President Nixon held a brief morning meeting in the Oval Office with Ronald L. Ziegler and an unidentified man. While the specific substance of the dialogue remains unrecorded, the discussion occurred amidst the escalating pressures of the Watergate scandal. The meeting concluded quickly, with the unknown visitor departing shortly before 10:14 am.
On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 909-13
Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:08 am and 10:14 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:14 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.