Conversation: 797-011
Prev:  797-010 Next: 797-012Start 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
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 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) 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National Convention -Richard (“Dick”) Tuck ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) [Duration: 2m 56s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Ziegler left at 11:53 am.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 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -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. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 30s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) ***************************************************************** Colson left at 12:02 pm.