688–18

Conversation No. 688-18
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)




Date: March 18, 1972
Time: 1:24 pm - 3:40 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez and Charles W. Colson.

Refreshment

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Sanchez
-Jack N. Anderson
-Cuban friends

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:21 pm.

ITT case
-Dita D. Beard
-Statement
-Anderson
-Typewriter
-James O. Eastland
-Committee members
-Alger Hiss case
-Press
-Use
-Evidence
-Bias
-Effect
-Reason
-Timing
-Bartender
-Doorman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Privacy]
[Duration: 41s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:24 pm.

Pipe
-Oval Office

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:21 pm.

ITT
-Colson’s efforts
-Former Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] employee

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:24 pm.

Ashtray

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:21 pm.

ITT case
-Former CIA employee
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr. [?]
-Investigation in Denver
-Disguise
-Interview with Beard
-Psychological warfare
-Fidel Castro
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Privacy]
[Duration: 1m 39s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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-Memorandum
-Fraud
-Committee
-Marlow W. Cook
-Edward J. Gurney
-Hugh Scott
-Edward M. Kennedy
-John V. Tunney
-Scott's talk with Eastland
-Cook
-Scott
-Scott's talk with Colson
-Close hearings
-Anderson
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Fraud


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Privacy]
[Duration: 4s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Pearl L. Tytell
-Typewriter expert
-Electric typewriters
-Ribbons
-Age of type
-Ribbon use
-Timing
-Tytell’s statement
-Credibility
-Destruction of files
-Leaks
-Anderson
-Beard memorandum
-Committee
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] report
-Former head of the documents section
-Chemical analysis
-Talk with Colson
-Robert C. Mardian
-Tytell
-Reliable tests
-Independent laboratory
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Anderson
-Beard
-Health
-Colson's operative [Hunt]
-Deposition
-Rush release
-Compared to Hiss case
-Attack the witness
-Whitaker Chambers
-Kleindienst
-FBI analysis of the Beard memorandum
-Tytell
-Chemical analysis
-Ribbons on typewriters
-Timing of use
-Press conference
-Committee
-Beard's secretary
-Affidavit
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Differences in memorandum
-The President
-John N. Mitchell
-Beard's testimony
-Anderson
-Typing
-Ability
-Opal Ginnis
-Ted Rodgers
-Beard
-Access to office building
-Alarm system
-Beard's present secretary
-Colson's operative [Hunt]
-Beard's story
-Access to office building
-Typed memorandum
-Tytell
-Timing
-Analysis
-FBI
-Reliability
-Mardian
-Former head of documents section
-Woman in Canada
-Interrogation
-INTERTEL
-Affidavit
-New York Daily News story
-Leaks
-Secret Service
-Wiretaps
-Anderson
-William R. Merriam
-Affidavit
-Committee
-Kennedy
-Beard's testimony
-Eastland and Roman L. Hruska
-Colson’s knowledge of Beard’s testimony
-Source [Hunt?]
-Kennedy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Michael J. Mansfield
-Beard's testimony
-Anderson
-Tunney
-The President's talk with John D. Ehrlichman
-Talk with Kennedy
-Documents
-Location
-Federal Communications Commission [FCC]
-Subpoena
-Kennedy
-Memorandum for the file
-Harold S. Geneen
-Mitchell
-Peter G. Peterson
-John B. Connally
-Ehrlichman
-Colson
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Geneen
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Blair House receptions and Cabinet Room receptions
-The President
-Geneen's presence
-Embarrassment
-1970 election
-Testimony
-Justice Department
-Kleindienst
-Call from the President
-Reasons
-Richard W. McLaren
-Television appearance
-Mitchell
-Case
-Face the Nation appearance
-Scott, Hruska and Eastland
-Briefing on busing
-Mention of ITT
-Judiciary Committee
-Committee
-Press
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Beard
-Colson
-Statement
-Schedule
-Testimony
-Opal Ginnis [sp?]
-Tunney and Kennedy
-Anderson
-Anderson’s secretary

The President left and Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:24 pm.

Refreshments
-Colson

Sanchez left and the President entered at an unknown time before 2:21 pm.

