Conversation 394-008

TapeTape 394StartFriday, January 5, 1973 at 1:04 PMEndFriday, January 5, 1973 at 1:08 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

AI Summary

President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met briefly to coordinate administrative matters and discuss the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion touched upon the logistics of a bipartisan congressional reception and the potential political implications of managing executive spending authorities. The pair sought to align their messaging regarding the administration's current legislative and social obligations.

Presidential scheduleBipartisan leadershipExecutive branchCongressional relationsPress relations

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NARA Description

On January 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:04 pm to 1:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 394-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 394-8

Date: January 5, 1973
Time: 1:04 pm - 1:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

       The President’s schedule
            -Freshmen Congressman bipartisan leadership reception, January 5, 1973
                  -Unknown person
                         -The President’s conversation with Stephen B. Bull
                                              -16-

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       (rev. Sept.-08)

                                                                Conversation No. 394-8 (cont’d)

              -Press pool
                    -Robert F. Clark
                    -Frank Van Der Linden
                    -Linda J. Heffner of Philadelphia Bulletin
                    -Jerald F. (“Jerry”) terHorst
                    -Allan Palmer of Oklahoman
                    -Ann Schmidt of Denver Post
                    -Edgar Allan Poe of New Orleans Time Picayune
                    -Fay Wells
                    -Des Moines Register
                          -Don Kaul
                    -Louise Hutchinson
                          -Chicago Tribune

       Press relations
             -Ziegler’s press conference
                    -Vietnam negotiations
                          -The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
                          -The President’s bipartisan leadership meeting
                               -Congressional relations
                                     -US withdrawal
                                            -William E. Timmons
                                            -Prisoners of War [POWs]
                                            -Continuation of war
                                            -Compared to cease-fire
                                                  -Cambodia, Laos
                                                  -End of war
                                                  -Responsibility

Ziegler left at 1:08 pm.

Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Oh, Ron.

Yes, sir.

I covered the matter.

What's yours?

I covered the matter.

I just wrote a bit of money to the department.

No, it's a social function.

I don't like it.

That's what you want.

Otherwise, you're there.

I don't like it.

I covered it.

on the coordinator of the building that is the writer of the book, and the coordinator of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book, and the editor of the book,

The basic thing that I've got to do is go to the hospital and visit the patient and see if the body is the same.

I think that's one thing that I think is quite important.

That's the last why that I would consider.

It's not just about the U.S. Capitol.

The U.S. Capitol.

As you said on my end, that we burn into the limitations of the assumption that we are all together.

You see, the way I presented this morning was that, um, the way it was knocked over, it was the right to suspend the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money, the money,

Okay.

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