Conversation 038-088

TapeTape 38StartTuesday, April 17, 1973 at 3:50 PMEndTuesday, April 17, 1973 at 4:35 PMParticipantsEhrlichman, John D.;  [Unknown person(s)];  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  Timmons, William E.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On April 17, 1973, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-088 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 38-88

Date: April 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:50 pm and 4:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with an unknown woman.

[See also Conversation No. 898-23]
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                                                            Conversation No. 38-88 (cont’d)

     Location of William E. Timmons

     Return call

     Location of Ehrlichman

Ehrlichman conferred with the President and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time.

[Begin conferral]

[See Conversation No. 898-23]

[End conferral]

Ehrlichman talked with Timmons at an unknown time.

     Timmons’s call to Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
         -President’s forthcoming statement
         -Copies
               -Ronald L. Ziegler

     President’s statement
           -Timmons’s call to Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Ehrlichman conferred with the President and Haldeman at an unknown time.

[Begin conferral]

[See Conversation No. 898-23/899-1]

[End conferral]

     President’s statement
           -Timmons’s call to Baker
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He just went down the hall, due back in a minute.
Can we call back?
Uh, I'm in the president's office.
Um...
I can't get him where he is.
He'll only be a second, too.
Well, maybe I better hold, then.
Okay.
Hello, Bill.
John.
I'm tied up.
Can you call Irvin and just read him the first page plus the first two lines of the second page?
Okay, now who's got the copy?
I don't have the copy.
Ron, I think, has the copy.
First page, first two lines of the second page.
Right.
Solicit comments?
Pardon me?
Should I ask for comments from him?
No, just tell him that that's the statement that's going to be made.
Okay.
How about Baker?
Hold on just a minute.
Yes, sure.
By all means.
Both of them?
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
Should I let you know?
Uh, no.
Just do it.
Go ahead and do it.
Okay.
Thanks.