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Conversation 046-077

TapeTape 46StartWednesday, May 16, 1973 at 10:25 AMEndWednesday, May 16, 1973 at 10:27 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon and White House counsel J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. discussed the identification and control of sensitive internal intelligence documents provided by John W. Dean, III. Buzhardt confirmed that he had secured materials including memos from Dean to John Mitchell and Tom Huston to H.R. Haldeman regarding 1970 intelligence operations. To mitigate potential exposure, the administration moved to secure the documents within the Justice Department and implement strict oversight for their storage.

WatergateJohn W. Dean IIIInternal intelligenceDocument controlH.R. HaldemanJ. Fred Buzhardt Jr.
AudioNARA Description

On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:25 am to 10:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 46-77

Date: May 16, 1973
Time: 10:25 am - 10:27 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 919-14]

      Watergate
           -John W. Dean, III’s documents
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      (rev. January-2011)

                -Contents described
                -Memoranda from Dean to John N. Mitchell
                -Memorandum from Tom C. Huston to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                -Dates
                -Internal intelligence
           -Control of documents
                -Storage
                       -Justice Department
                       -National Security Agency [NSA]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hi, Fred.
Yes, sir.
Did you get the stuff yet?
Yes, sir.
They're making us a copy now.
We have identified it.
It is all positively related.
The other pieces is a synthesis of the original document.
Some of it is, well, there's one memo from John Dean to...
the Attorney General, with reference to this.
There are several memos by, I guess, two, three, four, five, six, six memos from Tom Houston, who was a White House rep for this agency committee, to Bob Haldeman, kind of giving him progress reports.
They all date between July 1970 and September 21, 1970.
All related to the same subject.
and the whole business of this internal intelligence.
Well, I can assure you it was done.
And it wasn't very successful either.
We are moving out, Mr. President, to control this document.
Okay, it should be.
The Justice Department have evolved.
We're asking the committee to initial the document and it be stored for the MSI here on that call.
Good job, Fred.
Thank you, sir.
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