424-030a

Conversation No. 424-30

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:54 pm and 1:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

President's speech
-Preparation
-President’s hard work
-John D. Ehrlichman [?]
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Conversation No. 424-30 (cont’d)


-Past speeches by President
-President’s schedule
-Amount of time available
-Compared with press conferences
-Public reaction
-Price controls
-Term \"freeze\" compared with \"ceiling\"
-George P. Shultz

Watergate
-New developments
-Ervin Committee
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Speech to Press Club
-Charges against John W. Dean, III, Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Call to Spiro T. Agnew
-Opposition to President's stand on executive privilege
-Public relations problem
-James McCord Jr.'s charges
-Hearsay
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy
-Ervin Committee
-Testimony of Hunt and Liddy
-John N. Mitchell and Magruder
-Problem of executive privilege
-Public hearings
-Problem of separation of powers
-Advantages of grand jury
-Dean appearance
-Waiver of privileges
-A public statement
-Grand jury hearings
-Waiver of privileges re criminal conduct
-Waiver of executive privilege
-Charles W. Colson
-Watergate matters compared with White House business
-Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
-Press conference
-Attacks on Committee's leaks
-Source
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-Judiciary committee employee
-Discovery
-Secret Service tail
-Employee
-Political views
-Ervin Committee
-Agnew
-Baker
-Possible White House action
-Dean testimony
-Grand jury appearances
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s announcement
-Dean’s appearance
-McCord’s testimony
-Validity
-Bugging
-McCord's involvement in other incident
-Charges
-Watergate reports
-Delivery to Gordon C. Strachan
-Strachan's knowledge of contents
-Grand jury testimony
-Dean
-Mitchell's request
-Arthur Becker’s office meeting
-William P. Rogers
-Advice
-Mitchell meeting with Liddy
-Dean's recollection of Mitchell's reaction
-Purpose
-Liddy's presentation
-Rejection
-Second meeting
-Purpose
-Dean's arrival
-Liddy's presentation
-Rejection
-Dean's recounting to Haldeman
-Haldeman's knowledge
-Intelligence gathering
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 424-30 (cont’d)


-Bugging operation
-President's contacts with Dean and Magruder
-Pre- and post-election period
-Grand jury
-Dean testimony
-Charges
-Waiver of executive privilege
-Guidelines
-Involvement in break-in
-Mitchell
-Magruder
-Colson
-Ehrlichman
-Richard A. Moore
-Ehrlichman
-Abilities as lawyer
-Magruder
-Charges against others
-Severity
-Accusations against Mitchell
-Mitchell
-Possible charges
-Break-in
-Discussion of Watergate
-Charges
-Validity
-Grand jury
-Dean
-Publicity for testimony
-Dean
-Meeting with Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Testimony
-Basis for refusal
-Mitchell
-Meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Colson
-Haldeman’s call
-Rogers
-Ehrlichman meeting with Haldeman
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Conversation No. 424-30 (cont’d)


The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 1:34 pm.

[Conversation No. 424-30-A]

President's schedule
-George P. Shultz's draft

Haldeman meeting with Ehrlichman
-Location

[End of telephone conversation]

Colson
-Debate in Clark Mollenhoff [?]
-Knowledge of Liddy and Hunt's activities, Watergate

Watergate
-Magruder
-Attacks on Colson
-Substance of charges
-Major questions
-Motive, knowledge of break-in

President's schedule
-A break

Watergate
-Ziegler's announcement
-George H. W. Bush's call
-Meeting with President
-Urgency
-Political advice
-Impact of Watergate
-Meeting with Haldeman
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Gerald R. Ford
-Explanation of Watergate
-Damage to President
-Attacks on President
-White House staff
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Aug.-2010)
Conversation No. 424-30 (cont’d)


-Accusations
-President's meeting with Bush
-Haldeman's return call
-President's awareness of crisis
-President's strategy
-Bush's suggestions
-Bush's concerns

Haldeman left at 1:34 pm.