36–126

Conversation No. 36-126

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: 8:21 pm - 8:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 406-36]

Reaction to the President’s announcement on Vietnam settlement
-Colson’s efforts
-Morale
-Public relations [PR]
-The President’s opponents
-Editorials
-Public Reaction
-Columnists
-Television [TV]
-John B. Connally
-Today Show
-Announcement
-Algeria
-Peter Lisagor
-Chicago Daily News
-Washington press corps
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jul-08)

Conversation No. 36-126 (cont’d)

-New York Times
-Colson’s op-ed article
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Time magazine
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Colson’s libel lawsuit
-The President’s view
-Issue featuring Marlon Brando
-Sidey, Jerrold L. Schecter
-Watergate story
-Sidey interview
-Connally, Peter J. Brennan, Elliot L. Richardson
-Sonny Metz
-Hartford
-The President’s courage

Press relations
-The President’s view
-George S. McGovern, Jane Fonda
-Washington Post
-Administration’s treatment
-License challenges
-Libel suit
-Time and Newsweek
-TV networks
-Cable TV
-Movie industry
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Interview with Newsweek
-Schecter

John A. Scali
-Senate conformation hearing
-Background interviews
-Stewart M. Hensley
-Time

Press relations
-Editorials
-TV coverage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jul-08)

Conversation No. 36-126 (cont’d)

-Church service
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Rating
-Philip Hoffman [?]
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Widow of Col. William B. Nolde
-Prisoners of War [POWs] wives
-Ronald L. Ziegler briefing
-Kissinger-Nixon relations
-Colson’s article
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Joseph Kraft
-Kissinger
-Dan Rather
-Thomas W. Braden
-John F. Osborne
-Reston and Kraft
-National Security Council [NSC] staff
-Kissinger’s schedule
-TV interviews
-PR efforts
-Bombing
-Liberal reaction
-Scali
-Kenneth W. Clawson’s opinion
-The President’s accomplishments
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-1972 Moscow summit
-May 8, 1972 decision
-Herman Kahn, Sir Robert Thompson
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-Interview
-New York Times
-Dr. David K. E. Bruce
-William J. Baroody, Sr.
-Henry H. (“Joe”) Fowler
-News coverage
-PR efforts
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Possible interviews
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jul-08)

Conversation No. 36-126 (cont’d)

-Kissinger
-Connally
-December 1972 bombing
-Meeting with Colson
-Political party switch
-Today Show
-The President’s policies
-Brennan
-Attacks on “Establishment”
-Elitists
-Reston’s article
-Georgetown
-Harvard crowd
-Kissinger
-New York Times
-Bernard Gewirtzman
-The President’s view
-Colson’s view
-Daniel P. Moynihan
-Intellectuals
-Colson’s view
-Colson’s article
-Response
-Reston and Kraft
-Ziegler briefing
-New York Times
-Circulation
-Buffalo newspaper
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Support for the President
-Letters
-Bombing
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Safeway, Giant advertisements
-Louis P. Harris and Albert E. Sindlinger polls

Vietnam settlement
-Cease-fire violations
-Middle East
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jul-08)

Conversation No. 36-126 (cont’d)

-Israelis
-Syrians
-Press coverage
-POW wives
-Missing in Action [MIA] wives
-Carol Hanson
-POW list from Laos
-Negotiations

Press relations
-Nicholas P. Thimmisch
-Smith Hempstone, Jr.
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Stewart J. O. Alsop
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Opposition to the President
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Domestic priorities
-“Slums”
-Reaction to Vietnam settlement
-Buchanan
-White House press corps
-Congressional “Doves”
-Victor Lasky
-Youngstown Vindicator
-Manchester Union Leader