Conversation: 866-017
Prev: 866-016 Next: 866-018Start Date: Thursday, March 1, 1973 6:06 PM
End Date: Thursday, March 1, 1973 6:14 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Dean, John W., IIIRecording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:06 pm to 1:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 866-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 866-17
Date: March 1, 1973
Time: 1:06 pm – 1:14 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
John W. Dean, III’s arrival
Dean entered and the unknown person left at 1:06 pm.
Watergate investigation
-The President's conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst
-Dean's notes on precedents on information release
-A "freeze" order
-Page in report
-Information from Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Dr. Connally
-FBI files
-Raw files to Congress
-Harry S. Truman precedent
-Clark R. Mollenhoff
-Executive privilege
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 866-17 (cont’d)
-White House Staff
-Procedures for obtaining information
-Mollenhoff
-Willingness of White House to reveal information to Congress
-Testimony issue characterized
-Attorney General
-Dealings with Dean
-Pressure on Kleindienst
-Loyalty
-Affection for John N. Mitchell
-Mitchell
-Vulnerability
Weather
Dean left at 1:14 pm.