Conversation: 686-004
Prev:  686-003 Next: 686-005Start Date: 17-Mar-1972 7:58 AM
End Date: 17-Mar-1972 8:04 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:05:51
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:15:58
NARA Description:
On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:58 am to 8:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 686-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 686-4 Date: March 17, 1972 Time: 7:58 - 8:04 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. Ziegler's conversations -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -John D. Ehrlichman Forthcoming bipartisan leaders meeting -Robert P. Griffin -Message to Congress -The President’s return from the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Television -Congress -Michael J. Mansfield -George H. Mahon Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 7:58 am. News story -Unknown place -Washington Post -Ziegler’s schedule Busing -Ehrlichman 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 686-4 (cont.) -Constitutional amendment -Griffin amendment -Press briefing -East room -Reporters -Timing -Busing speech -Constitutional amendment -Ehrlichman [?] -Talk with Haldeman -Leonard Garment -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Elliot L. Richardson -George P. Shultz -Support -William E. Brock, III -Howard H. Baker, Jr. -John G. Tower -Washington Post -George S. McGovern -Edmund S. Muskie -Edward M. Kennedy -McGovern -George C. Wallace -John N. Ashbrook -Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson -Brock -Hugh Scott -Newspapers -McGovern -John V. Lindsay -Roy Wilkins -News -Congress of Racial Equality [CORE] -Thomas G. Wicker -Sander Vanocur -Percentage of people supporting the President’s policy -Comparison to New Hampshire primary -Professors -Telephone calls -Computer -Overall reactions 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 686-4 (cont.) -Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak -Florida primary -Wallace -Archie Bunker -All in the Family Ziegler and Haldeman left at 8:04 am.