Date: December 12, 1972

Time: 10:39 am – 10:49 am

Location: Oval Office

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The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

The President’s schedule

Press relations

-[George P. Shultz’s statement on economic stabilization and federal spending]

-Budget spending ceiling

-Networks

-Wire services

-Newspapers

-US-Cuba relations

-Negotiations on hijacking agreement

-News summary

-Ziegler’s press conference, December 11, 1972

The President’s schedule

-Christmas planning

-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart

-Health

-Ziegler’s meeting with Helen Smith

-Press relations

-Washington Post directive

-Receptions

-Pools

-Timing

-Invitation

-Cabinet dinner

-Entertainment

-Church service

-Wires

-Receptions

-Number of guests

Press relations

-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s, Tricia Nixon Cox’s and Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s

schedules

-First term activities

-Trip, speeches, appearances, dedications

-Rose Parade

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-Trips

Second term reorganization

-Julie Nixon Eisenhower

-Conversation with the President

-Possible conversation with Ziegler

-Research

-Stuart

-Ziegler’s staff

-Record

-Agriculture Department

-Changes

-J. Philip Campbell

-Retention

-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan

-[Ambassadorship to India]

-Chairmanship of Republican National Committee

-George H. W. Bush

-Robert J. Dole

-Change

-Press relations

-Peter J. Brennan

-Public opinion

-Secretary of Transportation

-State Department, Justice Department

Press relations

-Shultz’s statement

-Performance

-Appearance, mannerisms

-Summary outline

-Networks

Second term reorganization

-Changes

-White House staff

-Counselors, assistants

-Cuts

-Peter G. Peterson

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-News magazines

-Henry A. Kissinger’s role

-Richard M. Helms, Peterson

-Stewart J. O. Alsop’s Newsweek article

-Accuracy

-Peterson, Helms departures

-Timing

-John B. Connally’s meeting with the President in Florida

Ronald L. Ziegler left at 10:49 am.