Date: May 8, 1973
Time: 12:19 pm – 12:27 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-Ziegler’s previous press briefing
-Wording of statement
-Executive privilege
-Robert Pierpoint
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Possible testimony
-Contact with White House
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-Richard A. Moore
-Leonard Garment
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Lawrence M. Higby
-Ziegler’s previous press briefing
-Subjects covered
-Foreign affairs
-Soviet summit
-Release of Terrance G. Leonhardy in Mexico
-Special Prosecutor
-John W. Dean, III
-Immunity
White House staff
-President
-John B. Connally’s appointment
-State Department, Treasury Department
Watergate
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Richard G. Kleindienst
-Special Prosecutor
-Possible immunity for Dean
-Justice Department
-Garment
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] story
-Possible consequences
-President’s investigation
-Dean
-Camp David
-Ehrlichman
-Ziegler’s previous press briefing
President’s schedule
-Edson (“Pele”) Arantes do Nacimento
Ziegler left at 12:27 pm.
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