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The Watergate Trial Conversations are excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations that were played in open court in U.S. v. Mitchell, et al. and U.S. v. Connally.
The segments are a portion of the approximately 60 hours of tape subpoenaed by the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF).
- These conversations include the segments referred to as the "Smoking Gun" and "Cancer on the Presidency."
About the Transcripts
While every effort has been made to ensure that the electronic version is a faithful copy, these electronic versions may not be identical in every respect to the original typewritten transcripts.
- One transcript is available for each conversation
- The tapes and transcripts contain language that some users might find objectionable
Please also note how the transcripts are organized:
- cassette number (some conversations span several cassettes)
- conversation date
DATE: Tuesday, March 23, 1971
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 1 Segment 1 (30 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
472-21
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 1 – U.S. v. John B. Connally
Abstract:
A discussion of the Associated Milk Producers political
action committee and the advisability of maintaining milk price supports
as the 1972 general election campaign approaches.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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John D. Ehrlichman
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John B. Connally, Jr.
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Clifford Hardin
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John C. Whitaker
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Donald B. Rice
Top of Page
DATE: Friday, June 23, 1972
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 2 Segment 1 (8 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
741-2
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 1 – U.S. v. John B. Connally, et al.
Abstract:
"The Smoking Gun" conversation:
Haldeman and Nixon discuss
the progress of the FBI's investigation especially the tracing of the source
of money found on the burglars. They propose having the CIA ask the FBI
to halt their investigation of the Watergate break-in by claiming that
the break-in was a national security operation.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 2 Segment 2 (4 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
741-10
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 2 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
A discussion of how Hunt's involvement in the Watergate break-in
would point the investigators to the CIA, and potentially, Hunt's role
in the Bay of Pigs debacle. Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 2 Segment 3 (6 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
343-36
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 3 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Haldeman discusses his meeting with Vernon Walters, Deputy
Director of the CIA and an earlier phone call from L. Patrick Gray, the
Acting FBI Director to Walters regarding the Watergate break-in investigation.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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DATE: Friday, September 15, 1972
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 3 Segment 1 (34 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
779-2
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 4 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
A discussion of press treatment of the break-in and lawsuits;
discovery of another bug in the DNC; bugs in other political campaigns;
DNC lawsuits; Edward Bennett Williams; RNC countersuits; election law violations;
Congress; the burglars' civil rights; the Washington Post's TV & Radio
licenses; depositions on sex-lives of DNC members.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John W. Dean III
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DATE: Monday, January 08, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 4 Segment 1 (7 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
394-21
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 5 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
The President and Colson discuss the possible reasons why
McGovern was bugged, with some apparent confusion on the part of the President.
This conversation also sheds some light on the CIA connection between Liddy
and Hunt, along with Colson's attitude towards both men.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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Charles W. Colson
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DATE: Saturday, March 17, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 4 Segment 2 (21 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
882-12
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 10 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
A discussion between the President, Dean, and Haldeman
in which the President counsels Dean on possible testimony. Also
discussed: using the FBI for non-political purposes; a rationale
for the Watergate break-in; President compares the Watergate hearings with
the Alger Hiss case.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John W. Dean III
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DATE: Tuesday, March 20, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 5 Segment 1 (11 minutes) and E - 6 Segment 1 (36 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
885-7
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 11 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
This conversation between the President and Haldeman reveals
the President's growing frustration with the Watergate affair. Haldeman
pleads with the President to protect their "friends" on the Watergate side;
Haldeman tries to convince the President he will survive this crisis; concern
over Mitchell's knowledge of Liddy's intelligence operation. Haldeman is
fatalistic about his own fate; he believes he will be a fall guy to protect
others.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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DATE: Wednesday, March 21, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 7 Segment 1 (37 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
886-8
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 12 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
- Exhibit 12 continues onto Reference Cassette Numbers E - 8 and E - 9
Abstract:
The "Cancer on the Presidency" conversation:
Dean recaps the
history of the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up for the President.
They guess at who was responsible for setting the break-in in motion. Dean
tells the President that the cover-up is "a cancer on the Presidency" that
must be excised or his Presidency would be in danger. Also discussed: references
to blackmail, perjury; discussion of paying the burglars off with one million
dollars.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John W. Dean III
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 8 Segment 1 (3 minutes)
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Conversation Number:
886-8
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 12 continued – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
- Continued from E - 7, Exhibit 12 concludes on Reference Cassette Number E - 9
Abstract:
The "Cancer on the Presidency" conversation: Dean recaps the
history of the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up for the President.
They guess at who was responsible for setting the break-in in motion. Dean
tells the President that the cover-up is "a cancer on the Presidency" that
must be excised or his Presidency would be in danger. Also discussed: references
to blackmail, perjury; discussion of paying the burglars off with one million
dollars.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John W. Dean III
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 9 Segment 1 (43 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
886-8
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 12 continued – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
- Continued from Reference Cassette Numbers E - 7 and E - 8
Abstract:
The "Cancer on the Presidency" conversation: Dean recaps the
history of the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up for the President.
