President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss a potential meeting or request involving Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The short duration of the exchange suggests an administrative or scheduling matter rather than an in-depth policy discussion. No further details regarding the specific nature of the request were captured due to the brevity of the recording.
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 880-12
Date: March 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:53 pm and 2:55 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Request
-Ronald L. Ziegler [?]
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:55 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.