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Start Date: 7-Oct-1972 10:16 AM

End Date: 7-Oct-1972 10:28 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.

Recording Device: Camp David Study Table

147-006.mp3

NARA Description:

On October 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:16 am to 10:28 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 147-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 147-6

Date: October 7, 1972
Time: 10:16 am - 10:28 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 217-14]

        The President's schedule
            -Text of radio speech of October 7, 1972
                -Release
                     -John D. Ehrlichman
                -Rose Mary Woods
                -Spending ceiling
                     -Buildup
                -Tax reform
                     -Property taxes

        Analysis of George S. McGovern charges on corruption
           -Effect
                -Press
                -Philip Potter
                -McGovern
                     -Comments on demagoguery, amnesty
                         -Chicago
                         -Reference to the President
                               -The President’s view
                     -Forthcoming television advertisements
                     -Speaking voice
                         -Tone
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            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                            Tape Subject Log
                              (rev. Oct-06)

            -WTOP [Washington, DC radio station]
               -Time spot
                   -McGovern's foreign policy speech
                       -Timing
                       -McGovern’s style

Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
    -McGovern
    -One-on-one interview
        -Schedule
        -Format
             -Mass conference
                 -Length
             -President’s policy on interviews
        -McGovern
             -Timing
                 -Comparison to the President, John F. Kennedy in 1960 campaign
        -Format
             -The President’s schedule
                 -Congress
             -Excerpts
        -Networks
             -Other requests
                 -Networks, wire services, United Press International [UPI]
             -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
                 -Exclusive
        -McGovern
        -President
        -Spacing
             -Ziegler’s previous conversation with Cronkite
    -National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
    -Howard K. Smith
        -Post-election
    -Timing
        -McGovern
        -Cronkite
    -Memorandum to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Television
    -The President's conversation with Haldeman and Charles W. Colson
         -Live presentation of press conference
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Oct-06)

                     -Effect
                         -Columnists
                         -Ziegler’s view