Conversation: 947-015
Prev: 947-014 Next: 947-016Start Date: 10-Jul-1973 2:51 PM
End Date: 10-Jul-1973 3:17 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 947-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 947-15
Date: July 10, 1973
Time: Unknown after 2:51 and before 3:17 p.m.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Watergate
-White House tapes
-Access
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
Bull left at 2:52 pm.
Alexander M. Haig entered at 2:52 pm.
Watergate
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Previous conversation with Haig
-Meeting with President
-Cabinet Room
-William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler
-US Attorneys’ handling of charges
-Archibald Cox
-Forthcoming meeting with Richardson, July 10,
1973
-Cox’s charter
-Richardson’s interpretation
-Constitutionality
-Angelo De Carlo [?]
-Robert L. Vesco
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-15 (cont’d)
-Donald H. Segretti
-Daniel Ellsberg break-in
-1972 campaign
-Ellsberg break-in
-President’s possible prior knowledge
-Ervin Committee Hearings
-John N. Mitchell’s testimony
-Samuel Dash
Spiro T. Agnew
-Investigation in Maryland
-[First name unknown] Wolfe
-Forthcoming testimony
-Role on Agnew’s staff
-Marvin Mandel’s staff
-Religion
-Judaism
-Role in Maryland
-Mandel
-Immunity
-Campaign contributions
-Contractors
-Wolfe
-Compared to President’s 1972 campaign
-Maurice H. Stans, Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo, [unintelligible
name]
-Compared to George McGovern’s 1972 campaign
Watergate
-Richardson
-William Ruckelshaus
-Joseph T. Sneed
-Forthcoming judicial appointment
-Conversation with Melvin R. Laird
-Conversation with Haig
-Ruckelshaus
-Haig’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-15 (cont’d)
-Laird
-John F. Lehman, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger’s view
-John W. Dean, III
-White House response
National economy
-President’s forthcoming meeting
-Congressional relations
-Position paper
-Legislative agenda
-Budgeting action
-Taxation
-Stockpile sale authority
-Import barrier suspension act
-Liberalized export control authority
-Phase IV
-Joint session of Congress
-Speech
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Consultation
-[Intervention in exchange markets]
-Shultz’s schedule
-Japan
-Delay
-President’s deliberation
-Speech
-Shultz’s trip to Japan
-Shultz’s viewpoint
-Compared to 30-day freeze
-Pride
The President and Haig left at 3:17 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)