Conversation: 670-006
Prev: 670-005 Next: 670-007Start Date: Monday, February 14, 1972 3:02 PM
End Date: Monday, February 14, 1972 3:07 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:05:27
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:41
NARA Description:
On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 670-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 670-6
Date: February 14, 1972
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 670-5 (cont.)
Time: Unknown between 10:02 am and 10:07 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Schedule
-Trade with the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Press
-Announcement
-Busing meeting
-Cabinet Room
-Senators
-Announcement
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Busing
-Legal aspect
-PRC trip
-Ziegler’s talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Meeting
-Arthur F. Burns
PRC trip
-Ziegler’s talk with Haldeman
-Press
-Briefings
-Advance trip
-Talk with Chinese
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:02 am.
Burns’s arrival
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:07 am.
-Briefings
-Chinese customs
-Press corps
-Need for upbeat tone
-Press relations
-Henry A. Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 670-6 (cont.)
-William P. Rogers
-John A. Scali
-Kissinger, Rogers, and Scali’s situation
-Ziegler’s actions
-The President’s briefing
-Hawaii
-Potential for questions
-Avoiding substance
-Ziegler’s talk with Haldeman
-Possible uncertainty from the press
-PRC
-Preparation of film for Kissinger
-Off the record
-Shown to the press
-Kissinger situation
-Possible lecture off the record to the press
-President’s view
-Rogers
-Potential problem
-Eugene V. Risher
-Edward R.F. Cox
-Rogers
Ziegler left at 10:07 am.