Date: June 4, 1973
Time: 11:58 am – 12:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
[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
172, “Transcript Prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary
Committee…,” pages 1-29 (.pdf pages 5-33). 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.]
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Watergate
-Personnel management
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Cooperation
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Watergate
-Wiretaps
-Haig’s conversation with Elliot L. Richardson
-Justice Department files from John F. Kennedy era
-Sequestration
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Stephen B. Bull entered at 12:00 pm.
Bull left at 12:04 pm.
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Watergate
-Supreme Court
-Potter Stewart
-William J. Brennan, Jr. and Thurgood Marshall
-Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and Warren E. Burger
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Watergate
-President’s conversation with Dean
-Judicial appointments
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Watergate
-White House
-Leaks
-Jews
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Watergate
-Richard G. Kleindienst
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Watergate
-DeLoach
-Elite status
-Ambition
-Presidential appointments [?]
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Watergate
-White House response
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-Preparation
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Watergate
-White House response
-Buzhardt’s materials
-Completion
-Presidential request
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Watergate
-Dean
-Organization
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-Haig’s experience
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Haig left at 12:35 pm.
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White House tapes
-Break [?]
-Length [?]
-Alternative
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Bull left at an unknown time before 6:04 pm.