Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 577 › Conversation 577-009
Nixon & Ziegler on National Security Council and Senate Relations
Monday, September 20, 1971 · 3:00 PM–3:01 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler held a brief meeting to coordinate administrative scheduling and communications strategy. The discussion centered on aligning the President's upcoming availability with National Security Council meetings and legislative matters in the Senate. The participants concluded with an intent to finalize these logistical arrangements in the following week.
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NARA Description
On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 577-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 577-9
Date: September 20, 1971
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:01 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Ziegler's schedule
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Senate
The President and Ziegler left at 3:01 pm.Also recorded on September 20, 1971
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- 577-006 1:30 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-007 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-008 1:40 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William E. Walk, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 009-096 2:09 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:09 pm.
- 009-097 2:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Walk, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 076-004 3:01 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John B. Connally, Gen George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, John N. Irwin, II, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Col. Richard T. Kennedy, John H. Holdridge, and [Name withdrawn], met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:01 pm to 4:40 pm.
- 577-010 3:01 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 4:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 577-009, September 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/577-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).