Conversation: 948-010
Prev: 948-009 Next: 948-011Start Date: 11-Jul-1973 12:24 PM
End Date: 11-Jul-1973 12:55 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 12:24 pm to 12:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 948-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 948-10
Date: July 11, 1973
Time: 12:24 pm - 12:55 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler
Watergate
-Ervin Committee hearings
-John N. Mitchell’s testimony
-Rose Mary Woods’s views
-Howard K. Baker, Jr.’s questions
-President’s probable response to cover-up
-Baker’s view
-President’s knowledge
-Press coverage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. November-2012)
Conversation No. 948-10 (cont’d)
-Betty Beale’s column, July 11, 1973
-John W. Dean, III
-Jude Wanniski’s column, July 11, 1973
-Report
-Camp David
-Wanniski’s column
-Date of receipt
-Wanniski’s column
-Role of G[eorge] Gordon Liddy
-Roles of Jeb Stuart Magruder, Mitchell, H. R. (“Bob”)
Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman
-President’s role, knowledge
-Dean’s testimony
-Perspective on President
-Effect of immunity
-Wanniski’s column
-President’s historical veracity
-Howard K. Smith
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Dean
-Immunity
-Activities before and after February 28, 1973 contrasted
-Role of prosecutors
-April 17
-Ehrlichman, Haldeman
-Immunity, compared to Dean
News leads
-Economics
-Henry A. Kissinger
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Economics
-Phase IV
-Strength of US dollar
Press coverage
-Peter J. Brennan’s support
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. November-2012)
Conversation No. 948-10 (cont’d)
-Compared to other Cabinet officers
-Regional airtime compared to national coverage
Cabinet
-President’s opinion
-Frederick B. Dent
-Previous Cabinet meeting
Watergate
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Witness schedule
-Mitchell
-Richard A. Moore
-Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Ziegler’s conversation with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., July 10,
1973
-Timing
-Possible conclusion
-Moore
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-John B. Connally’s view
-White House response
-President’s schedule
-Timing
-President’s schedule
-Europe
-Need for public statement, August
-William L. Safire
-Possible joint session of Congress
-John R. (“Tex”) McCrary
-Note to President
-Advisability
-Forum for President’s public statements
-Live audience
-Possible location
-Possible response
-Audience
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. November-2012)
Conversation No. 948-10 (cont’d)
President’s Kansas City speech, July 9, 1973
-Press coverage
-Brennan’s conversation with President
-Helen A. Thomas
-Press’s views
-Ziegler’s assessment
-Thomas
-Preparation of story
-Clarence M. Kelley’s appointment as Federal Bureau of
Investigation [FBI] director
-Headline
-Ziegler’s conversation with Thomas
-Relations with White House
President’s schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Watergate
-Attitudes of Congressional leaders and Cabinet
-Connally
-Views
-President’s schedule
Greeting
The President and Ziegler left at 12:55 pm.