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Start Date: 28-Apr-1973 8:43 AM

End Date: 28-Apr-1973 9:01 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); 

Recording Device: Camp David Study Table

164-004.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:43 am to 9:01 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 164-4

Date: April 28, 1973
Time: 8:43 am - 9:01 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     Watergate
          -Headlines
          -President’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
                -John D. Ehrlichman’s defense
                      -Robert L. Vesco case
          -Haldeman and Ehrlichman
                -Schedule
                -President’s speech
                -John W. Dean, III’s status
                -Statements
                -President’s forthcoming speech
                -Timing of actions
                      -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
                      -Compared to [Milk?] fund

     President’s health
           -Appearance
                 -Physical activity
           -Sleep
           -Swimming
           -Camp David

     Watergate
          -Harry S. Truman administration
               -Newbold Morris
               -J. Howard McGrath
          -Gray and John N. Mitchell
          -Gordon C. Strachan
               -Leave
               -Negotiations about testimony
          -Leave
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       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                         Tape Subject Log
                         (rev. March-2011)

                                                 Conversation No. 164-4 (cont’d)

      -Richard A. Moore, Strachan        

      -Witnesses       

      -Targets      

      -Magruder        

-John W. Dean, III
      -President’s schedule
      -Leonard Garment
      -Negotiations with US attorney
            -Immunity
            -News story, April 28, 1973
-Need for swift action by President
      -Garment meeting with Dean
-Effect of Haldeman’s and Ehrlichman’s leaves
-Future dealings with President
-Story implicating President
      -Washington Post
      -New York Times
      -Lawyers
      -New York Times story involving Seymour M. Hersch, William O. Bittman,
       and Paul L. O’Brien
-President’s marked News Summaries
      -Disposition         

            -Dean        

            -Henry A. Kissinger       

            -Charles W. Colson       

-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
      -Decision to request leave
      -Schedule
-William P. Rogers
      -President’s schedule
      -Special investigation of Watergate
            -Latitude
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-President’s schedule
      -Rogers       

      -Speech

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