Date: March 1, 1973

Time: 1:06 pm ­ 1:14 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

John W. Dean, III’s arrival

Dean entered and the unknown person left at 1:06 pm.

Watergate investigation

-The President’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst

-Dean’s notes on precedents on information release

-A “freeze” order

-Page in report

-Information from Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]

-Dr. Connally

-FBI files

-Raw files to Congress

-Harry S. Truman precedent

-Clark R. Mollenhoff

-Executive privilege

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log

(rev. May-2010)

-White House Staff

-Procedures for obtaining information

-Mollenhoff

-Willingness of White House to reveal information to Congress

-Testimony issue characterized

-Attorney General

-Dealings with Dean

-Pressure on Kleindienst

-Loyalty

-Affection for John N. Mitchell

-Mitchell

-Vulnerability

Weather

Dean left at 1:14 pm.