Conversation: 165-002
Prev:  165-001 Next: 165-003Start Date: 11-May-1973 5:35 PM
End Date: 11-May-1973 5:47 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:35 pm to 5:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 165-2 Date: May 11, 1973 Time: 5:35 pm - 5:47 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Greeting Watergate -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -William D. Ruckelshaus -Records -Ruckelshaus’s possible statement -Timing -William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake -Wiretap -Timing -Wiretaps -Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt -Haig -Reason for wiretap -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. February-2012) Conversation No. 165-2 (cont’d) -Leaks -White House wiretaps -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. -Ruckelshaus’s possible statement -Wiretaps by FBI -Possible wiretapping by White House -National security considerations -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Wiretapping -Robert C. Mardian’s testimony, May 10 -John D. Ehrlichman -White House knowledge -Ruckelshaus’s possible statement -Wiretaps -Buzhardt -FBI -White House -Hunt -Wiretaps -Lake -Henry A. Kissinger -Records -White House -Morton H. Halperin -Sonnenfeldt -Lake -FBI -Legality -National security -Kissinger’s possible press briefing -Soviet statement -Wiretaps -Wiretaps -Ronald L. Ziegler -Mardian’s testimony -Contacts with Haig and Kissinger -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. February-2012) Conversation No. 165-2 (cont’d) -Ehrlichman -Haig -Duration -Lake -Timing of departure -FBI -Ziegler -Daniel Ellsberg case -Actions of William M. Byrne, Jr. -Dispatch of material -Haig’s meeting with Buzhardt -Wiretaps -Kissinger’s potential press questions -Kissinger’s knowledge of press targets -Ziegler’s knowledge -Ruckelshaus’s forthcoming statement -Statement -Lake