Conversation: 037-116
Prev: 037-115 Next: 037-117Start Date: Thursday, March 15, 1973 2:20 PM
End Date: Thursday, March 15, 1973 3:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Dean, John W., IIIRecording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-116 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 37-116
Date: March 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:22 am and 10:05 am
Location: White House Telephone
Ronald L. Ziegler talked with John W. Dean, III. The President can be heard in the background.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept-09)
Conversation No. 33-116 (cont’d)
Preparation for press briefing
-Subpoena of Dean in Common Cause suit
-Dean's response
-Reason for subpoena
-Dean as President's counsel
-Subpoenas of Congressional aides
-Thomas J. Dodd
-Daniel Brewster
-Clark R. Mollenhoff's response
-White House staff depositions in civil suits
-Precedents
-Charles W. Colson
-Type of questions
-Mollenhoff
-Congressional aides' immunity
-Colson's deposition
-Judicial executive privilege
-Legislative executive privilege
-Differences
-Reasons for appearance
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Senate committee
-Colson's deposition
-Speech on executive privilege