Date: April 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:12 pm and 2:22 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Richard G. Kleindienst.
Kleindienst’s arrival
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President’s health
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[A transcript of this portion of the conversation appears in Selected Recordings of Presidential
Conversations (SRPC), 696-746.]
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was also prepared Richard Nixon’s
Special White House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of
Recorded Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 696-746 (1-51). Please refer to the logging
below.]
Watergate
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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-White House Correspondents Dinner
-Henry E. Petersen’s call
-Earl J. Silbert
-Harold H. Titus, Jr.
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:12 pm.
Refreshment
An unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:22 pm/
Watergate
-Kleindienst’s meeting with Petersen, Silbert, and Titus
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-John W. Dean, III
-Negotiations
-Lawyers
-Kleindienst’s access to President
-Cabinet members
-Kleindienst’s call to John D. Ehrlichman
-Magruder
-Grand jury
-Guilty plea
-Testimony
-President’s access to grand jury information
-Dean’s assignment
-Ehrlichman’s investigation
-Magruder’s corroboration
-Magruder’s credibility
-John N. Mitchell
-Conversations with Mitchell
-William P. Rogers
-Ehrlichman
-Magruder, Dean
-Special prosecutor
-Dean’s possible testimony
-Magruder’s possible testimony
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-Gordon C. Strachan
-Implication of H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Legal proof
-Allegations
-Possible indictments
-Silbert
-Dean’s information
-Strachan’s testimony
-Mitchell
-Haldeman
-Lack of evidence
-Perceived involvement
-Meetings before June 17, 1972
-Dean
-Mitchell
-Obstruction of justice
-Coaching of grand jury witnesses
-Mitchell, Frederick C. LaRue, Robert C. Mardian, Dean
-Magruder’s testimony
-Suborning a witness for perjury
-Money for defendants
-Ehrlichman
-Motive
-Berrigan brothers, Scottsboro case, Daniel Ellsberg
-Question of legality
-Purchasing silence
-Liddy’s conviction
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean
-Press coverage
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-John J. Sirica
-Secrecy of grand jury proceedings
-Mitchell
-Prospective for indictment
-Dean [?]
-Magruder’s testimony
-Strachan
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-Donald H. Segretti
-Dwight L. Chapin’s testimony
-Haldeman’s knowledge
-Kleindienst’s contact with Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, LaRue
-Possible case against Charles W. Colson
-Money for Liddy’s projects
-Colson’s denial
-Lie detector test
-Possible case against Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Press coverage
-Special prosecutor
-Kleindienst’s association with Mitchell
-Mardian, LaRue
-Special prosecutor
-President’s opposition
-Dean
-Joseph T. Sneed’s take-over of investigation
-Suspicions of Silbert and Petersen
-White House staff cooperation
-Dean’s role
-1972 election
-President’s knowledge
-1972 campaign
-President’s preoccupations
-May 8, 1972 decision
-1972 Moscow summit
-December 1972 bombing
-Mitchell, Magruder
-Sneed’s take-over of investigation
-Kleindienst’s opposition
-President’s appointee
-Partisan attacks
-Sneed’s reaction
-Special prosecutor
-Possible candidates
-Warren E. Burger
-Roger Goff [?]
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-Barnabus Sears
-Chicago
-Case involving killing of Blacks by police
-Violation of civil rights
-Qualifications
-Motorola labor case
-Role
-Silbert, Petersen, Titus
-Mitchell
-Indictments
-President’s possible meeting with Titus and Silbert
-Special prosecutor
-Role
-Decision on indictments
-President’s consideration
-Sears
-President’s leadership in investigation
-Magruder, Dean, E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Evidence against Haldeman
-Possible leave of absence
-Indictment
-Evidence against Ehrlichman
-Dean’s testimony
-Documents from Hunt’s office
-Directive to get Hunt out of the country
-Obstruction of justice
-Indictment
-Haldeman, Strachan [?]
-Dean
-Hunt
-Conditional statements
-Negotiations with US Attorney
-Immunity
-Threat of jail
-Haldeman
-Strachan
-Reports about Liddy’s activities
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-$350,000
-Transfer from White House to LaRue
-Reports about Liddy’s eavesdropping operation
-Ehrlichman
-Documents from Hunt’s office
-National security matters for White House
-President’s options
-Leaves of absence
-Retention of Haldeman
-Strachan testimony
-President’s support
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman’s knowledge
-Dean
-Question of innocence
-Press attacks
-Possible statement by Haldeman
-$350,000
-Strachan
-Segretti
-Haldeman’s possible appearance before grand jury
-Ervin Committee
-Haldeman
-Harry Stewart
-US Attorney in San Diego
-Kleindienst’s confirmation hearings
-Obstruction of justice allegation
-Leave of absence
-Sears
-Chicago
-Right to fair trial
-Institutions of presidency and Justice Department
-Public confidence
-Possible action on Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman’s responsibility for investigation
-Garment
-Mitchell
-Ervin Committee investigator
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-Felony charge for bugging
-Severity of charges
-1972 election
-Obstruction of justice
-Suborning of witness
-Perjury
-Ehrlichman, Haldeman
-Mitchell, Magruder, Mardian, Dean, LaRue
-Evidence against Mitchell
-Liddy, Magruder
-Hunt, Mrs. Hunt
-Money
-Dean
-F. Lee Bailey
-Dean
-Ehrlichman
-Magruder
-Documents from Hunt’s office
-Directive to get Hunt out of the country
-Press coverage
-Investigation
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Kleindienst’s relationship with Mitchell
-Sneed
-Special prosecutor
-Perception of bias
-Sneed
-Reliability
-Credibility
-Presidential appointment
-Special prosecutor
-Effect on Justice Department
-Recusal of Kleindienst
-Indictments
-Special prosecutor’s role
-Silbert
-Sneed
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-Negotiation with Ervin Committee
-Executive privilege
-Dean
-Silbert
-Fair trial for Mitchell
-Leans
-James W. McCord, Jr.
-Quashing of indictments
-Chicago Seven, Berrigan brothers, Ellsberg
-Motives
-Cubans
-Campaign under Mitchell
-Martha Mitchell
-Magruder
-Haldeman
-1972 trip to China
-1972 Moscow summit
-[First name unknown] Lombard
-Former Circuit Court judge
-Burger
-Sears
-Special prosecutor
-Petersen
-Recusal of Kleindienst
-Timing
-Delegation to Petersen
-Sneed
-Ehrlichman, Magruder
This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 2:22 pm.