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Nixon & Ziegler on Vietnam Ceasefire and Diplomatic Relations

Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 12:35 PM–12:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation415-021 on Tape 415StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 12:35 PMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 12:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 415-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler briefly discussed the ongoing implementation of the Vietnam ceasefire and related diplomatic challenges. The conversation touched upon the status of ceasefire violations and the management of personnel or industry-related logistics. The meeting served as a brief administrative touchpoint between the President and his press secretary regarding these sensitive foreign policy developments.

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So, are you off?
All right.
And according to the South, we have to be .
Well, the Y is, well, the violations of the ceasefire .
That doesn't mean they can't .
Yeah, and that's the great thing about industry retention.
Hopefully you'll hire them at all.
Good.
Yeah.
That's right.
Good.
That's right.
Well, you know what?
Well, I hope everything's going to be all right.
Well, they get out.
They will.
Good tale.
It was certainly better than I had heard.
All right.

NARA Description

On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:35 pm to 12:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 415-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 415-21

Date: February 27, 1973
Time: Between 12:35 pm and 12:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 43-209]

Also recorded on February 27, 1973

  • 415-018 12:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:31 pm to 12:32 pm.
  • 415-020 12:31 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 043-208 12:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 415-019 12:32 PM · 15 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 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 043-209 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:35 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 415-022 12:40 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 415-023 12:40 PM · 15 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 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 415-024 12:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 415-021, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/415-021 (accessed October 1, 2026).