They guess at who was responsible for setting the break-in in motion. Dean
tells the President that the cover-up is "a cancer on the Presidency" that
must be excised or his Presidency would be in danger. Also discussed: references
to blackmail, perjury; discussion of paying the burglars off with one million
dollars.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John W. Dean III
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 10 Segment 1 (36 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
421-18
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 13 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Dean advises the President about Hunt's involvement; attempt
to shield the President from any wrong-doing; payment of money to Hunt.
Also discussed: the President's relationship with Dean, and how the President
was dependent on Dean's advice.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John W. Dean III
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John D. Ehrlichman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 11 Segment 1 (5 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
37-204
Location: White House Telephone
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 14 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics discussed: Colson's insistence that Watergate was still
strictly a Washington story; Dean's liability for obstruction of justice;
Dean's "double privilege"; Colson recommends a special counsel to deal
with the President's mounting problems.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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Charles W. Colson
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DATE: Thursday, March 22, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 11 Segment 2 (31 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
422-20
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 15 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Subjects covered include: the possible use of $350,000 in
campaign contributions to pay the Watergate defendants; appearance as obstruction
of justice; a plan to distance the President and his closest associates
from John Mitchell and the Watergate; President fears that Mitchell will
be convicted, then conceives a legal strategy to save him.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 12 Segment 1 (45 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
422-33
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 16 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics discussed include Executive Privilege; testimony of
White House staff in open hearings; conduct of Senate Watergate hearings;
Dean asked to report on White House staff involvement in Watergate, Segretti
dirty tricks; PR aspects of release of report; Senate Committee use of
executive session for staff testimony; Chapin testimony as a test of Executive
Privilege; PR problem of invoking Executive Privilege; Dean's role as counsel;
Grand Jury subpoenas; "modified limited hangout": everything short of public
session testimony; the issue of ex-employees; Executive Privilege equated
to invoking the Fifth Amendment; President: "stonewall it" if necessary
for containment; White House contacts with the Committee.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John N. Mitchell
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DATE: Tuesday, March 27, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 13 Segment 1 (25 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
423-3
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 17 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Subjects covered include: public relations aspects of Watergate;
Mitchell's role in the break-in; White House staff implicating itself in
cover-up to protect Mitchell; Magruder's history of the "super-intelligence
operation" at the White House and Committee to Re-Elect the President;
Dean's response to Magruder's views; Mitchell's role in approving the break-in;
Hunt's testimony before the Grand Jury; possible immunity deal for Liddy;
Dean's lack of prior knowledge of break-in; Mitchell's dilemma; possible
meetings with Magruder and Mitchell; McCord's testimony; Magruder's perjury
and reaction to prospect of jail time; possible immunity deal.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
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Ronald L. Ziegler
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DATE: Saturday, April 14, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 14 Segment 1 (31 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
428-19
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 18 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
- Exhibit 18 Continues on Reference Cassette Numbers E - 15 and E - 16
Abstract:
Discussions of press coverage and the issue of campaign funding;
Hunt's testimony; President insisting, publicly, to Mitchell, Magruder,
Liddy not to withhold testimony thinking they to protect the President;
reports of promises of pardons, clemency; implications of hush money to
defendants; possible Ehrlichman meetings with Mitchell, Magruders and their
lawyers; possible grand jury appearance by the President; legal exposure
of Dean, Haldeman, Chapin in the cover-up.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 15 Segment 1 (31 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
428-19
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 18 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
- Exhibit 18 continues from Reference Cassette Number E - 14 and concludes on E - 16
Abstract:
Discussions of press coverage and the issue of campaign funding;
Hunt's testimony; President insisting, publicly, to Mitchell, Magruder,
Liddy not to withhold testimony thinking they to protect the President;
reports of promises of pardons, clemency; implications of hush money to
defendants; possible Ehrlichman meetings with Mitchell, Magruders and their
lawyers; possible grand jury appearance by the President; legal exposure
of Dean, Haldeman, Chapin in the cover-up.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 16 Segment 1 (30 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
428-19
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 18 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
- Continued from Reference Cassette Number E - 14 and E - 15
Abstract:
Discussions of press coverage and the issue of campaign funding;
Hunt's testimony; President insisting, publicly, to Mitchell, Magruder,
Liddy not to withhold testimony thinking they to protect the President;
reports of promises of pardons, clemency; implications of hush money to
defendants; possible Ehrlichman meetings with Mitchell, Magruders and their
lawyers; possible grand jury appearance by the President; legal exposure
of Dean, Haldeman, Chapin in the cover-up.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 17 Segment 1 (39 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
896-4
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 19 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
This conversation recounts Ehrlichman's meeting with Mitchell
and his attorneys earlier that day. Topics discussed include: dissuading
suspects from remaining quiet thinking they were protecting the President;
origins of the break-in; Operation Sandwedge (intelligence-gathering operation
at the Committee to Re-Elect the President; Dean influencing Magruder's
