Conversation: 413-028
Prev:  413-027 Next: 413-029Start Date: 26-Feb-1973 4:50 PM
End Date: 26-Feb-1973 5:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On February 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:50 pm to 5:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 413-28 Date: February 26, 1973 Time: 4:50 pm-5:15 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. George P. Shultz's appearance -Ziegler's evaluation Shultz's statement -Wage settlement [at 5.5 percent inflation] -John T. Dunlop -Policies -Flexibility -William L. Safire George Forman -Championship -Athletes for Nixon -Talks with Ziegler -Ghostwritten article -Public statements -Rose Mary Woods Clark R. Mollenhoff -John D. Ehrlichman -Fitzgerald case -Testimony before Civil Service Committee hearing -Outcome -Mollenhoff’s letter to President -Air Force investigation of Fitzgerald -Timing -Testimony before Civil Service Committee -Executive privilege -Mollenhoff’s opinion -Meeting with John W. Dean, III -45- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 413-28 (cont’d) -Fitzgerald case -President’s opinion -Bryce N. Harlow’s role -Fitzgerald -Employment -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Rule case -Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. Mollenhoff -Meeting with Dean, Harlow, President -Written statement -Delay -Call to President -Kent Cook’s analysis -Legal defense -State Department -Willard Edwards -Firing -Tucker case -Fitzgerald case -Dean -Executive privilege -Harlow -Air Force Press briefing by Ziegler -Aid to Vietnam -Food prices -Dollar -Wage-price issue Safire memo Budget -Limits -Increases -46- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 413-28 (cont’d) -Statements -Testimony Food prices -Decrease stability -Shultz’s statement -Grocery store prices -Decrease -Farm prices -Impact -Increase supply -Dunlop -Breakdown of prices -Statement -Press reactions -Wage settlement -Arbitrary ceiling -Publicity Shield laws -Responses at press conference -Press reactions -End of war -Prisoners of war [POWs] return -Anti-Americanism -Frustration -Attorney General -Administration’s position -State and local courts compared with federal courts -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration -Jimmy Hirsh [?] -Compared with President’s administration -Requests by press -Background materials -Administration positions -Press conference -1972 campaign -Letter to Freedom of Information Committee -47- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 413-28 (cont’d) -Guidelines -Enacted 1970 -Balance between First Amendment and courts -Use of shield laws -Exceptions -Justice Department’s role -Dangers -Criminals as news sources -Protection of criminals -Attorney General -Testimony -Administration’s position -Local and state law compared with federal law -Attorney General -Freedom of press compared with national security or law enforcement -Federal shield laws -Opinion -Network dominance -Erosion of free speech -Perceptions compared with reality -Press conference -Question -President’s position -Guidelines of administration -Administration’s position -Legislative compared with legal solution Ziegler left at 5:15 pm.