Date: March 3, 1973

Time: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 3:45 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Ronald L. Ziegler’s day

Quadriad meeting

-News stories

-Length

-Meetings with Henry A. Kissinger

-Press coverage

-Arrangements

-Local stations

Peter J. Brennan visit to accident site

-Apartment building

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-Coverage

New York Times editorial

-Support for President’s statement on blackmail, ransom

-Khartoum, Sudan incident

-President as example to other world leaders

US acceding to terrorist demands

-Impact on diplomatic corps

-Kidnapping

Press relations

-Television [TV] coverage

-President’s statements

-Press conference

-National memorial

-Timing

-Press conferences

-Location

-Press Room, East Room

-Advantages

-TV coverage

-Networks compared to local stations

-Channel 5, Metro Media

Extensive coverage, footage

-Network commentators

Watergate

-TV coverage

-John W. Dean, III

-Testimony

-Administration’s view

-Ziegler

-Patrick J. Buchanan

-William L. Safire

-Dean’s statement

-President’s approval

-Congressional investigation

-Past cases

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-Mike Gravel

-Administration statement

-Dean’s testifying

-Cooperation with Congressional committee

-Compared to Hiss case

-Harry S. Truman

-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]

-Justice Department

-FBI

-White House staff

-Separation of powers

-Administration’s position

-Cooperation

President’s press conference

-Scheduling

-Timing

-California trip

-Nuygen Van Thieu

-TV coverage

-East Room

-Time, date

-Troop withdrawals

-Completion

-Alternative dates

-California trip

-Thieu visit

-Problem

-Baseball opener

-Pittsburgh

-Roberto Clemente

This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 3:45 pm.