35–69

Conversation No. 35-69

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: 9:44 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

Henry A. Kissinger
-Recent meeting with the President
-Kissinger’s mood
-Colson and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Forthcoming meeting
-Newspaper articles [of James B. (“Scotty”) Reston and Joseph C. Kraft]
-Effect on Kissinger
-Crosby S. Noyes
-Stewart J. O. Alsop
-Tone
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-Tone
-The President
-The President's relationship with Kissinger
-Recent meeting with the President
-Kissinger’s morale
-Sensitivity
-Role in negotiations
-Forthcoming trip to Paris
-The President’s instructions
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-07)

Conversation No. 35-69 (cont’d)

-Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman and Colson
-Recent meeting with the President
-Duration
-Instructions for Ronald L. Ziegler
-Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman and Colson

Vietnam negotiations
-Congressional relations
-House of Representatives resolution
-Effect
-US withdrawal for Prisoners of War [POWs]
-North Vietnamese position
-Foothold in South Vietnam
-US aid to South Vietnam
-Cut off of aid
-The President’s resistance
-US public opinion

Kissinger
-Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman and Colson
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Forthcoming trip to Paris, January 7, 1973

Vietnam negotiations
-The President's schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Adm. Thomas H.
Moorer and Richard M. Helms, January 4, 1973
-Memorial service for [Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Announcement
-Timing
-Purpose
-Solidarity
-Recent and forthcoming meetings with Kissinger
-Statement
-Bipartisan leadership meeting, January 5, 1973
-The President’s comments
-Sensitivity of talks
-Forthcoming reports to Congress
-Timing
-Kissinger and Colson’s forthcoming meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-07)

Conversation No. 35-69 (cont’d)


Roberto Clemente's death
-Press coverage
-White House statement
-Timing
-Richard A. Moore
-Funeral
-Daniel M. Galbreath
-Trip to Puerto Rico
-Dale Galbreath
-Group [Roberto Clemente Memorial Fund]
-Anastasio Somoza Debayle
-Trip to Nicaragua
-Roberto Clemente Memorial Fund
-The President’s role
-Press relations

George E. Allen’s [in-laws] [Mr. and Mrs. Felix Lumbrosso]
-White House tour
-Washington, DC
-Duration
-Press coverage

Congressional relations

Stock market
-Dow Jones industrial average
-Current figure
-Reaction to Vietnam Peace
-Effect on Congress
-State of economy
-Bullish signs
-Press coverage
-News magazines

Congressional relations
-Democrats
-John B. Connally
-Postions on spending, government programs, end of Vietnam War
-Reaction of country
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-07)

Conversation No. 35-69 (cont’d)


The President's schedule
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Carl B. Albert
-Bipartisan leadership meeting
-Freshman Congressman reception
-Harry S. Truman’s memorial service
-John A. Scali’s view
-Private memorial service in Independence, Missouri
-Dean Francis B. Sayre
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Gerald L. Warren
-Forthcoming conversation with the President
-Recent conversation with Colson
-Private memorial service
-Lyndon B. Johnson's attendance
-Criticism
-Vietnam War
-Congressional relations

Albert E. Sindlinger
-Recent conversation with W. Richard Howard
-Polls
-Procedures over holidays
-Public awareness of issues
-Public awareness of issues
-Sports
-National economy
-Retails spending over holidays
-Politics

National economy
-Retail spending over holidays
-Effect on Gross National Product [GNP]
-Fourth quarter
-Unemployment figures
-Predictions
-Effect
-Public awareness
-Bipartisanship leadership meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-07)

Conversation No. 35-69 (cont’d)

-Effect on nation
-Compared to Vietnam War
-Mansfield
-Congress
-“Doves”
-Press
-Paris negotiations
-Sindlinger poll

Vietnam negotiations
-Congressional relations
-Colson’s recent conversation with William E. Timmons
-J. William Fulbright
-Possible hearings or end the war legislation
-Timing
-1973 Inauguration
-Administration failure or success
-Political ramifications
-House Democratic Caucus
-End the war legislation
-January 2, 1973
-Republican support for administration
-Future vote
-George S. McGovern
-Possible resolution supporting the President
-Colson’s possible conversation with Gerald R. Ford
-Republican Caucus, January 3, 1973
-Timmons
-House of Representatives
-Forthcoming report to Congress
-Timing