Date: January 24, 1973

Time: 7:17 pm – 7:31 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Vietnam settlement public relations [PR] efforts

-Henry A. Kissinger’s press briefings

-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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-Television [TV] audience

-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

-Colson’s view

-Henry Cabot Lodge

-Meeting with Colson

-Today Show

-Elizabeth Drew show

-John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson

-Reaction to the President’s announcement

-Melvin L. Laird’s schedule

-Today Show

-George H. W. Bush’s schedule

-Talk show

-Clark MacGregor

-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis

-Lodge article

-Reader’s Digest

-History of Vietnam War

-Reaction to the President’s announcement

Reaction to Vietnam settlement

-The President’s opponents

-William B. Saxbe

-Bella S. Abzug

-George S. McGovern

-Jack F. Kemp

-Patrick S. Buchanan

-Book

-Washington Star editorial

-Kenneth W. Clawson’s conversation with Colson

-New York Times editorial

-Washington Post

-Editorials

-Audience

-Wire service stories

-The President’s budget message

-Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman

-Colson’s view

-Lyndon B. Johnson’s death

-Great Society

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Jul-08)

-The President’s high points

-1972 election

-1973 Inaugural speech

-Vietnam settlement

-Trips to People’s Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union

-TV audience

-The President’s view

-Distribution of materials to Cabinet

-Gerald R. Ford

-Barry M. Goldwater

-Buchanan

-Kemp

-Reader’s Digest

-Kissinger’s schedule

-TV interviews

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

The President’s health

-Colson’s comment

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]

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