Conversation: 165-027
Prev: 165-026 Next: 165-028Start Date: Saturday, May 12, 1973 6:17 PM
End Date: Saturday, May 12, 1973 6:21 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On May 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:17 pm to 2:21 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 165-27
Date: May 12, 1973
Time: 2:17 pm - 2:21 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-Ziegler’s previous press briefing
-Associated Press, New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun
-President’s role in Watergate investigation
-President’s conversation with L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Ziegler’s conversation with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-Gray
-Destruction of files
-Washington Post story regarding the President’s role
-Conversation with the President
-White House attempts to contact
-Testimony
-White House response
-John W. Dean III
-Gray
-White House attempts to contact