899–4

Conversation No. 899-4

Date: April 17, 1973
Time: 4:48 pm - 5:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Watergate
-John N. Mitchell’s visit to White House
-Martha (“Beall”) Mitchell
-John D. Ehrlichman
-President
-John W. Dean, III’s role in investigation
-President’s investigation
-August 29, 1972 statement
-Dean’s investigation
-Dean’s role in investigation
-President’s investigation
-Henry E. Petersen
-James W. McCord’s statement
-Results
-Mitchell, Jeb Stuart Magruder, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman
-Dean
-Possible action
-Attorney’s threats
-Knowledge of Ehrlichman’s activities
-Plumbers

-Daniel Ellsberg

-Watergate participants’ motives
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Mitchell
-Cover-up
-Leonard Garment’s approach
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Tape Subject Log

(rev. August-2011)

Conversation No. 899-4 (cont’d)

-Firing of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Dean

-Mitchell

-Magruder’s statement after guilty plea in open court

-Haldeman and Ehrlichman as unindicted co-conspirators
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman

-Usefulness to President

-President’s action

-Garment’s approach
-President’s statement
-Effects
-Ziegler’s conversation with Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-White House staff’s appearance before Ervin Committee
-Dean
-Possible telephone call by Ziegler

-Possible leaks

-Possible comments by Ziegler

-Possible effects on judicial powers, civil rights

-Dean

-Possible telephone call by Ziegler


Ziegler left at 5:03 pm.