Refreshments

ITT
-Kleindienst
-Confirmation
-Justice Department
-Press conference
-Committee
-Colson’s view
-Anderson
-Beard
-Statements
-Questions
-Kennedy
-Files
-Colson
-Peterson
-Connally
-Flanigan
-Peterson
-Statements
-Balance of payments issue
-Corporation
-Trust
-Stock in ITT
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Felix Rohatyn
-Flanigan
-Committee investigations
-Reveal double standard
-Editorial or column
-Anderson
-Joseph McCarthy
-Same procedures as courts
-The President
-Business
-Procedures
-Standardized
-Press
-Colson's staff member
-Anderson
-Louis P. Harris
-Polls


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 23s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6

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ITT case
-Polls
-Harris
-Days involved
-The People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Anderson
-Kennedy
-Press reaction
-Washington Post
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-The President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-White House involvement
-Colson's talk with Ziegler
-Briefings
-Anderson
-Waiter
-Anderson's secretary
-Press investigation
-Polls
-Harris
-Politician's charges
-Beard
-Flanigan
-White House involvement
-Corporate record
-Campaign contribution
-Questions
-Campaign contributions
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Disclosure of funds
-Labor unions
-Henry Ford II
-Muskie


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 59s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

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-Approval
-Harris
-Reprint
-Percentages
-The PRC trip
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)



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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 12s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8

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-Approval
-Four categories
-Percentages
-The PRC trip
-Categories
-Support
-Personal confidence
-Percentages
-Question

Busing speech, March 16, 1972
-Richard M. Scammon
-Talk with Colson
-Leonard Garment
-The President's talk with Ehrlichman
-Reactions
-Liberals
-Southerners
-Colson's office
-Talks with editors in border and southern states
-Interventions
-Talks with community leaders
-Moratorium vote
-Muskie
-Kennedy
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-George S. McGovern
-Humphrey
-Robert J. Dole
-Speech
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)




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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 8m 1s ]

JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER TALKED WITH THE PRESIDENT BETWEEN 2:21 and 2:22
PM.

[CONVERSATION NO. 688-18A]

[SEE CONVERSATION NO. 21-110; ONE ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]

[END OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9

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Economy
-Herbert Stein
-Retail sales figures
-Housing


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 4m 2s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10

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ITT case
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Democrats
-Committee hearings
-Media
-Beard statement
-Press
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Beard statement
-Networks
-Notification
-John A. Scali
-Beard
-Colson's operative [Hunt?]
-Anderson


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11

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-Memorandum
-White House
-Republican party
-Secretary
-Affidavit
-Memorandum
-Typewriter analysis
-FBI
-Tytell’s investigation
-FBI
-Dye tests
-Committee
-Possibilities
-Compared to Hiss case
-Beard’s testimony
-Reaction
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Daniel L. Schorr
-Children
-Husband

Arthur K. Watson
-Foreign Relations Committee hearings
-Franck F. Church
-Anderson
-Press
-State Department career employees

Lifestyles


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
[Privacy
[Duration: 2s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13

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-Carl B. Albert
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Watson
-Behavior on an airplane


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 6s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.14

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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)




ITT case
-Beard
-Lobbyist
-Children
-Health
-Status
-Kennedy
-Committee members
-Testimony
-Beard
-Scott, Hruska
-Eastland
-Scott
-Cook
-Note from the President
-Talk with Colson
-Eastland
-Cook
-The President's schedule
-Note from the President
-Talk with Colson
-Senate
-Instructions
-Press
-Senate Committee
-The President as a member of the committee
-Colson
-Questions
-Anderson
-Procedures
-Anderson
-The Administration
-The committee
-Kennedy
-Tunney
-Hruska
-Credibility of witnesses
-Anderson
-Brit Hume
-Albert, Boggs
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Gerald R. Ford
-Anderson

1972 campaign
-Democratic party
-Finances
-John V. Lindsay
-New York
-Colson’s investigation
-Hundred dollar rule
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-White House strategy

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 17
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 4m 40s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 17

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Campaign financing
-Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
-Administration response
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-States
-Expenditures disclosure
-Florida
-New Hampshire

Economics
-Herbert Stein
-Industrial production figures
-Unemployment
-Seasonal adjustment
-Percentage
-Insured claims
-Retail sales figures
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-New system
-Stein
-Economists’ view
-Gross National Product [GNP]

ITT case
-Colson’s office
-Efforts
-Press
-Bias
-Books by Edith Efron and James Keogh

