Date: March 11, 1973

Time: 4:19 pm-4:51 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Colson’s trip to Israel and Romania

-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

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-Impression of Jewish people

-American Jews

-Discipline

-Israeli nationalism

-Anti-communism

-President’s stature

-Communists

-Romanians

-Meetings with leaders

-Souvenirs

-Israel

-President’s popularity

-American Jewish support for President

-1972 election

-Colson’s appreciation

-Donald H. Segretti

-Watergate

-World view

-Travel as education

-Nicolae Ceausescu

-Admiration for President

-Previous meetings with President

-Television [TV] appearance for Colson

-Ceausescu’s political prowess

Watergate

-Washington Post reporting

-Herbert W. Kalmbach

-Dwight L. Chapin

-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.

-Hearings

-Ralph Flanders

-Damage to the White House

-John W. Dean, III

-Court ruling

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-L. Patrick Gray III

-Ervin hearings

-Court ruling

-Dean

-Lawyer-client privilege

-Executive privilege

-Testimony by White House aides

-Haldeman

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Colson

-Chapin

-Separation of powers

-Avoidance of cover-up

-Public stand

-Gray

-Paris Herald Tribune

-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] raw files

-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]

-Effect on FBI

-Aid to President’s image

-Washington Post article

-Demonstrators

-Peace groups

-Conventions

-San Francisco

-Los Angeles

-Double standard

-Washington Star

-Vance Hartke

-Misuse of funds

-Bob Walters

-Campaign practices

-Dean’s investigation

-Non-White House personnel

-Colson’s role

-Benjamin C. Bradlee

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-National Press Club debate

-Donald R. Larrabee

-Donna L. Larrabee

-Republican National Committee [RNC]

President’s crime radio address

-Richard G. Kleindienst

-President’s role in drafting

-Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe

-Rehabilitation

-Mandatory sentencing

-William P. Rogers

-Sudan

-Killing of diplomats

-Death penalty

-Sirhan Sirhan

-Public opinion

-Hijacking

-Assault on John C. Stennis

-Albert E. Sindlinger poll

-Judges, probation officers

-Second offenders

-Compassion

-Press coverage

Amnesty

-Judges

-Spiro T. Agnew’s speech

-Prisoners of War [POW] reaction

-Public opinion

-[First name unknown] Kessler

-Reaction to peace protestors

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-George S. McGovern

-Gridiron speech

Martin Z. Agronsky TV show

-Watergate

-Marquis Childs

-Future elections

-New Republican Majority

-Racism

Democratic Party

-Control by McGovern supporters

-Robert S. Strauss

-House of Representatives Democratic Caucus

-Rules changes

-Open rule

-Seniority system

-Effect

-Clarence J. (“Bud”) Brown, Jr.

-Southern Democrats

-Age

-Support for President

-Alaska Election

-Donald E. Young

-Support for President

-Democratic Candidate

-Emil Notti

-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy

-1957 election

-1956 election

-Dwight D. Eisenhower’s victory

-Democratic winner

Polls

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-President’s support

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Domestic issues

-Food prices

-Possibility of price freeze

-Future effect

-President’s strategy

-Federal spending

-Taxes

-Congress’ position

-Compassion issue

-Poll

-Rowland Evans

-Robert D. Novak

-St. Louis

-Support for President

-Harris Poll

-Headstart program

-Education

-Aid to the poor

-Taxes

-Urban renewal

-Public opinion

-Framing of issue

-Ehrlichman

-Social programs

-Popular support

-Medicare, education aid

-Northeast

-Peter J. Brennan

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Colson’s law firm

-Moving

-Federal Bar Building

-American Institute of Architects’ Building

-Staff

-Political affiliation

-David Shapiro

-Strauss

-Henry C. Cashen, II

-Former Commerce Department lawyers

-Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander, and Mitchell

-Fred Louder

-Time constraints

-Client relations

-Aid to President

-Washington Post

-Lawsuit

-Discussion with Walter H. Annenberg

-London

-Katherine L. Graham

-World influence

-Effect of Paris Herald Tribune

-Possible formulas for take-over

-Bid for purchase

-Shapiro

-Graham

-Stock price

-Appeal to stockholders

-American Stock Exchange

-Necessary assets

-Line of credit

-Richard M. Scaife

-Personality

-Confidentiality

-Annenberg

-Possible buyers

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-Maurice H. Stans

-Combine

-Harris Poll

-Support for President

-Kenneth W. Clawson

-Benign neglect

-Congress

-Governors

TV networks

-William F. Buckley, Jr.

-Column on Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead proposal

-Conservative support

-Accuracy in Media advertising [AIM]

President’s advice

-Legal fees

-Clark M. Clifford

-Golf