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.