Conversation: 426-017
Prev:  426-016 Next: 426-018Start Date: 29-Mar-1973 5:35 PM
End Date: 29-Mar-1973 6:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 426-17 Date: March 29, 1973 Time: Unknown after 5:35pm - 6:24 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. Watergate -James W. McCord, Jr.'s testimony -Ehrlichman's conversation with John W. Dean, III -Paul L. O'Brien's view of grand jury calling Dean -White House staff's testimony -John N. Mitchell -Jeb Stuart Magruder -Ehrlichman -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Loyalty -Possible statement -Ervin Committee -Ronald L. Ziegler -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep.-2010) Conversation No. 426-17 (cont’d) -Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.'s press conference, March 29 -White House -Los Angeles Times -Edward J. Gurney's assistant -Responsibility for Watergate -Haldeman -Richard G. Kleindienst and L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Donald H. Segretti -Rebuttal by Kenneth W. Clawson -Dean's statement -Grand jury -Compared to Ervin Committee -Effect on Ervin -Dean statement -Answer by Ziegler to possible questions regarding illegal action by White House staff -Ervin Committee -Executive privilege -Limits -White House options -Agreement with Ervin -Testimony of seven defendants before grand jury -Dean, Charles W. Colson -Effect of proposed White House statement -Mitchell -Ehrlichman's statement to publishers -Evidence -Ehrlichman's meeting with Gray -William E. Timmons -Gray's confirmation -Timmons's conversation with James O. Eastland -Gray's conversation with Eastland -Gray's desire to stay on at Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Materials at FBI -Gurney's position -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. [?] -John L. McClellan, Eastland, Robert C. Byrd -Materials at FBI -Ehrlichman's conversation with Dean -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep.-2010) Conversation No. 426-17 (cont’d) -Gray's confirmation -Ehrlichman's consultation with Dean -Need for public confidence in FBI -Morale in FBI -Dean -Gurney -Timmons -Elections -McCord -Testimony -Ehrlichman's questions and answers with Chicago Tribune -Whittaker Chambers -Alger Hiss -Possible statement on Watergate, March 30 -Executive privilege -White House cooperation -Ziegler’s statement -FBI -Grand jury -Ervin Committee -Richard A. Moore -Executive privilege -White House cooperation -Ervin Committee -Reaction to leaks -White House staff -Roles -Timmons, William J. Baroody, Jr., Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Richard ("Dick") Wilson -News lead -McCord -Testimony before Ervin Committee -Dean -Possible testimony before grand jury -Corroboration -E Howard Hunt, Jr., G. Gordon Liddy, Cubans -Grand jury -Mitchell -Magruder -20- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep.-2010) Conversation No. 426-18 (cont’d) -Colson -Appearance at National Press Club -Dean -Ehrlichman's forthcoming call, March 30 -Gray -President's schedule -Ehrlichman Ehrlichman left at 6:24 pm.