Date: April 13, 1973
Time: 9:16 am – 10:47 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.
Weather
Watergate
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst
-Grand Jury
-Donald H. Segretti testimony
-Immunity for former White House staff
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Justice Department policy for perjury
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-Gordon C. Strachan’s testimony
-Magruder
-James W. McCord’s testimony
-Recall of John N. Mitchell
-Grand Jury appearance
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.’s hearsay testimony
-G[eorge] Gordon Liddy’s possible testimony
-Indictments
-Magruder
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming meeting with John W. Dean, III
-Sally H. Harmony
-Preparation of reports
-Liddy’s knowledge
-Indictments
-Liddy’s statement
-Illegal acts by Committee for the Re-election of the President [CRP]
-Funds for defendants’ payoff
-Campaign finances
-Obstruction of justice
-Legal definition
-Guilt of burglars
-Previous testimony
-McCord, Hunt, Cubans
-McCord
-Connection between Mrs. Dorothy Hunt and Kenneth W.
Parkinson
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Charles R. Ritchie’s ruling on separation of powers
Ehrlichman’s schedule
Watergate
-Gordon C. Strachan
-Ehrlichman’s call to Lawrence M. Higby
Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:16 am and
10:47 am.
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[Conversation No. 895-8A]
[See Conversation No. 38-1]
Ehrlichman conferred with the President at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 10:47 am.
Watergate
-Mitchell
-Statement
-Content
[End of conferral]
Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time.
[Conversation No. 895-8B]
[See Conversation No. 38-1]
Ehrlichman talked with Higby at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 10:47 am.
[Conversation No. 895-8B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-1]
[End telephone conversation]
Watergate
-Ehrlichman’s call to Higby
-Strachan’s meeting with Earl J. Silbert
-$350,000
-Disposition
-Fred C. LaRue
-Position with CRP
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-Dean’s role
-Purpose
-CRP’s attitude
-$10,000,000 collected before April
-Disposition
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Bookkeeping
-Channeling of money
-$350,000
-Disposition
-LaRue
-Dean’s conversation with Maurice H. Stans
-Strachan’s conversations
-Dean
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Hugh W. Sloan’s knowledge
-US Attorney’s interest
-Investigation
-LaRue
-Paul L. O’Brien
-Forthcoming testimony
-Effect
-Phone conversation with Silbert
-Strachan
-Effect of testimony
-Haldeman
-LaRue
-Testimony about $350,000
-Tax liability
-Paul L. O’Brien’s conversation with Ehrlichman in San Clemente
-$350,000
-Mitchell and Strachan
-Strachan’s testimony to US Attorney, November 1972
-Haldeman’s instructions
-Uses
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Charles W. Colson
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-President’s conversation with Colson, April 12, 1973
-White House counterattack
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Kenneth L. Khachigian
-Selection of staff
-Tom Charles Huston
President’s conversation with John B. Connally
-President’s forthcoming energy message
-Connally’s assessment
Watergate
-Connally’s conversation with President
-Haldeman’s possible testimony before Ervin Committee
-Need for independent lawyer to advise President
-Role
-Leonard Garment
-Richard A. Moore
-Charles A. Wright
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Richard A. Moore
-Dean’s departure
-Possible replacements
-Garment
-[Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose
-Wright
-Edward Lombard
-Thomas E. Dewey
-Edward Baumgardner
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with William P. Rogers
-Baumgardner
-Lombard
-Wright
-Appearances before Ervin Committee
-President’s conversation with John B. Connally
Ehrlichman’s conversation with Byron R (“Whizzer”) White
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
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-Interest
-Washington, DC gossip
-Importance of job
FBI Directorship
-Samuel L. Devine
-Petition
-Ideology
-William M. Byrne, Jr.
-Daniel Ellsberg trial
-Ellsberg’s lawyer
-Health
-Byrne’s interest in FBI position
Watergate
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Moore
-Possible statement by Haldeman
-Possible statements by White House staff
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s opinion
-Content
-Haldeman’s statement
-Funds under his control
-Segretti
-Grand Jury
-Segretti
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Strachan
-Haldeman’s approval
-Referral to Kalmbach
-Seymour Glanzer’s reaction
-Silbert and Glanzer technique
-Strachan
-Racial composition
-White House staff statements
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:16 am.
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Refusal of refreshment
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:47 am.
Watergate
-White House staff statements
-Ervin Committee
-President’s conversation with Connally
-Ervin Committee
-Haldeman
-Indictments
-Grand Jury
-Ervin Committee
-Magruder
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming conversation with Dean
-Possible Grand Jury testimony
-Strachan’s testimony
-Glanzer’s questioning
-Dean
-Conversation with Magruder
-Possible testimony
-Mitchell’s advice
-Executive privilege
-Perception of cover-up
-Possible testimony
-LaRue
-Garment’s meeting with Paul O’Brien, April 12, 1973
-Note from Ehrlichman on Strachan’s testimony
-Mitchell
-Information from Grand Jury
-Kleindienst
-Henry E. Petersen
-Possible indictment
-Dean’s possible testimony
-Sloan
-Postelection activities
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-Knowledge
-Stans
-Knowledge of funds for defendants
-Henry B. Rothblatt
-Statements concerning payments
-Money for defendants
-Uses
-Effects
-Haldeman, Dean, Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman’s response
-Mitchell
-Kalmback’s knowledge
-Ervin Committee
-Grand Jury
-Schedule
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming conversation with Colson
-Haldeman
-Possible appearance before Ervin Committee
-Television [TV] spectacle
-Judicial test of separation of powers doctrine
-Executive session
-Ervin Committee
-Ehrlichman’s negotiations with Ervin
-Courtroom rules
-Executive session
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming call to Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-William E. Brock III and George H. W. Bush
-Televised hearings
-Haldeman
-Possible public statement
-Possible Grand Jury testimony
-Strachan’s and Chapin’s testimony
-Segretti
-Haldeman’s possible public statement
-Content
-Colson, Buchanan, Khachigian, Baroody, W. Richard Howard
-Evidence against George S. McGovern’s campaign
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-Segretti
-Money
-Congressional leadership, Cabinet
-White House staff meeting
-Haldeman address
-Friendly forum
-News reports concerning Watergate
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Colson
-Possible statement
-Haldeman
-Possible statement
-Dean
-Possible statement
-Haldeman
-Possible statement
-White House staff
-Chapin
-Strachan
-Colson, Dean
-Colson
-Possible statement
-Forthcoming conversation with Ehrlichman
-Haldeman
-Possible statement
-Dean
-Leave
-Possible special counsel
-Wright
-Lombard
-Wright
-Relationship with Ervin
-Thomas G. Corcoran
-Knowledge of government
-Bachelor
-Widower
-Dean’s testimony
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FBI Directorship
-Possible nominees
-White
Ehrlichman’s call to Barry M. Goldwater
-Goldwater’s schedule
-Arizona, California
Legal services
-White House staff opinion
-President’s opinion
-Independent corporations [?]
