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Nixon & Ziegler on photograph session

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 1:13 PM–1:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 36 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation397-019 on Tape 397StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 1:13 PMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 1:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 397-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met briefly to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements, specifically centering on a planned photograph session. The meeting concluded quickly with no major policy decisions recorded.

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Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On January 19, 1973, 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 1:13 pm and 1:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 397-19

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:13 pm and 1:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Jan.-09)

                                                            Conversation No. 397-19 (cont’d)

        Suits

        President's schedule
              -Photograph session

Ziegler left at an unknown time before 1:16 pm.

Also recorded on January 19, 1973

397-016 12:15 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:15 pm to 12:30 pm.
397-017 12:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:37 pm.
397-018 12:30 PM · 17 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 12:30 pm and 1:13 pm.
397-020 1:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:16 pm to 1:18 pm.
397-021 1:18 PM · 13 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 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm.
397-022 1:18 PM · 29 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 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm.
397-023 1:18 PM · 8 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 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm.
397-024 1:18 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 397-019, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/397-019 (accessed October 11, 2026).