Conversation 039-098

TapeTape 39StartWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 9:01 AMEndWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 9:14 AMParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.;  White House operator;  Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;  Nixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On June 6, 1973, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-098 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 39-98

Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:01 am and 9:14 am
Location: White House Telephone

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the White House operator.

       Incoming telephone call

Haig talked with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The President can be heard in the background.

[See also Conversation No. 933-3B]

       Watergate
             -Buzhardt’s conversation with President, June 5
             -Samuel Dash
                   -Possible subpoena
                           -Press reports
                           -Denial of remarks
                   -Conversation with Buzhardt, June 5
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                                                             Conversation No. 39-89 (cont’d)

                      -Buzhardt’s conversation with Fred D. Thompson
                      -Conversation with Buzhardt, June 5

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Yes, I have him on the line.
There you are.
Fred?
Good morning, Al.
Fred, after your discussion with the President last night, did you get that information to Dash?
Oh, yeah.
You did?
Yeah.
Dash denies that he ever said he was going to subpoena anything.
He denies he said he was going to subpoena anything?
Yeah.
Well, it sure played today in the press.
It sure did.
I asked him to straighten it out in the press.
Get it straightened out.
I told him that, God damn it, we insist on it immediately.
Well, we can insist now, but I don't know if you're going to do it.
I insisted on it last night.
Yeah, we didn't get him until late.
What time did you get to him?
Well, I called him immediately and left word.
Then we couldn't find him anywhere, so I talked to Fred Thompson.
And then Fred said he didn't know how to find him.
Subsequently, Dash called me back, I guess, around— Lord, it must have been—he was after 9.
Okay.
9-9 to 9-30.
Okay.
And then Thompson called back about a quarter to 10.
Right.
Okay.