22–35

Conversation No. 22-35

Date: March 27, 1972
Time: 8:05 pm - 8:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Colson’s schedule

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Media coverage
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Hugh Scott
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-Roman L. Hruska
-Remarks
-Edward M. Kennedy
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Interview with Peter M. Flanigan
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-The President’s response
-Colson’s call to CBS
-Flanigan
-Involvement
-Kennedy
-Remarks
-Dita D. Beard
-Health
-ABC
-Flanigan interview
-Ziegler
-Policy regarding appearances by administration officials
-Henry A. Kissinger
-John A. Scali
-Flanigan
-Hruska’s press coverage
-Talk with Colson
-Appearance
-ABC
-Remarks
-Democrats
-Lawrence F. O’Brien, Jr.
-Kennedy
-Gary W. Hart
-Birch E. Bayh, Jr.
-Beard
-Kennedy
-Health
-Diagnosis
-Lawyer
-Kennedy
-White House plan
-Clark MacGregor
-Visit with James O. Eastland
-Richard G. Kleindienst
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-Strategy
-Television time
-Press releases

Albert E. Sindlinger
-Talk with Colson
-Poll results
-Approval of the President
-Male response
-Female response


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ITT case
-Kleindienst
-Confirmation
-Opponents
-Wallace H. Johnson
-Chris Gay [sp?]
-Kennedy inquiry
-Witnesses
-Beard
-Public response
-ITT as an issue
-Impact on election
-Media coverage
-Funds
-White House call
-Kennedy
-CBS
-Flanigan
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-NBC
-Denver
-Marlow W. Cook interview
-Kennedy
-ABC
-Wires
-Edward J. Gurney
-Robert J. Dole
-Hruska
-Network coverage
-White House counter measures
-Easter
-Kleindienst confirmation
-Remarks to Senate Committee
-Talk with White House
-MacGregor
-Eastland
-Timing
-Eastland
-Committee hearings
-Filibuster
-Media coverage
-Talk with the President
-Talk with John N. Mitchell
-Mitchell
-Talk with Colson
-Democrats

Democrats
-Major issues
-Food prices
-Connally

ITT case
-Kleindienst confirmation
-Results of publicity
-Public response
-MacGregor
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Economy
-Unemployment insurance claims
-Decline
-Herbert Stein

ITT case
-Breaks for administration
-Resolution
-Senate hearing
-Public response
-Media coverage
-Flanigan interview
-Substance
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-Senate hearings
-Kennedy