Date: May 17, 1973

Time: 10:41 pm – 10:54 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Watergate

-Ziegler’s meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

-White House reaction

-Removal of H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman from payroll

-White House reaction

-Presidency

-President’s reaction

-Cabinet meeting

-John W. Dean, III

-Mobilizing support

-Robert U. (“Bob”) Woodward’s column

-Dean’s interview with Walter Cronkite

-Ehrlichman

-Dean’s documents

-Bob Meade of Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] News

-White House reaction

-President’s schedule

-Ehrlichman, Haldeman and Charles W. Colson

-Removal of Haldeman and Ehrlichman

-Effect

-Dean’s target

-President and Ehrlichman

-Ehrlichman’s possible reaction

-White House reaction

-Presidency

-Stewart J.O. Alsop and Howard K. Smith

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