On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:41 pm to 2:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-013 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Charles W. Colson. Killing of policeman in New York - President's view - White House staff inaction - Contacting widows - Washington, DC police shooting - Race - White House response - Colson's response - Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] involvement - Public action - Justice Department - Colson's response - Funeral - President's call to Edward J. Kiernan - Leak to New York Daily News - Exploitation of issue - Justice Department - Richard S. Schweiker - Richard A. Moore - Justice Department - Possible conspiracy - Justice Department - Call to John W. Dean, III - Legal basis - Revolutionary conspiracy - Smith Act - Need for action - J. Edgar Hoover - Public opinion [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under PRMPA regulations 06/20/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [505-013- W001] [Duration: 37s] Heidi Ann (Fletcher) Heins - The President's opinion - Similarity to father Thomas W. Fletcher, Jr. - Charles W. Colson's opinion Killing of policeman in New York - Need for legislation - Justice Department - Bureaucracy - Dean - Smith Act - FBI involvement - Richard G. Kleindienst - Justice Department - Constitutional rights - President's announcement - Bombing, 1970 - Nixon bill on shooting policemen - Blacks - Black Panthers - Black policeman - Support for President - Social issue - Race and crime - Concern over incidents in community - Interviews in Harlem - Possible visit to President - Schweiker's bill - Ronald L. Ziegler - Press conference - Publicity from phone calls and letters - National fund for children - Scholarships - Moore - President's position - Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy - Position - Washington, D.C. police - James J. Kilpatrick, Jr. column - Mailing - Edmund S. Muskie - Demonstrators -(Madame) Nguyen Thi Binh - Hanoi Congress - Amendments - Draft - Edward W. Brooke - Robert P. Griffin - Howard H. Baker, Jr. - Peace issue - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - J. William Fulbright quote - William S. White - Support - Democratic presidential candidates - Hubert H. Humphrey - George S. McGovern - Muskie - Antiballistic Missiles [ABM] - Fulbright - White - Quote - ABM - Vote - Draft - Possible political impact - Doves - President's statement on SALT, May 20, 1971 - Henry A. Kissinger - Colson's talk - White - Joseph C. Kraft - Colson's note to H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Article on ABM - Democrats - Unknown person's column - Washington Post - Democrats - ABM vote - Disarmament - Arms control - Colson's meeting with Brooke - Possible foreign policy speech by Brooke - Brook's position on ABM - National Security Council [NSC] - Vote - Timing - House - Senate - SALT negotiations - Public attention [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/20/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [505-013- W004] [Duration: 9m 28s] 1972 campaign - Harris poll - Edmund S. Muskie and the President - Percentages - Gallup poll and White House polls - Previous March–April poll - George C. Wallace - President's gains - Differences between polls - Gallup poll - Harris poll - Methods of sampling - Gallup poll compared to Harris poll - Negro vote - Poor vote - The President's gains - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -"Man of Peace" - Vietnam - Laos - Economy - Public attitudes - Louis Harris - Tendency to be negative - The President's opinion - Charles W. Colson's comment - The President's Harris poll showing in 1968 - Committed to the President's reelection - Hawkishness - Charles W. Colson's comment on sexuality - Joseph W. Alsop - Isolationism - Democrats - Edmund S. Muskie - Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy - Catholic vote - Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy and Edmund S. Muskie - Polling - Eugene J. McCarthy - Possible candidacy - New York - Issues - Speech in Minnesota - Hubert H. Humphrey - Edmund S. Muskie - Vietnam - Negotiation - Southerners - The President's opinion - Flags - God Bless You - Midwest - Harris poll trial heat - The President's showing - Hubert H. Humphrey - South - West - Gallup poll - Gallup poll - West - Approval rating down - Harris poll - South - West - Economics - California - Population compared to the rest of the west - Issues - People's Republic of China [PRC] - Republicans - Positive feeling - George C. Wallace Colson left at 2:02 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings