Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-098
Nixon, Haig & Buzhardt on Watergate and Samuel Dash
Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 9:01 AM–9:14 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. discuss the administration's response to press reports regarding a potential subpoena from Samuel Dash, chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee. Buzhardt confirms he communicated with Dash to dispute the reports, noting that Dash denied ever stating an intention to issue a subpoena. The participants coordinate efforts to have the record publicly corrected to mitigate the political fallout.
- Watergate
- Samuel Dash
- Subpoena
- Press relations
- J. Fred Buzhardt
- Alexander Haig
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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 39-89 (cont’d)
-Buzhardt’s conversation with Fred D. Thompson
-Conversation with Buzhardt, June 5Also recorded on June 6, 1973
- 933-001 8:25 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:53 am.
- 933-002 8:53 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 9:01 am.
- 039-097 9:01 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:14 am.
- 039-099 9:01 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:14 am.
- 933-003 9:01 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:01 am to 10:03 am.
- 039-100 9:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:14 am to 9:15 am.
- 933-004 10:03 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:05 am.
- 933-005 10:05 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clarence M. Kelley, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:35 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-098, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-098 (accessed October 12, 2026).