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Start Date: 16-Apr-1973 10:50 AM

End Date: 16-Apr-1973 11:04 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")[Unknown person(s)]Ehrlichman, John D.

Recording Device: Oval Office

897-009.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:50 am to 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 897-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 897-9

Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 10:50 am - 11:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[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 816-826 (1-11). Please refer to the logging
below.]

       John D. Ehrlichman
              -Presence

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:04 am.

[Conversation No. 897-9A]

[Begin telephone conversation]

       Ehrlichman
              -Meeting in the Oval Office

[End telephone conversation]

       Ehrlichman

Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time after 10:50 am.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for United
States v. Mitchell, et al, Exhibit 26A, pages 00557-00567 (1-11). 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.]
                                              -9-


                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                    (rev. September-2011)

                                                               Conversation No. 897-9 (cont’d)


[Begin transcribed portion]

[End of transcribed portion]

Haldeman and Ehrlichman left at 11:04 am.