H. R. Haldeman and the White House operator facilitate a meeting between the President and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler to coordinate a formal administration response to the Watergate scandal. The participants decide to channel the White House’s defense through the judicial and grand jury system rather than via press briefings. Ziegler is summoned to the Executive Office Building to receive instructions on releasing this official statement.
On March 29, 1973, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 3:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-068 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 44-068 Date: March 29, 1973 Time: Unknown between 2:46 pm and 3:01 pm Location: White House Telephone H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator. John D. Ehrlichman can be heard in the background. [See also Conversation No. 426-4A] Call to Ronald L. Ziegler [?] Haldeman conferred with the President and Ehrlichman at an unknown time. Possible statement on Watergate -Judicial system [See Conversation 426-4] [End of conferral]
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