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Start Date: 21-Feb-1973 9:31 AM

End Date: 21-Feb-1973 9:43 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.

Recording Device: Oval Office

859-007.mp3

NARA Description:

On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:31 am to 9:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 859-7

Date: February 21, 1973
Time: 9:31 am - 9:43 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

       Gridiron dinner
              -George S. McGovern's attendance
              -Women attendees
                     -Wives
                     -Shirley Chisholm
                     -Helen A. Thomas
                     -Eleanor (Stegeberg) McGovern
                     -Career women
              -George H. W. Bush
                     -Republican speaker
              -McGovern
                                      -6-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                              Tape Subject Log
                                (rev. Nov.-09)
                                                     Conversation No. 859-7 (cont’d)



               -Democrat speaker
       -Traditional role
       -Invitation Committee
               -Invitation to President
               -President's response
       -McGovern
               -President’s viewpoint
               -Press relations
               -Speech
       -President’s attendance
       -Press relations
               -Ziegler's opinion
                       -Criticism
                       -Firmness
                       -Press corps
                       -Effect on Presidency
                       -Social events
       -Photographs
       -Ziegler’s conversation with Robert Roth
               -McGovern
                       -Speech
                       -Speech writers

President’s attendance at social functions
       -Brief attendance
                -Remarks
                -White House Correspondents Dinner
                -White House Photographers Dinner
                -Radio and television
                       -Correspondents dinner
                               -Invitation
       -Gridiron Dinner
                -Alternatives
                -Church service
                       -Congress
                       -Timing
                                              -7-

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov.-09)
                                                               Conversation No. 859-7 (cont’d)



               -President's attendance
                      -Entertainment
                               -White House Correspondents dinner
                                       -Speech
                                       -US News and World Report
                                              -Reporter’s behavior
                                       -Length of time
                      -Awards ceremonies
                               -Types
                      -Entertainment
                      -Remarks
                               -Timing
                      -Drop-by attendance format
                      -Limiting number of engagements
                               -Effects

       Gridiron Dinner
              -President’s attendance
                     -McGovern
                              -1972 campaign
                     -Avoidance
                              -Compared with McGovern missing Inauguration
                     -Invitation
                              -Roth
                                     -Invitation Committee
                                     -Meeting with the President
                              -Declining
                                     -Response

       White House Correspondents Dinner
             -Invitation
             -Acceptance
             -Gridiron Dinner

Ziegler left at 9:43 am.
                                             -8-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov.-09)