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Start Date: 8-May-1973 12:19 PM

End Date: 8-May-1973 12:27 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.

Recording Device: Oval Office

912-011.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 912-11

Date: May 8, 1973
Time: 12:19 pm - 12:27 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

     Watergate       

          -Ziegler’s previous press briefing 

                -Wording of statement         

          -Executive privilege       

                -Robert Pierpoint       

          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman 

                -Possible testimony        

                -Contact with White House       

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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                     Tape Subject Log 

                                      (rev. July-2012)

                                                            Conversation No. 912-11 (cont’d)

                        -Richard A. Moore
                        -Leonard Garment
                        -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Lawrence M. Higby
            -Ziegler’s previous press briefing 

                  -Subjects covered        

                        -Foreign affairs
                              -Soviet summit
                              -Release of Terrance G. Leonhardy in Mexico
                        -Special Prosecutor
                        -John W. Dean, III
                              -Immunity

      White House staff 

           -President      

           -John B. Connally’s appointment 

                 -State Department, Treasury Department

      Watergate       

           -Ervin Committee hearings         

           -Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Richard G. Kleindienst 

           -Special Prosecutor        

           -Possible immunity for Dean 

                 -Justice Department
                 -Garment
                 -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] story
                 -Possible consequences
           -President’s investigation      

                 -Dean       

                        -Camp David        

                 -Ehrlichman        

           -Ziegler’s previous press briefing 


      President’s schedule     

            -Edson (“Pele”) Arantes do Nacimento 


Ziegler left at 12:27 pm.
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                     Tape Subject Log 

                                      (rev. July-2012)