Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 781 › Conversation 781-009
Nixon & Ziegler on Narcotics control and Foreign aid
Monday, September 18, 1972 · 11:37 AM ET · Oval Office · 28 sec
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On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 781-009 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 781-9
Date: September 18, 1972
Time: 11:37 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
The President’s recent speech to Conference on International
Narcotics Control
-Influx of dangerous drugs into US
-Analogy
-Foreign aid
Ziegler left at 11:37 am.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 781-009, September 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/781-009 (accessed November 2, 2026).