Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 907
Nixon White House Tape 907 (May 1, 1973)
1 conversation · Oval Office · about 1 hr 4 min of released audio
Featuring Nixon
President Richard Nixon met with television production staff in the Oval Office to prepare for his nationally televised address regarding the Watergate investigations. Prior to the broadcast, the President engaged in casual conversation about sports and his personal bowling average before finalizing technical arrangements for the speech. During the address, Nixon formally announced the resignations of senior aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, the departure of Attorney General Richard Kleindienst, and the appointment of Elliot Richardson as the new Attorney General with authority to appoint a special prosecutor.