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
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to coordinate the upcoming presidential schedule and manage media engagement. The discussion focused primarily on the logistics of a planned backgrounder session and whether Ziegler should attend the event to represent the administration. No final decisions were recorded in the available transcript fragment, but the meeting served to align the President's public relations strategy.
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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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.Also recorded on December 8, 1971
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- 307-002 12:34 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 307-003 12:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 307-004 12:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 307-006 12:34 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 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.
- 307-008 12:34 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 307-009 12:34 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 307-005, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).