Date: April 25, 1973
Time: 11:06 am – 1:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman.
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[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box
175, pages 1-114 and in United States v. Mitchell, et al., Exhibit 31, pages 00590-00594 (26-30).
The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made changes as necessary.
This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential Recordings and
Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not guarantee its
accuracy.]
[Begin transcribed portion]
Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-138]
[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Earl Silbert, Seymour Glanzer
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Geoffrey C. Shepard
-Staff duties
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Plumbers
-Check
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[Resume transcribed portion]
Ehrlichman talked with Geoffrey Shepard at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-139]
[End telephone conversation]
An unknown man entered and left at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Dean [?]
-Information
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4C]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[End telephone conversation]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4D]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-140]
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[End telephone conversation]
Haldeman talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time during the transcribed portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4E]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-141]
Haldeman talked with Stephen B. Bull at an unknown time.
[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-President’s schedule
-Meeting with John W. Dean, III
-Duration
-Morning
-Haldeman’s recollection
[Resume transcribed portion]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4F]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-142]
Haldeman talked with Bull at an unknown time.
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[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Gordon C. Strachan and Jeb Stuart Magruder
-President’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen
-Lie detector test
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Strachan
-Testimony
-Perjury
[Resume transcribed portion
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Payments to defendants
-John N. Mitchell
-John W. Dean, III’s story
-William O. Bittman
-President’s knowledge [?]
-President’s meetings with Dean
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Bittman
-Culpability
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[Resume transcribed portion]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time during the transcribed
portion.
[Conversation No. 430-4G]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 138-143]
Haldeman talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.
Haldeman talked with Bull at an unknown time.
[End telephone conversation]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Stephen B. Bull’s search for tapes
-Tapes
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s sampling
[Resume transcribed portion]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National security]
[Duration: 20 s ]
SAUDI ARABIA
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ISRAEL
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-White House staff involvment
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Charlie [?] Cook
-Lawrence Higby
-William J. Barody, Jr.
-Richard A. Moore
-W. Richard Howard
-Charles W. Colson’s office
-Powell Moore
-Barody’s office
-Bruce A. Kerhli
-Safe
-John W. Dean, III
-Fred Fielding
-Dean’s office
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Noel Koch
-Colson
-William E. Timmons, Wallace Johnson
-Wiretap records
-Convention problems
-Meetings
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
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Watergate
-Charles. W. Colson’s office
-Campaign activities
-William F. Rhatican
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s office
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-Money
-Howard
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]
Watergate
-White House staff knowledge
-Rhatican
[Resume transcribed portion]
[End transcribed portion]