Conversation: 906-025
Prev: 906-024 Next: 906-026Start Date: 27-Apr-1973 8:04 PM
End Date: 27-Apr-1973 8:20 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:04 pm to 8:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 906-25
Date: April 27, 1973
Time: 8:04 pm - 8:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-25 (cont’d)
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Forthcoming speech
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:04 pm.
President’s schedule
-Trip to Camp David
-Time of departure
Bull left at an unknown time before 8:20 pm.
Watergate
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Unknown speechwriter [Raymond K. Price, Jr.]
-Content
-Names of White House staff members
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Timing of forthcoming statements
-John W. Dean, III
-Dean
-Letter from President
-Leonard Garment
-Appointment as counsel
-President’s schedule
-[Camp David]
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-News stories
-Seymour M. Hersh
-John N. Mitchell [?]
-Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward
-Sources
-President’s involvement
-Dean
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-25 (cont’d)
-Allegations concerning President’s involvement
-Credibility
-President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Price, Ziegler
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with Price
-President’s responsibility
-Popular expectations for President
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Price
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-David R. Gergen, [First name unknown] Hirshenfeld
-Buchanan
-Letters of resignation
-Buchanan and Price
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with Price
-Haldeman’s and Ehrlichman’s departures from White House staff
-Form
-Timing
-Grand jury
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 8:04 pm.
President’s schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Helicopter
-Time of departure
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:20 pm.
Watergate
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Responsibility for Watergate
-White House staff
-Political process
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 906-25 (cont’d)
-Buchanan
-Letters to and from President
-Camp David
-Timing of announcement
-Dean
-Dean
-Garment
-Henry E. Petersen’s conversation with President concerning immunity
-Letter from President
-Dean’s response
-Garment
-Action by President
-Garment
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Price
-Schedule
-President’s forthcoming speech
Ziegler left at 8:20 pm.