Conversation: 045-166
Prev:  045-165 Next: 045-167Start Date: 9-May-1973 7:38 AM
End Date: 9-May-1973 7:56 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On May 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:38 am to 7:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-166 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 45-166 Date: May 9, 1973 Time: 7:38 am - 7:56 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Watergate -Haldeman’s forthcoming Grand Jury appearance -John D. Ehrlichman’s Grand Jury appearance -Grand Jury -Prosecutors -John W. Dean, III -Immunity -Dean -Senate immunity -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -White House counterattack -President’s conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Spiro T. Agnew, John B. Connally -Incoming mail -Dean’s papers -Possible use of President’s records -Executive privilege -Discussion of illegal activities -Haldeman’s notes -President’s papers -Ownership -Haig -Description -Haldeman’s log -Memorandums -Haldeman’s notes -President’s conversation with Haig -President’s Septemeber 15, 1972 meeting with Dean -President’s schedule, September 15, 1972 -September 15 meeting with Pete Daley, Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler and Dean -106- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 45-166 (cont’d) -President’s September 15, 1972 meeting with Dean -Topics -Funds for defendants -Herbert W. Kalmbach -Possible testimony by Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Prosecutors -Interest in President -Interest in President -Press -Dean -Dean’s conversations with President -Haldeman’s recollections -Kalmbach’s fundraising -Dean’s memorandum of conversation [memcon] -President’s papers -Ehrlichman and Haldeman’s notes -Leonard Garment -Haig -[Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose -President’s March 21, 1973, conversation with Dean and Haldeman -Ziegler -President’s motives -President reaction -Unites States Attorney -White House counterattack -Cover-up -Cover-up -Dean, John N. Mitchell -Dean’s possible testimony -Ehrlichman, Haldeman -Ehrlichman and Haldeman’s motives -Dean’s September 15, 1972 conversation with President and Haldeman -Watergate break-in -President’s concern -White House staff handling -Stories on Dwight L. Chapin and Donald H. Segretti -Stories on Haldeman, Maurice H. Stans -Knowledge of funds for defendants -Kalmbach -107- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 45-166 (cont’d) -Haldeman, Ehrlichman -Knowledge of use of funds -$350,000 -Haldeman’s knowledge of use -President’s March 21, 1973 meeting with Dean and Haldeman -President’s papers -Haldeman’s notes -Henry A. Kissinger’s notes