Conversation: 440-003
Prev: 440-002 Next: 440-004Start Date: 22-May-1973 2:31 PM
End Date: 22-May-1973 2:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:31 pm to 2:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 440-3
Date: May 22, 1973
Time: 2:31pm - 2:44 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
Watergate
-White House response
-Forthcoming White Paper [Statements about Watergate, May 22, 1973]
-Cover statement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2011)
Conversation No. 440-3 (cont’d)
-Content and phraseology
- President’s knowledge
-Funds for defendants
-Cubans
-Daniel Ellsberg break-in
-John D. Ehrlichman
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Timing
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-John W. Dean III
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Ehrlichman
-Herbert W. Kalmbach’s activities
-Use
-Briefing of Congressional leaders
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Bryce N. Harlow
-John B. Connally
-John C. Stennis
-Price’s contributions
-Previous statements on Watergate
-Wiretaps
-Consistency
Price et al. left at 2:44 pm.