Conversation 424-005

TapeTape 424StartTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 5:34 PMEndTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 5:46 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

On March 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 5:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 424-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 424-5

Date: March 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:34 and 5:46 p.m.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       Watergate
            -Difficulty
            -Meeting with William P. Rogers
                  -Rogers’s opinion of independent commission
                  -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s suggestion
                  -Comparison to Lyndon B. Johnson
                        -Walter Jenkins
                        -Robert D. (“Bobby”) Baker
                  -President’s television [TV] appearance
                        -Value
            -Special prosecutor
                  -White House cooperation
            -Grand jury
                  -John N. Mitchell, Jeb Stuart Magruder, John D. Ehrlichman
                  -Charles W. Colson [?]
                  -Haldeman [?]
            -TV
            -F. Lee Bailey

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Uh, this is being dictated to later in the day by my side.
And, uh, they don't even know something about the fact that they ordered a boat.
It's actually a 300.
I didn't have the rockets in.
The rockets were a nice boat, but the boat was really not really a good path.
And it was a right-of-charge boat.
I hope so.
You said earlier that you considered all the problems that we had to deal with, and that we had to get you to talk to us about these problems.
Also, my heart is pumping a lot.
I don't know what happened.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Thank you.
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Thank you.
Thank you for listening.
Thank you.
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Thank you.
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