Date: September 12, 1972

Time: 9:04 pm – 9:15 pm

Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 210-9]

Public relations

-Earl L. Butz

-Grain deal with Soviet Union

-Statement

-George S. McGovern’s statement on grain issue

-Analysis

-Authenticity of statement

-Butz

-Appearance

-Type of statement answering McGovern’s statement

-Defense of the President

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log

(rev. Oct-06)

Soviet grain deal

-Butz statement

-Effect of issue

-The President’s campaign

-Idea of “trust and confidence”

-US public needs and reactions to the President’s

campaign