Secret White House Tapes

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  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Charles W. Colson
January 11, 1972
Conversation No. 18-64

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: 12:29 pm - 12:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 312-21A]

Colson's health

Trip to Camp David
-State of the Union speech

Colson’s schedule

Louis P. Harris poll on issues
-December 1971 bombing of North Vietnam
-India-Pakistan War
-Hubert H. Humphrey, Edward M. Kennedy, Edmund S. Muskie

Douglas L. Hallett's memorandum
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-Administration weaknesses
-Compared to opponents
-Presidential approval polls
-Rise in approval from Spring 1971
-Laos
-George H. Gallup poll

Patrick J. Buchanan
-Research on Democrat candidates
-Conversation with Colson
-Harris poll
-Muskie
-Positive publicity
-Compared to the Administration
-Primaries
-Possible problems

Hallett's memorandum
-Contents
-Criticism
-Objectivity
-Speechwriters
-Nathan Glazer, Daniel J. Boorstin
-Muskie
-Suburbs
-The President's strengths
-George Meany

Colson's health
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

The President’s schedule
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