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  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Charles W. Colson
April 20, 1971
Conversation No. 2-21

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: 7:45 pm - 7:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

William B. Saxbe
-Television appearance
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.

President's Williamsburg speech
-Reaction
-Welfare reform
-Health Education and Welfare [HEW]

Colson’s schedule
-Meeting with hardhats
-President’s recommendation

[Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums,
et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records
Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]
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Veterans
-Reports
-Infiltrators
-Stories
-Press
-Associated Press [AP] reporter
-Baltimore Sun reporter
-Young people Conv. No. 2-21 (cont.)
-Encourage media coverage
-Press stories
-Non veterans
-Joint press conference
-Veterans of Foreign War [VFW]
-American Legion
-Don Johnson’s briefing April 21, 1971
-Television
-Richards A. Moore
-Colson’s view

Anti-trust
-Television
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Providence rally
-Size
-Dan Rather
-Saxbe
-Colson’s actions
-Lawsuit
-President’s discussions with John N. Mitchell

Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy’s hearings
-McCloskey
-William H. Sullivan
-Department of State
-Saxbe

President's meeting with Republican Senators
-Colson's conversation with Clark MacGregor
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Edward J. Gurney
-Vietnam
-MacGregor
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-Support for President
-Polls
-Reaction
-MacGregor
-Economy
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-President's speech, April 7, 1971
-Polls Conv. No. 2-21 (cont.)
-Colson’s forthcoming actions
-Support for President
-John G. Tower
-Henry L. Bellmon
-Baker, Gurney
-\"Doves\"

National mood
-Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.

President's meeting with Republican senators
-President's leadership

[Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums,
et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records
Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Demonstrators
-Democratic leaders
-PRC initiative
-Edmund S. Muskie
-George McGovern
-Hubert H. Humphrey

Economy

Polls
-Phone calls
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Colson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
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