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On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:54 pm to 1:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-013 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 326-16] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case - The President's upcoming press conference - Latest developments - President's statements - Administration's antitrust record - Colson's memorandum - Patrick J. Buchanan - Alger Hiss case - Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] file - Period of greatest growth - John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations - FBI report - Letter - Contradiction of experts' finding - Other tests - White House instigated - Possible results - ITT press conference of experts - Colson - Date - Tests - FBI - ITT - Pearl L. Tytell test - Walter McCrone test - McCrone - Meeting with FBI on March 24, 1972 - John D. Ehrlichman - FBI - Leak of story - Results of test on Dita D. Beard memorandum - ITT strategy - Timetable - FBI conclusions - Colson's advice - Unknown Senators' trip to Denver - The President's strategy - Beard - FBI tests - James O. Eastland - Response - Department of Justice - Committee hearings - Beard - Hugh Scott - John N. Mitchell Section 315 vote on suspension of equal time requirements for the Presidential election - Eastland's vote - Previous vote - Howard H. Baker, Jr. Amendment - Defeat in Senate - Previous vote - Partisanship - Democrats - Publicity - Kenneth W. Clawson - The President's press conference - Possible question - Response - Repeal - Number of candidates - Debates - Television networks - Free television time - Congressional limitations on spending in presidential campaigns - Possible veto - Public response - Tax check off - Free television time - Draft of veto message by Colson [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/01/2018. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [022-013- W001] [Duration: 7s] Harris poll - News summary - Attitude of women - November 1971 The President's statement on George Meany, March 23, 1972 - Public response - Network coverage - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Statements on the President's statement - Edward M. Kennedy - Michael J. Mansfield - Hugh Scott - Gerald R. Ford - Jacob K. Javits - Support for the President - Haldeman - Donald H. Rumsfeld The President's instructions to Colson - Letters to Time and Newsweek - Cover story - Letters to networks - Busing issue - Effectiveness - Timing - Telephone calls - Busing issue - Time and Newsweek - Number of letters - Letters to Time - Clifford Irving hoax - Cover story - Spiro T. Agnew - Jack N. Anderson compared to Irving ITT case - Unknown action of Colson - The President's support - Beard - Document - Colson - Public response - Memorandum to the President - Mail to Congressmen - Effect - Source of information - California - San Diego - Duration of publicity - Anderson - Roman L. Hruska statements - Anderson compared with Louella Parsons - News coverage - White House instructions to Republican Congressmen Labor - Meany statement - Network coverage - Timing with Consumer Price Index [CPI] - The President's view - Frank E. Fitzsimmons - Request for call to Colson - Leaks in Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] - CPI - Meany - Officials - Colson's view - George P. Shultz - Geoffrey H. Moore - The President's view - Colson's view - Arthur F. Burns - John B. Connally - Appearances - Split between Building Trades Council and American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL- CIO] - George Meany - Effects Messages to Congressmen and Senators - Donald H. Rumsfeld - Connally - Herbert Stein - Democrats and Meany - Louis P. Harris poll - Attitude towards Meany - Timing of release of poll - Wage increases compared to stabilized prices Fourteenth Amendment - Court interpretation - Racial balance - Busing. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.