Conversation: 920-003
Prev:  920-002 Next: 920-004Start Date: 16-May-1973 4:55 PM
End Date: 16-May-1973 5:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:55 pm to 5:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 920-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 920-3 Date: May 16, 1973 Time: 4:55 pm - 5:22 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. President’s meeting with George P. Shultz President’s schedule -Sequoia -Ronald L. Ziegler -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. Watergate -Huston Plan -Implementation Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:55 pm. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:57 pm. Watergate -Huston Plan -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters’s memoranda of conversation [memcons] -Possible release -National Security Administration [NSA] -Tom C. Huston -Conversation between Buzhardt and Haig -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 920-3 (cont’d) -Conversation with Buzhardt -Plan -Implementation -Relationships -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. -Watergate break-in ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National security] [Duration: 11s ] INTELLIGENCE END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Watergate -John W. Dean, III -Huston Plan Buzhardt entered at 4:57 pm. Watergate -President’s conversation with Haig -Implementation of plan -Conversation with Buzhardt -Files -Dean’s role in domestic intelligence -Robert C. Mardian -Activities with Dean -5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 920-3 (cont’d) -Memoranda -John N. Mitchell -J. Edgar Hoover -Plan -President’s meeting with Richard M. Helms, Adm. Noel Gayler, and Hoover -Buzhardt’s conversations -NSA -Samuel C. Phillips -Louis W. Tordella -Defense Intelligence Agency [DIA] -Vincent P. DePoix -Mardian and James R. Schlesinger -Huston’s conversation with Buzhardt -Departure from staff -Hoover -Plan -Implementation -Dean and Mardian -Intelligence activities -Break-in of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office -Mardian -Search of files -Break-in of Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office -Krogh and plumbers -Connection with Huston Plan -White House response to Huston Plan revelations -Huston Plan -Dean -Role in other activities -Break-in of Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office -Krogh -Possible legal penalties -Huston Plan -Security classification -Possible leaks -Implementation -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 920-3 (cont’d) -Huston -NSA -Possible White House response -[William] Stuart Symington’s intervention with Ervin Committee -Sensitivity of document -Compared with plumbers -NSA, Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], Defense Intelligence Agency [DIA], and Internal Revenue Service [IRS] -Purpose -May Day demonstrations -1970 and 1971 -Buzhardt’s actions -Mardian -Tordella -Schlesinger -Buzhardt’s forthcoming call to William C. Sullivan President’s schedule Buzhardt left at 5:13 pm. Watergate -Huston Plan -Dean -Activities -Suborning perjury -Jeb S[tuart] Magruder -Funds for defendants -Motives -Removal of documents -Huston Plan -Possible national reaction -Possible allegations -Implementation -President’s announcement regarding military activities -Possible press coverage -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 920-3 (cont’d) -Implementation -Dean Congressional relations -Bill on confirmation -President’s veto -William E. Timmons -Shultz’s view -Roy L. Ash’s view -Views on sustaining possible veto -Gerald R. Ford, Hugh Scott, and Frank Burton An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:13 pm. Request for meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:22 pm. Haig’s mood Haig left at 5:22 pm.