438–32

Conversation No. 438-32

Date: May 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:38 am and 12:27 pm

Location: Old Executive Office Building


The President talked with Marjorie Acker.


[Conversation No. 438-32A]


[Begin telephone conversation]


Dictation
-National security

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 11:58 am.

Watergate
-President’s responsibility

[End telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

Conversation No. 438-32 (cont’d)

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-President’s actions

-Authorizations
-Forthcoming White Paper
-Editing
-White House strategy
-Economy
-Richard M. Helms
-Knowledge of President’s role
-Motive
-John C. Stennis and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.

Rose Mary Woods entered at an unknown time after 11:58 am.

Copy of statement draft page

Woods left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-President’s role and knowledge

-Phraseology

-[Editing]

-Plumbers
-Instructions
-Activities
-President’s disapproval
-President’s responsibility
-President’s approval
-Woods

Woods and Acker entered at 12:03 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-Editing

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Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

Conversation No. 438-32 (cont’d)

-Instructions for typist

Woods and Acker left at 12:05 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-Content
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Responsibility
-Allegations of plans
-Bugging
-Kidnapping
-Armed groups
-President’s knowledge
-President’s role and knowledge
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-Charles W. Colson
-Access to documents
-Colson
-David R. Young, Jr.
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Public opinion
-Helms and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Congress
-Howard H. Baker, Jr. and Wallace F. Bennett
-Effect on presidency and Republican party
-President’s role
-World situation

Woods entered at an unknown time after 12:05 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper


Woods left at an unknown time before 12:25 pm.

Watergate
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

Conversation No. 438-32 (cont’d)

-Forthcoming White Paper
-Phraseology
-National security
-[Krogh’s] assignment
-President’s responsibility
-Colson
-Krogh
-Testimony regarding orders
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Young
-Possible testimony
-Krogh
-Testimony regarding orders
-Ehrlichman
-Public support for President’s national security actions
-Cover-up
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Money
-Walters
-Explanation of President’s actions
-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Statement regarding President’s foreign policy

National economy

-George P. Shultz

-Need for action

-Presidential leadership
-Price freezes
-John B. Connally’s views
-Wall Street

-Public reaction

-Discussion on Sequoia


Watergate
-Howard K. Smith’s view on timing of hearings

Woods entered at an unknown time after 12:05 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

Conversation No. 438-32 (cont’d)


Forthcoming White Paper

-Phraseology

-Cover memorandum


Woods left at 12:25 pm.

Watergate

-Effect on Wall Street

-George H. W. Bush

-Statement, May 21
-Rowland Evans-Robert Novak column

Haig left at 12:27 pm.