Conversation: 917-020
Prev:  917-019 Next: 917-021Start Date: 14-May-1973 11:42 AM
End Date: 14-May-1973 11:59 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 917-20 Date: May 14, 1973 Time: 11:42 am - 11:59 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. Watergate -Washington Star story, May 14 -President’s letter to J. Edgar Hoover -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. -Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing -William D. Ruckelshaus’s forthcoming statement -Ziegler’s statement on wiretaps -White House knowledge -John W. Dean, III and Henry A. Kissinger -National security -Search of President’s files -President’s memoranda [memos] to Dean, March 1973 -George S. McGovern -Barry M. Goldwater -Washington Post story -College student [?] -Violence -McGovern -Peace groups -Demonstrations -Funding -27- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 917-20 (cont’d) -1972 campaign work -President’s order -President’s recollections -Meeting -Evidence -Goldwater -Charles W. Colson [?] -William C. Sullivan -Wiretaps, 1964 and 1968 -Dean -Possible memos from the President -Documents -Possible content -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -John D. Ehrlichman’s knowledge of wiretaps -Pentagon Papers investigation -President’s letter to Hoover concerning Krogh -Ehrlichman -Krogh -Ehrlichman’s orders -Hunt, Ellsberg’s psychiatrist Ziegler left at 11:59 am.