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On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:57 pm to 1:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-032 of the White House Tapes.
Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See also Conversation No. 331-24] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case - Hearings - Colson's report - Harry D. Steward - Edwin Reinecke - Edgar Gillenwaters - Jack Gleason - Cancellation - Afternoon session - Delays - Gleason - Absence - Problems - Administration tactics - Postponement of hearings - Gleason - Adjournment - Peter M. Flanigan testimony - Length - Germaneness fight - Night sessions - James O. Eastland's attitudes - Roman L. Hruska - Administration lobbying Vietnam - The President's policies - Support - Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] representative - Charge of defeatism - North Vietnamese offensive - Barry M. Goldwater and Samuel S. Stratton - Resolution - News reports - Republicans - Demonstrations - Number -[Douglas L.?] Hallett - Administration's countercharges - North Vietnamese offensive - John C. Stennis - Melvin R. Laird - William P. Rogers's testimony - Applause in Congress - Democratic caucus - Postponement - Thomas P. O'Neill - Democratic resolution - Political consequences - Opposition - Stratton resolution - Problems for Democrats - O'Neill - Stratton - Goldwater - Criticism of Democrats - The President's policies - Consistency of supporters - Robert A. Taft, Jr. - Charges against Democrats - Joseph L. Vicites - VFW - Congressmen - Public support - The President's determination - Public support - Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana - Ronald W. Reagan - Nelson A. Rockefeller - Frank E. Fitzsimmons - George Meany - Silence on issue - Fitzsimmons - Peter J. Brennan - Henry C. Cashen II - Attacks on antiwar Democrats - Rogers - Laird - Television coverage - Doves - Impact - News report - Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak column - The President's state of mind - Inaccuracies - Political considerations ITT case - Flanigan testimony - Benefits - Gleason testimony - Adjournment - Hearings - Gillenwaters testimony - Hruska - Reinecke.
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
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On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:57 pm to 1:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-032 of the White House Tapes.
Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See also Conversation No. 331-24] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case - Hearings - Colson's report - Harry D. Steward - Edwin Reinecke - Edgar Gillenwaters - Jack Gleason - Cancellation - Afternoon session - Delays - Gleason - Absence - Problems - Administration tactics - Postponement of hearings - Gleason - Adjournment - Peter M. Flanigan testimony - Length - Germaneness fight - Night sessions - James O. Eastland's attitudes - Roman L. Hruska - Administration lobbying Vietnam - The President's policies - Support - Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] representative - Charge of defeatism - North Vietnamese offensive - Barry M. Goldwater and Samuel S. Stratton - Resolution - News reports - Republicans - Demonstrations - Number -[Douglas L.?] Hallett - Administration's countercharges - North Vietnamese offensive - John C. Stennis - Melvin R. Laird - William P. Rogers's testimony - Applause in Congress - Democratic caucus - Postponement - Thomas P. O'Neill - Democratic resolution - Political consequences - Opposition - Stratton resolution - Problems for Democrats - O'Neill - Stratton - Goldwater - Criticism of Democrats - The President's policies - Consistency of supporters - Robert A. Taft, Jr. - Charges against Democrats - Joseph L. Vicites - VFW - Congressmen - Public support - The President's determination - Public support - Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana - Ronald W. Reagan - Nelson A. Rockefeller - Frank E. Fitzsimmons - George Meany - Silence on issue - Fitzsimmons - Peter J. Brennan - Henry C. Cashen II - Attacks on antiwar Democrats - Rogers - Laird - Television coverage - Doves - Impact - News report - Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak column - The President's state of mind - Inaccuracies - Political considerations ITT case - Flanigan testimony - Benefits - Gleason testimony - Adjournment - Hearings - Gillenwaters testimony - Hruska - Reinecke.
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
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White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
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