Conversation: 164-021
Prev:  164-020 Next: 164-022Start Date: 28-Apr-1973 6:33 PM
End Date: 28-Apr-1973 6:54 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On April 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:33 pm and 6:54 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 164-21 Date: April 28, 1973 Time: Unknown between 6:33 pm and 6:54 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman. Watergate -President’s meeting with William P. Rogers -John W. Dean, III -Rules during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s -Voluntary testimony -Immunity -Dean -Statements to press -Possible testimony -Subornation of perjury -Leonard Garment -Voluntary testimony -Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s schedule -Meeting with President -President’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler -News stories concerning plumbers -Plumbers -Responsibility -Dean -Ehrlichman -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. and David R. Young, Jr. -Purpose -Electronic surveillance -White House -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 164-21 (cont’d) -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Contact with Ehrlichman -G[eorge] Gordon Liddy -Ehrlichman’s action -Conversation with Krogh or Young -Results -Ehrlichman’s action Prayers Watergate -President’s conversation with Rogers -Richard G. Kleindienst -Rogers’s relationship with President -Attorney General -President’s forthcoming speech -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Attorney General -Rogers’s forthcoming phone call -Ehrlichman’s conference with attorneys -Statements by Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Possible statement by President -Ehrlichman -1972 campaign -Telephone call to Herbert W. Kalmbach -Cover-up -Hunt’s papers -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III’s actions -Fred F. Fielding’s knowledge -Plumbers -Dean’s knowledge -Dean’s role in White House -Hunt’s papers -Henry E. Petersen’s knowledge -President’s conversation with Petersen concerning national security -Illegal operations -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 164-21 (cont’d) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National security] [Duration: 9 s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Watergate -Hunt’s papers -President’s conversation with Petersen concerning national security -White House -Hunt’s false cable concerning Ngo Diem -President’s conversation with Ziegler -Charles W. Colson’s involvement -Ehrlichman’s knowlege -John F. Kennedy -Ehrlichmas and Young’s study of Bay of Pigs -Colson’s involvement -Conversation with Ehrlichman -Use -Ehrlichman’s conversation with Colson -President’s knowledge -Ehrlichman’s story for Life -Ehrlichman’s knowledge -President’s knowledge -Ehrlichman’s knowledge -Colson -President’s knowledge -Life story -Television [TV] network interview -Use -Hunt-Colson operations -Colson -Conversations with President concerning Hunt -Timing -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 164-21 (cont’d) -Lucien E. Conein -Statements on relationship with Hunt -President’s forthcoming speech -Timing -Length -Leave of absence -Ehrlichman’s conversation with Haldeman -Ehrlichman -Separability from Haldeman -Gray and Hunt’s files -President’s conversation with Rogers -President’s information from Petersen -Grand Jury -Fred C LaRue -John J. Wilson -Leave of absence