Conversation: 045-164
Prev:  045-163 Next: 045-165Start Date: 8-May-1973 10:38 PM
End Date: 8-May-1973 10:52 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 10:38 pm to 10:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-164 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 45-164 Date: May 8, 1973 Time: 10:38 pm - 10:52 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler Watergate -Administration’s counterattack -Ziegler’s conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Appearance of guilt by staff members -Spiro T. Agnew -William Proxmire’s statement -Mood of American people -Timing of President’s activities after March 21, 1973 -John W. Dean, III -Papers -Lawyer’s comment concerning possibility of prison -Haig -J. Fred Buzhardt -[Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose -Timing of administration counterattack -Dean -Cover-up -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Conversations -President -Paul L. O’Brien -William O. Bittman -Presidential authority -Clemency -President’s March 21, 1973 conversation with Dean -Proxmire’s statement -White House counterattack -104- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 45-164 (cont’d) -Timing -Agnew -John B. Connally -John G. Tower -Ziegler, President -Dean’s attacks on President -Innuendos concerning Presidency -Cabinet members -Claude S. Brinegar -George P. Shultz -Brinegar -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. -President’s forthcoming meeting -Krogh -White House counterattack -Media -Dean -Congress -Proxmire -Elliot L. Richardson -Leaks from White House -Timing