Conversation: 901-002
Prev:  901-001 Next: 901-003Start Date: 18-Apr-1973 5:20 PM
End Date: 18-Apr-1973 5:33 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 5:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 901-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 901-2 Date: April 18, 1973 Time: 5:20 pm - 5:33 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Watergate -Preservation of the Presidency -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -Possible resignations -Haldeman -Unidentified co-conspirators -John N. Mitchell, Jeb Stuart Magruder, Frederick C. LaRue, Paul L. O’Brien -Haldeman, Gordon C. Strachan, Ehrlichman -Effect -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Possible departures -Effect on Presidency -Haldeman -Role -Effect of departure -Assertion of President’s authority -Foreign policy -Kissinger’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler, April 18, 1973 An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:20 pm. President’s schedule -Helicopter for Camp David The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:33 pm. Watergate -Continued revelations -Magruder, John W. Dean, III -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. January-2011) Conversation No. 901-2 (cont’d) -Target -Effect on Presidency -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Replacements -John B. Connally -Domestic side -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Military role -Bureaucrat -William P. Rogers’s departure -Timing -Cabinet -Tightening of administration -[David] Kenneth Rush -Possible appointment -Loyalty -Preservation of Presidency -James T. Lynn -Possible appointment -Loyalty -Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] -Compared to Rush -Domestic orientation -Kissinger’s conversation with Ziegler, April 18, 1973 -White House staff departures -Strachan, Dean -Haldeman and Ehrlichman An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:20 pm. Message to President The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:33 pm. -Kissinger’s conversation with Ziegler, April 18, 1973 -Resignations of Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Behind power curve -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. January-2011) Conversation No. 901-2 (cont’d) -Subordinates -Responsibility -President’s statement, April 17, 1973 -Unindicted persons -Suspensions Kissinger left at 5:33 pm.