Secret White House Tapes

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42–68
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Charles W. Colson
April 28, 1971
Conversation No. 42-68

Date: April 28, 1971
Time: 4:33 pm - 4:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 252-17]

J. William Fulbright's committee
-Testimony of a Vietnam veteran
-Hugh Scott
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-George D. Aiken
-Madame Ngo Dinh Diem
-Rennie Davis group

Demonstrations
-Network coverage
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Herbert R. (“Chief”) Rainwater's meeting with Vice PresidentConv.
SpiroNo.
T. Agnew
42-68 (cont.)
-Rainwater's press conference
-United Press International [UPI]
-Network coverage
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Opposition to President
-John A. Scali

[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]

Demonstrations
-Dean Burch and Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Colson’s memo
-Colson's conversation with Burch
-Network coverage
-Anti-trust action
-Objectivity
-Colson's phone calls
-Scali
-President's schedule
-Network coverage
-Planned visit to US Marines at Camp Pendleton
-Colson's media plans
-Congress

[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.]
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[End of transcript]
Scali
-Commentary by [Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Call to ABC
-Scott

Networks
-President's position Conv. No. 42-68 (cont.)
-Cabinet
-John B. Connally
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Connally
-\"Face the Nation\"
-Economic news
-Business indicators
-Popular reaction
-Stock market

President's position on Vietnam War
-Senators
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Networks
-Haldeman
-Colson's conversation with William S. Paley
-Coverage
-Impact

[Transcript #3: 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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