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.