President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler held a brief, one-minute meeting in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate administrative or press-related matters. While no transcript exists for this interaction, the meeting serves as an internal check-in between the President and his primary spokesperson during the height of the Watergate scandal. The session represents a routine point of contact for managing the administration's public narrative and scheduling priorities.
On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 440-5 Date: May 22, 1973 Time: 2:45 pm - 2:46 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler. [See Conversation No. 46-147]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.