18–59

Conversation No. 18-59

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: 7:44 pm - 8:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Colson's health

Louis P. Harris poll
-Issues
-India-Pakistan War
-The economy
-Foreign affairs
-Peace
-December 1971 bombing of North Vietnam
-Timing


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Presidential approval poll
-Issues affecting results
-Harris poll
-Compared to George H. Gallup poll
-India-Pakistan War
-Press
-US relations with the People's Republic of China [PRC] and the Soviet Union
-Bombing of North Vietnam
-India-Pakistan War
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Age and income groups
-Support for the President
-Economic issues

Poll on ability to handle issues
-Muskie
-Calls to Colson
-Economy
-Vietnam
-Poor
-Crime
-Environment
-Health and education


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Support for the President's handling of issues
-India-Pakistan War
-Bombing of North Vietnam
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-The economy
-Foreign affairs

Harris and Gallup polls

The economy
-Strengths

Foreign policy
-Recent actions
-United Nations [UN] vote, foreign aid issue

Harris poll
-The economy
-Foreign policy

Christians’ and Jews' opinion of Muskie


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Positive events for the administration
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's trip to Africa
-Japanese meeting
-San Diego trip
-January 5, 1972 approval of space shuttle development program
-Eisaku Sato's visit

Timing of polls
-Paul W. McCracken's press conference
-December 1971 bombing of North Vietnam
-India-Pakistan War
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-Effect of events
-Public opinion


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Stock market
-Status
-Investor confidence


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Colson's health
-Schedule
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