Conversation: 168-032
Prev:  168-031 Next: 168-033Start Date: 3-Jun-1973 12:35 PM
End Date: 3-Jun-1973 1:11 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On June 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:35 pm to 1:11 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 168-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 168-32 Date: June 3, 1973 Time: 12:35 pm - 1:11 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Haldeman’s schedule -Church President’s schedule -Camp David Watergate -John W. Dean, III -Statement concerning meetings with President -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.s view -Dean’s lawyer -White House response -Haldeman’s belief -President’s work with Haldeman -Contacts with President -President’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst -Number -Press story -Dates -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d) -Richard A. Moore -Buzhardt -Contacts with Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -Ehrlichman -Forthcoming call to Ronald L. Ziegler -Interview with American Broadcasting Company [ABC], June 3, 1973 -Haldeman -Comments to press -President and cover-up -Involvement in break-in -Dean -Ehrlichman -Interview with ABC, June 3, 1973 -Dean’s contacts with President -President’s motive -Dean -Contacts with President -Press conference -Executive privilege -Ervin Committee -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Ehrlichman -Interview with ABC, June 3, 1973 -President’s contacts with Dean -Forthcoming telephone call to Ziegler -Press coverage -Dean -Statement, June 3, 1973 -Pattern -Buzhardt’s view of leaks -Attorney -President’s meeting with Haldeman -Statements by President, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman -Haldeman and Ehrlichman’s meetings with President - Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -$350,000 -Herbert W. Kalmbach -President’s activities -Kalmbach’s activities -Ehrlichman -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d) -Dean -Contacts with President -March 22, 1973 with Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and John N. Mitchell -Florida trip -William O. Bittman -Ervin Committee -Strategy -Dean report -Gray’s statement concerning Dean’s veracity -President’s call to Kleindienst -Kleindienst’s cooperation with Ervin Committee -Howard H. Baker, Jr.’s administrative assistant -March 21, 1973 -Bittman -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. -$350,000 -Ehrlichman and plumbers -Dean’s involvement -Clemency offer -Subornation of Jeb Stuart Magruder’s perjury -April 15, 1973 -US attorney -Haldeman -Access to notes -Possible chronology of events -President, Haldeman, and Dean -Dean’s investigation -Ehrlichman’s investigation -Timing -California -President’s motive -Dean’s trip to Camp David -Ehrlichman’s note for President’s signature -Attorney - client privilege -Date -Possible chronology of events -President’s role -$350,000 -Haldeman’s role -Executive privilege -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d) -President’s opponents’ tactics -Dean -White House response -White House response -Haldeman’s possible interview with Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward -Washington Post -President’s opponents -Aims -President -Haldemen, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell -Mitchell’s role -Magruder and Dean’s role -Allegations -Cover-up -Break-in -Dean -Dean’s August 1972 report -Ziegler -McClellan Committee -Charges against Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Dean -Knowledge of break-in -March 21, 1973 meeting with President, Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Haldeman’s notes -Statement concerning White House response -Meeting with Mitchell and Magruder -Dean’s orders -Magruder’s perjury -Meeting with President -February 27, 1973 -Moore -March 1, 1973 -President’s March 2, 1973 press conference -March 6, 1973 -March 7, 1973 -March 14, 1973 with Moore -Press conference -Possible chronology -Haldeman -Possible interviews -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d) -Ervin Committee -Grand Jury -Deposition for Democratic National Committee [DNC] -Post June 17, 1973 events -Possible interviews -Woodward vs. New York Times, Newsweek -Washington Post -Associated Press -Length -Ehrlichman -Testimony -Robert E. Cushman and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Motives -Dean -March 22, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman -Dean report at Camp David -President subsequent investigation at Key Biscayne -Haldeman’s telephone calls -Mitchell, William D. Rogers, Charles W. Colson, Dean, Moore -Colson’s call to Magruder -Rogers -Grand Jury testimony -James W. McCord, Jr.’s letter to John J. Sirica -President’s questions, Haldeman’s telephone calls -President’s knowledge -President’s suspicions -President’s forthcoming conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler -Ziegler’s possible calls -Haldeman, Ehrlichman -Chronology of events -Haldeman’s files -Dean -Documentary evidence -Possible tape recordings by Dean -Camp David -Methodology -Conversations with Haldeman -Conversations with President -Easter -Florida -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. March-2011) Conversation No. 168-32 (cont’d) -$1,000,000 -Possible tape recording by Dean -Dean’s forthcoming plea -March 21, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman -$1,000,000 -News story -President’s methodology -Clemency offer -1974 elections -March 1973 offer -Clemency -January 1973 -McCord’s testimony -Dean’s possible role -President’s opinions in March 21, 1973 meeting -Dean -March 21, 1973 meeting with President and Haldeman -$1,000,000 -President’s methodology -Use for funds -Bittman -Easter call from President -$1,000,000 -White House response Call to Haldeman