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Start Date: 4-Jun-1973 11:58 AM

End Date: 4-Jun-1973 12:35 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Bull, Stephen B.

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

442-008.mp3

NARA Description:

On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:58 am to 12:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 442-8

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: 11:58 am - 12:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[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
172, “Transcript Prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary
Committee…,” pages 1-29 (.pdf pages 5-33). 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]
                                               -8-


                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                        Tape Subject Log 

                                       (rev. February-2011)

                                                              Conversation No. 442-8 (cont’d)


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      Watergate
           -Personnel management
                 -William J. Baroody, Jr.
                       -Cooperation

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

      Watergate
           -Wiretaps
                -Haig’s conversation with Elliot L. Richardson
                     -Justice Department files from John F. Kennedy era
                            -Sequestration

[Resume transcribed portion]

Stephen B. Bull entered at 12:00 pm.

Bull left at 12:04 pm.

[End transcribed portion]


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 

[National security]

[Duration: 43 s ] 



      SURVELLIANCE
                                             -9-


                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                     (rev. February-2011)

                                                            Conversation No. 442-8 (cont’d)

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 


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[Resume transcribed portion] 


[[End transcribed portion] 


      Watergate
           -Supreme Court
                -Potter Stewart
                -William J. Brennan, Jr. and Thurgood Marshall
                -Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and Warren E. Burger

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

      Watergate
           -President’s conversation with Dean
                 -Judicial appointments

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

      Watergate
           -White House
                -Leaks
                     -Jews

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

      Watergate
           -Richard G. Kleindienst
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                     Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. February-2011)

                                                           Conversation No. 442-8 (cont’d)


[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

     Watergate
          -DeLoach
                -Elite status
                -Ambition
          -Presidential appointments [?]

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

     Watergate
          -White House response
               -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
                      -Preparation

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

     Watergate
          -White House response
               -Buzhardt’s materials
                    -Completion
                          -Presidential request

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

     Watergate     

          -Dean      

               -Organization       

                                               -11-


                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                       Tape Subject Log 

                                      (rev. February-2011)

                                                                 Conversation No. 442-8 (cont’d)

                         -Haig’s experience

[Resume transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

Haig left at 12:35 pm.