Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 659 › Conversation 659-013
Nixon & Ziegler on Oliver F. Atkins and Photography session
Friday, January 28, 1972 · 3:50 PM–3:52 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met briefly to coordinate logistical details regarding the President’s schedule and an upcoming photography session with Oliver F. Atkins. The discussion focused on managing the timing of these commitments, with the President directing that the session occur following his meeting with the Attorney General. The participants reached a consensus on the scheduling adjustment before Ziegler concluded the meeting.
- Presidential schedule
- Oliver F. Atkins
- Ronald Ziegler
- Logistics
- Photography session
Audio
Download MP3 (part 1) · 168.3 MB ·Download MP3 (part 2) · 168.5 MB ·Download MP3 (part 3) · 84.7 MB
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 03:45:47 into the tape and ends around 03:55:39.
Transcript (AI-generated)
This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.
Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data
NARA Description
On January 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 659-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 659-13
Date: January 28, 1972
Time: 3:50 pm - 3:52 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
The President’s schedule
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Photograph session
Ziegler left at 3:52 pm.Also recorded on January 28, 1972
- 088-003 2:59 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission, including James D. Hodgson, Richard C. Van Dusen, J. Curtis Counts, John T. Dunlop, Frank A. Bonadio, Maurice A. Hutcheson, Martin J. Ward, Hunter P. Wharton, Carl M. Halvorson, Robert L. Higgins, John A. Stastny, Laurence H. Silberman, Willie J. Usery, Jr., Michael H. Moskow, Peter Fosco, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, Charles H. Pillard, Joseph T. Power, Thomas H. Owens, William E. Dunn, James H. Ferguson, Joseph Rich, George A. Miller, Fred R. Stevens, Dale R. Witcraft, David P. Lafayette, E. Carl Uehlein, Jr., D. Quinn Mills, Edward F. Carlough, John W. Healy, II, Robert A. Georgine, William Sidell, and Donald H. Rumsfeld, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 2:59 pm to 3:50 pm.
- 659-022 2:59 PM · 58 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 088-004 3:50 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:50 pm on January 28, 1972 and 1:30 pm on January 31, 1972.
- 659-014 3:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 4:06 pm.
- 659-015 3:52 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 4:06 pm.
- 659-016 4:06 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:06 pm to 4:46 pm.
- 659-017 4:46 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 4:48 pm.
- 659-018 4:46 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 4:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 659-013, January 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/659-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).