
-Commercial on Vietnam