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Conversation: 948-003

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Start Date: 11-Jul-1973 8:33 AM

End Date: 11-Jul-1973 8:38 AM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Oval Office

948-003.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:33 am to 8:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 948-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 948-3

Date: July 11, 1973
Time: 8:33 am - 8:38 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

       Watergate       

             -Ervin Committee hearings          

                    -John N. Mitchell’s testimony
                           -News summary
                           -Networks’ commentary
                                   -John W. Chancellor
                                   -Overriding theme
                                   -Reaction to Mitchell
                           -Effect on John W. Dean, III’s testimony
                           -Lack of informing President
                                   -Motives
                                           -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] [?]
                           -Chancellor, New York Times
                           -Jules Witcover’s coverage
                                   -Contrasted with granted immunity
                                   -Motives
                                           -George McGovern
                                   -Witcover’s prose
                                           -President’s appreciation
             -White House response
                    -Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr.
                    -Dean
                           -Financial arrangements          

             -Gordon C. Strachan         

                                             -5-


                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                       Tape Subject Log 

                                     (rev. November-2012)

                                                             Conversation No. 948-3 (cont’d)

       Julie Nixon Eisenhower, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II 

              -British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] interview 

                      -Networks’ coverage
                             -American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
                             -National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
                             -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
              -Watergate
                      -President’s reaction
                      -President’s offer for assistance
                      -Reception
                      -President’s assessment of Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David
                       Eisenhower, II
                             -Compared to Cabinet officers

       News leads
             -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]’s reaction to US troop movements
             -Federal Reserve credit increases

The President and Ziegler left at 8:38 am.