859–7

Conversation No. 859-7

Date: February 21, 1973
Time: 9:31 am - 9:43 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Gridiron dinner
-George S. McGovern's attendance
-Women attendees
-Wives
-Shirley Chisholm
-Helen A. Thomas
-Eleanor (Stegeberg) McGovern
-Career women
-George H. W. Bush
-Republican speaker
-McGovern
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-Democrat speaker
-Traditional role
-Invitation Committee
-Invitation to President
-President's response
-McGovern
-President’s viewpoint
-Press relations
-Speech
-President’s attendance
-Press relations
-Ziegler's opinion
-Criticism
-Firmness
-Press corps
-Effect on Presidency
-Social events
-Photographs
-Ziegler’s conversation with Robert Roth
-McGovern
-Speech
-Speech writers

President’s attendance at social functions
-Brief attendance
-Remarks
-White House Correspondents Dinner
-White House Photographers Dinner
-Radio and television
-Correspondents dinner
-Invitation
-Gridiron Dinner
-Alternatives
-Church service
-Congress
-Timing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov.-09)
Conversation No. 859-7 (cont’d)



-President's attendance
-Entertainment
-White House Correspondents dinner
-Speech
-US News and World Report
-Reporter’s behavior
-Length of time
-Awards ceremonies
-Types
-Entertainment
-Remarks
-Timing
-Drop-by attendance format
-Limiting number of engagements
-Effects

Gridiron Dinner
-President’s attendance
-McGovern
-1972 campaign
-Avoidance
-Compared with McGovern missing Inauguration
-Invitation
-Roth
-Invitation Committee
-Meeting with the President
-Declining
-Response

White House Correspondents Dinner
-Invitation
-Acceptance
-Gridiron Dinner

Ziegler left at 9:43 am.
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