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168–32
- President Richard M. Nixon
- H. R. Haldeman
June 3, 1973
Conversation No. 168-32
Date: June 3, 1973
Time: 12:35 pm - 1:11 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Haldeman’s schedule
-Church
President’s schedule
-Camp David
Watergate
-John W. Dean, III
-Statement concerning meetings with President
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.s view
-Dean’s lawyer
-White House response
-Haldeman’s belief
-President’s work with Haldeman
-Contacts with President
-President’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst
-Number
-Press story
-Dates
-34-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-Richard A. Moore
-Buzhardt
-Contacts with Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman
-Forthcoming call to Ronald L. Ziegler
-Interview with American Broadcasting Company [ABC], June 3, 1973
-Haldeman
-Comments to press
-President and cover-up
-Involvement in break-in
-Dean
-Ehrlichman
-Interview with ABC, June 3, 1973
-Dean’s contacts with President
-President’s motive
-Dean
-Contacts with President
-Press conference
-Executive privilege
-Ervin Committee
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Ehrlichman
-Interview with ABC, June 3, 1973
-President’s contacts with Dean
-Forthcoming telephone call to Ziegler
-Press coverage
-Dean
-Statement, June 3, 1973
-Pattern
-Buzhardt’s view of leaks
-Attorney
-President’s meeting with Haldeman
-Statements by President, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman’s meetings with President
- Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-$350,000
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-President’s activities
-Kalmbach’s activities
-Ehrlichman
-35-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-Dean
-Contacts with President
-March 22, 1973 with Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and John N. Mitchell
-Florida trip
-William O. Bittman
-Ervin Committee
-Strategy
-Dean report
-Gray’s statement concerning Dean’s veracity
-President’s call to Kleindienst
-Kleindienst’s cooperation with Ervin Committee
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.’s administrative assistant
-March 21, 1973
-Bittman
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-$350,000
-Ehrlichman and plumbers
-Dean’s involvement
-Clemency offer
-Subornation of Jeb Stuart Magruder’s perjury
-April 15, 1973
-US attorney
-Haldeman
-Access to notes
-Possible chronology of events
-President, Haldeman, and Dean
-Dean’s investigation
-Ehrlichman’s investigation
-Timing
-California
-President’s motive
-Dean’s trip to Camp David
-Ehrlichman’s note for President’s signature
-Attorney - client privilege
-Date
-Possible chronology of events
-President’s role
-$350,000
-Haldeman’s role
-Executive privilege
-36-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-President’s opponents’ tactics
-Dean
-White House response
-White House response
-Haldeman’s possible interview with Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward
-Washington Post
-President’s opponents
-Aims
-President
-Haldemen, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell
-Mitchell’s role
-Magruder and Dean’s role
-Allegations
-Cover-up
-Break-in
-Dean
-Dean’s August 1972 report
-Ziegler
-McClellan Committee
-Charges against Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Dean
-Knowledge of break-in
-March 21, 1973 meeting with President, Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Haldeman’s notes
-Statement concerning White House response
-Meeting with Mitchell and Magruder
-Dean’s orders
-Magruder’s perjury
-Meeting with President
-February 27, 1973
-Moore
-March 1, 1973
-President’s March 2, 1973 press conference
-March 6, 1973
-March 7, 1973
-March 14, 1973 with Moore
-Press conference
-Possible chronology
-Haldeman
-Possible interviews
-37-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-Ervin Committee
-Grand Jury
-Deposition for Democratic National Committee [DNC]
-Post June 17, 1973 events
-Possible interviews
-Woodward vs. New York Times, Newsweek
-Washington Post
-Associated Press
-Length
-Ehrlichman
-Testimony
-Robert E. Cushman and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Motives
-Dean
-March 22, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman
-Dean report at Camp David
-President subsequent investigation at Key Biscayne
-Haldeman’s telephone calls
-Mitchell, William D. Rogers, Charles W. Colson, Dean, Moore
-Colson’s call to Magruder
-Rogers
-Grand Jury testimony
-James W. McCord, Jr.’s letter to John J. Sirica
-President’s questions, Haldeman’s telephone calls
-President’s knowledge
-President’s suspicions
-President’s forthcoming conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Ziegler’s possible calls
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-Chronology of events
-Haldeman’s files
-Dean
-Documentary evidence
-Possible tape recordings by Dean
-Camp David
-Methodology
-Conversations with Haldeman
-Conversations with President
-Easter
-Florida
-38-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-$1,000,000
-Possible tape recording by Dean
-Dean’s forthcoming plea
-March 21, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman
-$1,000,000
-News story
-President’s methodology
-Clemency offer
-1974 elections
-March 1973 offer
-Clemency
-January 1973
-McCord’s testimony
-Dean’s possible role
-President’s opinions in March 21, 1973 meeting
-Dean
-March 21, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman
-$1,000,000
-President’s methodology
-Use for funds
-Bittman
