Conversation: 044-010
Prev: 044-009 Next: 044-011Start Date: 22-Mar-1973 2:19 PM
End Date: 22-Mar-1973 2:26 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kleindienst, Richard G.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 2:19 pm to 2:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 44-10 Date: March 22, 1973 Time: Unknown between 2:19 and 2:26 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Richard G. Kleindienst. [See also Conversation No. 422-33B] -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 44-10 (cont’d) Watergate investigation -Howard. H. Baker, Jr. -William E. Timmons -Desire to meet with Kleindienst -Contact with White House staff -Kleindienst as point of contact -Meeting with Kleindienst -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Telephone calls -Bugging -Administrative assistant’s complaints to Timmons -Complaints -Contact with administration -Ideas about testimony -John W. Dean, III as White House liaison with Kleindienst -L. Patrick Gray, III -Kleindienst’s conversation with James O. Eastland -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Difficulties in confirmation -Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. -Possible appointment to Second Circuit Court -Confirmation prospects -Eastland’s view -Wallace H. Johnson’s view -Responsibility -Availability of raw files -Ervin Committee -Kleindienst’s conversation with Weicker -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] policy regarding availability of Watergate information -Ervin Committee -House Judiciary Committee -Baker -Meeting with Kleindienst -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09)