33–2

Conversation No. 33-2

Date: November 3, 1972
Time: 9:48 pm and 10:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

The President’s schedule

Stock market
-Current figure
-Wall Street
-Impact of 1972 election
-Influence on voting
-Latest figure
-Compared to 1968
-1000 level
-Jim Curry’s view


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1972 election
-Republican candidates
-Oklahoma
-Rhode Island
-Herbert F. DeSimone
-Chances of victory
-John H. Chafee
-Chances of victory
-Claiborne Pell
-Latest poll
-Providence Journal
-The President's trip to Rhode Island, November 3, 1972
-Effect
-Navy
-The President’s recent trips to Tulsa and Chicago
-Television coverage
-Extent
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Airport shots
-The President's remarks
-Call for national unity
-Impact on Democrats
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Support for the President
-The President's appreciation
-George S. McGovern
-Remark
-Detroit News
-Baltimore Sun
-Washington Post
-Boston Globe
-New York Times
-Radio coverage
-Michigan
-Effect
-Youth
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Stature
-The President’s schedule
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-Hecklers
-Chicago
-Call from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Television coverage
-The President's remarks
-CBS
-Vietnam
-Henry A. Kissinger's remarks
-The President's remarks
-Tone
-McGovern
-Ministers
-Remarks on Vietnam
-Interview
-Frank F. Mankiewicz
-Concessions to Nguyen Van Thieu
-Rebuttal
-Melvin R. Laird
-William P. Rogers
-Contrast with Humphrey and the President in 1968
-Television appearance
-Physical appearance, age
-Compared to the President
-Schedule
-Ministers
-Media coverage
-Compared to the President’s recent trips
-Chicago, Tulsa
-Air Force One
-The President's recent trips
-Crowd sizes
-CBS
-Chicago
-Tulsa
-Rhode Island
-Enthusiasm
-Television shots
-Polls
-Louis P. Harris
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-Completion
-Computer
-Point spread
-Release
-Timing
-Figures
-Accuracy
-Point spread
-The President’s view
-Compared to Colson’s view
-Blue collar shift
-Cleveland
-Television
-Mankiewiez interview
-News summary
-Projection
-Timing
-Changes
-Watergate
-Effect
-Republicans
-Vietnam
-Vietnam
-Confidence in the President
-Compared to McGovern
-Vietnam
-The President's remark in Tulsa
-Impact of election on negotiation
-Pace
-McGovern
-Media coverage
-Response
-Colson’s recent conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger’s role
-The President's trip to North Carolina
-Press and media coverage
-Polls
-Publicity
-Harris
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-George H. Gallup
-Analysis
-California
-Results
-California
-Colson’s recent conversation with Donald F. Rodgers
-Los Angeles
-Paul Hall
-Level of activity
-Democratic demoralization
-Poll
-Impact in San Francisco
-Hall
-Massachusetts
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's visit
-Point spread
-The President’s chances
-Michigan
-Busing advertisements
-Timing
-Point spread
-Detroit News
-Black vote
-United Auto Workers [UAW] activity
-Antibusing advertisements
-Detroit News
-Impact
-The President's chances
-Colson’s recent conversations with Henry C. Cashen, II
-Assessment
-Robert P. Griffin
-Electoral prospects
-Efforts
-Republicans
-Advertisements
-Detroit
-McGovern's recent remark
-Effect on voters
-Compared to Edmund S. Muskie in New Hampshire
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-Compared to Harry S. Truman and Drew Pearson
-[Margaret Truman]
-Battle Creek
-Final vote
-Cashen’s [?] view
-Wisconsin
-Blue collar vote
-Harris poll
-Changes since September 1972
-Union vote
-Catholic vote
-Democrats
-McGovern
-Wisconsin
-Catholic, union vote
-The President's chances
-Catholic, blue collar vote
-The President's speech in Providence, November 3, 1972
-Tone
-Effect on suburbs
-Compared to McGovern
-Vietnam
-Marvin L. Kalb's remarks
-CBS
-Kissinger's briefing
-Effect
-Kissinger
-Vietnam settlement
-Wire services
-Timing
-Laird, Rogers, the President
-Rebuttal to McGovern
-Timing
-CBS strike
-Face the Nation
-Agnew’s possible appearance
-McGovern
-Colson’s recent conversation with George P. Shultz
-Cancellation
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-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers [IBEW]
-Cancellation
-Advantages
-McGovern
-Union criticism
-Colson’s recent conversation with Frank E.
Fitzsimmons
-Cancellation
-Shultz’s and Colson’s view
-The President’s decision
-Demonstrators
-Frank L. Rizzo’s response
-Robert J. Dole's demands for apology
-Mrs. Nixon's visit
-Hecklers
-Boston
-Mankiewicz
-Agnew
-Credibility
-Rizzo’s comments
-The President’s appearances
-Liberals
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Support for the President
-Statement
-Integrity, morality
-The President's campaign
-Style
-Contrast with McGovern
-McGovern
-Cancellations
-Mankiewicz interview
-Schedule
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-Role
-Defeat
-Economy
-Stockmarket
-Wholesale Price Index [WPI]
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-Unemployment
-Media coverage
-The President's schedule
-Plane rides
-Length
-Rallies

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