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Tape 022, Conversation 035 (022-035)

On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-035 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Colson's schedule International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case - Media coverage - American Broadcasting Company [ABC] - Hugh Scott - Roman L. Hruska - Remarks - Edward M. Kennedy - National Broadcasting Company [NBC] - Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] - Interview with Peter M. Flanigan - Ronald L. Ziegler - The President's response - Colson's call to CBS - Flanigan - Involvement - Kennedy - Remarks - Dita D. Beard - Health - ABC - Flanigan interview - Ziegler - Policy regarding appearances by administration officials - Henry A. Kissinger - John A. Scali - Flanigan - Hruska's press coverage - Talk with Colson - Appearance - ABC - Remarks - Democrats - Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. - Kennedy - Gary W. Hart - Birch E. Bayh, Jr. - Beard - Kennedy - Health - Diagnosis - Lawyer - Kennedy - White House plan - Clark MacGregor - Visit with James O. Eastland - Richard G. Kleindienst - Strategy - Television time - Press releases Albert E. Sindlinger - Talk with Colson - Poll results - Approval of the President - Male response - Female response [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/01/2018. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [022-035- W001] [Duration: 3m 18s] 1972 campaign - Edmund S. Muskie - Network coverage - Campaign contributors list - Joseph Wilson - David V. Picker - United artists - The President's opinion - Gene [sp?] Benjamin - United artists - Jewish contributors - Harold Perlman [sp?] - Picker - Benjamin - Sanitize - Joseph Wilson - Picker - Benjamin - Perlman - Jews - Support for the President - Mitchell/Kissinger theory - Colson's view of supporters - James L. Buckley - Forest Hills - Intellectuals - Support for Muskie - Hubert H. Humphrey - Campaign contributors list - Length - Campaign finances - Jewish support - Fundraising - Henry M. Jackson - Jewish support - Humphrey - Media - Nomination - Martin Z. Agronsky - Muskie - Pennsylvania primary ITT case - Kleindienst - Confirmation - Opponents - Wallace H. Johnson - Chris Gay [sp?] - Kennedy inquiry - Witnesses - Beard - Public response - ITT as an issue - Impact on election - Media coverage - Funds - White House call - Kennedy - CBS - Flanigan - NBC - Denver - Marlow W. Cook interview - Kennedy - ABC - Wires - Edward J. Gurney - Robert J. Dole - Hruska - Network coverage - White House counter measures - Easter - Kleindienst confirmation - Remarks to Senate Committee - Talk with White House - MacGregor - Eastland - Timing - Eastland - Committee hearings - Filibuster - Media coverage - Talk with the President - Talk with John N. Mitchell - Mitchell - Talk with Colson - Democrats Democrats - Major issues - Food prices - Connally ITT case - Kleindienst confirmation - Results of publicity - Public response - MacGregor Economy - Unemployment insurance claims - Decline - Herbert Stein ITT case - Breaks for administration - Resolution - Senate hearing - Public response - Media coverage - Flanigan interview - Substance - Thomas F. Eagleton - Senate hearings - Kennedy. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.

  • Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, White House Telephone Recordings