Conversation 744-016

TapeTape 744StartFriday, June 30, 1972 at 11:38 AMEndFriday, June 30, 1972 at 11:50 AMTape start time02:44:38Tape end time02:56:29ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Evans, Clifford; Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording deviceOval Office

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Clifford Evans and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler to discuss the President’s recent writing on baseball history and legends. The conversation centered on Nixon’s personal admiration for iconic players like Lou Gehrig, Red Schoendienst, and Sandy Koufax, as well as his perspective on the 'team concept' in sports. Additionally, the group shared historical anecdotes regarding figures such as Floyd Patterson, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. funeral.

BaseballSports historyLou GehrigPresidential writingCivil rightsMedia relations

Audio

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NARA Description

On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford Evans, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:38 am to 11:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 744-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 744-16

Date: June 30, 1972
Time: 11:38-11:50 am.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Clifford Evans and Ronald L. Ziegler.

     The President’s schedule
          -Tailor

     The President's article on baseball greats
          -Stan Musial

                                        (rev. Feb-02)

           -Evans's question
           -The President's methodology
                -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
                -The President's interest in sports
                -Team concept
           -Most courageous baseball players
                -Lou Gehrig
                      -Movie [The Pride of the Yankees]
                      -Mrs. Gehrig's letter to the President
                           -Vietnam
                -Red Schoendienst
                      -The President's late brother [Harold Nixon]
           -Greatest event
                -Bill Mazeroski's home run in 1960 World Series
                      -The President's conversation with Pittsburgh Pirates' owner
                           -Pie Traynor
                -Bobby Thompson's home run in 1951
           -Sandy Koufax's strike-out record

     Floyd Patterson
          -Memories of conversation with the President
                -Funeral of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
                     -Wilt Chamberlain

Ziegler and Evans left at 11:50 am.

Transcript

No transcript is available for this conversation.

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