{"conversationCode":"628-010","tapeNumber":628,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-628-010","startDateTime":"1971-12-02T19:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-02T19:07:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:03 PM","endDate":"2-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 628-010 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 628-10\n\nDate: December 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\f     Business Council meeting\n          -Gordon M. Metcalf\n          -Ziegler's talk with Richard A. Moore\n          -Ziegler's attendance\n          -Press picture\n\n     Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher\n          -Press picture\n                -Speaking for the press\n\n     Photographs\n          -Amount\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 2:07 pm.","filename":["628-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:33:33","tapeEnd":"02:35:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"628-009","nextCode":"628-011","transcript":[{"start":7.3,"end":17.47,"text":"I'll sit in on the meeting and then go out and talk about the biggest sales and so forth."},{"start":17.49,"end":19.91,"text":"I've got my line all set, which you approved."},{"start":20.33,"end":25.31,"text":"I think it'd be good to do a press picture of them in here."},{"start":25.47,"end":25.79,"text":"Okay."},{"start":28.12,"end":29.98,"text":"And then on Rodney, report on him."},{"start":30.62,"end":35.83,"text":"Then on Art Fletcher, what's your view about a press picture on him?"},{"start":35.87,"end":41.47,"text":"He's prepared to go out in the press room and say some good things, and I think we should let him."},{"start":41.53,"end":48.22,"text":"You know, these are various stories that I think all of them will play, and none of them step on one another, because they're"},{"start":54.45,"end":57.39,"text":"So we really have those, we have three pictures this afternoon."},{"start":57.41,"end":64.5,"text":"It's more than we normally would like to have, but I think they're so different that they're playing different sections of the paper."},{"start":64.64,"end":65.32,"text":"You approve, sir?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler coordinated public relations strategies regarding upcoming administration events, including a Business Council meeting and an appearance by Assistant Secretary of Labor Arthur Fletcher. They finalized plans for press coverage and photo opportunities, weighing the necessity of multiple media appearances against the risk of overexposure. Nixon ultimately approved the proposed schedule, trusting that the distinct nature of each event would prevent negative overlap in media coverage.","topics":["Public Relations","Press Relations","Business Council","Arthur Fletcher","Media Strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:19:34.760Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","press-relations","business-council","arthur-fletcher","media-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":75,"audioFiles":[{"file":"628-010.mp3","bytes":2991330,"durationSec":74.64,"bitrate":320624,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.998Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:09.962Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/628-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/628-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/628/conversation-628-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}