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Conversation 045-079

TapeTape 45StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 1:07 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 1:08 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-079 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-79

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: 1:07 pm - 1:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 433-11]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order for
Special Access 57, Harry R. Haldeman v. Rowland G. Freeman, III, et al.,United States District
Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 80-3250, page 1. The National Archives
and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee
its accuracy. See logging below.]

     Watergate
          -Staff member files
                -Ownership
                -National security
                -Watergate
          -Leonard Garment’s memorandum
                -William P. Rogers
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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The point is, Steve, that all files, any correspondence or anything that has to do with between me and any member of my staff belongs to the president, not to them.
It's not their files, goddamn it.
They're mine.
Yes, sir.
Do you get that?
Yes, I understand completely.
Yeah.
And tell that damn garment that's it.
And anything in the national security area is an area that is mine.
It's not theirs.
in the national security area.
That is mine, not theirs.
If they hang on Watergate and anything, shit, they can do anything they want.
I don't give a goddamn about that.
Okay?
All right, sir.
I understand completely.
Time to rewrite the memorandum along those lines so that Rogers can look at it after the cabinet meeting.
All right, sir.
Fine.
Thank you.
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