Conversation No. 896-5

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:13 pm between 3:55 pm
Location: Oval Office

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman met with an unknown man [John D. Ehrlichman ?].

[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
174, pages 1-12. The time of the conversation was noted incorrectly by the Watergate special
prosecutor as 1:55 pm to 2:13 pm. 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]

[Apparent discontinuity appears in the original recording.]

The President and Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 2:23 pm. The unknown man [Ehrlichman ?] left
at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.

Ziegler left at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                      (rev. March-2011)

                                                               Conversation No. 896-5 (cont’d)


[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation may also be found in Selected
Recordings of Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 515-522 (1-8). The time of this
conversation was noted incorrectly by the White House as 1:55 pm to 2:13 pm.]

[End transcribed portion]

Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm.

[A transcript of the following conversation may be found in Record Group RG 460, Box 174,
pages1-56, and Selected Recordings of Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 524-581
(1-58).]

[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
174, pages 1-56. 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.]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was also prepared Richard Nixon’s
Special White House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of
Recorded Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 524-581 (1-58) and 523 (9). Please refer
to the RG 460 transcript.]

[Begin transcribed portion]

Haldeman left at an unknown time 2:24 pm.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm.

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:55 pm.

[Conversation No. 896-5A]
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                        Tape Subject Log 

                                        (rev. March-2011)

                                                                Conversation No. 896-5 (cont’d)


Haldeman talked with an unknown person [Jeb Stuart Magruder?] at an unknown time after 2:24
pm.

[Conversation No. 896-5B]

Ehrlichman left at 3:55 p.m.

[End transcribed portion]

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Haldeman left at 3:55 pm.