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906-024a
- President Richard M. Nixon
- H. R. Haldeman
- Stephen B. Bull
- White House operator
- Manolo Sanchez
- Ronald L. Ziegler
April 27, 1973
Conversation No. 906-24
Date: April 27, 1973
Time: 6:49 pm - 8:04 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Watergate
-Seymour M. Hersh story
-John W. Dean, III
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President and Haldeman
-Dean’s beliefs
-President’s statements concerning funds
-Haldeman’s actions
-37-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman’s reaction
-President’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen
-Paul L. O’Brien’s story
-William O. Bittman
-Dean
-Involvement with funds
-Conversations with President and Haldeman
-Frederick C. LaRue’s delivery
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President and Haldeman
-Dean report
-Credibility compared with President, Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s view
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-Reasons for actions
-Presidency
-Dean, Ehrlichman, Haldeman
-Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Possible leaves of absence
-Duration
-Timing
-Dean
-Timing of interviews
-US Attorney
-Samuel Dash
-John J. Wilson’s view
-Departures linked to Dean’s departure
-Wilson’s view
-Possible leaves of absence
-President’s schedule
-Camp David
-President’s forthcoming statement
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Buchanan
-Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Leaves of absence
-Dean
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Departure from White House staff
-Form
-Notification
-Leonard Garment
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-Dean
-Wilson’s view
-Public impression
-Charges against Ehrlichman
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Burning of files
-Robert Lee Vesco
-Libya
-Embassy
-Ellsberg break-in
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] questioning, April 27, 1973
-Dean
-Veracity
-Attacks on President
-Hersh story
-Ziegler’s story
-New York Times
-Bittman
-O’Brien
-Dean’s statement about President
-Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward story
-President’s conversation with Petersen
-Charles A. Shaffer’s statements to prosecutors, April 23, 1973
-Bittman, Hunt conversation
-Plumbers
-Hersh
-John N. Mitchell and Haldeman
-Woodward story
-Compared with Woodward
-Conversation with Wilson
-Evidence against Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-39-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Story concerning President
-Bittman, O’Brien
-Dean
-Lawyers
-Story to lawyer
-Conversation with Ziegler concerning Haldeman
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Leaves of absence
-Timing and effect
-Dean’s departure from staff
-Richard A. Moore
-Relationship with Dean
-Garment
-Compared with Moore
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Leaves of absence
-News leads
-Washington, DC
-Meridian, Mississippi
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of release of statements
-Gray
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of release of statements
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Request for Dean’s departure
-Compared to Senator, Nikita S. Khruschev
-Dean
-Possible indictment
-Petersen’s view
-Negotiations with prosecutors
-Possible meeting with President
-Departure from White House staff
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Resignation
-Possible meeting with President
-Leaves of absence
-40-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of leaves of absence
-Camp David
-Meeting with President
-Firing of Gray and Dean
-Leaves of absence
-Statement
-President’s response
-Dean
-Garment’s request
-Departure from White House staff
-Leave of absence
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of departure
-Dean
-Dean
-Possible conversation with President
-Petersen’s advice
-Garment as intermediary
-Replacement
-White House counsel
-Ehrlichman’s opinion
-Robert Walters’s conversation with Gerald L. Warren
-Lawrence M. Higby
-Information from prosecution
-Higby
-Involvement
-Gordon C. Strachan
-Conduct from Dean
-Dean
-Possession of documentary evidence
-Payments to Committee to Reelect the President [CRP]
-$350,000
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-Departure of Dean
-Possible instructions from President
-41-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Dean
-Garment as representative for President
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Schedules
-President’s schedule
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Leaves of absence
-Timing
-President’s forthcoming speech
-President’s refusal to see Dean
-Request for Garment to speak to Dean
-Notes to Garment, Dean
-Departure from White House staff
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-News leads
-Separation from Dean
-Timing
-Dean
-Possible meeting with President
-Garment
-Separation from Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of statements
-President’s schedule
-Speech
-Willy Brandt
-Meeting with President
-Diplomatic credentials
-German Ambassador [Bundt von Staden]
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:49 pm.
President’s schedule
-Diplomatic credentials
-German Ambassador
-Brandt’s arrival ceremonies
-42-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Camp David
-Helicopter
-Bull’s telephone call to Rose Mary Woods
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Press relations
-Ziegler
Bull left at an unknown time before 8:00 pm.
Watergate
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Use of Camp David
-Departures from White House staff
-Dean
-Evidence against President
-Control of Dean
-Departure from staff
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Request for leaves of absence
-43-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Garment as counsel
-President’s conversation with Petersen
-Dean
-Hearsay
-Evidence against President
-Use
-Effect
-Feelings concerning Presidency
-John Wilkes Booth
-Actions
-Use of confidential information
-Ellsberg break-in
-President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Work on speech
-Impact
-Popular support for President
-Meridian, Mississippi
-News stories
-Gallup poll on Watergate
-Importance of Watergate as issue
-John C. Stennis
-President’s schedule
-Price’s visit to Camp David
-Ziegler
-Hersh and Woodward stories
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and
8:02 pm.
[Conversation No. 906-24A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 45-37]
[End telephone conversation]
-44-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:49 pm.
President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Dog
-Helicopter
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:02 pm.
The President talked with Ziegler between 8:02 pm and 8:03 pm.
[Conversation No. 906-24B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 45-38]
[End telephone conversation]
Ziegler’s location
-Price
Watergate
-Ziegler’s visit to Camp David
-President’s upcoming speech
Haldeman left at 8:04 pm.
