Date: October 18, 1972

Time: 7:05 pm – 7:14 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 369-19]

Congressional adjournment

-The President’s previous call from Margaret Chase Smith and Michael J.

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Campaign issues

-Amnesty

-George Meany’s call to George P. Shultz

-Understanding of White house staff

-Abortion, aid to parochial schools

-Revenue sharing

-The President’s view

-Issues with individual impact

-National defense

-Economy

-Welfare abuse

-Draft dodgers

-Parochial aid

-Abortion

-National character

-The President compared with George S. McGovern

-Analysis

-Peter Arnett

-Article cited in news summary

-The President’s Vietnam War action

-May 8, 1972 decision to bomb Hanoi and mine

Haiphong harbor

-McGovern’s stance compared with tide of country

-The President’s view

-Vietnam

-McGovern’s speech

-Taxes

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-McGovern’s spending proposals

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The President’s schedule

-Philadelphia appearance on revenue sharing

-New York

-Kentucky

-Ohio

-Use of radio

-Bill signing

-Young veterans group

-Young labor group

-Possible television coverage

-The President’s meeting with prisoners of war [POWs] families

-Young labor group

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Campaign issues

-Vietnam War

-Frank E. Fitzsimmons’s view of McGovern’s proposals