Date: March 15, 1973

Time: 11:58 am-12:05 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

President’s press conference

-Watergate

-Court tests

-Ziegler’s future comments

-President’s comments

-Restrictions on White House commentary

-Cooperation with Congress

-Record of administration

-Alger Hiss case

-Press sensitivity

-Unknown reporter’s question

-Ed Kempler

-Press bias

-Comparison to Pentagon Papers case

-Issues of case

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. June-10)

-White House position with press

-Clark R. Mollenhoff

-President’s handling of questions characterized

-Dr. David K. E. Bruce

-Stockpiling

-Food prices

-Importance of story

-Aid to India and Pakistan

-Watergate

-John W. Dean, III

-Executive privilege

-Committee to Reelect the President

-Responsibility

-Kempler’s question

-Hiss case

-Cooperation with Congress

-Hiss case

-Issues

-Press obsessions

-Hostility to administration and presidency

-Bias against President

-Comparison to treatment of John F. Kennedy

-Ziegler’s response

Ziegler left at 12:05 pm.