Conversation: 045-003
Prev:  045-002 Next: 045-004Start Date: 26-Apr-1973 12:16 PM
End Date: 26-Apr-1973 12:21 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kleindienst, Richard G.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 12:16 pm to 12:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 45-3 Date: April 26, 1973 Time: 12:16 pm - 12:21 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Richard G. Kleindienst. [See also Conversation No. 905-17] -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 45-3 (cont’d) Tax legislation -Meeting -House Ways and Means Committee -President’s schooling Watergate -Kleindienst’s conversations with Henry E. Petersen and Kevin T. Maroney concerning Ellsberg break-in -Petersen’s and Maroney’s conversation with David R. Nissen -Presentation to Judge -Prosecutor’s knowledge -Brady case, Supreme Court case Wounded Knee incident -Need for decision -President’s meeting with Kleindienst -John C. Whitaker, Leonard Garment, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Interior Department, Justice Department -Law enforcement problems -Possible response -President’s meeting with Kleindienst -Bureau of Indian Affairs -Preliminary materials -Cole -Loss of life -Justice Department’s plan -Defense Department -Use of gas -Theft of weapons from Denver depot -Public involvement -Students -Activists’ weakness -Letter from George S. McGovern -Support for action -South Dakota -Cole -President’s meeting with Kleindienst -Stephen B. Bull -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012)