Conversation: 917-029
Prev:  917-028 Next: 917-030Start Date: 14-May-1973 12:35 PM
End Date: 14-May-1973 12:53 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 917-29 Date: May 14, 1973 Time: 12:35 pm - 12:53 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Watergate -Search for President’s files -President’s memo to John W. Dean, III, March 12 -Campaign violence -William D. Ruckelshaus’s forthcoming statement -Dean’s documents -President’s search of White House files -Rose Mary Woods -Possible memos from the President -Ruckelshaus’s forthcoming statement -Phraseology -Henry A. Kissinger -J. Edgar Hoover -William C. Sullivan -Files -Timing -Sullivan -Hoover -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -John N. Mitchell -Phraseology -Hoover and Mitchell -Sullivan’s statement regarding Hoover’s possible blackmail -Dean -Documents -Memoranda [Memos] -President, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Search of the President’s files -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 917-29 (cont’d) -News summary -Staff Secretary’s procedures -Ruckelshaus’s statement -President’s assessment -Hoover Haig left at 12:53 pm.