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Nixon & Ziegler on Watergate and Public Relations

Monday, May 14, 1973 · 4:19 PM–4:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation435-034 on Tape 435StartMonday, May 14, 1973 at 4:19 PMEndMonday, May 14, 1973 at 4:20 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 435-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler held a brief meeting to address immediate administrative or public relations concerns following the mounting pressures of the Watergate scandal. The discussion served as a logistical coordination point between the President and his primary spokesperson. No definitive policy shifts were established during this one-minute exchange, which functioned primarily as a status update.

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NARA Description

On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:19 pm to 4:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 435-34

Date: May 15, 1973
Time: 4:19 pm-4:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 46-65]

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 435-034, May 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-034 (accessed October 1, 2026).