Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 874 › Conversation 874-008
Nixon & Ziegler on Radio address and Economic policy
Friday, March 9, 1973 · 9:52 AM–9:54 AM ET · Oval Office · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met to coordinate logistics for an upcoming radio address and discuss the administration's public messaging strategy. They reviewed the presentation of economic policy, including the roles of Herbert Stein and John Ehrlichman, while evaluating the media impact of recent Watergate-related allegations against Donald Segretti. The participants concluded that television coverage of the Segretti controversy was less prominent than reports on food prices, prompting discussions on how to better manage press narratives.
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NARA Description
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:52 am and 9:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 874-8
Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:52 am and 9:54 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
President's radio speech
-Scheduling
-Arrangements
-Distribution to press
-Preparation
-Film Clip
-Contents
-Lines
-Film clip
John D. Ehrlichman's briefing of the press
-Post-Cabinet meeting
-Food prices [?]
-Herbert Stein's press conference
-Handling
-Inflation
-5-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 874-8 (cont’d)
Economic policy
-Presentation to press
-John B. Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Stein
-Jew
-Ehrlichman
Watergate
-News reports
-Donald H. Segretti
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Television [TV] news
-Food
-Extent of publicity on Segretti
-Compared to print news
News photographs of President
-Frequency
Ziegler left at 9:54 am.Also recorded on March 9, 1973
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- 037-065 9:26 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am.
- 874-001 9:26 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:26 am.
- 874-002 9:26 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am.
- 874-003 9:26 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am.
- 874-009 9:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 9:57 am.
- 874-028 9:54 AM · 20 sec — unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 12:15 pm.
- 117-007 10:00 AM · 2 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, John C. Whitaker, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, George H. W. Bush, Donald E. Johnson, William D. Ruckelshaus, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Herbert G. Klein, Leonard Garment, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard A. Moore, Arthur J. Sohmer, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., David N. Parker, David R. Gergen, Stanley S. Scott, Franklin R. Gannon, John S. Guthrie, Jr., Tod R. Hullin, Patrick J. Buchanan, Lawrence M. Higby, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Frederic V. Malek, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 3:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 874-008, March 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/874-008 (accessed October 5, 2026).