Conversation: 899-001
Prev:  898-028 Next: 899-002Start Date: 17-Apr-1973 3:50 PM
End Date: 17-Apr-1973 4:41 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:50 pm to 4:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 899-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 898-23/899-1 Date: April 17, 1973 Time: 3:50 pm - 4:41 pm Location: Oval Office [Continued from Conversation No. 898-23 on Audiotape 898] The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The recording began while the conversation was in progress; an unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded at this time while the tape was changed. [A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box 174, “Transcript of a Recording of a Meeting among the President, John Ehrlichman, Ronald Ziegler, and H. R. Haldeman, in the Oval Office on April 17, 1973, from 3:50 to 4:35 p.m.,” pages 19-26. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was also prepared Richard Nixon’s Special White House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 1115 - 1133 (11-18). Please refer to the RG 460 transcript.] [Begin transcribed portion] [End transcribed portion] Leonard Garment [Resume transcribed portion] John D. Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time before 4:41 pm. -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 899-1 (cont’d) Ehrlichman [?] left at an unknown time after 3:50 pm. Ehrlichman [?] entered at an unknown time before 4:41 pm. Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 3:50 pm. Ehrlichman and Haldeman left at 4:35 pm. [End transcribed portion] Ziegler left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm.