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Conversation 036-046

TapeTape 36StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 4:15 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 4:16 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ziegler, Ronald L.;  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:15 pm to 4:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-046 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-46

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 4:15 pm - 4:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 400-11E]

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                                                               Conversation No. 36-46 (cont’d)

                   -The President’s instructions
             -National Security Council [NSC]
             -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                   -Defense Department
             -State Department
                   -William P. Rogers
             -John D. Ehrlichman
                   -Domestic Council
                   -Roy L. Ash
                   -George P. Shultz
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Yes, sir.
Of course, it is particularly important to get this to the NSC crowd.
Right.
And I want you to call Haig and tell him I expect him to enforce it at the Pentagon.
Okay.
And then the... And then state, we can't do anything with them.
The other thing is that... Yeah, you can tell Rogers.
Tell Rogers.
I'll call Rogers.
Tell Rogers that I expect to be an absolute blackout on time because they have not...
and they did it with malice, I've found.
All right.
They had knowledge beforehand.
If you were to hit Erling, put him hard on it.
I will.
He used to take that whole goddamn domestic council, all the left-wingers in there, and shut their damn mouths.
None of them.
Everybody around here shults.
All right.
Is that clear?
Yes, sir.
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