Secret White House Tapes

36–106

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36–106
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Charles W. Colson
January 24, 1973
Conversation No. 36-106

Date: January 24, 1973
Time: 7:17 pm - 7:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Vietnam settlement public relations [PR] efforts
-Henry A. Kissinger’s press briefings
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jul-08)

Conversation No. 36-106 (cont’d)

-Television [TV] audience
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Colson’s view
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-Meeting with Colson
-Today Show
-Elizabeth Drew show
-John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson
-Reaction to the President’s announcement
-Melvin L. Laird’s schedule
-Today Show
-George H. W. Bush’s schedule
-Talk show
-Clark MacGregor
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Lodge article
-Reader’s Digest
-History of Vietnam War
-Reaction to the President’s announcement

Reaction to Vietnam settlement
-The President’s opponents
-William B. Saxbe
-Bella S. Abzug
-George S. McGovern
-Jack F. Kemp
-Patrick S. Buchanan
-Book
-Washington Star editorial
-Kenneth W. Clawson’s conversation with Colson
-New York Times editorial
-Washington Post
-Editorials
-Audience
-Wire service stories
-The President’s budget message
-Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
-Colson’s view
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s death
-Great Society
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jul-08)

Conversation No. 36-106 (cont’d)

-The President’s high points
-1972 election
-1973 Inaugural speech
-Vietnam settlement
-Trips to People’s Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union
-TV audience
-The President’s view
-Distribution of materials to Cabinet
-Gerald R. Ford
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Buchanan
-Kemp
-Reader’s Digest
-Kissinger’s schedule
-TV interviews


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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

The President’s health
-Colson’s comment

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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