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Start Date: 11-Jul-1973 5:42 PM

End Date: 11-Jul-1973 6:04 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Woods, Rose Mary

Recording Device: Oval Office

948-020.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:42 pm to 6:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 948-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 948-20

Date: July 11, 1973
Time: 5:42 pm - 6:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

      Watergate
            -Woods’s friend
                   -Telephone calls, letters
                   -Possible trip to DC
                          -Timing
            -Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
            -Ervin Committee hearings
                   -John N. Mitchell’s testimony
                          -Dr. William M. Lukash
                          -Weicker’s questioning
                                   -Mitchell’s response
                                          -Goal
                                          -Logs, telephone conversations, meeting
                                           participants
                          -President’s knowledge
                                   -John W. Dean, III, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
            -Weicker
            -Dean
                   -March 21, 1973 conversation with President
                          -Camp David
                   -Immunity
            -Ervin Committee hearings
                   -Mitchell’s testimony
                          -Weicker’s questioning
                                   -President’s knowledge
                          -Mitchell’s attorney
                                   -Demeanor
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                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                   Tape Subject Log 

                                 (rev. November-2012)

                                                         Conversation No. 948-20 (cont’d)

                  -Howard H. Baker, Jr.
                          -Bryce N. Harlow
                          -President’s campaign support
            -Weicker
                  -President’s campaign support
                          -Connecticut
                          -$65,000
            -Dean       

                  -Handling of funds        

                          -Wylie T. Buchanan, Jr.’s telephone call
                                 -$4850
                                 -Telephone call to New York Times [?]


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 

[Privacy] 

[Duration: 32 s ] 


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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      Watergate
            -Ervin Committee hearings
                   -Mitchell’s testimony
                           -Weicker’s handling compared to Dean’s treatment
                                   -Duration, breaks
            -President’s March 22, 1973 meeting with Dean, Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman,
             and Mitchell
            -Dean        

                   -Information to President         

                   -Woods’s opinion          

            -Support for President        

                   -J. Willard (“Bill”) Marriot’s note 

                                              -50-


                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                    (rev. November-2012)

                                                                    Conversation No. 948-20 (cont’d)

                     -Telephone calls and letters
              -President’s reception in Kansas City 

                     -Helen A. Thomas’s article         

                     -Weather          

                     -Cheering           


       Thomas
            -Access        

                   -Woods’s refusal to interview            

                   -President’s acknowledgement                 

                          -Mitchell [?]

            -Conduct         


       Watergate
             -Support for President
                    -Ohio Republican State Committee chairwoman’s telephone call to Woods
                    -Telephone calls, letters
             -Ervin Committee hearings
                    -Herbert W. Kalmbach’s forthcoming testimony
                            -William O. Bittman
                            -Contact with President
                    -Questioning         

                            -Baker, Weicker        

                    -Mitchell’s testimony        

                            -President’s knowledge
                    -Dean
                    -Mitchell’s testimony
                    -Dean
             -Dean

The President and Woods left at 6:04 pm.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                    (rev. November-2012)