Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 307 › Conversation 307-005
Nixon & Ziegler on Press relations and Media strategy
Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 12:34 PM–2:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 21 sec
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On December 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 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-005 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 307-005
Date: December 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
The President’s schedule
-Backgrounder
-Ziegler’s possible attendance
Ziegler left at an unknown time before 2:15 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 307-007 12:34 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 307-005, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185413). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-005 (accessed November 2, 2026).