Conversation: 168-028
Prev:  168-027 Next: 168-029Start Date: 3-Jun-1973 10:48 AM
End Date: 3-Jun-1973 11:07 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On June 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:48 am to 11:07 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 168-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 168-28 Date: June 3, 1973 Time: 10:48 am - 11:07 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Watergate -White House response -Ronald L. Ziegler, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. -John W. Dean, III Watergate -Dean -Statement concerning contacts with President -New York Times, Washington Post -Cover-up -White House response -Contacts with President -February 27, 1973 with Richard A. Moore -February 27 - March 15, 1973 -28- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-28 (cont’d) -Executive privilege -March 12, 1973 order -Telephone call to Colson concerning executive privilege order -Motive -Colson -Forthcoming interviews -Howard K. Smith -New York Times -Timing -Ervin Committee hearings -Sally Harmony, G[eorge] Gordon Liddy’s secretary -Whtie House response -Dean -Strategy -Prosecutors’ statements -Expectations concerning revelation of Huston plan -Statement concerning meetings with President -New York Times, Washington Post, television [TV] networks -Contacts with President -January 1973, February 1973 -Role -Knowledge of break-in -Jeb Stuart Magruder’s perjury -Clemency offer -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Cover-up -Contacts with President -Funds for defendants -E. Howard Hunt, Jr.’s attorney -Meeting with President -White House involvement -John N. Mitchell -Possible immunity -Role -Conversations with White House staff -Colson -White House staff involvement -Denials -President’s attention -Vietnam -29- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-28 (cont’d) -November 1972 - January 1973 -Mitchell -Washington Post, New York Times, TV networks -Washington Post -Compared to New York Times -Story concerning President’s possible Grand Jury appearance -Possible White House response -Press coverage -Dean’s statement -Timing -President’s schedule -Erving Committee hearings -Popular opinion -News cycles -Ervin Committee hearings -Dean -Contacts with President -President’s will -September 15, 1972 -Indictments of burglars -Credibility -Gary’s statement -Jack N. Anderson column concerning former law practice -Press treatment -White House response -Ziegler’s view -Possible treatment by liberals -Compared to James W. McCord, Jr. -Gerald Alch -White House response -Immunity -Colson’s forthcoming interviews -Colson’s meetings with President -President’s knowledge -President’s investigation -Dean -White House response -New York Times, Washingtin Post -Ziegler’s report -Press coverage -30- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-28 (cont’d) -Dean’s statement -Popular opinion -Dean -Statements concerning contacts with President -Popular opinion