Conversation: 165-019
Prev:  165-018 Next: 165-020Start Date: 12-May-1973 12:37 PM
End Date: 12-May-1973 12:54 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On May 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:37 pm to 12:54 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 165-19 Date: May 12, 1973 Time: 12:37pm - 12:54 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Watergate -President’s previous conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler -Henry A. Kissinger’s press briefing -Wiretaps -Compared with previous administrations -Attempts to reach L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -President’s conversation with Gray -Ziegler -Leak -Memoranda of conversation [Memcons] -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. -Possible release -Gen. Robert E. Cushman, Jr.’s appearance before Armed Services Committee -Dr. James R. Schlesinger’s memcons -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Possible effects of White House refusal to release -Copies -Richard M. Helms -Schlesinger’s possible testimony -June 28, 1972 memcon -Possible effect -White House retention -National security -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Schlesinger -June 28, 1972 memcon -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s conversation with Helms -24- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. February-2012) Conversation No. 165-19 (cont’d) -Walters’s call to Gray -Possible effect of release -Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -Hearsay evidence -Walters -Helms -Possible possession of copy -Forthcoming conversation with Buzhardt -Haig’s conversation with Walters -Copies -Helms -Forthcoming conversation with Buzhardt -Conversation with Haldeman and Walters, June 28, 1972 -White House concern -CIA involvement -Conversation with Gray, June 27, 1972 -June 28, 1972 memcon -Effects of possible release -Helms -Memcon -President’s motivation -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Walters’s possible testimony -Gray’s possible testimony -Gray’s previous testimony -Conversation with Walters -John W. Dean, III -Possible release -White House response -Buzhardt’s schedule -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Charles W. Colson -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Memcons -Effects of possible release -Helms’s conversation with Gray -25- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. February-2012) Conversation No. 165-19 (cont’d) -President’s subsequent conversation with Gray -Gray’s conversation with Walters -Grand Jury -Ziegler’s forthcoming statement -Haig’s call to the President