Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 024-100
Date: Monday, May 15, 1972 at 7:07 PM
Participants: Kelley, Thomas J.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-100

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:02] Yep.
[0:02] Yes, Tom Kelly's on the line.
[0:04] Okay.
[0:06] Ready?
[0:06] Hello?
[0:07] Mr. Hardeman?
[0:07] Yeah, Tom.
[0:09] The director wanted me to call you and tell you that we've identified the fellow who had this gun and the assailant, apparently, as Arthur Herman Bremer, B-R-E-M-E-R.
[0:20] He's from West Michigan Street in Milwaukee.
[0:24] He bought this gun from a gun shop in Milwaukee on January 13 of this year.
[0:31] He was previously arrested by the Bureau for carrying a concealed weapon in November of 71 at Fox Point out near Milwaukee.
[0:41] And we are beginning an interview with him now out at the Prince George's County Hospital.
[0:47] Who is?
[0:48] The Secret Service and the Prince George's Police and I'm sure the Bureau is there too.
[0:55] Yeah.
[0:55] And as soon as we get the results of the interview, we'll call you.
[1:01] He is described by the doctors out there.
[1:05] He had to be treated for a head wound.
[1:07] One of our agents hit him on the head with a gun.
[1:10] and he had to be treated with a head wound first, and now they're getting ready to interview him.
[1:16] Okay.
[1:16] Now, his name has not been released to the press by anybody, including the Prince George's County... Is he the guy they've been describing, though, that's the white male, about 30?
[1:26] As a matter of fact, CBS had a picture of him.
[1:29] They pinpointed him in the crowd.
[1:31] I see.
[1:32] And he's the man.
[1:34] All right, now what's the story about three teenagers that were supposedly involved?
[1:38] Oh, I don't think there's, so far as we're concerned, there's nobody else involved.
[1:42] I see.
[1:42] The agents who were there are certain of that, and they have a couple of other people in custody, but they were really people that they picked up because they were running from the crowd in all the confusion.
[1:52] They made a couple of arrests, but so far as we are concerned now, there's no one else involved.
[1:58] Okay.
[1:59] And we'll keep you posted if that changes, but that's the situation.
[2:02] Now, what precautions are you taking so that he doesn't get assassinated like last time?
[2:07] We have people at the, you know, at Prince George's Hospital.
[2:10] We're going to put a, we're going to, so that there's any other Ruby thing.
[2:15] We have people at the hospital.
[2:16] The Secret Service is participating in it.
[2:19] How it will end up is, you know, a prime responsibility, but we'll iron that out when the thing gets settled.
[2:27] Okay, well, let's not
[2:28] No, we're going to see if that's taken care of.
[2:31] All right.
[2:32] Yes.
[2:32] Okay.
[2:33] Okay.