Conversation: 444-005
Prev:  444-004 Next: 444-006Start Date: 11-Jun-1973 2:13 PM
End Date: 11-Jun-1973 2:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.; Sanchez, Manolo; Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 444-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 444-5 Date: June 11, 1973 Time: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 2:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with J. Fred Buzhardt. Watergate -John W. Dean, III -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 444-5 (cont’d) -Possible cross-examination -Buzhardt’s forthcoming meeting with Fred D. Thompson -Procedures -Dean’s contacts with President -News summaries -Inconsistencies -Ronald L. Ziegler’s briefing notes -Richard A. Moore -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s notes -John D. Ehrlichman conversations -Treatment by media -News summaries -Staff secretary Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:13 pm. Telephone call from Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -Stephen B. Bull Rebozo talked with the President between 2:17 pm and 2:18 pm. [Conversation No. 444-5A] [Begin telephone conversation] [See Conversation No. 40-7] [End telephone conversation] Watergate -Dean -Possible cross-examination -News summaries -President’s markings -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III hearings -Executive privilege -President’s recollection -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 444-5 (cont’d) -Investigation -Scope -1972 and later -Charles A. Wright’s meeting with Fred F. Fielding -Fielding’s views -Documents -Newsweek story -Documents -President’s awareness -March 21, 1973 conversation with President -Content -Raising money for defendants -Use immunity -Judge John J. Sirica’s forthcoming ruling, June 12, 1973 -Archibald Cox’s possible response -Transactional immunity -US attorneys -Prosecutors’ views -Cox -Knowledge of case -Forthcoming sworn testimony -Immunity, perjury -Innuendo -Cross-examination -Ervin Committee hearings -Schedule -Maurice H. Stans -Herbert L. Porter -Stans, Jeb Stuart Magruder, Charles W. Colson, Dean -Stans -Forthcoming Leonid Brezhnev visit -Daniel K. Inouye’s conversation with Jonathan C. Rose -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] -Alexander M. Haig’s conversation with President -Haig’s conversation with Elliot L. Richardson -Richardson -Responsibility -5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 444-5 (cont’d) -Relationship to President -Dita D. Beard -Cox -Transfer of records -Dean -News summaries -Buzhardt’s review of President’s markings -Conversations with President -Henry Petersen -Daniel Ellsberg break-in -Petersen’s knowledge -Timing -President’s knowledge -Dean -Petersen’s April 15, 1973 memorandum [memo] -National security -Ehrlichman’s knowledge concerning Dean’s knowledge -Dr. Lewis Fielding -Dean’s relationship with Petersen -Buzhardt’s relationship with Petersen -Petersen’s April 15, 1973 memorandum -Cox -John F. Kennedy administration -Dean -Role -Motive -John Mitchell -Questioning of Haldeman -Ervin Committee hearings -Petersen, Earl J. Silbert -Petersen -Ellsberg break-in -Papers sent to Judge William M. Byrne -Delay -National security -Ehrlichman -Conversation with President -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 444-5 (cont’d) -Justice Department -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Ervin Committee hearings -Gray -ITT -San Diego Hotel payments -Relationship to campaign -President’s news summaries -Buzhardt’s review -Dean’s possible references -Timeframe of documents -Petersen -President’s notations for Dean -White House staff cooperation with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -Haldeman -Spring 1973 -Gray hearings -1972 -Haldeman compared to Dean -Timeframe of documents -Contributions to documents -President, Haldeman -Dean -Allegations against President -Denial -Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony -Cross-examination -Perjury -Immunity -Perjury -Buzhardt’s forthcoming conversation with Thompson -White House response -Melvin R. Laird, Bryce N. Harlow -Ervin Committee hearings -Momentum -Duration -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 444-5 (cont’d) -Schedule of testimony -Magruder, Stans, Colson, Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman -Popular opinion -Press coverage -Compared to testimony -Credibility -Douglas Kiker report -Sally Harmony’s testimony -Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Colson -News conference -Press analysis -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell -President -Buzhardt’s conversation with Colson -Conversation with President in early 1973 -Mitchell -Phraseology -Content -Dean -Petersen -Investigation -Magruder -President’s assessment -Dean’s role -Petersen -Contacts with President -White House involvement -Dean -Contacts with President -Richard G. Kleindienst’s statement -News summaries -President’s notations -Insinuations concerning Dean’s possible tape recordings -Veracity -Haig’s belief -President’s possible response -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 444-5 (cont’d) Buzhardt left at 2:55 pm.