Conversation: 913-008
Prev: 913-007 Next: 913-009Start Date: 8-May-1973 6:30 PM
End Date: 8-May-1973 7:37 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:30 pm to 7:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 913-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 913-8
Date: May 8, 1973
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:37 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. January-2012)
Conversation No. 913-8 (cont’d)
Haig’s meeting with [Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose
-Rose’s possible role on White House Staff
-Consultant
-John W. Byrnes
-Wisconsin
-Congress
-President’s familiarity
Haig’s conversation with Bryce N. Harlow
-Byrnes
-Leonard Garment
-Experience
-Knowledge of Congress
Rose
-Need for technical expertise
-Garment
-Haig’s assessment
-President’s assessment
Watergate
-Ervin Committee
-Possible delays
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Possible White House response
-Garment
-Richard A. Moore
-Public relations [PR]
-David N. Parker
-Haig’s assessment
-President’s assessment
-White House Counsel
-Rose
-Compared with Byrnes
-Possible role with White House staff
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. January-2012)
Conversation No. 913-8 (cont’d)
-Performance
-Department of Defense [DOD]
-Melvin R. Laird
-Haig’s assessment
-Familiarity with Congress
-Byrnes
-Buzhardt
-William P. Rogers
-Role with White House staff
-Conversation with Haig
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-William Casey
-William E. Colby
-Casey
-Robert L. Vesco
-Buzhardt
-Rogers
-President’s assessment
Watergate
-Possible White House response
-President’s role
-John W. Dean III
-Possible immunity
-Possible White House statement
-Documents
-Dean’s statement
-Memoranda of conversation [Memcons]
-Possible White House response
-Senate hearings
-Dean
-Grand jury
-Effects of Senate immunity
-Dean
-Documents
-Possible effect
-Possible White House response to charges
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. January-2012)
Conversation No. 913-8 (cont’d)
-President
-Buzhardt
-Rose
-Haig’s conversation with Harlow
-Edward A. McCabe
-Rose
-White House counsel
-Dean
-Buzhardt
-Haig’s forthcoming conversations
-William P. Clements, Jr.
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Garment
-Executive privilege
-Rose
Haig left at 7:37 pm.