Date: May 15, 1973

Time: 5:01 pm – 5:08 pm

Location: White House Telephone

Ronald L. Ziegler talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 435-35]

Watergate

-Ronald L. Ziegler’s conversation with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

-Buzhardt’s subsequent call to Henry E. Petersen

-Judge John J. Sirica

-John W. Dean, III’s documents

-Ziegler’s contacts with press, May 15

-Press interest in the President

-Press briefings

-Preparation time

-Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Leonard Garment, Buzhardt, and Doug Parker

-White House posture

-Dean’s documents

-Sirica

-Dean’s description

-Possible contents

-Camp David report

-Memorandums of conversations

-Ziegler’s contacts with press

-Dean

-Edgar A. Poe

-John Appel

-Ted Knap

-Peter Lisagor

-Jack Hoerner

-Relationship with the President

-Reporters’ reaction to Watergate

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. January-2011)

-Dean’s interview with Washington Star

-Content

-President

-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Buzhardt

-Location

-Possible meeting with President and Ziegler

-Ziegler’s schedule

-Dean’s documents

-Sirica