Date: May 22, 1973
Time: 8:50 am – 9:06 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-White House response
-Forthcoming White Paper [Statements about Watergate Investigation, May 22,
1973]
-Preparation
-President’s schedule
-Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Preparation
-Phraseology
-Timing
-News summary
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-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-White House response
-Ervin Committee
-Forthcoming White Paper
-Allegations against the President
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Forthcoming White Paper
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:50 am.
Delivery of an item
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:06 am.
Watergate
-Howard K. Smith’s comments
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Testimony of John N. Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Haldeman
-Peter M. Flanigan’s statements
-White House response
-Forthcoming White Paper
-Possible effect
-Archibald Cox
-Statement regarding forthcoming investigation
-White House response
-Popular opinion
-President’s opponents
-Compared with Cambodian action in 1970
-White House response
-President’s activities
Ziegler left at 9:06 am.
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