Date: October 30, 1972

Time: 8:15 pm – 8:37 pm

Location: White House Telephone

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The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

1972 Campaign

-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

-Appearances

-Radio talk

-Television program

-Radio talk

-News coverage

-Text

-Television appearance

-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]

-Time

-Statement

-Colson’s view

-McGovern’s statement about not supporting the President

-Vietnam peace settlement

-Sabotage of negotiations

-George S. McGovern

-Statement on Vietnam

-Meet the Press appearance

-John W. Chancellor

-Call to Charles W. Colson

-Question on peace settlement

-McGovern’s response

-Ted Van Dyke, Frank F. Mankiewicz

-Follow-up position

-Vietnam

-The President’s line

-Negotiations

-Coalition government

-Comments

-Conditions for negotiations

-1972 election

-William P. Rogers

-Statement

-Conditions

-Henry A. Kissinger

-Possible Today show appearance

-Rebuttal to McGovern

-Date

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-Possible television appearance by John B. Connally

-Melvin R. Laird

-Criticism of McGovern

-Hawk line

-Watergate

-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] report

-Issues

-CBS series

-Democrats for Nixon advertisement on defense

-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.

-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s call to Colson

-Colson’s call to William S. Paley

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Vietnam

-Peace settlement

-Problems with North Vietnamese

-The President’s position

-Refusal of a coalition government

-Influence of 1972 election on negotiations

-North Vietnamese role

-The President’s opposition

-Media

-Distortions of the President’s position

-Nguyen Van Thieu

-US public attitudes

-Optimism

-Louis P. Harris

-North Vietnamese attitude

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-US response

-McGovern’s statement

-The President’s view

-Chancellor’s conversation with Colson

-Agnew

-Agnew’s rebuttal

-Transcript publicity

-Clark MacGregor rebuttal

-Congressional rebuttals

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