Conversation: 861-012
Prev:  861-011 Next: 861-013Start Date: 22-Feb-1973 11:28 AM
End Date: 22-Feb-1973 11:37 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:28 am to 11:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 861-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 861-12 Date: February 22, 1973 Time: 11:28 am - 11:37 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. Henry A. Kissinger's briefing -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 861-12 (cont’d) -Time -Length -Release of John T. Downey, Robert J. Flynn and Philip E. Smith -Liaison office -Questions -Aid to North Vietnam -Defense -Justification -Laos -Questions -Communist victory -1962 accords -Middle East -Visit of Hafiz Ismail -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Communique -Trip to Hanoi -Television [TV] and radio coverage PRC -Liaison offices -Washington, Peking -Associated Press [AP] report White House Correspondents Association dinner -Acceptance publicized Gridiron dinner -Rejection -Meeting with Gridiron invitation committee -Timing -Reason -Vice President’s attendance -William P. Rogers’s attendance -President’s attendance -12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 861-12 (cont’d) White House Correspondents Association dinner -Gift -Inkwell -Thomas Jefferson quotation -Entertainment -Sammy Davis, Jr. -Evening at the White House Norman Vincent Peale -Sunday worship service Davis -Call to Ziegler -Thanksgiving -Support for President -Criticism by other blacks -Letter White House Correspondents Association dinner -Sonny and Cher Bono -Compared to Karen and Richard Carpenter -Invitation -White House pressure -President’s choice -Awards -Edgar Allen Poe -Presentation -Watergate -President’s presence -Scholarship fund Poe -Gift to the President -Eleanor Stegeberg McGovern [?] -Cuff links [?] -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 861-12 (cont’d) Ziegler left at 11:37 am.