Conversation: 419-023
Prev:  419-022 Next: 419-024Start Date: 14-Mar-1973 12:47 PM
End Date: 14-Mar-1973 1:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.; Dean, John W., III; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.; Dean, John W., III; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:47 pm to 1:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 419-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 419-23 Date: March 14, 1973 Time: 12:47 pm - 1:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Richard A. Moore and John W. Dean, III. Ronald L. Ziegler's briefing on Watergate -Length -Comparison to James C. Haggerty -Limits -Format -Subjects -Written interrogatories -President's appearance -Congressional investigation -Compared with Henry A. Kissinger’s informal consultations -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy and Birch Bayh -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and lawyers -Peter M. Flanigan -Separation of powers Watergate -Thomas Lumbard's interview with Washington Post -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-2010) Conversation No. 419-23 (cont’d) -Work for Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) -Dean's conversation with Donald E. Santarelli -Washington Post report -Link between G. Gordon Liddy and Dean -Counsel duties -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -William C. Sullivan -Ervin Committee -Subpoenas -Authority over administration -Common Cause law suit -Dean's subpoena -Administration lawyers -Abilities -John W. Gardner -Lawrence F. O'Brien's suit, Maurice H. Stans's libel suit -Administration counter-offensive -Ervin Committee -March 13, 1973 issuance of subpoenas for Dean, Jeb Stuart Magruder, Hugh W. Sloan, Jr., Murray M. Chotiner -Ervin Committee -Objectives -Investigation of Stans -Questions for Dean -CRP personnel structure -O'Brien suit against CRP -Dean subpoena -Use of executive privilege -Court fight -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Written interrogatories -Congress -Rules -Subpoena -Court challenge -Executive privilege -Dan Rather's questions -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-2010) Conversation No. 419-23 (cont’d) -President's statements -Alger Hiss case -President's criticisms of White House -Harry S Truman's non-cooperation -Response of press corps -Previous appearance before Congressional Committee as Vice-President -FBI -Sullivan -Problems -Knowledge of certain activities -Trust settlement -Democratic abuses -Possible release -President's statements for press -Release of material -Precedents -1968 campaign -Allegations of wiretapping -Sullivan -Knowledge of illegal activities by Democrats -Corroborating evidence -John N. Mitchell's conversation with Cartha D. DeLoach -Spiro T. Agnew [?] -J. Edgar Hoover -Conversation with President -Sullivan -Use of information -Hoover -Conversation with President -Wire taps -National security -Removal of equipment -Sullivan’s testimony -Impact on Democrats -Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst -Job performance -John B. Connally’s viewpoint -Gray -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-2010) Conversation No. 419-23 (cont’d) -Intelligence -Political skills -Testimony to Congress -Affidavit -Herbert W. Kalmbach -Contacts with Dean -Donald H. Segretti -White House response -Policy statement -Dean's reports to President -Questions from press -Responses -Investigation of Segretti Campaign contributions -Robert L. Vesco -Connection with Stans -Seriousness of problem -Cash contribution -DeVan L.Shumway -Donald A. Nixon -Work with Vesco -Dick Tuck -Mexican banks -Stans' role -Current investigation Watergate -Gray -Testimony to Congress -Press conference -Ehrlichman -Segretti case -Questions for President -Response -Ehrlichman -Executive privilege -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sept-2010) Conversation No. 419-23 (cont’d) -Guidelines -Double privilege -Washington DC Court of Appeals -David L. Bazelon -Supreme Court -Attitude toward executive privilege -William H. Rehnquist -Justification -Colson -Truman administration -Total non-cooperation in Hiss case -Justice Department raw files compared to summary report -Contrast with administration's position -Ervin Committee -Administration cooperation -Dan Rather -Hiss case -Truman administration's non-cooperation -Democratic illegalities -Press leaks -Need for publicity Moore and Dean left at 1:30 pm