Conversation: 912-011
Prev: 912-010 Next: 912-012Start Date: Tuesday, May 8, 1973 4:19 PM
End Date: Tuesday, May 8, 1973 4:27 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 912-11
Date: May 8, 1973
Time: 12:19 pm - 12:27 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-Ziegler’s previous press briefing
-Wording of statement
-Executive privilege
-Robert Pierpoint
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Possible testimony
-Contact with White House
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 912-11 (cont’d)
-Richard A. Moore
-Leonard Garment
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Lawrence M. Higby
-Ziegler’s previous press briefing
-Subjects covered
-Foreign affairs
-Soviet summit
-Release of Terrance G. Leonhardy in Mexico
-Special Prosecutor
-John W. Dean, III
-Immunity
White House staff
-President
-John B. Connally’s appointment
-State Department, Treasury Department
Watergate
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Richard G. Kleindienst
-Special Prosecutor
-Possible immunity for Dean
-Justice Department
-Garment
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] story
-Possible consequences
-President’s investigation
-Dean
-Camp David
-Ehrlichman
-Ziegler’s previous press briefing
President’s schedule
-Edson (“Pele”) Arantes do Nacimento
Ziegler left at 12:27 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)