Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 850 › Conversation 850-006
Nixon & Ziegler on Impoundment and Press relations
Tuesday, February 6, 1973 · 11:16 AM–11:17 AM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to provide specific tactical instructions regarding the administration's messaging on impoundment. Nixon emphasized the necessity of leading press conferences with a clear articulation of the administration's stance on withholding funds. This directive aimed to ensure Ziegler maintained a consistent and assertive public narrative during upcoming media engagements.
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NARA Description
On February 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 850-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 850-006
Date: February 6, 1973
Time: 11:16 am - 11:17 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler; this recording began at an unknown time while the
conversation was in progress.
Impoundment
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Amount withholding
-Press relations
-Ziegler’s press conferences
Ziegler left at 11:17 am.Also recorded on February 6, 1973
- 112-003 9:35 AM · 1 hr 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Wallace F. Bennett, William E. Brock, III, John G. Tower, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Samuel L. Devine, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, George H. W. Bush, Roy L. Ash, John D. Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 11:16 am.
- 112-005 11:16 AM · 1 hr 5 min — L. Dean Brown, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:16 am on February 6, 1973 and 7:57 am on February 8, 1973.
- 850-007 11:17 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:34 am.
- 850-008 11:34 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, King Hussein ibn Talal, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and Zaid al-Rifai met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:34 am to 12:38 pm.
- 850-013 12:38 PM · 29 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 850-009 12:42 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:42 pm to 12:48 pm.
- 850-010 12:48 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:51 pm.
- 850-011 12:51 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:51 pm to 1:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 850-006, February 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/850-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).