335–23

Conversation No. 335-23

Date: May 3, 1972
Time: Unknown after 3:53-4:34 pm.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Charles W. Colson.

Greetings

J. Edgar Hoover eulogy
-Drafts
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THE PRESIDENT TALKED WITH THE WHITE HOUSE OPERATOR AT AN UNKNOWN
TIME BETWEEN 3:53 AND 3:56 PM.

[Conversation No. 335-23A]

[See Conversation No. 23-144]

[End of telephone conversation]

THE WHITE HOUSE OPERATOR TALKED WITH THE PRESIDENT AT 3:56 PM.

[Conversation No. 335-23B]

[See Conversation No. 23-145]

[End of telephone conversation]


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Edward M. Kennedy
-Personal life
-Publicity
-The President’s view
-Reports
-Colson’s view
-Inner circle
-Infiltration
-Catholics


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Edward Kennedy
-Appearance
-Colson’s view
-Health
-Compared with John F. Kennedy
-Treatment
-Appearance


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Democratic opposition
-Effect on previous Paris peace talks
-The President’s view
-Edmund S. Muskie’s previous speech on Vietnam
-Colson’s view

Vietnam
-Forthcoming demonstration
-Haldeman's report
-Turnout
-Time
-Counter demonstration
-US flag
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-Demonstrators

Hoover
-President’s remarks on Hoover’s death
-President's statement on crime
-Publicity
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-President's relationship
-Stance
-Anti-crime, anti-Communists
-Television coverage
-Wire services
-Media coverage
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Media praise
-Jack N. Anderson
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Muskie
-Geoge S. McGovern
-Muskie statement
-President's eulogy
-The President’s view
-Critics
-Public image
-Support for Hoover
-FBI
-Repression, wiretapping
-Support for crackdown on crime
-Editorials
-Haldeman's report
-Washington Post

Vietnam
-President's policies
-Public support
-Albert E. Sindlinger poll
-Union members and Democrats
-Hawks
-Louis P. Harris poll
-Vietnam
-Effect on President's rating
-Negotiations
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-Bombing
-Effectiveness
-Negotiations
-The President’s view
-South Vietnam performance
-President's leadership
-South Vietnam performance
-Hue
-Stock market
-Impact of war
-North Vietnam offensive
-Decline
-Changes
-Other economic indicators
-James D. Hodgson
-Industrial production
-Durable goods
-Psychology of market
-Impact of Vietnam
-Public support for the President on Vietnam
-Media

Soviet Union summit
-Harris and Sindlinger
-Opinion on Soviet summit
-Sindlinger's opinion of country's mood
-Harris compared with Sindlinger
-President's foreign policy
-Desire for peace
-Cancellation possibility
-President's tone toward Soviets
-President's experience
-Public expectations
-People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Moscow trip
-Vietnam
-Public support for President
-Blockade
-Rallying effect
-Sindlinger
-Antiwar sentiment
-Hawkishness
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-Unions
-Democratic Party
-South

Colson left at 4:34 pm.