Conversation: 942-001
Prev:  941-009 Next: 942-002Start Date: 15-Jun-1973 8:20 AM
End Date: 15-Jun-1973 8:46 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On June 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:20 am to 8:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 942-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 942-1 Date: June 15, 1973 Time: 8:20 am - 8:46 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. President’s forthcoming speech in Pekin, Illinois -Content -Quality Press coverage -National economy -Frank E. Fitzsimmons’s statement -George Meany’s statement Watergate -Press coverage -Jeb Stuart Magruder’s testimony -Issue -Richard Scammon’s view -Gallup Poll -Content -Carl T. Curtis’s statement -Magruder -Statements -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Barry M. Goldwater, Jr.’s statement -President -Melvin R. Laird, Bryce N. Harlow, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Washington Post, New York Times -Forthcoming Leonid Brezhnev visit -Gordon C. Strachan -Possible statements -Haldeman’s knowledge of cover-up -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. December-2011) Conversation No. 942-1 (cont’d) -Immunity -Ervin Committee hearings -Harry Reasoner’s comments concerning Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -John W. Dean, III -Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak’s column concerning credibility -Ervin -James Kempton’s statement concerning press stories -Leaks, predicted testimony -United Press International [UPI] Brezhnev -Interview with American press members in Moscow National economy -President’s program -Response -London, Paris, Tokyo -Press Coverage -Roger H. Mudd -Compared to Phase I Watergate -Charles H. Percy -Effect of Ervin Committee hearings John B. Connally -Role on White House staff -Conversation with Haig and Ziegler -Press coverage Watergate -New stories -Maurice H. Stans -List of contributions sent to unknown woman at White House -Gerald Warren’s comments -Dean -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. December-2011) Conversation No. 942-1 (cont’d) Forthcoming Soviet summit -Press coverage -Brezhnev’s arrival -Announcements -Photographs Watergate -Dean -Magruder’s testimony -Press coverage -John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman -Mary McGrory -President’s April 30, 1973 speech -John D. Ehrlichman’s views -Ervin Committee hearings -Magruder -Haldeman’s knowledge of cover-up -President’s knowledge -Popular opinion -Break-in, cover-up -Ervin Committee hearings -Dean -Popular opinion -Dean -Alleged conversation with President -Charles R. Richey and civil case -Lawyers’ strategy -Possible motives -White House response -Alleged conversations with President -Clemency offer -Payoffs to William O. Bittman and E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. -White House focus -Press coverage -Possible conspiracy -Mitchell, Magruder -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. December-2011) Conversation No. 942-1 (cont’d) Forthcoming Brezhnev visit -Press coverage -Agenda -Leonid M. Zamyatin -Camp David -Congress [?] -Press centers -Camp David -Thurmont, Maryland -Ziegler’s conversation with Henry A. Kissinger -Zamyatin -Press coverage of unidentified story Ziegler left at 8:46 am.