Date: September 17, 1972
Time: 1:53 pm -2:22 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 211-22]
Greetings
Colson’s schedule
-Pool
Colson’s residence location
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Commuting time
-Location
-Comparison to Georgetown
Georgetown
-Driving through Georgetown
-Analysis
-Secret Service route
-Comparison to Harvard Square, Massachusetts
Public relations efforts
-Press stories
-Washington Star and Washington Post
-George S McGovern and Watergate issue
-Front page
-New York Times
-McGovern
-Statement on Watergate
-Challenge by press reporter
-Colson’s conversation with Kenneth W. Clawson and Richard A. Moore
-Response by Justice Department on Watergate
-Henry E. Peterson
-McGovern and Watergate statement
-Colson’s analysis
-Idea of dragging the issue out
-Choosing an individual to speak out against
McGovern
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Time duration of the issue
-Possible reactions
-McGovern
-Colson’s analysis
-Television news
-Appearance
-Results in polls
-Image
-Louis P. Harris poll results from McGovern’s statement on Watergate
-Public opinion
-Watergate issue
-Conduct of Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
investigation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Respect by the general public
-Grand jury
-McGovern’s statement
-Wait and see attitude by administration
-McGovern
-Statement on wage and price controls and food prices
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