Date: January 1, 1973
Time: 11:20 am – 1:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
Public relations [PR]
-The President’s meeting with George E. Allen
-Television [TV] coverage
-Effect
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Foreign policy
-Newspaper story
-Billy Kilmer’s daughter
-Cerebral palsy
-Age
-The President’s handwritten note
-Delivery
-Gerald L. Warren
-Washington Star
-Mrs. Felix Lumbrosso
-Allen
-Compared to Don Shula and Tom Landry
-[Washington Redskins]
-“Over-the-hill” gang
-Hand-shaking with Colson
-Spirit
-Hometown, state, country
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-Identification
-Hardhats
-Press relations
-Redskins fans at playoff game
-Government workers
-Chevrolet
-Blacks
-Larry Brown
-Lower middle class
-Chevrolet
-Hecht Company
-Government workers
-Anti-elitism
-The President’s supporters
-Government unions
-Maryland
-Kenneth R. Lyons
-Postal workers
-James Rademacher
-Blacks
-Rademacher’s statement at convention
-The President’s opponents
-Government workers
-Liberal Democrats
-Jews
-Silver Spring, Maryland and Chevy Chase, Maryland
-Sensitive jobs
-1972 election
-GS-16s, GS-17s, GS-18s
-Intellectual community
-Washington, DC press
Personal intelligence
-Republicans
-House of Representatives and Senate
-Resentment
-The President’s experience as Congressman
-Alger Hiss case
-Intellectuals
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-Liberals
-Conservatives
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Charles E. Goodell
-Character
-William E. Brock, III
-Clarence J. (“Bud”) Brown
-James L. Buckley and William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Hugh Scott
-Southern Democrats
-Unknown person
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Russell B. Long
-F. Edward Hebert
-Richard B. Russell
-Compared to Robert A. Taft, Sr.
-Taft
-Henry Styles Bridges
-Character
-William F. Knowland
-Character
-Everett M. Dirksen
-Character
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Colson
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Leonard Garment
-William L. Safire
-Buchanan
-Dwight L. Chapin
-John B. Connally
-Clark MacGregor
-Minnesota
-World War II experiences
-Office of Strategic Services [OSS]
-1968 campaign
-Midwestern chairman
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-Senate candidacy
-Conservatism
-Anti-busing forces
-Politics
-“Attack rationale”
-Allen
-Acceptability
-Peer groups
Congressional relations
-Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy eras
-Republican conservatives
-Capitol Hill Club
-Dullness
-Washington, DC establishment
-Conservative Republicans
-Donald H. Rumsfeld [?]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
1972 election results
-Left-right confrontation
-New York
-Jewish vote
-Hassidic Jews
-Conservative Jews
-Racial concerns
-Blacks
-Busing
-New York Times
-Watergate
-Suburbs
-Buffalo
-Rochester
-Xerox Corporation
-Boston
-Philadelphia
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Conservatives
-George H. W. Bush
-Effectiveness
-James L. Buckley [?]
-South
-Economy
-Virginia
-Mills Godwin
-Independent
-Linwood Holton
-Liberal Republican
-Eastern education
-Honesty
-Southern legislatures
-Transportation Committee chairman
-John B. Connally
-Colson’s conversation
-Party change
The President’s schedule
-Haldeman
-Rose Bowl Parade
-California
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Congressional relations
-Gerald R. Ford’s and Scott’s recommendations
-William E. Timmons
-Meetings with the President
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Reception for retirees
-Breakfasts
-Group size
-Frequency
-Timmons
-Haldeman
-Ehrlichman
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-Meetings with Republican governors
-Linwood Holton
-Meeting with Ehrlichman
-Recommendation
-Frequency
-Democrats
-Assumption
-White House staff
-Ford, Scott, Holton
-Republicans
-Support for the President’s policies
-Meetings with the President
-Compared to Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Businessman
-1972 election
-Victory margin
Rose Bowl Parade
-Colson’s viewing
-TV
-Flowers
-Orchids, roses
-Floats
-Cost
Congressional relations
-The President’s first term
-1972 election
-Votes
-Meetings with the President
-Social functions
-Johnson
-Colson’s experience
-Lloyd M. Bentson, Jr., unknown person
-Dirksen, Ford
-John Sweeney
-Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason
-Johnson’s drinking
-Party
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-Dirksen
-Stress
-Capitol Hill Club
-Reception
-White House
-Eisenhower
-Leverett Saltonstall
-William B. Saxbe
-“Embargo”
-Duration
-Samuel L. Devine
-Social function
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Colson’s role
-Haldeman’s concern
-Colson’s role
-Saxbe
-Haldeman
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:20 am.
[Rose Bowl football game]
-TV channel
[Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s comments are audible on the TV broadcast]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:50 pm.
Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
-The President’s schedule
-[University of Southern California] [USC]
-Salute to Mrs. Nixon
Press relations
-Warren’s press conference
-The President’s schedule
-Preparation of Inaugural speech and other messages
-TV watching
-Mrs. Nixon
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-Rose Bowl
-Wires
The President’s schedule
-Office entry
-Policeman
-Key
-Colson’s conversation with Stephen B. Bull
Johnson
-Watergate
Congressional relations
-Meetings with the President
-White House staff’s judgment
-Johnson
-Restoration of aloofness, mystery, grandeur
-Camp David
-Respect
-Compared to fellowship
-Harlow
-Ford
-Ambassador from Korea
-Hardhats
-Aloofness
-Compared to insensitivity
-Listening
-Access
-Issues
-Base closures, dams
-Decisionmaking process
-Loyalists
-Scott
-Social events
-Press relations
-Timmons
-The President’s schedule
-Lyons
-Work image
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-Mary McGrory
-Dancing in hotel
-US bombing north of 20 Parallel
th
-Work
-Lyons
-Timmons
-Harlow
-Purpose
-Harlow’s view
-Fallacy
-Timmons
-Harlow’s experience
-Carl Vinson
-Congress’s power vis-à-vis the President’s power
-Congress as “debating society”
-Congressional paralysis
-Structure
-Colson’s experience
-Russell
-Presidential ambitions
-Relationship with the President
-Republican Party
-Francis L. Dale
-David K. Wilson
-Clarence J. (“Bud)” Brown, Jr.
-Meetings with the President
-Scott, Ford, Dirksen
-Meetings with Agnew
-The President’s experience as Vice President
-Scott
-Eisenhower
-Baroody
-Haldeman
-Cabinet, White House staff
-Colson’s role
The President’s schedule
-Business groups
-Loyalists
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-Business Council
-George P. Shultz
-Politics
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Treaties
Vietnam War
-Shultz’s view
-Colson’s trip to Key Biscayne with Shultz and Kendall
-1972 election
-Kissinger’s “Peace is at hand” comment
-End
-Timing
-1972 election
-George S. McGovern
White House staff
-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Intelligence
-Haldeman
-Toughness
-Character
-Emotions
Congressional relations
-Meetings with the President
-Social occasions
-Duration
-Briefings
-Cabinet Room
-Morocco
-William B. Saxbe
-Trip to Asia
-Anti-ballistic missiles [ABM] vote
-Edward W. Brooke
-Votes against the administration
-Black identity
-Constituency
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-John Sherman Cooper
-Brooke
-Massachusetts
-Constituency
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
1972 election results
-Massachusetts
-Brooke
-Republican organization
-Francis W. Sargent
-Lieutenant Governor
-Donald R. Dwight
-Political ambitions
-Abilities
-Victory margin
-John H. Chaffee
-Florida, West Virginia
-Press relations
-Congressional relations
-Political leaders
-Charles H. Percy
-New Establishment
-American Enterprise Institute [AEI]
-Polling
-Louis P. Harris
-George H. Gallup
-Albert E. SIndlinger
-Sindlinger
-Stress positive results
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News summaries
-Instant polling
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-Issues
-Editing
-Cuts
-Tone
-Negativity
-Positivity
-The President’s reading
-1973 Inauguration
-Negative tone
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Buchanan
-1972 election period
-1972 campaign
-McGovern
-Allin and Buchanan
-Press relations
-John A. Scali
White House staff
-Alarmists
-Watergate
-The President’s knowledge
News summaries
-Allin
-Alarmists
-Buchanan
-Crisis
-1972 campaign
-McGovern’s crowds
-Colson’s viewing in Boston
-Compared to the President’s crowds
-Sensitivities, instincts
-Positive tone
-Congressional relations
-New York Times, Washington Post
-Washington Star
-TV
-Martin Z. Agronsky
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-Columbus Dispatch, Dallas Morning News, Nashville Banner
Colson
-Future
-Law firm
-Seminars
-David Packard
-Facility
-Moneymaking
-Albert H. Quie
-Packard
-Hubert Wallace [?]
-Facility
Packard
-Experience in administration
-Family problem
-Cambodia
-1972 campaign
-Experience in administration
-Exposure to problems
Rose Bowl Parade
-Flowers
-The President’s TV watching
-Sound
-Flowers
-Floats
Football
-Rose Bowl
-Super Bowl
-The President’s TV watching
-The President’s reading, dictation
-Sound
-Telephone calls
-Playoff games
-The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Allen
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-Rose Bowl, 1969
-Secret Service
-Unknown woman
-Late arrival
-Husband
-Comment about traffic
-The President’s entourage
-Florida
-Staff
-Communication
-Secret Service
-University of Arkansas vs. [University of Texas] game, 1969
-Press relations
-Secret Service
-Staff
-Military aide
-Congressional relations
-Motorcade
-Public opinion
-Campaigning
-The President’s attendance at theater and sporting events
-Redskins playoff game
-Traffic
-Compared to John F. Kennedy
-Rose Bowl, 1959
-Unknown woman
-Comment about traffic
-Redskins playoff game
-Dressing rooms
-Dallas Cowboys
-Edward Bennett Williams
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Allen
-Allen’s family
-Press relations
-Network news
-William A. Gill, Jr.
