Conversation: 880-011
Prev:  880-010 Next: 880-012Start Date: 15-Mar-1973 1:04 PM
End Date: 15-Mar-1973 1:16 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 880-11 Date: March 15, 1973 Time: 1:04 pm-1:16 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. President’s press conference -Need to present the White House view -Victor Lasky -Administration dealings -Alger Hiss case -Comparison with Watergate -W. Bruce Weinrod -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Kenneth W. Clawson -Line for press -National security issue -FBI files -Use -Disclosure to Congress 17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-11 (cont’d) -Use by White House staff -Watergate -Executive privilege -Mood at press conference -People's Republic of China [PRC] diplomatic mission to US -Lack of press interest PRC -Diplomatic mission -Ambassador to France [Huang Zhen] -Chief of Protocol -Han Su [?] Press corps -Comments of old-timers -Squire Byrnes, Edgar Allen Poe, J. William Theis, Martin Hayden -Decline -PRC story -Lack of interest -Significance -Opening of liaison office -Taiwan -Chou En-lai -India-Pakistan -Superficial lead -Hostility to administration -Courtney Sheldon -Response of White House -Liberals President’s press conference -Ziegler's evaluation -White House response -Tone -Toughness -Liberals -Drug legislation -Administration position -Permissiveness -Press bias -Commission report [?] 18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-11 (cont’d) -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson -Dwight D. Eisenhower -President's appearances -Responses to questions -“No comment” Watergate -Executive privilege -Senate actions -Possible court test -Liberals -Hiss case -Harry S Truman's order on executive privilege Liberal establishment -Hiss -Berlin Wall -Vietnam -Presidency -Attitude of country -Support for George S. McGovern -Education, social issues -Joseph W. Alsop -McGovern -Radical elements -Crime -McGovern -Democratic convention -Meeting with radicals -Loss of support in country -White House staff reaction -William P. Rogers -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Leonard Garment President's press conference -Television [TV] broadcast -Reports on TV -Public reactions Ziegler left at 1:16 pm. 19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-13 (cont’d)