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23–133
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Charles W. Colson
May 3, 1972
Conversation No. 23-133

Date: May 3, 1972
Time: 12:41-12:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 335-7]


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Public opinion
-Vietnam issue
-Benefits for the President
-Reasons
-The President's predictions
-South Vietnamese losses
-Gerald R. Ford and Robert P. Griffin
-Length of offensive
-Difficulties
-National mood
-David E. Bradshaw
-Richard J. Daley
-Praise for the President on transportation
-Democrats
-Establishment
-Support for Hubert H. Humphrey
-Fear of George S. McGovern
-National mood
-Sympathy for the President
-Vietnam
-Soviet summit
-Possible cancellation
-Hue
-H. R. (Bob”) Haldeman
-Colson's view
-Belief in the President
-Poll data
-Peace issue
-Vietnam
-Democratic silence
-Fears of the President
-Statements
-Media
-Harry Reasoner
-Criticism of the President
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-Counterattack
-Interest in defeat
-Indiana results
-United Press International [UPI] report

Law and order
-J. Edgar Hoover's death
-The President's defense of Hoover
-Benefits
-Political advantages of the President's support
-Support for FBI
-Possible leak to press
-Pressure to fire Hoover
-The President's resistance
-The President's public defense
-Leak to press
-Compared with action regarding Lewis B. Hershey
-John A. Scali
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Distribution

Press
-Attacks
-Clawson
-Methods
-Sophistication
-The Vice President
-Credibility


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