Date: October 2, 1972

Time: 11:44 am – 12:04 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

David S. Broder’s column

-Charge of “hiding” in White House

-Ziegler’s response

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 11:45 am.

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule

-Helicopter

-United Press International [UPI] editor’s wives reception

-The President’s schedule

The President’s schedule

Butterfield left at 11:45 am.

Press relations

-The President’s campaign activities

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-Congress

-Spending ceiling

-Broder

-The President’s trips in US

-Fundraising speeches

-Demonstrators

-Tone

-Broder

-Broder

-Confrontation

-George S. McGovern

-Administration statements

-Press reaction

-Strategy

-Camp David

-The President’s nomination acceptance speech

-Possible press questions on the President’s programs

-Messages

-Index

-The President’s record on the issues

-Tone

-News summaries

-Questions from the press

-Agenda

-The President’s activities campaign

-McGovern

-John B. Connally

-The President’s schedule

-Atlanta

-Office press conference, October 5, 1972

-Cameras

-Exit visas for Soviet Jews

-US-Soviet Union grain deal

-McGovern

-Debate

-Vietnam

-Henry A. Kissinger’s trips

-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

-[Camp David]

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Working on speeches

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-Radio speech

-Press conference

-Strategy of the campaign

-Debate

-The President’s August 29, 1972 press conference at San Clemente

-Earlier press briefing

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H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 11:50 am.

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Office press conference

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:50 am.

The President’s schedule

The unknown man person left at an unknown time before 12:04 pm.

Press and media relations

-Office press conference

-Tone

-Ziegler’s view compared to Patrick J. Buchanan’s analysis of press attitudes

-The President’s campaign activities

-Ziegler’s recent press conference

-California statements by the President

-Roger H. Mudd

-Interim agreement of strategic offensive arms

-R. Sargent Shriver

-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]

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-October 5, 1972 press conference

-McGovern

-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

-Interim agreement on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]

-Signing ceremony photograph

The President’s schedule

-Ambassadors

Haldeman and Ziegler left at 12:04 pm.