President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met to finalize preparations for a nationally televised address concerning the Vietnam War. The discussion focused on the logistics of the speech, including the strategic integration of charts to support the President's messaging and the timing of the broadcast. Nixon instructed Ziegler to coordinate with Mark I. Goode to ensure the technical aspects of the television presentation were ready for the scheduled evening delivery.
On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:50 pm to 5:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 246-031 Date: April 7, 1971 Page | 47 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 Time: 5:50 pm - 5:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler President’s schedule -President’s forthcoming speech, April 7, 1971 -[Thomas] Hale Boggs Vietnam -Congress -President’s forthcoming speech, April 7, 1971 -Evaluation President’s schedule -Mark I. Goode President’s forthcoming speech, April 7, 1971 -Television -Charts -Press copy -Goode -Timing Ziegler left at 5:55 pm
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