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Start Date: 16-May-1973 10:27 AM

End Date: 16-May-1973 10:31 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.[Unknown person(s)]

Recording Device: Oval Office

919-015.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:27 am to 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 919-15

Date: May 16, 1973
Time: 10:27 am - 10:31 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

       Watergate      

             -John W. Dean III’s documents 

                    -Contents         

                           -1970 domestic intelligence coordination
                                   -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
                                   -National Security Agency [NSA]
                                   -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
                                   -J. Edgar Hoover
                                   -Tom C. Huston
                                            -18-


                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                    (rev. September-2012)

                                                            Conversation No. 919-15 (cont’d)

               -White House response

       John B. Connally
              -Opinion regarding White House staff resignations
                     -President’s response
                            -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
                     -Secretary of State
                            -Soviet summit
                                    -Intricacy
              -Dinner with Ziegler
              -Opinion regarding White House staff resignations
                     -Housecleaning
                            -Haldeman, Ehrlichman
                     -Conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                            -Ziegler’s departure
                                    -Briefings
                                            -New role
                                            -Replacement

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:27 am.

       Connally’s arrival

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:31 am.

       Connally       

             -Possible role on White House staff 


       Ziegler’s schedule

Ziegler left at 10:31 am.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                       Tape Subject Log 

                                     (rev. September-2012)