Conversation: 915-009
Prev: 915-008 Next: 915-010Start Date: 10-May-1973 11:01 AM
End Date: 10-May-1973 11:12 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:01 am to 11:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 915-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 915-9
Date: May 10, 1973
Time: 11:01 am - 11:12 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Dr. William M. Lukash
-Possible telephone call
-President’s preferences
Correspondence
-“Top man”
[Unknown man]
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 11:02 am.
President’s speech, May 9
Woods left at 11:02 am.
Congressional relations
-Difficulty
-President’s assessment
-Haig’s assessment
Special Prosecutor
-Haig’s forthcoming call to Elliot L. Richardson
-Warren Hearns
Haig’s previous conversation with John B. Connally
-Appointment
-Firm
-Possible meeting with President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2012)
Conversation No. 915-9 (cont’d)
-President’s schedule
-Radio speech
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 11:02 am.
Connally
-Previous conversation with Ziegler
-Mood
-Continued presence
-Previous conversation with Haig
-Possible meeting with President
William Colby
-Nomination to Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Hypocrisy
President’s counselors
-Forthcoming press briefing regarding role
-Advisory compared to operational
-Congress
-Legislation
-Reorganization
-Cabinet
-Coordinating committees
-Press relations
-Wire services, networks
-Connally’s role
-Leaks
Watergate
-New York Times story
-John W. Dean, III
-Justice Department and Senate Committee
-Documents
-Need for positive action by administration
-Haig and Ziegler
-President’s speech, May 9
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2012)
Conversation No. 915-9 (cont’d)
-Ervin Committee hearings
-John C. Stennis
-John J. Sirica
-Warren E. Burger
-William P. Rogers
-Special Prosecutor
-White House reaction to possible trials
-Legal strategy of defendants
-Dean
-New York Times story
-Source
-Wire service story
-Lawyer
Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule
-Return from Moscow
Connally
-Rumor
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
US - Soviet relations
-Announcements
-Communications
-Connally
-Kissinger
-Moscow trip
-Cables
Haig and Ziegler left at 11:12 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2012)