Date: May 22, 1973

Time: Unknown between 11:38 am and 12:27 pm

Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with Marjorie Acker.

[Conversation No. 438-32A]

[Begin telephone conversation]

Dictation

-National security

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 11:58 am.

Watergate

-President’s responsibility

[End telephone conversation]

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-President’s actions

-Authorizations

-Forthcoming White Paper

-Editing

-White House strategy

-Economy

-Richard M. Helms

-Knowledge of President’s role

-Motive

-John C. Stennis and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.

Rose Mary Woods entered at an unknown time after 11:58 am.

Copy of statement draft page

Woods left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-President’s role and knowledge

-Phraseology

-[Editing]

-Plumbers

-Instructions

-Activities

-President’s disapproval

-President’s responsibility

-President’s approval

-Woods

Woods and Acker entered at 12:03 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-Editing

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

-Instructions for typist

Woods and Acker left at 12:05 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

-Content

-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.

-Responsibility

-Allegations of plans

-Bugging

-Kidnapping

-Armed groups

-President’s knowledge

-President’s role and knowledge

-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

-Charles W. Colson

-Access to documents

-Colson

-David R. Young, Jr.

-J. Edgar Hoover

-Public opinion

-Helms and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters

-Congress

-Howard H. Baker, Jr. and Wallace F. Bennett

-Effect on presidency and Republican party

-President’s role

-World situation

Woods entered at an unknown time after 12:05 pm.

Watergate

-Forthcoming White Paper

Woods left at an unknown time before 12:25 pm.

Watergate

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

-Forthcoming White Paper

-Phraseology

-National security

-[Krogh’s] assignment

-President’s responsibility

-Colson

-Krogh

-Testimony regarding orders

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Young

-Possible testimony

-Krogh

-Testimony regarding orders

-Ehrlichman

-Public support for President’s national security actions

-Cover-up

-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]

-Money

-Walters

-Explanation of President’s actions

-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid

-Statement regarding President’s foreign policy

National economy

-George P. Shultz

-Need for action

-Presidential leadership

-Price freezes

-John B. Connally’s views

-Wall Street

-Public reaction

-Discussion on Sequoia

Watergate

-Howard K. Smith’s view on timing of hearings

Woods entered at an unknown time after 12:05 pm.

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. October-2011)

Forthcoming White Paper

-Phraseology

-Cover memorandum

Woods left at 12:25 pm.

Watergate

-Effect on Wall Street

-George H. W. Bush

-Statement, May 21

-Rowland Evans-Robert Novak column

Haig left at 12:27 pm.