Conversation 902-012

On April 19, 1973, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 12:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 902-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 902-012

Date: April 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:08 am and 12:48 pm
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull and an unknown man met.

       Request
             -Airport
                    -[Unintelligible name]

Bull and the unknown man left an unknown time before 12:48 pm.

                                                                             Conversation No. 902-005

Date: April 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:48 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President and Ronald L. Ziegler entered. This recording began at an unknown time while
the conversation was in progress.

       Watergate
             -John W. Dean, III
                    -Statement
                           -Contents
                           -Ziegler’s response to possible questions
                           -Notification of Ziegler
             -Christopher Leyen story in the New York Times
                    -Dean’s activities
                           -Report

                                -Meetings with President
               -Dean
                       -Ziegler’s response to possible questions
                               -Henry E. Petersen’s opinion
                       -Instructions for Ziegler on telephone call

Ziegler talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:48
pm.

[Conversation No. 902-005A]

[Begin telephone conversation]

[See Conversation No. 038-106]

[End telephone conversation]

       Dean

       Return call

       Ziegler’s statement
              -President’s authorization

Ziegler talked with Dean at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:48 pm.

[Conversation No. 902-005B]

[Begin telephone conversation]

[Conversation No. 038-107]

[End telephone conversation]

       Watergate
             -Ziegler’s conversation with Dean

               -Story about Dean
                       -Magruder [?]

       President’s meeting with Jewish leaders
              -Soviet Jews
              -Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing
                     -Soviet Union [USSR]
                              -Communication
                                     -Exemption
                              -United States [US] cooperation
                                     -Freedom of emigration

       Watergate
             -Dean
                       -President’s public posture
                       -Conversation with President, March 21, 1973
                              -President’s reaction
                                      -Dean’s report
                       -Possible indictment
                              -Conversations with President concerning Watergate
                       -President’s previous public statement
                              -William L. Safire’s column
                              -Washington Post editorial
                       -President’s April 19, 1973, conversation with Petersen
                              -Dean’s role in Watergate
                              -Immunity
                                      -Corroborative evidence
                              -Haldeman and Ehrlichman
                       -Reports
                              -President
                              -Ehrlichman and Haldeman
                              -Ziegler
                              -President’s August 29, 1972, statement
                       -Role in investigation after March 21
                       -E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
                       -Role in Watergate

               -President’s conversation with Petersen
                      -Haldeman and Ehrlichman
                               -Grand Jury
               -Presidential initiative
                      -Haldeman and Ehrlichman
                               -Possible resignations
               -Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing

Ziegler left at 12:48 pm.