Conversation 530-007

TapeTape 530StartTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 11:22 AMEndTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 11:22 AMTape start time01:56:54Tape end time01:58:09ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ehrlichman, John D.;  White House operatorRecording deviceOval Office

On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:22 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 530-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 530-7

Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 11:22 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.
[The recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting is in progress]

     Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
          -J. Edgar Hoover
          -John N. Mitchell

[The President talked with the White House operator at 11:22 am]

[Conversation No. 530-7A]
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 10/08)




[See Conversation No. 6-20]

[End of telephone conversation]

     FBI
           -Discipline
                -Daniel Ellsberg case                           Conv.No. 530-6 (cont.)
                       -Hoover
                       -Jews

Ehrlichman left at 11:22 am.

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I think that Hoover would jump over the traces with Mitchell.
It's a value judgment.
I'm going to go to the FBI thing tomorrow, and I just don't want this sort of thing to happen.
Yeah, yeah.
And then let Mitchell handle it.
Attorney General Mitchell, please.
And to be brought down by the Ellsberg case of all things.
You see, Ellsberg would just add that scalp to his belt.
Either way, that he's caused dissension in the ranks of the FBI and all that stuff, it just, it has...
And I know it's breaking his heart.
Just can't help it.