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Start Date: 14-Feb-1972 10:02 AM

End Date: 14-Feb-1972 10:07 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.Bull, Stephen B.Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.Bull, Stephen B.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:05:27

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:41

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670b.mp3

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NARA Description:

On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 670-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 670-6

Date: February 14, 1972
                                                13

                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                               Conv. No. 670-5 (cont.)


Time: Unknown between 10:02 am and 10:07 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

     Schedule
          -Trade with the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
               -Press
                     -Announcement
          -Busing meeting
               -Cabinet Room
                     -Senators
                           -Announcement
          -John D. Ehrlichman
               -Busing
                     -Legal aspect
          -PRC trip
               -Ziegler’s talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

     Meeting
          -Arthur F. Burns

     PRC trip
         -Ziegler’s talk with Haldeman
              -Press
                     -Briefings
              -Advance trip
                     -Talk with Chinese

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:02 am.

     Burns’s arrival

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:07 am.

                           -Briefings
                           -Chinese customs
               -Press corps
                      -Need for upbeat tone
          -Press relations
               -Henry A. Kissinger
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 10/06)
                                                                            Conv. No. 670-6 (cont.)


                -William P. Rogers
                -John A. Scali
                       -Kissinger, Rogers, and Scali’s situation
                            -Ziegler’s actions
           -The President’s briefing
                -Hawaii
                       -Potential for questions
                            -Avoiding substance
           -Ziegler’s talk with Haldeman
                -Possible uncertainty from the press
                -PRC
                       -Preparation of film for Kissinger
                            -Off the record
                                   -Shown to the press
                            -Kissinger situation
                                   -Possible lecture off the record to the press
                                   -President’s view
                                         -Rogers
                                               -Potential problem
                                               -Eugene V. Risher
                                               -Edward R.F. Cox
                                         -Rogers

Ziegler left at 10:07 am.