{"conversationCode":"874-008","tapeNumber":874,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-874-008","startDateTime":"1973-03-09T14:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T14:54:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:52 AM","endDate":"9-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:54 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","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. 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Ehrlichman's briefing of the press\n            -Post-Cabinet meeting\n            -Food prices [?]\n            -Herbert Stein's press conference\n                   -Handling\n            -Inflation\n\f                                              -5-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 874-8 (cont’d)\n\n       Economic policy\n            -Presentation to press\n                  -John B. Connally\n                  -George P. Shultz\n                  -Stein\n                         -Jew\n                  -Ehrlichman\n\n       Watergate\n            -News reports\n                  -Donald H. Segretti\n                  -Hugh S. Sidey\n            -Television [TV] news\n                  -Food\n                  -Extent of publicity on Segretti\n                  -Compared to print news\n\n       News photographs of President\n            -Frequency\n\nZiegler left at 9:54 am.","filename":["874-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"874-007","nextCode":"874-009","transcript":[{"start":28.99,"end":29.95,"text":"We've got plenty of time."},{"start":29.97,"end":32.53,"text":"Maybe I may have to do the tape in the morning."},{"start":32.55,"end":35.77,"text":"We'll get it to the press in the morning because it can't be run until it goes on the air."},{"start":35.93,"end":36.17,"text":"Sure."},{"start":36.19,"end":42.53,"text":"I'm going to try to get it done today if they get it back to me because I worked on it last night."},{"start":43.53,"end":44.35,"text":"We'll be ready any time you need."},{"start":63.4,"end":63.79,"text":"Be quiet."},{"start":104.58,"end":109.92,"text":"you know we've always had a"},{"start":148.64,"end":154.28,"text":"Here's where you really need to calm it, don't you?"},{"start":154.31,"end":155.37,"text":"Quite frankly, that's not right."},{"start":155.47,"end":158.55,"text":"And, uh... From the standpoint of a... Well, just something to say."},{"start":158.57,"end":159.15,"text":"It's like a showstand doing."},{"start":159.73,"end":162.39,"text":"Wonderful guy."},{"start":162.41,"end":170.31,"text":"He comes over on the... On the news at least."},{"start":170.34,"end":170.68,"text":"Stein."},{"start":170.96,"end":174.42,"text":"It's a Jewish... John, it's... John's doing pretty good."},{"start":189.49,"end":190.4,"text":"That's all I had today."},{"start":228.98,"end":231.36,"text":"It actually didn't get too heavy play on TV last night."},{"start":231.5,"end":235.26,"text":"It didn't get as heavy play as the food."},{"start":235.36,"end":239.59,"text":"I'm talking about the Segretti thing."},{"start":239.67,"end":246.17,"text":"It did not get as heavy play in terms of the overall context of the TV news last night as it may appear in writing."},{"start":283.6,"end":284.77,"text":"Excuse me, I'm sorry."},{"start":285.23,"end":285.77,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Radio address","Economic policy","Watergate","Donald Segretti","Press relations","Inflation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:53:31.995Z"},"topicSlugs":["radio-address","economic-policy","watergate","donald-segretti","press-relations","inflation"],"audioDurationSec":292,"audioFiles":[{"file":"874-008.mp3","bytes":2340864,"durationSec":291.53,"bitrate":64235,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:52.627Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/874-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/874-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/874/conversation-874-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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