President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler consulted on pending communication strategies, specifically regarding public messaging on Vietnam casualty rates and reports involving H.R. Haldeman. They also reviewed final revisions for the President's upcoming address to Congress concerning economic stabilization. The discussion focused on coordinating the administration’s narrative for these high-priority domestic and foreign policy issues.
On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 274-36
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler [?]
Vietnam
-Press report
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Casualty rate
President’s address to Congress on economic stabilization, September 9, 1971
-Changes
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
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