Date: April 13, 1973

Time: 12:59 pm – 1:29 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.

Watergate

-Charles meeting with John D. Ehrlichman

-Tape of a conversation

-Source

-Encouragement of electronic eavesdropping

-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s advance knowledge of Watergate

-Jeb Stuart Magruder

-John N. Mitchell’s control over Committee to Re- elect the President

[CRP]

-Need for special counsel

-John W. Dean, III

-Removal

-Obstruction of justice

-Mitchell and Jeb Stuart Magruder

-Mitchell

-Haldeman

-Ervin Committee

-Press release

-Obstruction of justice

-Conspiracy

-President

-Ehrlichman and Haldeman

-Colson’s involvement

-Ervin Committee

-White House staff members under criminal charges

-Executive session

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-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Howard H. Baker, Jr.

-George H. W. Bush and William E. Brock, III

-Executive session

-Possible meeting with Ervin

-Meeting, April 16, 1973

-Magruder

-Immunity

-Cooperation

-Effect on sentencing

-[First name unknown] Birnbaum

-Magruder contact with press

-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming meeting with Dean

-Interview with possible special counsel

-Colson

-Mitchell and Magruder

-CRP

-Mitchell

-Knowledge of Magruder

-Drinking

-Detachment

-Magruder

-Possible statement by Haldeman

-Tape

-Colson and Haldeman

-White House response

-Obstruction of justice

-Colson’s statement

-President

-E. Howard Hunt, Jr. proposal

-Jack N. Anderson

-Tape

-Haldeman’s review

-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming meeting with Dean

-Leave of absence

-Possible special counsel

-Colson’s suggestion

-James Lee Rankin

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-William P. Rogers

-Relationship with David Shapiro

-Colson

-Relationship with Mitchell

-Magruder

-Conversation with Haldeman

-Warning

-Paul L. O’Brien, Mitchell

-Mitchell

-Colson’s theory

-Ervin’s interest in Haldeman

-Magruder

-Possible testimony concerning Haldeman

-Perjury

-Dean

-Mitchell

-Edward J. Gurney, Fred D. Thompson

-Press

-Magruder

-James W. McCord, Jr.

-Televised hearings

-John J. Sirica

-Possible appearance before grand jury

-Ervin Committee

-Dean

-Colson’s tape

-Accusations

-Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Colson

-Colson’s knowledge

-Hunt

-Allegations concerning pressure on Magruder

-G[eorge] Gordon Liddy

-Gordon C. Strachan

-Ervin Committee

-Schedule of hearings

-Magruder

-Mitchell

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(rev. April-2011)

-Immunity

-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst

-Effect on Justice Department

-Colson’s comment on Oval Office

-Ehrlichman and President’s walk on the beach

-Meeting with President concerning Hunt

-Burglars’ sentences

-Possible special counsel

-Charles A. Wright

-Rankin

-Background

-Mitchell

-Herbert Brownell

-Colson

-Ehrlichman’s discussion of comment on Oval Office

-Haldeman and tape

-Meeting with Ehrlichman, April 14, 1973