32–127

Conversation No. 32-127

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:42 pm and 8:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone


The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

1972 election
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s speech in San Diego
-Hecklers
-George S. McGovern supporters
-Committee to Reelect the President [CRP] headquarters
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] coverage
-Hecklers
-McGovern supporters
-Agnew’s response to hecklers
-Supporters
-Compared with Peter J. Brennan
-Assault on hecklers
-Public reaction
-Colson’s view


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Vietnam peace settlement
-Public reaction
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s statement
-Hawks
-Fear of McGovern
-Public mood
-CBS coverage
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr. comments
-New York Times
-Publicity
-Henry A. Kissinger’s efforts
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-The President's strategy
-Negotiations
-Public confusion
-Kissinger’s build-up

Campaign practices
-Hecklers in Boston
-Clark MacGregor’s statement
-Wire services
-Networks
-Publicity
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Boston
-Local reaction
-Police chief
-John F. Collins advertisement
-John F. Becker
-Polling
-Public reaction
-Joseph L. Tauro
-Public reaction
-Public reaction
-MacGregor statement
-Today Show coverage
-[Patricia Colson]
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-Agnew’s speech in San Diego
-Heckling of McGovern
-Colson’s view
-McGovern's campaign
-Colson’s view
-Fund violations
-Robert J. Dole
-News summary
-Self-righteousness and rhetoric
-Statements
-Extremism
-Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
-Vietnam
-Corruption

Vietnam
-The President's strategy
-Impact
-New York Daily News poll
-Louis P. Harris poll
-Changes in public attitudes
-North Vietnamese action
-Possibility
-Possible impact
-Public mood
-Colson’s talk with Kissinger
-Impact of election
-McGovern's statements
-Thieu
-R. Sargent Shriver statements
-CBS comments
-Tone
-The President’s view
-Colson letter to William S. Paley

CBS
-Possible International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) strike

1972 election issues
-Vietnam settlement
-Impact
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-McGovern's campaign
-Corruption issue
-Vote of confidence for the President
-John B. Connally’s forthcoming appearance
-Troop withdrawals
-Dealings with Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China [PRC]


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Wholesale prices
-Latest reports
-Wage and price controls
-Timing


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