Secret White House Tapes

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943–2
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Ronald L. Ziegler
  • Henry A. Kissinger
June 18, 1973
Conversation No. 943-2

Date: June 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:14 am and 10:35 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Watergate
-John W. Dean, III
-President’s previous conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-White House strategy
-Press reports
-Press coverage
-William Safire’s column, June 18, 1973
-White House response

-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

-Fred D. Thompson

-Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony

-Statement

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)

Conversation No. 943-2 (cont’d)

-White House response

-$1,000,000

-Washington Post story, June 18, 1973
-David R. Gergen
-Haig
-Leonard Garment
-Dean
-Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony

-Possible White House response

-$1,000,000

-March 21, 1973 meeting with President

-Funds for defendants

-President’s response
-Clemency offer
-Dean’s March 22, 1973 meeting with H. R. (“Bob”)
Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and John N. Mitchell
-Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony
-Possible responses
-John J. Wilson, Haldeman
-Buzhardt, Charles Allen Wright
-White House response
-Specificity vs. generality
-Haldeman
-Washington Post story, June 18, 1973
-Haig
-Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward and Carl Bernstein
-Source(s)
-New York Times
-Dean
-Possible allegations concerning President
-White House response
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.’s comments to Dean concerning Ellsberg break-
in
-Ellsberg break-in
-Dean’s conversation with President, March 1973
-Krogh’s statement concerning Ehrlichman’s knowledge
-Dean
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log

(rev. August-2011)

Conversation No. 943-2 (cont’d)

-Possible allegations concerning President

-White House response

-Counsel’s office, Buzhardt

-Howard H. Baker, Jr.

-Statement concerning President

-Dean

-Strategy


Henry Kissinger entered at 10:26 am.

Leonid I. Brezhnev’s visit
-Press statement

-World domination

-Superpower condominium


Watergate
-Dean

-Strategy

-White House response

-$1,100,000

-Safire’s column, June 18, 1973

-Compared to President


Ziegler left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
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