Conversation: 603-004
Prev:  603-003 Next: 603-005Start Date: 27-Oct-1971 12:53 PM
End Date: 27-Oct-1971 1:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:08:06
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:23:27
NARA Description:
On October 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 1:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 603-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 603-4 Date: October 27, 1971 Time: 12:53 pm - 1:10 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. Media reaction to Ziegler's previous press briefing -Administration response to United Nations [UN] action on Taiwan, Republic of China -United Press International [UPI] -Associated Press [AP] -Delegate responses -William P. Rogers previous statement -Question of US funding for UN -Congress -The President's position -Ziegler’s comments -Foreign aid -UN delegates behavior and votes -Ziegler’s comments -Peter Lisagor -UN 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 603-4 (cont.) -Rogers's previous statement -Congress -Lisagor -Television report of vote -Effect -Football game -Detroit Lions -News reports -American public opinion -Taiwan -Ziegler’s view -The President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Conservatives -Supreme Court appointments -John Birch Society -Support for the President’s policies -Public relations -Effect of Ziegler’s statement -US funding for UN -Relationship with the President's forthcoming PRC trip -Henry A. Kissinger forthcoming briefing -Lisagor -Rogers The President's trip to PRC -Participants -Lisagor -The President’s handling -James B. (“Scotty”) Reston -Wire services -Television -New York Times -Robert B. Semple, Jr. -Max Frankel Ziegler left at 1:10 pm. 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)