Conversation No. 790-13

Date: October 2, 1972
Time: 11:44 am - 12:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

         David S. Broder's column
            -Charge of “hiding” in White House
                 -Ziegler’s response

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 11:45 am.

         Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
             -Helicopter
                 -United Press International [UPI] editor’s wives reception
                 -The President’s schedule

         The President’s schedule

Butterfield left at 11:45 am.

         Press relations
             -The President's campaign activities
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         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                         Tape Subject Log
                           (rev. Nov-03)

    -Congress
         -Spending ceiling
    -Broder
         -The President’s trips in US
    -Fundraising speeches
    -Demonstrators
    -Tone
         -Broder
    -Broder
    -Confrontation
    -George S. McGovern
         -Administration statements
             -Press reaction
    -Strategy
         -Camp David
             -The President’s nomination acceptance speech
             -Possible press questions on the President’s programs
                 -Messages
                      -Index
    -The President's record on the issues
-Tone
    -News summaries
    -Questions from the press
         -Agenda
             -The President’s activities campaign

                  -McGovern
-John B. Connally
-The President’s schedule
    -Atlanta
-Office press conference, October 5, 1972
    -Cameras
    -Exit visas for Soviet Jews
    -US-Soviet Union grain deal
    -McGovern
         -Debate
    -Vietnam
         -Henry A. Kissinger’s trips
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
    -[Camp David]
    -John D. Ehrlichman
         -Working on speeches
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov-03)

            -Radio speech
            -Press conference
                -Strategy of the campaign
                -Debate
                -The President’s August 29, 1972 press conference at San Clemente
                -Earlier press briefing


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 14s ]


H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 11:50 am.


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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        Office press conference

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:50 am.

        The President's schedule

The unknown man person left at an unknown time before 12:04 pm.

        Press and media relations
            -Office press conference
            -Tone
                 -Ziegler’s view compared to Patrick J. Buchanan's analysis of press attitudes
            -The President’s campaign activities
                 -Ziegler’s recent press conference
                 -California statements by the President
                 -Roger H. Mudd
                     -Interim agreement of strategic offensive arms
                     -R. Sargent Shriver
                          -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Nov-03)

             -October 5, 1972 press conference
                  -McGovern
                  -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
             -Interim agreement on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
                  -Signing ceremony photograph

        The President's schedule
            -Ambassadors

Haldeman and Ziegler left at 12:04 pm.