On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-009 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. The President's schedule - Press conference [?] - State Department - Timing - Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] - Ziegler's talk with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Timing - The President's forthcoming interview with Dan Rather Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:37 am. Gift from Walter H. Annenberg - Placement in Oval Office - Picture of George Washington Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:04 am. CBS - Ziegler's talk with Haldeman - National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -"A Day in the Life of the President" - Timing - Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Christmas special - Timing - Ziegler's talk with William Small [President, CBS News Division] - CBS - NBC -"A Day in the Life of the President" - News worthiness - Gen. Charles A.J.M. de Gaulle - Lyndon B. Johnson - News release - NBC's statement - Leadership meetings - National Security Council [NSC] meeting - Henry A. Kissinger meeting - Cabinet Room - State dinner - Pierre E. Trudeau meeting - Optimism for NBC program - Ziegler's talk with Charles Colson - Meeting - Program for incoming wires and phone calls to NBC - Number - Rerun - Program defined as historical document - Middle East - Anwar el- Sadat - India/Pakistan situation - Camera movement - Ziegler's briefing - Kissinger Ziegler left at an unknown time before 11:04 am.
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings