Conversation: 326-019
Prev:  326-018 Next: 326-020Start Date: 24-Mar-1972 1:24 PM
End Date: 24-Mar-1972 2:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:17:34
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:52:02
NARA Description:
On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:24 pm to 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 326-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 326-19 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 1:24 pm - 2:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. The President’s forthcoming press conference -Possible topics -Patrick J. Buchanan -Northern Ireland -Press coverage Public relations 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-19 (cont.) -John B. Connally’s previous Today appearance -Donald Rumsfeld’s previous Meet the Press appearance The President’s forthcoming press conference -The President’s possible demeanor -Ziegler’s view -Connally -National economy -Pay Board -Judiciary Committee -Michael J. Mansfield -Vote on Richard G. Kleindienst’s nomination National news items -Herbert Stein’s statement -Ziegler’s view -Food prices -Price Commission -Connally’s statement -Unknown person [Hubert H. Humphrey?] -Productivity Commission -Busing -Detroit -Stephen J. Roth -Moratorium -Department of Justice -New York banks’ prime rate -Unknown bank -First National Bank The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 1:28 pm. [Conversation No. 326-19A] National economy -New York banks’ prime rate -Connally [End of telephone conversation] 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-19 (cont.) The President’s forthcoming press conference -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Statement in New Orleans -Vice Presidency -The President’s view -Politics -Primaries -George C. Wallace -Campaign spending -Buchanan’s view -Wallace -Section 315 regarding equal time -Possible debates -Howard H. Baker, Jr.’s equity amendment Haldeman talked with the President between 1:28 pm and 1:29 pm. [Conversation No. 326-19B] [See Conversation No. 22-16] [End of telephone conversation] The President’s forthcoming press conference -Politics -Possible debates -The President’s view -Timing of political speeches -Debates -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Press interest -Itinerary -Agenda -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - Trade -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Peter M. Flanigan -Thomas F. Eagleton’s attack -Ziegler’s statements -Richard W. McLaren’s statements -Chile 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-19 (cont.) -Statement Department -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Sherman Adams -Harry S. Truman -Alger Hiss -Harry H. Vaughn -Scandals -Proof of charges -Harry S. Truman Press -Ziegler’s forthcoming list -The President’s view -Television -Radio -Nicholas P. Thimmesch -Frank van der Linden -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson -Clark R. Mollenhoff -Wire services -Frank Cormier -Ziegler’s view -Helen Thomas -Gaylord Shaw -Preparation The President’s forthcoming press conference -Schedule -Timing -Length -Jim Deakin -Cormier Unknown man -Views of the press -Busing -Liberals 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-19 (cont.) Unknown man [George C. Wallace?] -Tax reform -Democratic presidential candidates -Combined tenure in Senate -Inactivity The President’s forthcoming press conference -National economy -Price control -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -George Meany -Leonard Woodcock -Busing legislation -South -School bus accident -Separate but equal education -Ziegler’s statement regarding the President’s views -Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education -The President’s view -Ziegler’s view -George P. Shultz’s views The President’s schedule -Press conferences -Frequency -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Democratic National Convention -The President’s view -Ziegler’s conversation with Haldeman -Format -Timing and location -Democratic National Convention -Republican National Convention -San Clemente -Democratic National Convention -The President’s view -Staff schedules -Youth -Possible international press conference -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Ziegler’s conversation with Haldeman 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-19 (cont.) -The President’s demeanor -Compared to Connally’s demeanor -Meany -Charts Agnew -Press coverage -Statements to press -California -ITT -Ziegler’s view -Defensiveness -Press coverage The President’s forthcoming press conference -National economy -The President’s program -Price controls -Humphrey, Meany -Food prices -Price Commission -Middlemen -Farmers -Ziegler’s view -Pay Board -Inflation Ziegler left at 2:00 pm. 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)