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Conversation 046-092

TapeTape 46StartThursday, May 17, 1973 at 1:32 PMEndThursday, May 17, 1973 at 1:33 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
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On May 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:32 pm to 1:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-092 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 46-92

Date: May 17, 1973
Time: 1:32 pm - 1:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 438-4]

     Ziegler’s forthcoming conversation with Howard K. Smith
           -Timing
           -President’s reaction to Smith’s remarks
                 -Grand jury process

     Smith’s remarks
          -History of wiretapping
                -Franklin D. Roosevelt
                -National security
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Yeah.
Were you able ever to get to Smith by any chance?
He has a call in to me now, a return call, and I'm going to talk to him this afternoon.
He sleeps late in the morning, so I might talk to him.
And when you do, you could just say that the president was deeply grateful for his thing, wants him to call him as he sees him, and be glad to talk to him, you know, but which should be after the, you know, grand jury processes are completed.
He had a good one last night.
Is that what you're referring to?
I didn't see that, no.
No, he had a good editorial last night.
What did he say?
He said, let's not get all of this mixed up.
He said, on this matter of wiretapping, I'm paraphrasing, of course, this has been going on since Roosevelt's period in the interest of, you know, the national security.
Right.
And went a little bit to the climate and so forth.
He's a balanced guy.
Well, and we want it balanced.
Okay.
Okay, sir.
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