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Conversation 045-193

TapeTape 45StartThursday, May 10, 1973 at 3:24 PMEndThursday, May 10, 1973 at 3:26 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the recent New York grand jury indictments of John Mitchell and Maurice Stans in the Robert Vesco case. The conversation turns to legal strategy and internal frustrations regarding the accuracy of reports being relayed to Alexander Haig about meetings with Haldeman's legal counsel. Haldeman specifically corrects the record concerning the attendance of J. Fred Buzhardt, Leonard Garment, and Horace Chapman Rose at a recent meeting, highlighting ongoing friction within the administration’s legal coordination.

WatergateJohn MitchellMaurice StansRobert VescoJ. Fred BuzhardtAlexander HaigLegal counsel
AudioNARA Description

On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:24 pm to 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-193 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-193

Date: May 10, 1973
Time: 3:24 pm - 3:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See also Conversation No. 435-16]

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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                                           Conversation No. 45-193 (cont’d)

           -Haldeman’s preceding meeting
           -Indictments
                 -John N. Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans
                       -Robert L. Vesco case
                 -John D. Ehrlichman
                 -John W. Dean, III
           -Haldeman’s lawyers
                 -Reaction to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
                 -Meeting with Buzhardt, Leonard Garment, and [Horace] Chapman
(“Chappie”) Rose
                       -David N. Parker
                       -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s report to Haldeman
                       -Attendees
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Hello?
Yes, sir.
You finished your deal?
We're just finishing up, yeah.
Oh, I'm going to head over there in a few minutes.
Well, I just don't see that you made your check yet.
No, I haven't.
I'm still over at the lawyer's office.
Fine.
Go on over and go right on up to the...
I understand they indicted Mitchell and Stans.
Oh, did they?
BESCO, BESCO.
I'll be darned.
The New York grand jury.
Yeah, yeah.
But I...
I would assume they didn't entitle Gurlichman or anything else.
I don't think Gurlichman was even a target on that.
They should have invited a goddamn dean, though.
That's a problem.
Oh, well.
Okay.
How's it going with your lawyers?
Okay.
Fine.
Sure.
You got them realizing we're trying to work with them now?
Oh, yeah.
Well, they have a lot.
They don't mind buzzard, do they?
Well, it depends.
I've got to talk to him and find out.
If he reported the meeting to Haig as it was reported, then they do, because the report you got on that meeting was highly erroneous.
Well, no.
The report Haig gave me on the meeting, the point was, no, no, no, you can't bring Buzz up for that.
He was only in it for the last 15 minutes.
No, he was in it for the entire meeting, and Chappy Rose wasn't in it at all, and I was told Chappy Rose sat in the meeting.
So we're getting some bullshit from somebody, and this...
This is what pisses me off with the chicken heads over there.
Basically, you say Chappy was not in the meeting.
Chappy Rose was not in the meeting at all unless he was under the rug.
Yeah.
And Buzzard was in the entire meeting.
And so was Garment, and so was that little shit that follows Garment around kissing his ass.
Parker, yeah.
Okay, I'll get that to Hague.
Okay, okay.
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