Richard A. Moore served as a senior advisor and legal counsel during the Nixon administration. At the start of the White House taping period in February 1971, he was serving as Special Assistant to Attorney General John Mitchell, a role he had held since July 1970. In April 1971, Moore transitioned to the White House to serve as Special Counsel to the President, providing public relations and legal advice to Nixon until the president's resignation in August 1974. During the taping period, he participated in several recorded conversations and later became a prominent witness before the Senate Watergate Committee in July 1973, testifying that he believed Nixon was unaware of the cover-up prior to March 1973.
On April 21, 1971, Richard A. Moore, James M. Hannan, Thomas E. Morris, J. Paull Marshall, George T. Bell, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:30 pm to 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 484-008 of the White House Tapes.
On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, Antonina Uccello, Mary Lou Grier, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 484-010 of the White House Tapes.
On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John G. Tower, Robert D. ("Bob") Lee, Jill Lee, A. J. ("Bob") Blasé, Richard A. Moore, Stephen B. Bull, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-031 of the White House Tapes.
On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Charles S. Rhyne, Richard A. Moore, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 12:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 493-010 of the White House Tapes.
On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas C. Korologos, Max L. Friedersdorf, William E. Timmons, Richard A. Moore, Clark MacGregor, White House photographer, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 493-011 of the White House Tapes.
On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and the Cabinet members, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, William E. Timmons, Charles W. Colson, John A. Scali, Richard A. Moore, Harry S. Dent, Leonard Garment, John W. Dean, III, Frederic V. Malek, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gerald C. Smith, Arthur J. Sohmer, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Virginia H. Knauer, and Arnold R. Weber, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 9:02 am to 9:48 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 058-004 of the White House Tapes.
On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-011 of the White House Tapes.
On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-024 of the White House Tapes.
On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:23 pm to 5:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-026 of the White House Tapes.
On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 6:05 pm to 6:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-019 of the White House Tapes.
On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:05 pm to 6:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-035 of the White House Tapes.
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:17 pm to 1:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-034 of the White House Tapes.
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-042 of the White House Tapes.
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-045 of the White House Tapes.
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-047 of the White House Tapes.
On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Richard A. Moore, Alexander P. Butterfield, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Donald F. Barnes, and Luis Echeverria Alvarez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:14 am to 11:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-012 of the White House Tapes.
On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Gordon M. Metcalf, William M. Batten, George P. Shultz, Richard A. Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:19 pm to 2:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 628-013 of the White House Tapes.
On December 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Richard S. Smith, Christopher Sumner, Lewis F. Powell, III, William H. Rehnquist, James Rehnquist, James Rehnquist, John N. Mitchell, Wallace H. Johnson, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Richard A. Moore, Charles W. Colson, Herbert G. Klein, Geoffrey C. Shepard, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:03 am to 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 640-005 of the White House Tapes.
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-010 of the White House Tapes.
On February 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, David Barrus, Eric E. Hillary, Edwin R. Yarbrough, Kenneth L. Beale, Jr., David D. Chambers, David Harrington, Robert L. Larson, Jr., Stephen Larson, John T. Lyons, Kerry K. Morgan, Frank Ramirez, Jr., John J. Richie, III, Dave Snell, Millard F. Waters, Stephen Wirkes, Alden G. Barber, Norton Clapp, David Boshea, Randy Scott, Revel L. Robertson, George C. Freeman, Michael J. Farrell, Richard A. Moore, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:08 pm to 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 662-008 of the White House Tapes.
On May 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-152 of the White House Tapes.
On May 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:51 pm to 2:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-041 of the White House Tapes.
On June 22, 1972, Richard M. Nixon and chief executives of the broadcasting industry, including Charles Batson, Charles Crutchfield, Daniel R. Eaton, John Fetzer, James S. Gilmore, Jr., Larry Israel, John Kluge, Charles S. Mechem, Bill Michaels, John T. Murphy, Ancil Paine, John Poor, Ward Quaal, Leonard Reinsch, Bill Shaw, Reid L. Shaw, Robert Slaughter, Franklin C. Snyder, Egmont Sonderling, E. R. Vadeboncoeur, M. C. Waters, Fred Weber, Robert Wells, Richard Chapin, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter M. Flanigan, John D. Ehrlichman, George W. Romney, Charles W. Colson, Richard A. Moore, Alvin Snyder, Clay T. ("Tom") Whitehead, Dean Burch, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:28 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 103-004 of the White House Tapes.
On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:24 pm to 4:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 745-001 of the White House Tapes.
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick Hillery, Sean O'Heideian, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Marion H. Smoak, John D. Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 11:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 793-012 of the White House Tapes.
On January 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-073 of the White House Tapes.
On January 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 831-011 of the White House Tapes.
On January 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Daniel M. Galbreath, Dave Giusti, Stephen Blass, Richard A. Moore, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 4:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 832-004 of the White House Tapes.
On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Richard A. Moore, Lt. Col. William L. Golden, White House operator, Teresa Olson, Kenneth Olson, Mary Weigal, Agnes Ullmer, Henry Ullmer, Irene Lemery, Loren Lemery, Clara Best, Joyce Nolde, Blair Nolde, Brent Nolde, Kimberly Nolde, Bryon Nolde, Bart Nolde, Henry Joseph Nolde, Joseph Nolde, Henry Nolde, Jr., and Irene Nolde met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 848-014 of the White House Tapes.
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, John C. Whitaker, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, George H. W. Bush, Donald E. Johnson, William D. Ruckelshaus, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Herbert G. Klein, Leonard Garment, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard A. Moore, Arthur J. Sohmer, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., David N. Parker, David R. Gergen, Stanley S. Scott, Franklin R. Gannon, John S. Guthrie, Jr., Tod R. Hullin, Patrick J. Buchanan, Lawrence M. Higby, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Frederic V. Malek, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 3:10 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 117-007 of the White House Tapes.
On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:50 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 419-020 of the White House Tapes.
On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:47 pm to 1:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 419-023 of the White House Tapes.
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:36 pm to 6:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-024 of the White House Tapes.
On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, and John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 5:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-024 of the White House Tapes.
On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John W. Dean, III, and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 2:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-017 of the White House Tapes.
On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:46 pm to 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-015 of the White House Tapes.
On April 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 12:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 903-020 of the White House Tapes.
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, J. Philip Campbell, Richard G. Kleindienst, William P. Clements, Jr., George H. W. Bush, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., Richard A. Moore, W. Richard Howard, David R. Gergen, Patrick J. Buchanan, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Bruce A. Kehrli, Stanley S. Scott, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, Arthur J. Sohmer, Lee W. Huebner, Jerry H. Jones, Donald F. Rodgers, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Herbert G. Klein, Thomas C. Korologos, Gerald L. Warren, Andrew T. Falkiewicz, Max L. Friedersdorf, Lyndon K. Allin, Fred F. Fielding, Michael J. Farrell, James H. Falk, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Dana G. Mead, Geoffrey C. Shepard, and C. Gregg Petersmeyer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 11:52 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 120-001 of the White House Tapes.
On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 4:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-067 of the White House Tapes.
On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:27 pm and 6:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-089 of the White House Tapes.