Campaign practices
-Monitoring system
-Richard M. Scaife
-Description
-Ralph Nader
-Federal Communications Commission [FCC]
-Law suits
-Simpson tapes at Vanderbilt University

ITT case
-White House strategy
-Agnew’s speech
-Attack on the press
-New York Times
-Mitchell
-Testimony
-Geneen
-United Press International [UPI] story
-Mardian
-Merriam
-UPI
-Story
-Apology
-Networks
-Geneen
-Hearings
-Contribution
-San Diego
-Politics compared to business
-Beard memorandum
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Peterson
-Evidence
-FCC
-Subpoena
-Ehrlichman's conversation with William J. Casey concerning files
-Kleindienst confirmation
-Documents
-Anderson
-Memorandum
-Hoax

The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 18
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 5m 14s ]


[NO CONVERSATION]

THELMA C. (“PAT’) NIXON, JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER, HELENE DROWN, AND
BULL ENTERED AND THE PRESIDENT LEFT AT 3:08 PM.

THE PRESIDENT RETURNED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BEFORE 3:10 PM.


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 18

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Mrs. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Drown and Bull left at 3:10 pm.

Democrats
-ITT
-Other issues
-PRC
-Soviets
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Busing

Busing
-Speech
-Statement
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Length
-As issue
-Blacks
-Polls
-Harris
-Muskie
-Humphrey

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:10 pm.

Delivery of an unknown item

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:40 pm.

Busing
-Polls
-American public opinion
-The President’s televised speeches and press conferences
-Public reaction
-PRC
-Harris's positive compared to negative
-Maine
-Muskie
-Democrats

Wage and Price Board
-Polls
-Harris
-Lack of confidence
-Economy
-Prices
-Dr. C. Jackson (“Dan”) Grayson, Jr.
-Longshoremen strike
-Labor
-Shultz
-Talk with Colson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Fitzsimmons's talk with Colson
-Plans
-Ohio
-George T. Bell
-Voting
-James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa's release from prison
-Editorials
-Letters
-Public reaction
-Shultz
-The President’s address to the nation, August 15, 1971
-Colson's talk with Shultz and Connally
-Public reaction
-Longshoremen strike
-Food prices
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Announcement
-Stein

Forthcoming reports
-Neil H. McElroy report
-National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse
-Legalization of marijuana
-Population Commission
-Scammon


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 19
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 33s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 19

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The President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Press conference
-Office compared to television

Economy
-Press
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-CPI
-Stein
-Figures
-Administration handling

ITT case
-Media
-Beard
-Hearings
-Colson's talk with Haldeman
-Press conference
-President’s press conference
-Investigation
-Kleindienst confirmation
-White House
-Mitchell's statement
-Beard's testimony
-Mitchell's statement
-Flanigan
-Testimony
-Flanigan
-Statement
-Committee members
-Kleindienst
-Vote
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Executive privilege
-Testimony
-Executive privilege
-Colson's talk with Patrick J. Buchanan
-Statement
-Beard

Press conference
-Questions
-ITT
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Price Board
-CPI
-Politics
-Busing
-Moratorium and legislation
-Constitutionality
-Courts
-Legislative process
-14th Amendment
-Scammon
-Compared to income tax
-Public opinion
-Leftists
-March 16, 1972 speech
-Leftists
-Social planning
-Buchanan
-American children
-\"Guinea pigs\"
-Ehrlichman
-Agnew's speeches
-Strom Thurmond
-George C. Wallace
-Telephone calls
-Colson and his staff
-Labor and ethnics
-Peter J. Brennan
-Constitutional amendment
-Polls
-Blacks
-Professionals
-Blacks
-Whites
-Muskie
-Speech
-Wording
-Better education
-Neighborhoods
-American public opinion

Colson's schedule
-ITT
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 688-18 (cont.)

-Investigators
-Phone calls
-Lab tests
-Lawyer
-Anderson
-Hume
-Committee
-Questions
-Kennedy
-Cook
-Hume
-Colson's role
-Memorandum
-Authenticity
-Anderson's story
-Beard
-Typewriter
-Kennedy's comment
-Reporter
-Colson's role
-Bartender
-Anderson's secretary
-Cabinet officials
-Senators and congressmen
-Anderson
-Cook
-Questioning
-Colson’s efforts

Colson left at 3:40 pm.