Date: May 14, 1973
Time: 6:28 pm – 7:27 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-News story regarding the President’s San Clemente home
-Leonard Garment
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Lyndon B. Johnson [?]
-Possible sources
-Frank DeMarco, Jr.
-Robert H. Abplanalp and Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at an unknown time after 6:28 pm.
Watergate
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-John W. Dean, III’s Huston Plan documents
-Possible contents
-[First name unknown] Barnlow [sp?], security expert
-Judge John J. Sirica
-National security
-Barnlow [?]
-Classification
-Sirica
-COMINT
-Risk
-Dean’s knowledge
-Justice Department
-Sirica
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Possible contents
-Hunt
-Break-in at Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Special Prosecutor
-Testimony in confirmation hearings
-Telephone calls from Garment and Haig
-Henry E. Petersen
-Possible indictments
-Grand jury testimony
-Conflicts
-Dean
-Connections to White House
-Possible indictments of John N. Mitchell and Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Nixon Foundation
-Robert H. Finch
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s and telephone call to Taft Schreiber
-John D. Ehrlichman’s telephone call to Leonard K. Firestone
-Timing of Haldeman and Ehrlichman’s possible appointments
-Haldeman’s conversation with the President concerning Schreiber
-Possible financial help for Haldeman and Ehrlichman
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-Peter M. Flanigan
-Schreiber
-Abplanalp and Rebozo
-Flanigan
-Obstruction of justice
-Defense fund
-Richardson
-Special Prosecutor
-White House suggestions
-Bella S. Abzug
-Unknown person
-Warren Christopher
-Edmund G. (“Pat”) Brown
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Testimony, May 14
-Possible effects
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-President
-Role in CIA inquiry
-Burglars
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington’s comment
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-News story regarding San Clemente home
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Garment
-Telephone calls to Ervin Committee
-President’s reaction
Ziegler left at 6:42 pm.
Watergate
-Walters
-Testimony
-Conversation with Haig
-Rehearsals of testimony with Haig and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-Testimony
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-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Possible role in cover-up
-Richard M. Helms
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Conversations with Gray concerning CIA involvement
-Conversation with Helms
-Memoranda of conversation [Memcons]
Ziegler entered at 6:46 pm.
Watergate
-News story regarding President’s San Clemente home
-Ziegler’s conversation with Garment
-Garment’s conversation with Thompson
-Baker and Ervin
-White House response
-Possible statements, May 5
-Financing arrangements
-Trust for Nixon Foundation
-Abplanalp and Rebozo
-Adjoining property
-Nixon Foundation
-DeMarco
-Orange County land files
-Purchase of fifteen acres
-Cost
-President’s interest
-Trust for Nixon Foundation
-Purpose
-Cemetery
-San Clemente and Yorba Linda
Watergate
-Garment’s conversations
-Thompson and Samuel Dash
-Walters
-Testimony, May 14
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-Possible effect
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Dean
-President
-Memcons
-Dean
-Testimony
-Ervin Committee counsel, May 14
-Grand jury, May 15
-Possible response by Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Armed Services Committee
-Possible financial help for Ehrlichman and Haldeman
-Nixon Foundation
-Flanigan
-Walters
-Testimony, May 14
-Request for papers
-National security
-Availability of notes
-Possible copies
-Helms and William E. Colby
-Psychiatrist’s report on Daniel Ellsberg
-Colby
-Confirmation
-Helms
-Forthcoming conversation with Buzhardt
-Helms’s conversation with the President concerning CIA involvement
-Walters
-Testimony, May 14
-Possible effects
-President
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Dean
-Legal liability for Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-CIA involvement
-President’s views
-Bernard Barker and Hunt
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-White House knowledge
-Mitchell and Magruder
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Helms
-Walters
-Meeting with Gray
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Possible testimony before Ervin Committee
-Armed Services Committee
-Participants’ actions
-Motives
-James W. McCord, Jr.
-White House response
-Protection of presidency
-Charges against Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Possible indictments
-Petersen’s view
-Dean
-Possible immunity
-Possible evidence against others
-Documents
-Timing of opening
Haig left at 7:08 pm.
Watergate
-Possible effect on the President
-President’s innocence
-White House response
-News story regarding President’s San Clemente home
-Public reaction
-President’s activity
-White Paper
-Frequency and type of Television [TV] appearances
-Dean
-Lawrence M. Higby
-Conversation with the President
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-Haldeman’s grand jury testimony
Haig talked with the President between 7:12 pm and 7:13 pm.
[Conversation No. 917-44A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 46-32]
[End telephone conversation]
Watergate
-Dean’s documents
-Timing of opening
-Possible contents
-Higby’s view
Haig entered at 7:14 pm.
Watergate
-Walters
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Helms
-Dean
-Conversation with Gray
-Gray’s conversation with the President
-Possible testimony
-Memcons
-National security and executive privilege
-Affidavit to Armed Services Committee
-Possible effects
-Haig’s previous conversation with Buzhardt
-Dean’s documents
-Sirica
Haig left at 7:19 p.m.
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Watergate
-White House response
-Adherence to strategy
-Haig
-Buzhardt
-Garment
-News story regarding President’s San Clemente home
-Ervin
Ziegler talked with Garment at an unknown time between 7:19 pm and 7:27 pm.
[Conversation No. 917-44B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 46-33]
[End telephone conversation]
Watergate
-News story regarding President’s San Clemente home
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with Garment
-Ervin Committee
-Garment’s conversation with Thompson
-Efforts to reach Ervin
-Ziegler’s possible statement, May 15
Ziegler’s schedule
-Press briefing
The President and Ziegler left at 7:27 pm.
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