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On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:15 pm to 4:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-027 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 277-20] 1972 campaign - Robert J. Dole - New York - Edmund S. Muskie speech September 14 - Governors' Conference - Washington Post - Attica - Ronald L. Ziegler - Nelson A. Rockefeller - Economy and busing - Attica - Governors - Democrats - Republicans view - Jacob K. Javits - Muskie busing statement - William S. White's call to Colson - Strom Thurmond - The President's position Attica - Rockefeller -[Arnold] Eric Sevareid - Harry Reasoner - Ronald W. Reagan Governors' Conference - Muskie's speech - Donald H. Rumsfeld Federal pay issue - Type of response - Telegrams - Letters - Attitude of Congress - Meeting - Response - Idea of support for President - Inflation - Wage - price freeze - National sacrifice - Special interest groups - Pressure on Congress - Possibility of press conference - Issues covered - Publicity for federal pay issue - Poll concerning legislative meeting - Poll information - Method of collection - Republican National Committee - Clark MacGregor's office ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/03/2018. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [009-027- W001] [Duration: 5m 31s] Politics - Cliff Miller's meeting with Charles W. Colson - Edmund S. Muskie in California - Black Vice President statement - Press coverage - Public reaction - Philip Bradley - Louis Harris - Talk with Charles W. Colson - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] visit - Polls - Black Vice President - Participants dishonesty - Jacob K. Javits -1962 poll - Ralph J. Bunche - Edmund S. Muskie statement - Youth - Colleges and Universities - Black Class Presidents - Guilt complex - Stanley S. Scott - Black media - Edward W. Brooke - Charles W. Colson's evaluation of work - Art Fletcher - Blacks in the administration - Democrats - Edward M.("Ted") Kennedy - Hubert H. Humphrey - George S. McGovern - Henry ("Scoop") Jackson - Blacks in political office - The President's opinion - Attica - Donald H. Rumsfeld - Americans who would rather be dead than alive - Middle America ***************************************************************** Tony C. De Chant - Possible meeting with President - National Farmers Union - Patrons of Husbandry (Grange) - National Farmers Organization - Minnesota - Agriculturalist National economy - Governors' Conference - Effect on Democrats' resolutions - Effect on busing - Type of resolutions - James E. ("Jimmy") Carter Governors' Conferences - Problems - Rumsfeld - George W. Romney Busing - White's perception - Significance as an issue Vietnam - Democrats' response - Nguyen Van Thieu -1972 election - Type of issue - Election - Possibility of withdrawal - Prisoner of war [POW] issue Attica State Prison riots - Public opinion - Guard killings - Support for Rockefeller - New York citizens - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Barber B. Conable, Jr. - Racism Economy - Emergency Employment Act - Weekly report - Number of jobs - California - Number of jobs - Question of savings - Trade - Percentage - Stock market figures - Investors - Phase II of economic program - Statement at press conference - Type of program - Wages & prices - Wording of statement - Effect - Labor - Congressional support - Position of administration - Detroit - Speech - Polls - Albert E. Sindlinger - Wage & price freeze - Level of consumer confidence - Union families compared to non- Union families - George Meany. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.