Conversation: 439-021
Prev: 439-020 Next: 439-022Start Date: Monday, May 21, 1973 8:26 PM
End Date: Monday, May 21, 1973 8:40 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:26 pm to 4:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 439-21
Date: May 21, 1973
Time: 4:26 pm - 4:40 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
President met with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. and Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-White House response
-Forthcoming White Paper [statements about Watergate investigation,
May 22, 1973]
-Content and phraseology
-Informing President of Daniel Ellsberg break-in
-John W. Dean III’s allegations regarding Justice
Department
-Photographs
-Henry E. Petersen
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Knowledge
-Conversation with President
-Dean’s conversation with President, March 21
-President’s conversation with Petersen, April 18
-Earl J. Silbert’s memo
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-National security
-President’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst,
April 25
-President’s conversation with Petersen, April 18
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation 439-21 (cont’d)
-Hunt’s activities in Ellsberg case
-National security
-Ellsberg case
-Legal effect of break-in
-White House response
-Forthcoming White Paper
-Content and phraseology
-Ellsberg break-in
-Ellsberg break-in
-Buzhardt’s conversation with [first name unknown] Moroney [sp?]
-Picture
-Hunt’s testimony
-Prosecutors’ informing Petersen, April 14
-President’s call to Petersen, April 18
-National security
-White House response
-Forthcoming White Paper
-Content and phraseology
Buzhardt and Ziegler left at 4:40 pm.