Conversation: 433-067
Prev:  433-066 Next: 433-068Start Date: 8-May-1973 3:00 PM
End Date: 8-May-1973 4:27 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 4:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-067 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 433-67 Date: May 8, 1973 Time: 3:00 pm - 4:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Richard A. Moore. Wedding -President’s telegram -Moore’s son -Moore’s daughter -Yale University graduation -Intelligence Watergate -Moore and President -Henry E. Petersen -Conversation with President -Moore -Cover-up -John W. Dean, III’s conversation with President, March 21 -E. Howard Hunt, Jr.’s lawyer, William O. Bittman -President’s reaction -Dean -Motivations -Fear of prison -39- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) -Compared to Jeb Stuart Magruder -La Costa meeting -Dean, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, and Moore -President’s knowledge -President’s desire for full disclosure -Dean report -President’s knowledge -Herbert W. Kalmbach and $350,000 -President’s meeting with Dean, March 21 -Funds -Clemency -Duration -President’s meeting with Moore -Dean -Ronald L. Ziegler and Dean, ca. March 12 -Cover-up -Separation of powers -Press conference -Dr. David K. E. Bruce appointment -Meeting with Dean, March 20 -William C. Sullivan -Challenge to Senators -Possible statement by President -President’s motives and knowledge -President’s statements to Dean -Moore’s opinion -Moore’s conversation with Dean, March 20 -President’s knowledge -President’s meeting with Dean and Moore, March 20 -Executive privilege -John N. Mitchell -Moore’s conversation with Dean -Mitchell -Previous meeting with President -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -President’s knowledge -Dean’s call to Moore -President’s call to Dean -Dean’s forthcoming meeting with President -President’s meeting with Dean and Haldeman, March 21 -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) -Bittman -Dean’s meeting with Moore, March 21 -Dean’s previous meeting with President -Dean -Documentary evidence -Presidency -President’s conversation with Petersen -President’s desire for full disclosure -Donald H. Segretti -Haldeman -Clemency -President’s discussions with Ehrlichman -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Sullivan -Timing of request, July 1972 -Dorothy Hunt -Death -1972 election -Colson and Ehrlichman -President’s discussions with Ehrlichman -Hunt -President’s conversation with Colson -Hunt -Dorothy Hunt’s death -Dean -Newsweek article -Conversations with Ziegler -Conversations with President -President’s press conference, August 19, 1972 -Documents -Preparation for Magruder’s testimony -Ehrlichman, Haldeman ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Statute] [Duration: 28 s ] -41- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Watergate -Moore’s meeting with prosecutors -Dean’s meeting with Magruder -La Costa meeting -Prosecutors’ knowledge -La Costa meeting, February 1973 -Statement for President -Forthcoming Senate hearings -Committee to Reelect the President [CRP] -Mitchell -Conduct -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Dean’s statements regarding lawsuits -Need for money -Sullivan -Moore’s lawyer’s conversation with John J. Wilson and Frank H. Strickler -Moore, Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Dean -Magruder -Paul L. O’Brien and Kenneth W. Parkinson -Bittman -Conversation with President, March 21 -$350,000 -Conversation with Moore, April 1973 -$350,000 -Garment, April 9 and Horace Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose, April 12 ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] [Pause] -42- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Watergate -Moore’s meeting with Rose, April 8 -$350,000 -Frederick C. LaRue -Dean’s previous conversation with Moore -Dean’s conversation with President, March 21 -$350,000 -Bittman -$350,000 -Legal opinion regarding intent -Rose -Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Kalmbach -Intent in raising money -Possible trials -Mitchell -La Costa meetings -Moore’s reaction to break-in -President’s reaction to break-in -Cubans -Democratic Party -Recognition of Castro -Mitchell’s call, June 18, 1972 -Magruder, Cliff Miller -Watergate break-in -Associated Press [AP] story -CRP involvement -James W. McCord, Jr. -Private agency -Moore’s conversation