{"conversationCode":"675-011","tapeNumber":675,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-675-011","startDateTime":"1972-02-29T17:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-29T17:02:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Feb-1972","startTime":"12:01 PM","endDate":"29-Feb-1972","endTime":"12:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 675-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 675-11\n\nDate: February 29, 1972\nTiming: 12:01 pm - 12:02 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler and Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Peter G. Peterson\n                 -Swearing-in ceremony\n                      -Talking points\n                      -Press\n           -Cabinet meeting\n                 -Photograph session\n\nThe President, Ziegler, and Bull left at 12:02 pm.","filename":["675-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:15:38","tapeEnd":"02:16:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"675-010","nextCode":"675-012","transcript":[{"start":3.59,"end":7.96,"text":"I think, I think I told you there will be no talking points."},{"start":8.76,"end":12.92,"text":"When Peterson comes in, he's to be sworn in, and then the press is to get the hell out."},{"start":13.18,"end":15.24,"text":"Right, those remarks were made on prior to the death."},{"start":15.26,"end":18.07,"text":"I'll give you a vision at the start of the interview, sir."},{"start":18.09,"end":22.27,"text":"Okay, so, yes, I think it shows that this is part of, yeah, in terms of reading about it."},{"start":22.31,"end":22.95,"text":"I think that's good."},{"start":22.97,"end":26.77,"text":"I think it's possible."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Ronald Ziegler and Stephen Bull to finalize administrative arrangements for Peter G. Peterson’s swearing-in ceremony. Nixon explicitly directed that no talking points be provided for the event and instructed staff to ensure the press was quickly removed following the oath. The brief discussion also touched upon the scheduling of a Cabinet meeting and an associated photograph session.","topics":["Peter G. Peterson","Swearing-in ceremony","Press relations","Cabinet meeting","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:24:19.480Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-g-peterson","swearing-in-ceremony","press-relations","cabinet-meeting","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"675-011.mp3","bytes":1279787,"durationSec":31.86,"bitrate":321387,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/675-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/675-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/675/conversation-675-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}