Date: January 9, 1973
Time: Between 2:39 pm and 2:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Ziegler’s lunch meeting
-Clifton Daniel
-Absence
-Francis L. Dale
-Washington Star
-Possible purchase
-Financial status
-Donald M. Kendall
-Walter H. Annenberg
Washington Star
-Afternoon newspaper
-Compared to morning
-Dale’s newspapers [?]
-Qualities
-Potential
-Compared to Washington Post
-Ziegler’s conversation with [First name unknown] Wilson [?]
-Dale
-Press relations
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(rev. Feb-09)
-Financial status
-Dale
-Television [TV] Station (WMAL)
-TV income
-Compared to newspaper income
-Benefits to Washington DC
-Dale
-Qualities
-The President’s support
-William Randolph Hearst Jr. [?]
-Future
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-William F. Buckley
Martin Agronsky TV show
Buckley’s TV show
Helen Thomas, Fran Lewine [?]
-Conversation
-Exclusive
The President’s interview on aging
Mode of dress
-Ziegler
-Neckties
-Appropriateness
-The President
-US of neckties
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Moscow, Peking
Herbert G. Klein
-Future
-The President’s conversation with Haldeman
-Ziegler’s conversation
-Future
-Press secretary role
-Advantage
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Feb-09)
-Press relations
-Compared to director of communications
-Policy
-Ziegler’s conversation with Haldeman
Washington Star
-Possible new owner
-Dale
Press relations
-White House power
-Elections
-Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead
-Congressional relations
-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-TV deregulation
-VHF channels
Washington Star
-Dale
Haldeman
Ziegler left at 2:53 pm.