Date: March 15, 1973

Time: 9:22 pm-10:05 pm

Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Watergate

-Problems

-Donald H. Segretti

-Peter M. Flanigan

-Investigation

-John W. Dean, III

-Questions about Ervin Committee appearance

-Response

-Henry A. Kissinger

-Constitution

-Separation of powers

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Testimony

-Dean’s letter

-Testimony to committee by staff

-Kissinger

-Ehrlichman

-Dean’s responsibilities

-Dwight L. Chapin

-Ziegler’s statement

-President’s confidence in White House staff

-Press questions for President

-Past investigations

-President’s possible answers

-Chapin

-Charges against

-White House statements

-President’s final statement

-Ziegler’s game plan to questions

-Segretti

-Chapin

-Clark R. Mollenhoff

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-Further questions

-President’s answers

-Dean

-Dealings with Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]

-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III

-Ervin Committee

-Dealings with Dean

-Cooperation

-Dean

-FBI information

-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]

-Testimony to committee

-Congressional relations

-White House staff

-Depositions

-Ervin Committee hearings

-Dean

-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

-Testimony

-Subpoena

-Cross examination

-Separation of powers

-Cooperation of White House

-Haldeman testimony

-Richard G. Kleindienst hearings

-Flanigan

-Answers to questions from press

-Cooperation with committee

-Right to cross-examine White House staff

-Ehrlichman, Kissinger

-Ziegler’s statements to press

-Confidence in Chapin

Trade legislation

Watergate

-CRP

-Testimony

-Dean

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-Ehrlichman, Ziegler

-Chapin

-Answers to press

-Washington Post stories

-Grand jury proceedings

-Chapin

-Segretti

-Allegations

-Chapin’s denials

-Herbert W. Kalmbach testimony

-Dean

-Position for Ervin Committee

-Separation of powers

-Statements for press

-Chapin

President’s meeting with Kissinger

Ziegler’s statements for press

-Legislation for Indians

-Patrick J. Buchanan [?]

-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.

-Rogers C. B. Morton

Executive privilege

-Statement by Ziegler

-Statement by President

Press conference

-Handouts

-Preparations

Ziegler left at 10:05 am.

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