Conversation: 869-013
Prev:  869-012 Next: 869-014Start Date: 6-Mar-1973 11:49 AM
End Date: 6-Mar-1973 12:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dean, John W., III; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 12:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 869-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 869-13 Date: March 6, 1973 Time: 11:49 am-12:00 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John W. Dean III. Watergate -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Confirmation hearings -Talks with Dean -Work with Senate committee -Cooperation -Reports in newspapers -Richard G. Kleindienst -39- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 869-13 (cont’d) -Cooperation -Strategy in dealing with committee -Hardline -Raw files -Problems in disclosing -Nomination -Possible withdrawal -James O. Eastland -Kleindienst's conversation with Eastland -Votes in committee -Phillip A. Hart, Birch E. Bayh, Jr., Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy, John V. Tunney -Ervin Committee hearings -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Interview with WTOP radio -Dean's testimony -Peter M. Flanigan's testimony -Executive privilege -Position characterized -Statement -Dean's conversation with John D. Ehrlichman -Former White House staff -Privilege -Dwight L. Chapin, Charles W. Colson, Gordon C. Strachan -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Interviews with Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] staff members -Penny Gleason -Background -James W. McCord, Jr. -Talk with FBI -Gray rebuttal -Gray -Nomination -Administration support -Confirmation -Standards -Performance with committee -Administration's opinion -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 869-13 (cont’d) -FBI -Cartha D. ("Deke") DeLoach -William C. Sullivan -Report on past activities by FBI -Report to Dean -Dealings with Dean -John W. Chancellor -Derogatory information -United States Information Agency [USIA] -Change in file -Lyndon B. Johnson's orders -Examples of misdoings -Ervin Committee -White House position -Talks with Kleindienst -Concern about Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Baker's statement -Chicago Tribune -Reasons -Witnesses -Preparation -President's handling of Alger Hiss case -Baker -Ervin -Executive privilege -White House staff appearances -Problems -Gray -Dean -Double privilege -President's position on executive privilege -Press questions -Clark R. Mollenhoff -Hypothetical questions -Dean's contact with Mollenhoff on the A. Ernest Fitzgerald case -Gray -Intelligence -41- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 869-13 (cont’d) -Hiss case -Perjury charge -Whittaker Chambers -Witnesses -Preparation -Baker -Cross examination -Abilities Dean left at 12:00 pm.