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PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON'S NEWS CONFERENCE #24
Held in the Oval Office
At the White House
Washington, D. C.
June 22, 1972
At 3:01 P.M. EDT (Thursday)
Official White House Transcript
THE PRESIDENT: Ladies and gentlemen: Next week before
the Congress recesses, I am planning to have a general news
conference. Prior to that time, in talking to Mr. Ziegler,
I found that a number of members of the press, looking back
at previous news conferences, have indicated that there is a
tendency for foreign policy and defense policy questions to
dominate the conferences so much that questions on domestic
policy do not get adequately covered.
As a matter of fact, I have noted several of you in your
commentaries, after some news conferences, have indicated that
we have not given enough attention to the domestic issues. So
consequently, after discussing the matter with Mr. Ziegler, I
thought it would be useful this week, on this occasion, to have
you here in the office for the purpose of covering domestic
issues only. The session next week will be open to foreign
policy, defense policy and domestic issues.
So today we will take all questions on domestic issues,
and next week you can cover all three areas to the extent you
wish.
QUESTION: Mr. O'Brien has said that the people who bugged
his headquarters had a direct link to the White House. Have
you had any sort of investigation made to determine whether
this is true?
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Ziegler, and also Mr. Mitchell, speak-
ing for the Campaign Committee, have responded to questions on
this in great detail. They have stated my position and have
also stated the facts accurately. As far as the matter now is
concerned, it is under investigation, as it should be, by the