Conversation: 948-003
Prev: 948-002 Next: 948-004Start Date: Wednesday, July 11, 1973 12:33 PM
End Date: Wednesday, July 11, 1973 12:38 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Oval Office
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.