On July 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:42 pm to 2:17 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-005 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 197-8] Colson's schedule ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/10/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [136-005- W001] [Duration: 8m 58s] 1972 campaign - Charles W. Colson's forthcoming July 22, 1972 meeting with John B. Connally - Names of supporters - John B. Connally - Announcement of Democrats for Nixon week of July 24, 1972 - Telephone calls to potential supporters - Forthcoming appearance on Meet the Press - Offices for organization - George E. Christian - President's opinion - Opinion of press - Jake Jacobson - Charles W. Colson's opinion - Second- In- Command - Marvin Watson - Armand Hammer - Staff - Charles W. Colson's conversation with John B. Connally July 22, 1972 - Budget - Coordination with Clark MacGregor - Need for John B. Connally to contact potential supporters - George C. Wallace - Priority - Telephone call to Charles W. Colson - From William J. Baroody Jr. and John O. Marsh, Jr. - William H.G. France - Committee - Founder - Charles Snider - Desire to work for President's campaign - July 21, 1972 meeting - Polls - George C. Wallace vote - Potential of closing gap - President's lead - Percentage - Catholics - Labor - Hubert H. Humphrey - Voters switching to President - Catholics - Labor - George S. McGovern - Gallup and Harris data - Washington Post editorial, July 22, 1972 - John B. Connally - President's opinion - Kenneth W. Clawson - Ronald L. Ziegler - Clayton Fritchey's article - First Ladies - Thomas W. Braden's article - John B. Connally's reaction - President's opinion - Press coverage of George S. McGovern - President and Charles W. Colson's opinion - Biased towards George S. McGovern - Marquis Childs - Unnamed Associated Press [AP] reporter - One- Sided coverage of George S. McGovern - Kenneth W. Clawson - Ability to identify reporter - Potential telephone calls from White House - Paul Miller - Rick Steele [sp?] - Thomas W. Braden article on George S. McGovern - Henry A. Kissinger - Sunday nights - George S. McGovern - Temper - Agreement with Frank F. Mankiewicz - George S. McGovern - Temper - Administration strategy - Compared to strategy with Edmund S. Muskie - Position in campaign - Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. - Rebuff from George Meany - Loss of money - Teamsters - Democrat defections - Frank L. Rizzo - Mary Ann (Monoghan) Maier - Appearance in unknown newspaper July 22 - Democrat defections week of July 17 - South - Likelihood of Democratic presidential victory in South - Busing - Chicago - Concern of George S. McGovern - Reaction of Judge Daniel A. Covelli - Mayor Richard J. Daley appointee - Jailing of William S. Singer - Comparison of George S. McGovern supporters to fascists ***************************************************************** Economic news - Networks - Washington Post - New York Times comments - Press coverage - Consumer Price Index [CPI], Gross National Product [GNP] - Herbert Stein ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/11/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [136-005- W002] [Duration: 24m 6s] Washington Post editorial on John B. Connally, July 22, 1972 - Jack N. Anderson's column - North Vietnamese support for George S. McGovern - Distribution of column - Veterans organization - Labor - President's opinion - Truthfulness of Jack N. Anderson - Washington Star article on Radio Hanoi week of July 17-21 1972 campaign - George S. McGovern - Thomas W. Braden - Media attention on positions - Harris poll - Sent to Charles W. Colson on July 21 - Pierre Rinfret - Speeches - Criticized as erratic by Republican economists - Conversations with economic writers - Role of Congress in possible presidency - Stock market - International monetary - Northern Ireland - Potential impact on stock market - George S. McGovern - Kidder- Peabody report - Japanese columnist [unknown first name] Hakegama's newsletter - Economic market's fear of George S. McGovern - National defense issue - Democratic defectors - Law enforcement orginizations - Federal judgeships - Potential appointments by George S. McGovern - Lifestyle issue - Jesse M. Calhoun - George Meany - Charles W. Colson's July 21 talk with George P. Shultz International Conference of Police Organizations - Coverage in New York Times and Washington Post - Edward J. Kiernan - Police Beneficial Association - Judgeships - President's appointments George S. McGovern - Acceptance speech - Drug issue - Public impression - Marijuana - President's position - Reduction of penalties - Moral issue - Compared to issue of busing - National defense - Melvin R. Laird - Eagerness to attack George S. McGovern on issue - Taxes - Irving Kristol's article - Working- Class resentment - Social services - Compared to middle class liberalism - Schism President's Democratic supporters - Charles W. Colson's forthcoming work with John B. Connally - John P. Collins - Unnamed state senator in Massachusetts - Unnamed Rhode Island mayor - Unnamed Connecticut Senate candidate - Charles Sawyer - Secretary of Commerce under Harry S Truman - Cincinnati - New York - Edward J. Kiernan -[William Conrad] - Leo Cherne - Jesse M. Calhoun - Peter J. Brennan - Frank L. Rizzo - Hugh Carcella of Pennsylvania steel workers - Tom McCarroll, head of Pennsylvania auto workers - Mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Thomas G. Dunn - Frank J. Lausche - Ohio - Statement of William D. Schaefer - Mayor of Baltimore - Max Kampelman - Jack Marsh - Virginia - W. John Kenney - Representing Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson - Max Kampelman - Representing Hubert H. Humphrey - Unnamed Washington state chairman for Adlai E. Stevenson in 1956 - Alderman Vito Marzullo - Sam Schwartzkop, Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska - Julie Nixon Eisenhower's visit - Small business owners - Jewish - Jewish names on list - Horace Koenig - Florida - Georgia - Columbus, Georgia Democratic organization - Bob McNair - George A. Smathers - Law practice - Compared to Clark M. Clifford - John B. Connally's efforts to recruit - Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson - John D. Ehrlichman's conversation with Boeing people, July 21, 1972 - Release of delegates - W. John Kenney - Receiving pressure from Boeing to support President - Pete Wilson's observation - Supersonic Transport [SST] - President's supporters - Sports figures - Bobby Fischer - President's conversation with Life photographer - Temper - Upbringing - Jewish - Charlton Heston - Letter to President - Telephone call - Democrat for Nixon - Democrats for Nixon - John B. Connally - Compared to Dwight D. Eisenhower's Democratic supporters - Southern orientation - James F. Byrnes - Texas - Robert F. Kennon in Louisiana - John Meyner - Scope - Nationwide - William S. White's article - Defecting Democrats - Mayors - Jack D. Maltester - Sam Schwartzkop of Lincoln Nebraska - Louie Welch of Houston - Southern mayors - Unnamed 1970 Senate candidate - Democratic former cabinet members - Jews - Labor - Teamsters - Polls - George C. Wallace - Gallup and Harris - Narrowing of gap - John B. Connally's advice - Momentum - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman thesis on President's campaign - Interview with Patrick Caddell and Harold Himmelman by Saul Friedman - George S. McGovern's campaign strategy - September and October 1972 - Potential impact on President's role in campaign - President's opinion on gap in polls - George S. McGovern - Momentum - Charles W. Colson's request of Douglas L. Hallett - Administration's strategy - Pressure - Surrogates - John B. Connally - Cabinet members - Melvin R. Laird - Pressure - Similarity of strategy toward Edmund S. Muskie - Gap in polls - Session of Congress - Impact on President's campaign - Republican Convention - Positivity - Saul Friedman's article on George S. McGovern's strategy - International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] issue - Bigness issue - Vietnam - Casualty numbers - Civil rights - Backlash - President's campaign funds - Secret funds - Economy - Disclosure of contributions to George S. McGovern - Kenneth W. Clawson - Recent article - Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak - Need for George S. McGovern to pursue large contributions *****************************************************************. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
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