Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-027

Nixon phone call with Higby on Watergate and John W. Dean III

Monday, May 14, 1973 · 12:03 PM–12:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 58 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Higby, Lawrence M.Conversation046-027 on Tape 46StartMonday, May 14, 1973 at 12:03 PMEndMonday, May 14, 1973 at 12:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby discuss the status of a records search, specifically concerning potential memoranda related to John W. Dean III and files held by Rose Mary Woods. Higby reports that an initial review of the materials yielded no significant findings, prompting the President to urge continued diligence in the search. The conversation concludes with Nixon preparing to attend a Citizens Medal presentation for Mrs. Roberto Clemente while awaiting further updates.

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Hello.

Yes, sir.

Hi, Larry.

Hi.

Any further report?

Yes, sir.

I wanted to complete it before I got here.

I talked to Terry and absolutely nothing there.

I'm over here now.

I have a complete one for you in about five minutes.

All right.

Let me say I checked rows and music is not a thing except one brief little page, which...

I'd given her one time, which has nothing to do with this.

It simply indicates that I expressed concern about why I couldn't go out or somebody get out some of the activities of their demonstrations against us.

Sure.

You know?

Oh, yeah.

That's the only thing we had at it.

But anyway, so I'm delighted with that.

But I don't think you're going to find anything over there.

I'm sure I won't either, but it's worth it to be.

Keep at it.

Sure.

I've got to get to Clementi's and then I'll call you in 15 minutes.

Good.

Bye.

NARA Description

On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-27

Date: May 14, 1973
Time: 12:03 pm - 12:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Lawrence M. Higby.

[See also Conversation No. 917-24]

     Watergate
                                             -17-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

           -Possible memoranda from the President to John W. Dean, III
                 -Higby’s conversation with Terry L. Decker
                 -President’s conversation with Rose Mary Woods

     President’s schedule
           -Mrs. Roberto Clemente
                      - [Citizens Medal Presentation]

Also recorded on May 14, 1973

046-026 11:59 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm.
917-021 11:59 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am.
917-022 11:59 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm.
917-023 11:59 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm.
917-024 12:03 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm.
917-025 12:04 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Vera Clemente, William S. Moorhead, Hugh Scott, Richard S. Schweiker, Jaime Benitez, Willie Stargell, Manny Sanguillen, Orlando Zabala, Kenneth Davis, Paul Nieves, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:19 pm.
917-026 12:19 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm.
917-027 12:19 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-027, May 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-027 (accessed October 1, 2026).