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Conversation 043-071

TapeTape 43StartTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 5:40 PMEndTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 5:41 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
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On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 5:40 pm to 5:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-071 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-71 (cont’d)

                                                                  Conversation No. 43-71

Date: February 13, 1973
Time: 5:40 pm - 5:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler

[See Conversation No. 410-14E]

       Lyndon B. Johnson's death
            -Raising of flag during mourning period
                  -Press reaction

       Photo opportunities
            -Press reaction
            -George P. Shultz,
            -John A. Scali
            -Donald H. Rumsfeld
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Yes, sir.
Good.
No problem at all.
And they got the red flag in the morning.
Right.
Well, on the White House it goes up at midnight.
On federal installations it goes up at sunup and all others first thing in the morning.
I think that would be well accepted by the press, don't you think?
Yes, it was.
It was very accepted.
No problem.
They're moving it straight.
And I think they think it's a nice gesture.
Kind of a good gesture.
All right, fine.
The press this morning are talking about the photo opportunities today.
They said those are great.
The stories are generated from them.
Sure.
I think worked well today.
Gave them a good full day, and you can see why we have so full, because these people had piled up.
Sure, that's right.
And the Senate hadn't moved on them, so that's one of the reasons I came back to is to see them before they all took off.
Right.
Anyway, that's a good...
Got a lot, didn't they?
An awful lot.
And they had a full plate yesterday.
We had Schultz, Galley, and Rumsfeld.
Was that it?
No.
Was there any other photo opportunity?
No, that was three.
Yeah.
Those were three good ones.
News out of it all.
That's good.
Okay, sir.
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