Date: April 27, 1973
Time: 6:49 pm - 8:04 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Watergate
-Seymour M. Hersh story
-John W. Dean, III
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President and Haldeman
-Dean’s beliefs
-President’s statements concerning funds
-Haldeman’s actions
-37-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman’s reaction
-President’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen
-Paul L. O’Brien’s story
-William O. Bittman
-Dean
-Involvement with funds
-Conversations with President and Haldeman
-Frederick C. LaRue’s delivery
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President and Haldeman
-Dean report
-Credibility compared with President, Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s view
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-Reasons for actions
-Presidency
-Dean, Ehrlichman, Haldeman
-Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Possible leaves of absence
-Duration
-Timing
-Dean
-Timing of interviews
-US Attorney
-Samuel Dash
-John J. Wilson’s view
-Departures linked to Dean’s departure
-Wilson’s view
-Possible leaves of absence
-President’s schedule
-Camp David
-President’s forthcoming statement
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Buchanan
-Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Leaves of absence
-Dean
-38-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Departure from White House staff
-Form
-Notification
-Leonard Garment
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-Dean
-Wilson’s view
-Public impression
-Charges against Ehrlichman
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Burning of files
-Robert Lee Vesco
-Libya
-Embassy
-Ellsberg break-in
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] questioning, April 27, 1973
-Dean
-Veracity
-Attacks on President
-Hersh story
-Ziegler’s story
-New York Times
-Bittman
-O’Brien
-Dean’s statement about President
-Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward story
-President’s conversation with Petersen
-Charles A. Shaffer’s statements to prosecutors, April 23, 1973
-Bittman, Hunt conversation
-Plumbers
-Hersh
-John N. Mitchell and Haldeman
-Woodward story
-Compared with Woodward
-Conversation with Wilson
-Evidence against Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-39-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Story concerning President
-Bittman, O’Brien
-Dean
-Lawyers
-Story to lawyer
-Conversation with Ziegler concerning Haldeman
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Leaves of absence
-Timing and effect
-Dean’s departure from staff
-Richard A. Moore
-Relationship with Dean
-Garment
-Compared with Moore
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Leaves of absence
-News leads
-Washington, DC
-Meridian, Mississippi
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of release of statements
-Gray
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of release of statements
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Request for Dean’s departure
-Compared to Senator, Nikita S. Khruschev
-Dean
-Possible indictment
-Petersen’s view
-Negotiations with prosecutors
-Possible meeting with President
-Departure from White House staff
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Resignation
-Possible meeting with President
-Leaves of absence
-40-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of leaves of absence
-Camp David
-Meeting with President
-Firing of Gray and Dean
-Leaves of absence
-Statement
-President’s response
-Dean
-Garment’s request
-Departure from White House staff
-Leave of absence
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of departure
-Dean
-Dean
-Possible conversation with President
-Petersen’s advice
-Garment as intermediary
-Replacement
-White House counsel
-Ehrlichman’s opinion
-Robert Walters’s conversation with Gerald L. Warren
-Lawrence M. Higby
-Information from prosecution
-Higby
-Involvement
-Gordon C. Strachan
-Conduct from Dean
-Dean
-Possession of documentary evidence
-Payments to Committee to Reelect the President [CRP]
-$350,000
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-Departure of Dean
-Possible instructions from President
-41-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Dean
-Garment as representative for President
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Schedules
-President’s schedule
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Leaves of absence
-Timing
-President’s forthcoming speech
-President’s refusal to see Dean
-Request for Garment to speak to Dean
-Notes to Garment, Dean
-Departure from White House staff
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-News leads
-Separation from Dean
-Timing
-Dean
-Possible meeting with President
-Garment
-Separation from Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Timing of statements
-President’s schedule
-Speech
-Willy Brandt
-Meeting with President
-Diplomatic credentials
-German Ambassador [Bundt von Staden]
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:49 pm.
President’s schedule
-Diplomatic credentials
-German Ambassador
-Brandt’s arrival ceremonies
-42-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Camp David
-Helicopter
-Bull’s telephone call to Rose Mary Woods
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 28 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Press relations
-Ziegler
Bull left at an unknown time before 8:00 pm.
Watergate
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Use of Camp David
-Departures from White House staff
-Dean
-Evidence against President
-Control of Dean
-Departure from staff
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Request for leaves of absence
-43-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
-Garment as counsel
-President’s conversation with Petersen
-Dean
-Hearsay
-Evidence against President
-Use
-Effect
-Feelings concerning Presidency
-John Wilkes Booth
-Actions
-Use of confidential information
-Ellsberg break-in
-President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Work on speech
-Impact
-Popular support for President
-Meridian, Mississippi
-News stories
-Gallup poll on Watergate
-Importance of Watergate as issue
-John C. Stennis
-President’s schedule
-Price’s visit to Camp David
-Ziegler
-Hersh and Woodward stories
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and
8:02 pm.
[Conversation No. 906-24A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 45-37]
[End telephone conversation]
-44-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-24 (cont’d)
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:49 pm.
President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Dog
-Helicopter
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:02 pm.
The President talked with Ziegler between 8:02 pm and 8:03 pm.
[Conversation No. 906-24B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 45-38]
[End telephone conversation]
Ziegler’s location
-Price
Watergate
-Ziegler’s visit to Camp David
-President’s upcoming speech
Haldeman left at 8:04 pm.