-Easter call from President
-$1,000,000
-White House response
Call to Haldeman
Date: June 3, 1973
Time: 12:35 pm - 1:11 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Haldeman’s schedule
-Church
President’s schedule
-Camp David
Watergate
-John W. Dean, III
-Statement concerning meetings with President
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.s view
-Dean’s lawyer
-White House response
-Haldeman’s belief
-President’s work with Haldeman
-Contacts with President
-President’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst
-Number
-Press story
-Dates
-34-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-Richard A. Moore
-Buzhardt
-Contacts with Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman
-Forthcoming call to Ronald L. Ziegler
-Interview with American Broadcasting Company [ABC], June 3, 1973
-Haldeman
-Comments to press
-President and cover-up
-Involvement in break-in
-Dean
-Ehrlichman
-Interview with ABC, June 3, 1973
-Dean’s contacts with President
-President’s motive
-Dean
-Contacts with President
-Press conference
-Executive privilege
-Ervin Committee
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Ehrlichman
-Interview with ABC, June 3, 1973
-President’s contacts with Dean
-Forthcoming telephone call to Ziegler
-Press coverage
-Dean
-Statement, June 3, 1973
-Pattern
-Buzhardt’s view of leaks
-Attorney
-President’s meeting with Haldeman
-Statements by President, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman’s meetings with President
- Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-$350,000
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-President’s activities
-Kalmbach’s activities
-Ehrlichman
-35-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-Dean
-Contacts with President
-March 22, 1973 with Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and John N. Mitchell
-Florida trip
-William O. Bittman
-Ervin Committee
-Strategy
-Dean report
-Gray’s statement concerning Dean’s veracity
-President’s call to Kleindienst
-Kleindienst’s cooperation with Ervin Committee
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.’s administrative assistant
-March 21, 1973
-Bittman
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-$350,000
-Ehrlichman and plumbers
-Dean’s involvement
-Clemency offer
-Subornation of Jeb Stuart Magruder’s perjury
-April 15, 1973
-US attorney
-Haldeman
-Access to notes
-Possible chronology of events
-President, Haldeman, and Dean
-Dean’s investigation
-Ehrlichman’s investigation
-Timing
-California
-President’s motive
-Dean’s trip to Camp David
-Ehrlichman’s note for President’s signature
-Attorney - client privilege
-Date
-Possible chronology of events
-President’s role
-$350,000
-Haldeman’s role
-Executive privilege
-36-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-President’s opponents’ tactics
-Dean
-White House response
-White House response
-Haldeman’s possible interview with Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward
-Washington Post
-President’s opponents
-Aims
-President
-Haldemen, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell
-Mitchell’s role
-Magruder and Dean’s role
-Allegations
-Cover-up
-Break-in
-Dean
-Dean’s August 1972 report
-Ziegler
-McClellan Committee
-Charges against Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Dean
-Knowledge of break-in
-March 21, 1973 meeting with President, Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Haldeman’s notes
-Statement concerning White House response
-Meeting with Mitchell and Magruder
-Dean’s orders
-Magruder’s perjury
-Meeting with President
-February 27, 1973
-Moore
-March 1, 1973
-President’s March 2, 1973 press conference
-March 6, 1973
-March 7, 1973
-March 14, 1973 with Moore
-Press conference
-Possible chronology
-Haldeman
-Possible interviews
-37-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-Ervin Committee
-Grand Jury
-Deposition for Democratic National Committee [DNC]
-Post June 17, 1973 events
-Possible interviews
-Woodward vs. New York Times, Newsweek
-Washington Post
-Associated Press
-Length
-Ehrlichman
-Testimony
-Robert E. Cushman and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Motives
-Dean
-March 22, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman
-Dean report at Camp David
-President subsequent investigation at Key Biscayne
-Haldeman’s telephone calls
-Mitchell, William D. Rogers, Charles W. Colson, Dean, Moore
-Colson’s call to Magruder
-Rogers
-Grand Jury testimony
-James W. McCord, Jr.’s letter to John J. Sirica
-President’s questions, Haldeman’s telephone calls
-President’s knowledge
-President’s suspicions
-President’s forthcoming conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Ziegler’s possible calls
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-Chronology of events
-Haldeman’s files
-Dean
-Documentary evidence
-Possible tape recordings by Dean
-Camp David
-Methodology
-Conversations with Haldeman
-Conversations with President
-Easter
-Florida
-38-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d)
-$1,000,000
-Possible tape recording by Dean
-Dean’s forthcoming plea
-March 21, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman
-$1,000,000
-News story
-President’s methodology
-Clemency offer
-1974 elections
-March 1973 offer
-Clemency
-January 1973
-McCord’s testimony
-Dean’s possible role
-President’s opinions in March 21, 1973 meeting
-Dean
-March 21, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman
-$1,000,000
-President’s methodology
-Use for funds
-Bittman
-Easter call from President
-$1,000,000
-White House response
Call to Haldeman