Date: May 8, 1973

Time: 8:19 pm – 8:27 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Watergate

-Ziegler’s meeting with Samuel Dash, Fred D. Thompson, and Leonard Garment

-John W. Dean, III characterized

-White House involvement

-Ziegler’s knowledge concerning Watergate

-Dean’s role in investigation

-President’s activities during Watergate period

-Major issues

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-President’s desire for truth

-Dean’s role

-William Proxmire

-Statement on television [TV]

-President and Dean

-Reaction to Watergate

-Ziegler’s meeting with Dash

-Attitude toward Presidency

-President’s desire for truth

-Dean’s role

-Garment’s opinion

-Dean

-White House view

-Jack N. Anderson, New York Times, Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward

-Stories

-President’s role in cover-up

-Dean

-Papers

-Possible public testimony

-Timing of Ervin Committee appearance

-Effects

-Garment’s forthcoming meeting with [Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose

-Dean

-Possible testimony

-Communications with Gerald L. Warren and Ziegler

-Dean’s investigation

-Possible response by Ziegler