Conversation: 421-022
Prev:  421-021 Next: 421-023Start Date: 28-Mar-1973 8:45 AM
End Date: 28-Mar-1973 9:00 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:00 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 421-22 Date: March 28, 1973 Time: 8:45 am-9:00 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 421-22 (cont’d) Meeting with John N. Mitchell -Mitchell’s arrival -Questions for Mitchell -Jeb Stuart Magruder Watergate -Grand jury -Charles W. Colson -Charges -Obstruction of justice -Perjury -Colson -John W. Dean, III -Preparation of Magruder -Mitchell -Charges against -Grand jury -John G. Tower, Norris Cotton -Washington Post story -Jules Witcover -Republican activists -Interest in Watergate -Oliver Quayle, Albert E. Sindlinger -Media coverage -Networks -Lead stories -Washington Post editorial -Criticism of Samuel Dash -Ervin hearings -James W. McCord, Jr. -Executive session -White House cooperation -Tower, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. -Informal testimony -Henry A. Kissinger -William E. Timmons -President’s concerns -Executive privilege -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 421-22 (cont’d) -Declassification of documents ****************************************************************************** [PROCESSING NOTE: WITHDRAWAL NO. 1 HAS BEEN DECLASSIFIED IN FULL] -Bay of Pigs -Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem -Kissinger -Vietnam War ****************************************************************************** -Ervin Committee -Weicker -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Agreement with White House -Charges of non-cooperation -Haldeman’s meeting with Mitchell -Haldeman’s role -Public relations reaction -John D. Ehrlichman’s abilities -Wounded Kneed incident -Strategy -Colson, Timmons -Resolution of issue -Haldeman’s role -Congress -Intensity of hostility -Charges of cover-up -White House staff statements for investigations -A record of proceedings -Kissinger’s meeting -Need for control -A Dean report -Issuance -Value -Haldeman’s opinion -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 421-22 (cont’d) -Dean’s credibility Haldeman left at 9:00 am.