Conversation: 430-004
Prev: 430-003 Next: 430-005Start Date: 25-Apr-1973 11:06 AM
End Date: 25-Apr-1973 1:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator; Shepard, Geoffrey C.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, Geoffrey C. Shepard, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:06 am to 1:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 430-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 430-4
Date: April 25, 1973
Time: 11:06 am - 1:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman.
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Conversation No. 430-4 (cont’d)
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box
175, pages 1-114 and in United States v. Mitchell, et al., Exhibit 31, pages 00590-00594 (26-30).
The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made changes as necessary.
This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential Recordings and
Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not guarantee its
accuracy.]
[Begin transcribed portion]
Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-138]
[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Earl Silbert, Seymour Glanzer
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Geoffrey C. Shepard
-Staff duties
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Plumbers
-Check
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Conversation No. 430-4 (cont’d)
[Resume transcribed portion]
Ehrlichman talked with Geoffrey Shepard at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-139]
[End telephone conversation]
An unknown man entered and left at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Dean [?]
-Information
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4C]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[End telephone conversation]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4D]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-140]
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Conversation No. 430-4 (cont’d)
[End telephone conversation]
Haldeman talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4E]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-141]
Haldeman talked with Stephen B. Bull at an unknown time.
[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-President’s schedule
-Meeting with John W. Dean, III
-Duration
-Morning
-Haldeman’s recollection
[Resume transcribed portion]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4F]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-142]
Haldeman talked with Bull at an unknown time.
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Conversation No. 430-4 (cont’d)
[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Gordon C. Strachan and Jeb Stuart Magruder
-President’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen
-Lie detector test
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Strachan
-Testimony
-Perjury
[Resume transcribed portion
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Payments to defendants
-John N. Mitchell
-John W. Dean, III’s story
-William O. Bittman
-President’s knowledge [?]
-President’s meetings with Dean
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Bittman
-Culpability
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Conversation No. 430-4 (cont’d)
[Resume transcribed portion]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4G]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 138-143]
Haldeman talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.
Haldeman talked with Bull at an unknown time.
[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Stephen B. Bull’s search for tapes
-Tapes
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s sampling
[Resume transcribed portion]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National security]
[Duration: 20 s ]
SAUDI ARABIA
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Conversation No. 430-4 (cont’d)
ISRAEL
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-White House staff involvment
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Charlie [?] Cook
-Lawrence Higby
-William J. Barody, Jr.
-Richard A. Moore
-W. Richard Howard
-Charles W. Colson’s office
-Powell Moore
-Barody’s office
-Bruce A. Kerhli
-Safe
-John W. Dean, III
-Fred Fielding
-Dean’s office
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Noel Koch
-Colson
-William E. Timmons, Wallace Johnson
-Wiretap records
-Convention problems
-Meetings
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
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Conversation No. 430-4 (cont’d)
Watergate
-Charles. W. Colson’s office
-Campaign activities
-William F. Rhatican
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s office
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Money
-Howard
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-White House staff knowledge
-Rhatican
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]