with prosecutors -Moore’s knowledge -Mitchell’s diary -Maurice H. Stans’s concern, Septmeber 1972 -Mexican money -Moore’s meeting with Mitchell, LaRue, Robert T. Mardian, Dean, Parkinson, Miller, and Paul L. O’Brien -Public relations -Lawrence F. O’Brien’s suit -43- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) -Powell, Moore -Subsequent meetings -Patman Committee -George S. McGovern -Frank E. Moss -Dwight L. Chapin -Compared with Ehrlichman, Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr., and Hunt situation -Dr. Lewis Fielding break-in -President’s knowledge and activities -Magruder, Mitchell -Moore’s contacts with Mitchell -Administration task force to respond to Senate -Dean -Wallace Johnson -Patrick J. Buchanan -William E. Timmons -Ehrlichman -Magruder -President’s conversation with Petersen -Moore’s involvement -Money -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Knowledge -Rose -La Costa meetings -Money -Stans -Dean -Immunity -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -President’s actions -Conversation with Petersen -John J. Sirica -Petersen -Ervin Committee -Sirica -Ervin Committee -Witness schedule -Conversation with President -Money -44- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) -Million dollars -President’s subsequent investigation -Dean’s report -Ehrlichman’s efforts -Moore’s meeting with Ehrlichman -Dean, Moore, and Ziegler meeting -President’s desire for full disclosure -Possible statement -Moore’s knowledge -Chapin, Gordon Strachan, and Segretti -Dean -President’s knowledge of involvement -Segretti -Mitchell and Magruder -President’s desire for full disclosure -Mitchell’s meeting with Ehrlichman, April 14 -Mitchell’s silence -$350,000 -Ehrlichman’s knowledge -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Departure -Due process -President’s speech [Republican fundraising event] -John Andrews [?] -President’s role in defense of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell -McGovern’s comments -New Majority -Ethnics -Veterans -Dean -Documents -President -President’s desire for full disclosure -Dean -Conversation with President, March 21 -Bittman money -President’s response -Dean report -President’s speech, March 28 -President’s trip to California -45- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) -John Ford salute -Jack N. Anderson -Dean -Contacts with prosecutors -Magruder -Lawyer’s negotiations, April 6 -Meetings with President -Dean’s possible resignation -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -President’s role -Knowledge -Cover-up -Investigation after March 21 -La Costa meetings -Money -LaRue -President’s knowledge of use -Haldeman’s handling -LaRue -President’s knowledge -Moore -Future role on White House staff -Rose -Role Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and La Costa -Dean -Failure to inform President -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Meeting with President -Clemency -Conversations with President -Mitchell -Hunt -Colson -Credibility -Faking telegram -Conversation with President regarding clemency -Hunt’s family situation -Rose -Ervin Committee -46- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) -Effect on defendants’ rights -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Mitchell -Courts -Sirica -Possible injunction -Immunity for Dean -Possible indictments for Haldeman and Ehrlichman -President’s meeting with Dean, March 21 -Funds for defendants -Mitchell -Dean -Role in cover-up -Magruder -Charges against Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Work with Mitchell -Meetings with President -President’s logs -Meeting with President, March 21 -Visit to Camp David -Date -Memoranda of conversation [memcons] -Cover-up -President’s knowledge -President’s meeting with Thomas A. Pappas -Ambassador to Greece, Henry Tosca -Pappas’s aid to Mitchell -Dean -Conversation with President, March 21 -Pappas -Kalmbach -Moore’s advice to Dean -Hunt -G[eorge] Gordon Liddy -McCord -Mitchell -Magruder -La Costa -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Knowledge -47- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 433-67 (cont’d) -President’s previous speech, April 30 -Dean -White House response -Documents -Alger Hiss case -White House response -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Moore, Garment, and Rose -1968 campaign President’s schedule -Briefcase Moore left at 4:27 pm.