Conversation: 692-004
Prev: 692-003 Next: 692-005Start Date: 23-Mar-1972 5:03 PM
End Date: 23-Mar-1972 5:17 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:03:36
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:19:02
NARA Description:
On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:03 pm to 5:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 692-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 692-4
Date: March 23. 1972
Time: 5:03 pm - 5:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
National economy
-Pay Board
-Press coverage of George Meany's resignation
-United Press International [UPI]
-Associated Press [AP]
-Leonard Woodcock's resignation
-Labor representation
-Meany's resignation
-The President's statement
-Cost of Living Council [COLC] meeting
-George P. Shultz’s statement
-Press coverage
-Length of statement
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming press conference
-Length of press conference
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
-Ziegler’s talk with Patrick J. Buchanan
-George C. Wallace
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Arthur K. Watson
-J. William Fulbright's statement
-William P. Rogers's testimony regarding role
ITT case
-Press conference, March 24, 1972
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Ronald L. Ziegler's statement
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-Flanigan’s possible statement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sep-01)
Conv. No. 692-4 (cont.)
-Richard W. McLaren
-Executive privilege
-John N. Mitchell
-Justice Department
White House press relations
-The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Timing
National economy
-Meany's resignation from the Pay Board
-The President's statement
-Tone
-Ziegler’s view
-Public views
-The President's statement
-Compard to draft
-Shultz
-Meany’s previous meetings with the President and Shultz
-John B. Connally's forthcoming statement on Today
-Wire services
Forthcoming press statement
-The President's previous meeting with Marshall Green
-Green's previous trip to Asia
-The President's People's Republic of China [PRC] policy
-Green’s forthcoming appearance on Meet the Press
Watson
-Attacks by Congressmen
-Actions on airplane
-Ziegler's conversation with Rogers
The President's schedule
-Press conferences
-Timing
-East Room
-Forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
-Camp David
-Radio speech
-Ziegler's possible statement to the press
-Pay Board
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sep-01)
Conv. No. 692-4 (cont.)
-Domestic issues
-Forthcoming trip to Canada
-Hussein ibn Talal [Hussein, King of Jordan]
-Domestic issues
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare reform
-Environment
-Congressional action
-Democratic National Convention
Ziegler left at 5:17 pm.