Conversation: 880-006
Prev:  880-005 Next: 880-007Start Date: 15-Mar-1973 12:11 PM
End Date: 15-Mar-1973 12:25 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Cake, Ralph H.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ralph H. Cake, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:11 pm to 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 880-6 Date: March 15, 1973 Time: 12:11 pm-12:25 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. President's press conference -Vietnam -Questions -President's handling The President talked with Ralph H. Cake between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm. [Conversation No. 880-6A] [See Conversation No. 37-118] 5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-6 (cont’d) [End of telephone conversation] Ralph H. Cake -Illness President’s Press conference -Watergate -Questions on Donald H. Segretti -President's handling of questions -Dwight L. Chapin -President's demeanor -Watergate -Ed Kempler's question -Press double standard -Alger Hiss case -Harry S Truman -Hiss case -President's involvement -Reasons -John N. Mitchell -Committee to Re-elect the President -Involvement -Mitchell's involvement -Kissinger's view -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -People's Republic of China [PRC] liaison office announcement Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 12:15 pm. Greetings Press statements -North Vietnam -India -Pakistan India -US aid -Suspension -Commitments -Lyndon B. Johnson 6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-6 (cont’d) -Sales -Policy -State Department -Tanks -Johnson -Personnel carriers -Lethality -PRC -Military expenditures -Indira Gandhi's comments to Daniel P. Moynihan [?] -Arms race -Poverty -Comparison with Pakistan -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Arms production President's trips -Plans -Africa -Latin America -Latin America -Value -William P. Rogers -Requests -Commitments -Japan Vietnam Dr. David K. E. Bruce -US liaison office to PRC -Lead story -Alfred L. Jenkins -John H. Holdridge Kissinger left at 12:18 pm. Press relations -Vietnam -Watergate 7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-7 (cont’d) Watergate -L. Patrick Gray, III -Testimony before committee -News reports -John W. Dean, III's testimony -Restrictions -Executive privilege -Court challenge -Mitchell, Maurice H. Stans -News An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:18 pm. President’s schedule -President's meeting with James M. Collins -John G. Tower The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:25 pm. Watergate -Press conference -Richard A. Moore's, Patrick J. Buchanan's and Dean's opinion -Moore's opinion -Ziegler's comments -Ervin hearings -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] raw files -White House viewing -Disclosure to Ervin Committee -Dealings with press -J. Edgar Hoover's practices -Press -Frustrations President’s press conference -Length -Sarah McClendon -Frances L. Lewine -Cut-off of press conference -Clark R. Mollenhoff -President's handling of questions -Martin K (“Ken”) Worthy 8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-7 (cont’d) -[Unintelligible name] -Timing -Advantages -Moore's view -Press hostility -Watergate -Comments -Future press conference responses -Tone -Kissinger Watergate -Executive privilege -President's experiences as congressman -Cooperation with committee of Congress -Administration's record President's schedule -Meeting with Debbie Ploch -"1973 Maid of Cotton" -Photographer -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins -Distribution of photograph -Texas Ziegler left at 12:25 pm.