Conversation: 045-005
Prev:  045-004 Next: 045-006Start Date: 26-Apr-1973 12:23 PM
End Date: 26-Apr-1973 12:32 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 12:23 pm to 12:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 45-5 Date: April 26, 1973 Time: 12:23 pm - 12:32 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Richard G. Kleindienst. [See also Conversation No. 905-19] Watergate -Daniel Ellsberg case -Telephone call to President -Possible actions in court -Administration responsibility -Government’s disclosure -Break-in of psychiatrist -Responsibility -Authorization -J. Edgar Hoover -John N. Mitchell’s defense -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 45-5 (cont’d) -John W. Dean, III -Dean -Motives -Immunity -Conversation with Jeb Stuart Magruder -Conversation with President -Funds -John D. Ehrlichman -Ronald L. Ziegler’s view concerning credibility -Credibility -Conversations -Kleindienst, Henry E. Petersen -President -Immunity -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Ehrlichman -President’s conversations with Peterson -Use compared to transactional immunity -Subornation of perjury -Forthcoming meeting with Petersen -Motives -Advantages to President -Conversation with President, March 21, 1973 -E. Howard Hunt, Jr.’s demand for money -President’s reaction -Immunity -Dean’s possible reaction -Possible statements -Credibility