635–16

Conversation No. 635-16

Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 12:37 pm - 12:47 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Nicholas P. Thimmesch and Ronald L. Ziegler; the White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Thimmesch's columns

[Photograph session]

Thimmesch's schedule
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[Edward C. Nixon]
-Navy

Thimmesch's age

Florida
-Navy
-Jane’s Fighting Ships
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Executives

Thimmesch's columns

The President's meeting with David Packard
-Packard resignation
-Reasons

Navy
-US position
-Nuclear fleet
-Undersea Long-range Missile System [ULMS]
-“Polaris”
-Surface fleet
-Attempt to modernize
-Parity
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] navy
-Modern
-Merchant Marine
-Thimmesch’s experience

Thimmesch
-Washington Post
-Washington Star
-Los Angeles Times
-Washington Post
-Benjamin C. Bradlee
-Katharine L. Graham
-Charles W. Colson
-Smith Hempstone, Jr.
-Marine Corps experience
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-Work on trips
-Robert F. Ellsworth
-Writing
-Children
-Location
-Mike Wallace story
-Wallace's background
-Background
-Luxembourg visit
-Jack Thimmesch
-Nicholas Thimmesch
-Minnesota
-Family
-Writing columns
-Enjoyment
-Time and Newsweek
-Los Angeles Times
-Television appearances
-\"Meet the Press\"
-\"Firing Line\"
-William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Educational programs
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Public broadcasting
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Job offer
-Children

Thimmesch and Ziegler left at 12:47 pm.