Conversation: 919-011
Prev: 919-010 Next: 919-012Start Date: 16-May-1973 9:54 AM
End Date: 16-May-1973 10:23 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:54 am to 10:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 919-11
Date: May 16, 1973
Time: 9:54 am - 10:23 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
J. Fred Buzhardt
Watergate
-John W. Dean III’s documents
-Possible contents
-Judge’s actions
-Domestic intelligence
-Meeting in President’s office
-Adm. Noel Gayler, Richard M. Helms, and J. Edgar Hoover
President’s conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 919-11 (cont’d)
President’s forthcoming meeting with John B. Connally
Connally
-Conversation with Haig and Roy L. Ash
-Views on White House staffing
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Possible resignation
-Possible resignations of appointees
-John C. Whitaker
-Dean
-Secretary of State
-Connally
-Kissinger
-Connally’s view
J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. entered at 9:59 am.
Watergate
-Dean’s documents
-Contents
-Dean’s motive
-Domestic intelligence
-Wiretap
-Operations
-Samuel J. Ervin’s possible reaction
-National Security Agency [NSA]
-Operations
-Dean
-Contacts with President
-Young lawyer’s reaction
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters’s testimony
-John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Dean’s activities
-Dean’s documents
-Buzhardt’s search
-Buzhardt’s efforts
-Dean’s documents
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 919-11 (cont’d)
-Telephone call
-Immunity
Buzhardt left at 10:04 am.
Haig’s conversation with Connally
-Ziegler
-Possible replacement
-Herbert G. Klein
-Haig’s motive
-Secretary of State
-Connally
-Kissinger
-Influence with Israel
Connally
-Forthcoming meeting with President
-Concern regarding economy
-Confidence
-Stock market
-Energy policy
-Wage and price policy
-Forthcoming meeting with President
-Ultimatum
-Return to Texas
-White House staff
-Secretary of State
-Conversation with Ziegler
-Views on White House staff
-William E. Timmons
-Ziegler
Ziegler
-Liability
-Press relations
-Possible replacement
-Need for President’s confidence
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 919-11 (cont’d)
Secretary of State
-Timing of change
-Forthcoming Soviet summit
-Connally and Kissinger
Connally
-Possible role in White House
White House staff
-Optimism
-Connally
-Haig, Ziegler
-President’s demeanor
Connally
-Complaints
-Intelligence
-Ambition
-Advice
Watergate
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Conversation with Haig, May 15
-Confirmation
-Special Prosecutor
-Special Prosecutor
-Possible candidates
-Warren M. Christopher
-White House strategy
-California candidate
-Haig’s forthcoming conversations
-Robert H. Finch
-California candidate
-Christopher
-Klein
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 919-11 (cont’d)
Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing
-Senate’s action on Cambodia
Vietnam peace negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule
-Senate Committee
-South Vietnam
-Sovereignty
-Duration
-Congress’s actions
Congressional relations
-Commission on Federal Election Reform
-Complaints
Howard K. Smith’s call to Haig, May 15
-Possible meeting with President
-President’s response
-Timing
-Availability of President
Watergate
-Effect in Washington, DC
-Effect nationally
-Public support
-Walters’s testimony
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] cover-up
-Walters’s memoranda of conversation [memcons]
-Secretary’s notes
-Haig’s conversation with Walters
-President’s conversation with L[ouis] Patrick Gray
-Motives
-President
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-CIA
-Dean’s actions
-Richard M. Helms’s possible actions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 919-11 (cont’d)
Connally
-Meeting with Haig
-President
-Role in White House
-Encouragement
-Meeting with President
-Radio speech
-Haig
Haig left at 10:23 am.