155–17

Conversation No. 155-17

Date: November 20, 1972
Time: 2:05 pm - 2:21 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 228-6]


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The President’s schedule

1972 election
-Latest count
-Report
-Colson travel to Camp David

Colson conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:21 pm.

-Associated Press [AP], United Press International [UPI]
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Conversation No. 155-17 (cont’d)

-Secretaries of State
-Verify results
-Latest figures
-Total figure
-Uncertified figures

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Second term reorganization
-Peter .J. Brennan
-Forthcoming conversation with Colson
-Frank .E. Fitzsimmons
-George Meany
-Paul Hall
-Support
-Fitzsimmons
-Appointment of International Brotherhood of Teamsters member
-Department of Transportation
-Assistant Secretary
-Weldon .L[amar] Mathis
-Colson’s Forthcoming telephone call to Fitzsimmons
-Promotion


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1972 election
-Figures
-UPI report
-AP report
-Discrepancies
-UPI compared to AP
-White House figures
-Secretaries of State
-Report to the President
-Earlier figures
-AP, UPI
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-Changes
-Connecticut
-Florida
-Georgia
-Iowa
-Absentee ballots
-West Virginia
-Method of calculation

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Second term reorganization
-Brennan
-Meany
-George .P. Shultz
-Position
-Colson’s recent conversation with Donald .F. Rodgers
-Rodgers's position
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Colson
-Forthcoming conversation with Colson
-Job offer
-Teamster official
-Brennan
-Meany
-Position
-Schultz
-Protégé
-Bronx
-The President's support
-Judgment
-New Majority appeal
-Hard work


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1972 election
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-Counter attack
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Report
-Monographs
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Report on Democratic Campaign tactics
-James M. Schurz

Democrats
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Jean M. Westwood
-Democrat National Committee [DNC]
-Maine
-George W. Mitchell
-Characterized

Republicans
-Appointments
-South
-Massachusetts
-New York
-Candidates
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Robert J. Dole
-Departure
-Praise for the President’s help

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Second Term reorganization
-Charles .R. Snyder
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Colson
-George .C. Wallace
-Republican Party national chairmanship
-White House
-Assistant Secretary
-Cabinet
-Undersecretary
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-Political apparat
-White House
-Departments


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RNC
-Chairman
-George H. W. Bush
-Texas
-South
-Abilities
-Loyalty
-Acceptance
-Republican candidates
-1972 election
-The President’s assistance
-Internal issue
-Controversy
-John B. Connally
-Congress
-Importance
-Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
-1970 election
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-1968 election
-Conflicts with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Controversy
-National public opinion
-RNC chairmanship
-Support for the President
-Congress
-Problems
-1972 elections
-Losses
-Popular Senators
-Gordon L. Allott
-Jack R. Miller
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-J. Caleb Boggs
-Delaware
-[Joseph R. Biden, Jr.]
-Allott
-Peter H. Dominick
-Support for the President
-Controversy
-The President’s victory
-Landslide

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Public relations [PR]
-Public mood
-Stock market
-Economy
-Gross National Product [GNP] figures
-Revision
-Timing
-1972 election
-Congressional complaints

Second term reorganization
-George D. Webster
-The President’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D.
Ehrlichman
-Confirmation
-Background
-Harvard University Law School
-Cum Laude graduation
-Conflicts with Erwin .N. Griswald
-Tax law
-Lectures, writing
-Loyalty
-Johnnie M. Walters
-John .N. Mitchell
-Use of [Internal Revenue Service]
-Enemies
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Conversation No. 155-17 (cont’d)

-Colson’s conversations with Webster
-President’s forthcoming meeting with Colson
-Department of Defense
-Elliot .L. Richardson
-William P. Clements, Jr. as Under Secretary
-Texas
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Department of Housing, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Roy .L. Ash
-[Office of Management and Budget] [OMB]
-Richardson
-“Dove” allegation
-Loyalty

The President's forthcoming meeting with Colson