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Start Date: 17-Aug-1972 3:06 PM

End Date: 17-Aug-1972 3:21 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Camp David OperatorZiegler, Ronald L.

Recording Device: Camp David Study Table

140-027.mp3

NARA Description:

On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:06 pm to 3:21 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 140-27

Date: August 17, 1972
Time: 3:06 pm - 3:21 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The Camp David operator talked with the President.

      Call from Ronald L. Ziegler

Ziegler talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 203-22]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Mar-02)



    Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] interview with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
        -Marya McLaughlin
              -Ziegler’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
              -Transcript
                    -Ziegler’s review
        -Use of edited sections
              -Future use
        -Ziegler's view of questions
        -Ziegler's view of Mrs. Nixon's performance
              -Mrs. Nixon’s demeanor
              -Objective of questions
              -Hanoi trips by celebrities
                    -Mrs. Nixon's rebuttal
                        -Impact of war on South Vietnam
        -The President's instructions
              -McLaughlin
              -Barbara Walters
              -Virginia Sherwood
                    -American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
              -McLaughlin
                    -Republican National Convention
                        -Contact with the President’s family
        -Timothy G. Elbourne
              -Press relations
                    -The President’s family
        -Advisability
              -White House
        -Overall impact


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Mar-02)


    Vietnam
         -Actions by George S. McGovern representatives
               -Comparison to 1968 election
                     -Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen
                          -W[illiam] Averell Harriman
                -George Logan Act violation
                -Press reaction
                -Future responses by the Administration
                -Rejection of briefings by McGovern
               -Benefit to McGovern
                     -Pierre E.G. Salinger’s trip to Paris
                          -Statements by McGovern
                                 -Youngstown, Ohio
                                 -Retraction


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m 33s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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    Marvin L. Kalb’s possible interview with Henry A. Kissinger
        -CBS
        -Other possible Kissinger interviews
              -Kissinger’s schedule

    Salinger visit to Paris
         -W. Ramsey Clark
               -Future use by administration
         -Press reaction
               -Questions to McGovern
                      -Wire service reports
                          -McGovern justification of Salinger trip
                                 -Compared to trips by Kissinger
         -Questions to Ziegler
               -Negotiations
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Mar-02)


          -Use of war as issue
          -Ziegler's possible answers to questions
                -Haldeman
          -Ziegler’s recent press conference
                -Requirements of foreign policy

     CBS interview of Mrs. Nixon
         -McLaughlin
         -Forthcoming call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower by Ziegler