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Nixon & Dean on Watergate and Legal Strategy

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 12:59 PM–1:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Dean, John W., IIIConversation884-011 on Tape 884StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 12:59 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 884-011 ↗

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President Nixon and John W. Dean met briefly to coordinate the timing and preparation of upcoming legal or strategic documentation involving Richard Moore and Dick Carter. The President instructed Dean to focus on finalizing these materials before scheduling a follow-up discussion. The interaction concluded with the pair tentatively aligning their calendars for a 1:30 meeting to review progress.

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So, what do you think you want to take up or not yet?
Well, why don't you wait until you're approved and if you're not ready then, but you get ready when you and Moore want to bring it in sometime.
You don't want to send it today or even plan to send it today.
Well, as soon as you think it's worth discussing, come in.
Well, for what time, sir, do you, could you, you and the, have you, have you got Dick Carter there, too?
You work on it, or together you work on it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sure, sure.
We could, shall we say 1.30?

NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 884-11

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: 12:59 pm and 1:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 884-9 (cont’d)

The President talked with John W. Dean, III.

[See Conversation No. 37-166]

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 884-011, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-011 (accessed October 2, 2026).