Conversation: 918-015
Prev: 918-014 Next: 918-016Start Date: 15-May-1973 10:45 AM
End Date: 15-May-1973 11:07 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 11:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 918-15
Date: May 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:45 am and 11:07 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Watergate
-John W. Dean, III documents
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Confirmation
-Special Prosecutor
-Special Prosecutor
-President’s role in appointing
-Richardson
-Role in investigation
-Vote count
-William E. Timmons
-Confirmation
-Vote count
-Timmons
-Buzhardt’s conversation with Haig, May 15, 1973
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 918-15 (cont’d)
-Special Prosecutor
-Harold R. Tyler, Jr.
-Buzhardt
-Need for quick appointment
-President’s role in appointing
-Richardson’s statement
-Dean
-Leonard Garment
-Richardson’s statement, May 14, 1973
-White House suggestions
Richardson
-Appointment
-Rejection
-Concern regarding Defense Department
-Dr. James R. Schlesinger
Watergate
-Special Prosecutor
President’s forthcoming speech
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Vietnam
-Phraseology
-Congressional action on Southeast Asia
John B. Connally’s schedule
-Stephen B. Bull
-George P. Shultz
-National economy
-Charles J. DiBona
-Energy
-Haig and Roy L. Ash
-Cabinet meetings
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:45 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 918-15 (cont’d)
Haile Selassie’s location
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:07 am.
Connally’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Haig and Ash
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
Watergate
-Kissinger
-Joseph Kraft
-Wiretaps
-Kraft
-Plumbers
-National security
Haig left at an unknown time before 11:07 am.