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Start 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

603a.mp3

603b.mp3

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
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                           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.
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)