Conversation: 911-026
Prev:  911-025 Next: 911-027Start Date: 3-May-1973 11:28 AM
End Date: 3-May-1973 11:59 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Garment, Leonard; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Leonard Garment, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 911-26 Date: May 3, 1973 Time: Unknown between 11:28 am - 11:59 am Location: Oval Office -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-26 (cont’d) The President met with Stephen B. Bull. President’s schedule -George P. Shultz -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. Leonard Garment entered at 11:30 am. President’s schedule -Shultz -Congressional testimony -Foreign policy address radio taping -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Shultz -Jesse A. Helms Bull left at an unknown time before 11:59 am. Watergate -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] guards in offices of H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -William D. Ruckelshaus -Garment’s responsibility -Garment’s conversation with Haldeman -Apology -Elliot L. Richardson -Ownership of files -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and John W. Dean III -Access by Richardson or Garment -President -Henry A. Kissinger -Possible subpoenas -FBI access -Protection of executive privilege -Accusations of cover-up -W. Matthew Byrne -Garment’s conversation with William P. Rogers -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-26 (cont’d) -Haldeman’s and Ehrlichman’s forthcoming grand jury appearance -John W. Wilson -Garment’s presence -Interrogation of Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. and David R. Young -Byrne -Garment’s presence -Rogers’s suggestions -Witnesses’ possible position -National security -Consultation with personal lawyer -Possible memorandum by President - President’s definition of privilege -Witnesses’ possible actions -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Young and Krogh -Leaks -President’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst -India-Pakistan crisis -1969 -Pentagon Papers -FBI -E. Howard Hunt, Jr.’s and G[eorge] Gordon Liddy’s possible wiretapping -President’s conversation with Ehrlichman -Dean’s allegations -Daniel Ellsberg break-in -Ellsberg break-in -President’s knowledge -Meetings with Dean -Frequency -Kleindienst -Meeting with Dean, March 21, 1973 -Hunt and Liddy -President’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen regarding grand jury testimony -National security -President’s meeting with Richard G. Kleindienst and Petersen -Dean’s investigation -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-26 (cont’d) -Hunt’s photograph -President’s response -Richardson’s possible beliefs -Picture at Justice Department -Krogh -Possible questioning -Role -Defense -National security -Ehrlichman’s possible defense -National security -Executive privilege -Ellsberg break-in -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] officials -Wiretaps on newsmen -J. Edgar Hoover An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:30 am. President’s schedule -Helms The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:59 am. Watergate -Executive privilege -Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Garment’s meeting with Wilson regarding Rogers’s opinion -Krogh and Young -Ervin Committee -Wording of possible statement -Charles W. Colson -Garment’s meeting with Rogers President’s schedule Shultz -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-26 (cont’d) Watergate -Maurice H. Stans’s call to Garment -Common Cause suit -List of contributors Garment left at 11:59 am.