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Start Date: 13-Oct-1972 11:45 AM

End Date: 13-Oct-1972 12:02 PM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Oval Office

797-011.mp3

NARA Description:

On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:45 am to 12:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 797-11

Date: October 13, 1972
Time: 11:45 am - 12:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
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The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

        Press relations
            -Possible press conference
            -Clark R. Mollenhoff
                 -Recent press conference
                      -Invitation

Charles W. Colson entered at 11:46 am.

             -Watergate
                 -Zeigler’s knowledge
                      -Questions from Mollenhoff
                           -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
                 -Mollenhoff’s story
                      -Denial
             -Possible press conference
                 -The President’s view
                      -Chicago
                      -Mollenhoff
                 -Philip Potter
                 -Atlanta
                 -1972 election
                 -Chicago
             -Chicago
                 -Announcement of trip
                      -Timing
             -Watergate
                 -Double standard on campaign practices
                      -White paper
                           -Preparation
                           -Democratic party activities
                           -[Flyers from] Berkeley [office]
                           -Telephone calls from Los Angeles office
                           -Republican National Convention
                           -Richard (“Dick”) Tuck


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
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                                      Tape Subject Log
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[Duration:   2m 56s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Ziegler left at 11:53 am.

         Vietnam
             -Statements by the President
                  -Possible press conference
                  -US allies
             -George S. McGovern
                  -Minnesota television [TV] appearance
                      -Question and answer [Q & A] answer
                      -US troops
                           -Asia
                                -Turkey
                                -Israel
                                     -US Jews
                                         -New York
                                              -Rita E. Hauser
                                -Thailand
             -McGovern
                  -Use of tape in campaign
                      -News summary
                      -Media coverage
                           -Jerry Williams
                                -Colson’s view
                                     -Boston
                                         -Radio station
                           -Possibility of fraud
                                -Federal Communication Commission [FCC]
                                     -Warnings from the administration
                                -Comparison with Ku Klux Klan [KKK] charge

         1972 campaign
             -Media and press relations
                 -McGovern
                 -Sabotage charges
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                                      Tape Subject Log
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                     -Washington, New York
                     -White House response
                     -Louis P. Harris
                          -Poll
                               -Watergate and campaign financing
                     -Washington Post
                          -Front page story
                     -Boston Globe
                     -New York Times
                     -St. Louis Post Dispatch
                     -Tuck
                     -Howard K. Smith’s previous conversation with Colson
                          -American Broadcasting Company [ABC], National Broadcasting
                          Company [NBC], Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
                               -Network spies
                                    -Competition among the networks
                     -Automotive industry
                          -Intelligence gathering
             -Watergate
                -Justice Department
                -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
                     -L.[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
                          -Response

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:53 am.

        The President's schedule
            -Utility workers group
                 -Cabinet Room size

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 30s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Colson left at 12:02 pm.