Conversation: 909-002
Prev: 909-001 Next: 909-003Start Date: 2-May-1973 8:20 AM
End Date: 2-May-1973 8:44 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:20 am to 8:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 909-2
Date: May 2, 1973
Time: 8:20 am - 8:44 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Press coverage
-Meeting with Willy Brandt [?]
-Photograph
Watergate
-Daniel Ellsberg break-in
-Press coverage
-Ziegler’s comment
-White House investigation
-President’s knowledge
-John D. Ehrlichman’s involvement
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr. and G[eorge] Gordon Liddy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 909-2 (cont’d)
-Ziegler’s possible response
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-J. Edgar Hoover and Louis Marx
-Ziegler’s possible response
-President’s role
-National security
-Ongoing court cases
-Possible effect
-White House investigation
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Ehrlichman
-President’s knowledge
-Hunt’s photograph
-Hunt’s files
-Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing
-Liddy and Hunt
-Ehrlichman
-Employment
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Effect
-Ziegler’s view
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Leaks to columnists
-Victor Lasky
-President’s previous Cabinet meeting
President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-White House staff organization
-Ehrlichman
-Conversations with Ziegler
-Stephen B. Bull
-Meeting with Haldeman
-Timing
Watergate
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 909-2 (cont’d)
-Haldeman
-Conversation with Ziegler
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] guards in office
-Resignation
-Ehrlichman, Haldeman
-President’s invitation to Camp David
-FBI leaks
-Compared to Ellsberg break-in
-New York Times story
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Sources
-Prosecutors
-Leaks
-Sources
-Accuracy
-Ziegler’s press briefing
-Washington Post
-Ellsberg break-in
-Press view of responsibility
-President and Ehrlichman
-Ziegler’s apology
-Compared to press errors
-Soviet Union
-Timing of discussion
-Press view
-President’s morale
-President’s previous Cabinet meeting
-Presence of staff
-Special Prosecutor
-William E. Timmons
-Charles H. Percy, Jr.
-Leaks
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Future
-FBI guards in offices
-Gerald L. Warren’s statement
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 909-2 (cont’d)
-Leonard Garment
-Helen A. Thomas’ news article
-Garment
-Ziegler’s assessment
-Percy
-President’s image
-President’s schedule
-Meeting with Haldeman
-President’s accomplishments
-White House staff system
-Haldeman
-Press coverage
-Compared to Cambodia, May 8th decision
-President’s television [TV] appearances
Press relations
-Economic statement
-George P. Shultz
-Briefing
President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Timing
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President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Necessity
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President’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 909-2 (cont’d)
-Trip to Florida
-Necessity
-President’s workload
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-Effect of Watergate
Watergate
-Cover-up
-John W. Dean III
-Plumbers
-FBI
-1969, 1970
-Hunt and Liddy
-Possible statement by President
-National security
-Effects of leaks on foreign policy
-Ziegler’s response to possible questions
-Percy
-Richardson
-Timmons
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Morale
President’s schedule
-Shultz
-Forthcoming Quadriad meeting
Ziegler left at 8:44 am.