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On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:07 pm to 2:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-202 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See also Conversation No. 628-11] The President's schedule - Florida trip - Meeting with Golda Meir - George Meany - Health Unemployment statistics - Increase - James D. Hodgson - Paul W. McCracken - Reaction - Actual compared with seasonal figures Wholesale statistics - Release Unemployment figures - Lawrence F. O'Brien - Prepared Hodgson statement - Congress - Campaign check- Off - Drop - Geoffrey H. Moore - Possible reassignment - John B. Connally - Department of Treasury - Memo from Colson and Frederic V. Malek - Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] - Leon Greenberg[?] - Moore - Herbert G. Stein - Peter G. Peterson - Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] - Reporting technique - Impact Quarterly plant and equipment statistics - Harold C. Passer statement Grain shipment - Earl L. Butz Campaign check- Off - Wilbur D. Mills - Clark MacGregor - Veto - Conference report - Senate reaction - Candidates - Mills - Unavailability - Veto - Proposed message -1972 election - The President's speech on aging - Response The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 2:19 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.