6–185

Conversation No. 6-185

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 3:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 266-4]

Colson's note to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] news coverage of administration
-Veterans unemployment rate
-Donald E. Johnson
-Robert Pierpoint
-Administration's efforts
-Walter Cronkite
-CBS top management changes
-Ronald W. Jencks
-Richard S. Salant
-CBS-administration relations

Youth operation restructuring

Youth support for administration
-President's conversation with Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
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-Vietnam

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Pentagon Papers
-Administration response
-E. Howard Hunt (?)
-Democratic candidates
-Advisors

President's meeting with John B. Connally
-Connally's relations with labor
-Importance
-Labor issue in Texas
-Connally's understanding

Possible radio speech on work ethic
-Jobs

National economy
-Jobs
-Harris’ analysis
-Regional attitudes
-Foreign trade
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Vietnam casualty figure
-CBS reporting
-John A. Scali's conversations with network
-Daniel Z. Henkin's briefing

William F. Buckley, Jr.’s spoof
-Cronkite
-Vietnam
-New York Times story

President's PRC initiative
-Network coverage
-CBS

Television coverage of news stories
-Vietnam
-Economy
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Harold C. Passer's efforts
-PRC initiative
-Leadership
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