On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:25 pm to 8:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-030 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See also Conversation No. 332-8] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case - Hearings in Senate - Vote on Peter M. Flanigan's terms for appearance - Edward M. Kennedy's dissent - Questions on Richard G. Kleindienst - Benefits for administration - Witnesses - Edgar Gillenwaters - Edwin Reinecke - Jack Gleason - Harry D. Steward - Completion of testimony - Gillenwaters and Reinecke - Length - Committee debates - Delays - Philip A. Hart - Kennedy and John V. Tunney - Edward J. Gurney - Order of testimony - John N. Mitchell - James O. Eastland - Resolution for other witnesses - Defeat - Termination - Outcome - Flanigan testimony - Conditions - Gains for administration - Kleindienst Vietnam - Joseph L. Vicites - Attacks on Democrats - US war effort in Vietnam - US Senators - North Vietnamese offensive - Publicity - Television - Washington papers - Ads - William P. Rogers - Briefing of spokesmen and House members - Statements - Melvin R. Laird - Testimony - Story on bombing - Rogers - Meet the Press - Meeting with congressmen - Timing - Democratic caucus - Thomas P. O'Neill - Resolution - Samuel S. Stratton - Opposition to resolution - Barry M. Goldwater - Resolution - The Vice President - Meeting with editors - John B. Connally - Meeting with editors - Peter J. Brennan - Conversation with Colson - Attacks on communists - Frank L. Rizzo - Statement - Support for the President - George Meany - Statements - The President's chances in November election - Jay Lovestone - Frank Fitzsimmons - Statement - Pressure on Meany - Support for the President - Speech in New York - Support for the President in November - Publicity - New York Daily News - New York Times - Senate supporters - Statements - Gordon L. Allott, Robert J. Dole, Robert P. Griffin, Gale W. McGee, Clifford P. Hansen, Goldwater, William E. Brock, III, Howard H. Baker, Jr. and Gurney - Administration's position - Spokesmen - Positive psychology - Opposition to invasion - Rogers - Statement - Laird - Statement - Public support - Albert E. Sindlinger poll results Economy - Gross National Product [GNP] - Latest news - Peter G. Peterson briefing - Retail sales - Consumer Price Index [CPI] - Figures - Wholesale prices - Release of data - Timing - Food prices - Decline - Marina von N. Whitman, Ezra Solomon and Herbert Stein - Whitman as spokesperson - John A. Scali - Advisors - Paul W. McCracken - Stein - Hendrik S. Houthakker - Quality as spokesmen - Food prices - Connally, the Vice President and Whitman - Publicity - Control of issue ITT case - Testimony - Flanigan - Length of time - Cessation - Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. - Cessation of hearings - Committee - Report on hearings - Kleindienst - Robert C. Byrd - Cooperation with administration - Flanigan testimony - Administration concessions - Press reactions - Kenneth W. Clawson - Flanigan as witness - Bryce N. Harlow - Gleason - Concerns about testimony - Schedule problems - Mitchell - Eastland - John H. Holloman III - Testimony - Flanigan - Reinecke - Republicans in Senate - Reactions - Roman L. Hruska - Marlow W. Cook - Gurney Vietnam - Democrats - Silence - Edmund S. Muskie - Republican attacks - Support of enemy - Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] - Griffin and Dole - Connally and the Vice President - Elliot L. Richardson - Knowledge - Rogers and Laird - Editors convention - Distribution of administration line - Clawson - The Vice President - The Vice President - Television appearance in Texas. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
- Része ennek White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, White House Telephone Recordings