-Howard J. Phillips
-Legislation
-Modification
-Phillips’s view
American Bar Association [ABA]
-Administration’s bill
Watergate
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Statement
-Meeting with Haldeman
-Investigation of bribery
-Agnew’s service as Governor of Maryland
-Haldeman’s assistance in stopping investigation
-Statement on Watergate
-Ehrlichman’s assessment
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President’s conversation with Connally
-Political party affiliation
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Watergate
-Connally’s advice
-Campaign financing
-Segretti
-Plea of self-incrimination
-Possible testimony by Chapin
-Lawyer’s advice
-Possible statement by Haldeman
-Chapin
-Possible statement to White House staff
-Relationship to Haldeman’s possible statement
-John D. Ehrlichman’s conversation with Ziegler and Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Haldeman’s image
-Possible leave of absence
-Agnew
-President’s conversation with Connally
-Leaves of absence
-Dean
-Haldeman
-Impact of decision
-Haldeman
-Possible appearance before Ervin Committee
-Segretti
-Possible leave of absence
-Effect
-Duties in White House
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming meeting with Haldeman
-Statement
-Segretti’s activities
-Magician
-Campaign practices
-“Canuck” letter
-Letter on Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson and Hubert H. Humphrey
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-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Violation of federal statute
-Possible disbarment
-Ervin Committee
-Chapin and Haldeman appearance
-Ehrlichman’s negotiation with Ervin and Baker
-Executive session
-Precedents set by Kissinger
-Statement about White House offer
-Public televised hearings
-Opinion of Ziegler and Moore
-White House public position on Committee’s interests
-Ehrlichman’s negotiations with Ervin and Baker
-Chicago Tribune story
-Ehrlichman’s possible call to Aldo Beckman
-Effect
-President’s conversation with Connally
-Ehrlichman’s schedule
-Dean
-Colson
-Haldeman compared with Connally
-White House relationship with Ervin Committee
-Headlines
-Wright
-Possible statement by Haldeman and Chapin
-Ervin’s letter to Ritchie
-Richey’s assessment of Ervin’s action
-Richey’s intelligence
-Statements for Haldeman and Chapin
-Buchanan’s drafts
-Compared to Raymond K. Price, Jr. and David R. Gergen
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[Privacy]
[Duration: 3 s ]
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Watergate
-White House relationship with Ervin Committee
-Statements for Haldeman and Chapin
-Buchanan’s drafts
-Working
-Content
President’s meeting with Congressmen, April 12, 1973
-Joe D. Waggonner’s conversation with President
-Administration’s goal
-Vetoes
-Support for President
-Veteran’s bill
-John L. McClellan
-Hugh Scott
-Assessment of speech
-Gerald R. Ford
-Assessment of speech
-Richard W. Bolling
-Economic stabilization
-Opinions of Carl B. Albert
-Changes
-Lobbying against rollback of prices
-Albert
-Lobbying groups
-Oklahoma cattle growers
Watergate
-Ervin Committee
-Charges of cover-up
-Reaction to Ziegler’s statement
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming conversation with Dean
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-Mitchell
-Kleindienst
-Dean
-Grand Jury testimony
-Liddy testimony
-Harmony
-Copies of reports for Haldeman
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Colson
-Hunt’s testimony
National economy
-President’s conversation with Connally
-President’s actions
-Spokesperson
-Decisive action
-Lumber
-Price freeze
-Ehrlichman’s meeting with Alan Greenspan
-Reaction to Herbert Stein’s paper
-Price competitiveness of foreign products
-Sony
-Datsun
-Effects of devaluation
-Flexibility of price setting
-Phase II’s effects
-Greenspan’s clients
-Effects of wage and price controls
-Mythology of effects
-Political effects
-1974 elections
-President’s conversation with Connally
-1971 controls decision
-Inflation
-Economic boom
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Greenspan
-Natural moderation of the economy
-Pierre Rinfret’s letter to President
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-Freezes
-Inflation
-Brazil
-Uruguay
-Spokesperson
-Indices of consumer confidence
-Recession
-Michigan Survey
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Greenspan
-Rinfret
-Letter
-Greenspan’s assessment of Rinfet
-Arthur F. Burns
-Rinfret’s concern with Wall Street
-Greenspan’s analysis
-President’s weekend reading
Watergate
-Ehrlichman’s frothcoming conversations
-Dean
-Colson
-Haldeman
Ehrlichman left at 10:47 am.