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Press relations
-Warren’s press conference
-Timing
Colson left at an unknown time after 11:20 am.
[Pause]
Colson entered at an unknown time before 12:50 pm.
The President talked with an unknown person [Bull?] at an unknown time between 11:20 am and
12:50 pm.
[Conversation No. 392-14A]
The President’s schedule
[End of telephone conversation]
Press relations
-Warren’s press conference
-The President’s meeting with Allen
-The President’s schedule
-Arrival at Oval Office
-Timing
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Saul Pett
-Colson’s conversation with Pett
-Duration
-The President’s watching of football game while working
-The President’s health
-Colson’s meetings with the President
-Doctors
Bull entered at 12:50 pm.
TV
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Request for a copy
Item for the President’s signature
Press relations
-Letter
The President’s schedule
-Unknown person
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Distinguished Service Award Presentation
-Melvin R. Laird
-Haig’s parents
-Pentagon
-Oval Office
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Timing
-Haig
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:10 pm.
Haig
-Promotion to Army Vice Chief of Staff
-The President’s view
-Capabilities
-Politicians
Eisenhower
-Political ability
-World War II
-Britain
-Compared to Kennedy
Kennedy
-Article
-Brad Morse’s visit to Colson’s house at Christmas, 1972
-United Nations [UN]
-Assassination
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-Presidency
-US-Soviet Union relations
-Nikita S. Khrushchev
-Use of amphetamines (“speed”)
-Doctor
-New York Times article
-Clive Barnes
-Danger
-Effect on personality
-Verve
-“Fast-talking charm”
PR
-1968
-Public mood
-Change in foreign policy
-Left-right conflict
-Domestic and international aspects
-Socialism
Rose Bowl Parade
-Floats
-Flowers
-Cost
-Decorations
-Timing
-Grand marshal
-Youth
-Cost
-Cities
-Budgets
-Rowboat
-Cost
-Bands
-Cities
-Standards
Henry A. Kissinger’s press relations
-Effect
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-Time
-Man of the Year award
-Kissinger’s unpredictability
-New York Times article
-Attribution to Max Frankel
-Telephone call
-Signal operator
-Effect
-Wendell Colson, II’s reaction
-Washington, DC story
-Upper middle class liberals
Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:50 pm.
The President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:40 pm.
Kissinger’s press relations
-New York Times article
-The President’s reaction
Press relations
-Kilmer’s daughter
-The President’s handwritten note
-Credit for the President
-1972 campaign
-The President’s telephone call to Barry M. Goldwater
-Bias
Harry S. Truman
-Press relations
-Presidency
-Domestic policy
-Taft-Hartley Act
-1948 campaign
-Alger Hiss case
-Thomas E. Dewey
-John Foster Dulles
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-Hiss’s credibility
-Liberal establishment
-Typewriter
-The President’s anti-communism
Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Watergate [?]
-Congressional relations
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1972 election
-John M. Murphy
-Staten Island, New York
-Mario D. Belardino [?]
-Defeat
-Margin
-Jewish vote
-Italian-Americans
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
1976 Republican presidential nominee
-Rockefeller
-Bush
-Percy
-Strength, charisma
-Speaking capabilities
-Agnew
-Personality
-Political potential
-Connally
-Work habits
-Health
-Texas governor
-Campaigning style
-TV
-Qualities of a candidate
-Campaigning
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-Importance of hard work
-New Hampshire
-Oregon
-Wisconsin
-Nebraska
-Florida
-California
-Connally
-Advantage
-Agnew
-Rockefeller
-New Hampshire
-Connally
-Blacks
-George H. Mahon
-Russell B. Long
-Possible party change
-Democrats’ possible reaction
-Congress
-Michael P. Balzano, Jr.’s views
-Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
-Governor
-Mills Godwin
-Democrats
-Mississippi
-Congress
-Connally
-Prospects
-Possible party change
-Eisenhower
-1952 election
-Role of Vice President
-Agnew
-Role as Vice President
-The President’s future role
-John Mulcahy
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The President’s schedule
-Haldeman’s schedule
Harlow
-Colson’s experience
-Capitol Hill
Colson left at 1:10 pm.
U