Date: July 28, 1972

Time: 12:24-12:28 PM

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson

[See Conversation No. 756-11]

Article by Thomas W. Braden

-Colson’s reaction

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Press

-Criticism

-Source of irritation

-Frank F. Mankiewicz

-Prospect of defeat

-The President’s message for Colson’s family

-The President’s experience

-Motivations

-The President’s reading of editorials

-News summaries

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David J. Mahoney, Jr.

-Presence in Oval Office