Conversation 005-069

TapeTape 5StartMonday, June 14, 1971 at 7:15 PMEndMonday, June 14, 1971 at 7:19 PMTape start time02:19:15Tape end time02:19:21ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorRecording deviceWhite House Telephone

On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-069 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 5-69

Date: June 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 258-9]

     Call to Attorney General John Mitchell

                                                                        Conversation
                                                                        Conv. No. 5-69
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                                                                                         5-70

Date: June 14, 1971
Time: 7:19 pm - 7:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with John N. Mitchell.

[See Conversation No. 258-10]

     New York Times publication of Pentagon Papers
         -Possible legal action against the Times
               -Precedents
               -Notice by government
               -Melvin R. Laird's opinion

Henry A. Kissinger joined the conversation at an unknown time after 7:19 pm.

           -Laird's Congressional testimony, June 14
           -Lyndon B. Johnson's opinion
                -Walt W. Rostow's conversation with Kissinger
           -Investigation
           -Vote on McGovern-Hatfield amendment on Vietnam war
           -Prime suspect Daniel Ellsberg

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attorney general please thank you sir