Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 834 › Conversation 834-005

Nixon & Ziegler on Press relations and Public relations

Friday, January 5, 1973 · 2:03 PM–2:04 PM ET · Oval Office · 55 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation834-005 on Tape 834StartFriday, January 5, 1973 at 2:03 PMEndFriday, January 5, 1973 at 2:04 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 834-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler held a brief meeting to coordinate the timing and logistics of press photography opportunities. They specifically discussed arrangements involving Israeli television and the participation of John D. Ehrlichman and John Lynch. The session served to align the administration's public image management regarding upcoming media coverage.

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NARA Description

On January 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:03 pm to 2:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 834-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 834-5

Date: January 5, 1973
Time: 2:03 pm - 2:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

       Press photographs
             -Timing
             -Israeli television
             -John Lynch
             -John D. Ehrlichman

       Meeting
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 834-5 (cont’d)

Ziegler left at 2:04 pm.

Also recorded on January 5, 1973

  • 394-009 1:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:08 pm on January 5, 1973 and 2:56 pm on January 8, 1973.
  • 394-010 1:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:08 pm on January 5, 1973 and 2:56 pm on January 8, 1973.
  • 834-004 1:57 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 1:57 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 834-006 2:04 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, S. Zalman Shazar, Yitzhak Rabin, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:04 pm to 2:19 pm.
  • 834-007 2:20 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm.
  • 834-008 2:22 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:22 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 834-009 2:30 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:30 pm to 2:31 pm.
  • 834-010 2:31 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dong Jo Kim, Kim Chong-pil, Kim Yong-sik, Carl Han, Henry Sullivan, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 3:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 834-005, January 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/834-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).