Conversation: 168-011
Prev:  168-010 Next: 168-012Start Date: 2-Jun-1973 10:54 AM
End Date: 2-Jun-1973 11:13 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On June 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 11:13 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 168-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 168-11 Date: June 2, 1973 Time: Unknown between 10:54 am and 11:13 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Watergate Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman’s television [TV] appearances -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s opinion -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s opinion -Robert E. Cushman -Cushman -Testimony -Conflict with Ehrlichman -Haig -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-11 (cont’d) -Testimony -John L. McClellan and John O. Pastore -McClellan -Pastore -Bay of Pigs -McClellan -President’s possible testimony -National security -Ehrlichman -Ehrlichman -Forthcoming Grand Jury testimony in Los Angeles -National security -TV appearance -Haldeman -Testimony -Statement -Denials -John W. Dean, III -Ehrlichman -Statements concerning Dean -Haldeman -Testimony -Pastore -McClellan -Presumed guilt of Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Joseph W. Alsop -Lt. Gen. Vernon Walters -Denials -Statement -Strategy -John A. Scali’s advice -TV coverage -McClellan -Ehrlichman -Newsmen’s questions -Coverage -Haldeman -Lawyers’ advice -Statements -Release -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-11 (cont’d) -Testimony -Pastore’s question -Individuals knowledge -Walters -Compared to Cushman -Haldeman -Ehrlichman -Dean -Pastore -President’s possible testimony -McClellan -Compared to Haldeman’s testimony -Haldeman -Testimony -Memory -President’s memory -Concerns of administration -Ervin Committee hearings -Sally H. Harmony -Robert Riesner, Jeb Stuart Magruder’s assistant -Strategy -Witness list -Dean and Magruder -Immunity -Immunity -Procedures for judge -Magruder and Dean -Possible indictments -Archibald Cox’s intentions -Ervin Committee hearings -Ervin Committee hearings -Statement by Edward J. Gurney and Herman E. Talmadge -Witness list -Strategy -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.’s response -Gurney, Talmadge -Spiro T. Agnew -Ervin -John N. Mitchell, Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Dean, Charles W. Colson -President’s knowledge -12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-11 (cont’d) -Dean -Contacts with President -Content -Huston plan -Huston plan -Ervin’s opinion -White House response -Justification -George H. W. Bush -Statement -Press coverage -Christian Science Monitor -President and national security -Ervin Committee hearings -Statements by Haldeman, Ehrlichman Colson, Mitchell -Ervin Committee -Ervin -Motives -Compared to Gurney and Talmadge -Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Actions -Support for Ervin -Gurney and Talmadge -New York Times editorial on Gurney and Talmadge action -Popular opinion -New York Times, Washington Post, TV networks -President’s trip to Iceland -Bryce N. Harlow’s view -Forthcoming Ervin Committee hearings -Cox and Dash -Effect of hearings on possible trials -Mitchell -Columns -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Testimony -Haig -Cushman -Possible release -Statements -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-11 (cont’d) -Content -Press coverage -Haldeman’s meeting with Richard M. Helms and Cushman -Haldeman’s previous meeting with Dean -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] concern regarding Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Haldeman’s testimony -Haldeman’s subsequent meeting with Ehrlichman, Helms, and Walters -FBI concern, in regards to CIA -President’s statement -Dean -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III’s testimony -Haldeman’s testimony -Interrogations -CIA request -Covert activities -Watergate -Walters -Dean’s meeting with Haldeman -Haldeman’s subsequent meeting with the President -President’s instructions concerning Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Helms, and Walters -President’s meeting with Haldeman -Haldeman’s testimony -Haldeman’s role -Gray’s testimony -Dean -Ehrlichman’s testimony