Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 038-151
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 1973 at 7:17 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-151

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] I have Mr. Ehrlichman now, sir.
[0:04] Yeah.
[0:04] I have Mr. Ehrlichman now.
[0:06] Yeah, yeah.
[0:06] You are.
[0:07] Thank you.
[0:07] Hello, John.
[0:07] Yes, sir.
[0:08] I, uh, I had just talked to Bob and told him he could call you if you would mind to call me back.
[0:13] Oh, fine.
[0:13] Okay.
[0:14] But, uh, I mean, Mr. Feldman had a talk with Peterson.
[0:17] All right.
[0:18] I'll get it from him then.
[0:19] Yeah.
[0:19] And, uh, the only thing that is particularly relevant is that it's a paper which they brought in here which, uh,
[0:29] Peterson about it and he said that he felt very strongly as to that means people were trying to blackmail them with that and that they therefore felt it was very important that they get that because I had assured Peterson that of course it had never never been conveyed to the prosecution that they at least get it to the prosecutor was aware of the fact that it first their investigations you see what I mean is that Dean
[0:59] I don't think I had any choice in the matter.
[1:14] I mean, I could have said, kill it.
[1:17] Don't pass it on.
[1:18] They passed it on to Matt Byrne.
[1:21] Pass it on to the judge.
[1:22] I think that's right.
[1:24] And what is likely to happen is that, I don't know,
[1:28] Mike called Dean.
[1:30] And then Dean, well, I have to say what it was.
[1:34] So Watergate muggers involved into the psychiatrist's office.
[1:40] Let me say, though, on that point, I think it was with that information and of all those prosecutors over there already, it's going to come out anyway, John.
[1:53] You know what I mean?
[1:54] Yeah.
[1:56] So it's...
[1:58] Otherwise, I cover the other items very strongly with him.
[2:02] I'll talk to you about that.