Date: October 5, 1972
Time: 7:50 pm – 8:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
Colson’s location
Press coverage of the President
-Television coverage
-The President’s press conference of October 5, 1972
-The President’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Ziegler’s view
-George S. McGovern’s statements
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-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Future press conferences
-Ziegler’s view
-Colson’s view
-Compared with written coverage
-Ziegler’s view
-Importance
-The President’s view
-Washington Star, Washington Post
-Mary McGrory
-Ziegler
-Dwight L. Chapin’s report on October 5, 1972 press conference
-The President’s comment on a tax increase
-NBC
-Ziegler’s view
-Richard G. Valeriani
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Recent coverage of the President and McGovern
-Comparison to 1968 campaign
-Ziegler, H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-James M. Schurz’s memorandum to Colson
-Edith Efron’s analysis of press attitudes
-The President’s request for further assessments
-The President’s press conference of October 5, 1972
-Public exposure
-Samuel Lubell’s view
-Value of radio
-Statements on taxes, Vietnam, campaign
-Jerome R. Waldie
-Wire services
-Washington Star coverage
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The President’s schedule
-George P. Shultz’s call to Colson
-Shultz’s conversation with George Meany
-The President’s forthcoming appearance [October 8, 1972 Columbus Day
dinner]
-Marine Band
-The President’s comments on Italians
-Mitchellville, Maryland Italian festival
-Thomas Jefferson’s establishment of band
Meany
-Colson’s perception
-Forthcoming dinner
-Possible support of the President
-Possible statement
-McGovern’s peace plan
-Article
-Bi-partisan foreign policy
1972 campaign
-Television advertisements
-Hardhat
-National security
-Amnesty issue
-Colson’s conversation with Haldeman
-John B. Connally
-John N. Mitchell’s view
-Effect on youth vote
-Economic appeal
-Abortion, marijuana
-Michael P. Balzano, Jr.
-McGovern
-Democratic voters’ reaction
-Democrats for Nixon
Vietnam War as issue
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-Negotiations
-McGovern’s peace plan
-Vulnerability
-Colson’s conversation with Louis P. Harris
-Harris’s suggestion for White House response
-Economic issues
-Comments on bombing
-Tactics
-Colson’s view