Conversation: 250-016
Prev:  250-014 Next: 250-017Start Date: 16-Apr-1971 3:15 PM
End Date: 16-Apr-1971 3:27 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:30:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:36:27
NARA Description:
On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 250-16 Date: April 16, 1971 Time: 3:15 pm - 3:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler Preparation for editors’ meeting -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] surveillance -Patrick J. Buchanan -Questions -Ziegler’s responses to press -News conference, April 16, 1971 -”False impression” of FBI as spying on law-abiding citizens -President’s possible responses -Richard A. Moore -Washington Post article -President’s instructions for Buchanan -Press irresponsibility -Surveillance -Washington Post -Scare story -Cameras on White House -Lafayette Park -Press corps -Instructions to Ziegler -Justice Department -J. Edgar Hoover -Wiretapping -FBI -[New York Times story of April 16, 1971] -Allegation of FBI monitoring telephone conversation [involving John Dowdy] -Wiretapping -President 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 6s ] FOREIGN AFFAIRS Conv. No. 250-16 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Preparation for editors’ meeting -FBI surveillance -President’s possible responses -Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy -Use of wiretapping -Edmund S. Muskie and Charles H. Percy -Administration’s policy -President’s possible responses to press -Phony issue -Richard G. Kleindienst -Press -Peter Lisagor -New York Times story -Ziegler’s response to question at news conference -FBI’s responsibility -Crimes -Arrests -National security -Press -Need for firmness Ziegler left at 3:27 pm 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08)