Conversation 397-007

TapeTape 397StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 10:55 AMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 11:25 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Price, Raymond K., Jr.;  Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 397-7

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:25 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

       President's schedule
             -Meeting rescheduling
             -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler

Ziegler entered at 11:07 am.

       1973 Inauguration
            -Photographic coverage
                  -Film, still pictures
            -Press relations
            -President's Inaugural speech
                  -Advance copies
                         -Possible revisions
                         -Timing
                         -Distribution
                         -Joseph W. Alsop
                         -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
                         -Press coverage
                         -Afternoon newspapers
                  -Length, subject
                  -Wilson
                  -Ziegler's previous statements
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                                                           Conversation No. 397-7 (cont’d)

       Press relations [?]
             -President’s supposition

       Los Angeles Dodgers’ baseball game [?]
            -Performance

       Dwight D. Eisenhower
           -Snobs
           -Speaking out

       Whittier College football coaches
            -George Allen
            -Allen's successor
            -Allen's predecessor
            -Don Coryell
                  -Allen's successor
                  -Record
                  -San Diego State
                  -St. Louis Cardinals
            -Record

Ziegler and Price left at 11:25 am.

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... ... ... ...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I'm not opposing that we give the speech out to all of the press, but I think when you're giving it to the lawyers, I think it's important to give it to the lawyers.
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.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yes.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
See, all he wants is to get a sense of emotion.
Well, I'm not going to give him any of that.
He's a killer.
He's a killer.
He's a killer.
He's a killer.
Okay, that's all I had.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
He has to eat.
He has to eat.
He has to sit.
He has to eat.
He has to eat.
He has to eat.
He has to eat.
Thank you.
Thank you.