testimony; Mitchell and Magruder's prior knowledge of break-in; conflict
between Liddy and Magruder; payments to defendants; disposition of $328,000;
pressure from Kleindeinst to appoint a Special Prosecutor; White House
role in break-in; an upcoming meeting with Magruder and his attorneys;
involvement of Strachan and Colson; Dean's views; Hunt's attorney; clemency
discussions; Mitchell's legal prospects.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 18 Segment 1 (23 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
428-28
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 20 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Ehrlichman discusses his conversation with Magruder and his
two lawyers; history of Operation Sandwedge (intelligence-gathering operation
at the Committee to Re-Elect the President); quality of intelligence gathered
from DNC; the cover-up; Gordon Strachan's perjury; Magruder's upcoming
testimony; money for Watergate defendants; legal exposure of Dean, Haldeman
and Colson; Mitchell's prospects in court.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 18 Segment 2 (5 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
38-34
Location: White House Telephone
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 21 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Mitchell's problems; President insists that money raised for
expenses of burglary defendants was not hush money; Colson potential testimony
of white House staffers before Senate Watergate Committee.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 18 Segment 3 (8 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
38-37
Location: White House Telephone
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 22 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Ehrlichman discusses the legal position of Haldeman and Dean
after recent disclosures; money for Watergate defendants; prosecution of
Mitchell.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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John D. Ehrlichman
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DATE: Sunday, April 15, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 19 Segment 1 (22 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
896-6
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 23 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Ehrlichman and the President discuss conversations with Gordon
Strachan and Richard Kleindeinst; Kleindeinst's request for a special prosecutor;
risks of special prosecutor; Colson and money for Hunt; Strachan's upcoming
testimony; obstruction of justice exposure of White House Staff; Bittman's
role; Colson's exposure; Liddy's testimony and sentencing prospects; Dean's
role in money for defendants; Magruder's knowledge.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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John D. Ehrlichman
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DATE: Monday, April 16, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 19 Segment 2 (20 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
897-3
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 24 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics include: a request for Dean's resignation letter; other
bugging operations; national security justifications; plumbers operation
covered by Executive Privilege; NSC leaks; Liddy's knowledge; questioning
Dean; PR efforts and staying ahead of the press; Liddy's testimony; possibility
of Ehrlichman completing Dean's report; Kleindeinst's request for a special
prosecutor; content of Dean's resignation letter and his plea; possible
immunity deal; money for Hunt; the possibility that Dean has information
implicating Ehrlichman; stonewalling the investigation; motivation for
cover-up the election.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 20 Segment 1 (38 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
897-4
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 25 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
"Dean Resignation": President discusses the need to have resignations
of Dean (and Haldeman and Ehrlichman) "at the ready" and offers two options,
"indefinite leave of absence" or "resignation", depending on plea; Magruder
questioned about Haldeman and Ehrlichman's role in cover-up; contrast between
involvement of White House staff in break-in and cover-up; Hunt's blackmail;
review of March 21st conversation; Executive Privilege; plumbers operation;
Senate hearings; Segretti's dirty tricks operation; the need for open testimony;
Ehrlichman's instructions to Colson regarding clemency for Hunt; Petersen's
reports to President; form resignation letter.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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John W. Dean III
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 21 Segment 1 (13 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
897-9
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 26 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics include: possible claims of Executive Privilege in
testimony; claim of national security; conversation with Dean about a resignation
letter; previous knowledge of break-in by White House staff; Dean's failure
to write down his Report; possibility of announcing that Ehrlichman will
continue the investigation.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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DATE: Tuesday, April 17, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 21 Segment 2 (3 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
898-6
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 27 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics discussed include: previous Dean conversations; money
for Watergate defendants; Kalmbach and LaRue's role; Colson's testimony.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 22 Segment 1 (12 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
898-12
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 28 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Subjects discussed include: $350,000 for defendants; White
House Staff knowledge of payments; Dean's testimony on conversations with
the President; blackmail by defendants.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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Ronald L. Ziegler
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DATE: Thursday, April 19, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E -22 Segment 2 (7 minutes)
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Conversation Number:
902-9
Location: White House Oval Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 29 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Subjects include: blackmail by Watergate defendants; legal
exposure of Haldeman, others; Dean's Report; Dean's breach of confidentiality;
Mitchell's culpability.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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John D. Ehrlichman
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DATE: Wednesday, April 25, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 22 Segment 3 (7 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
430-4
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 31 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics discussed include: implications of Dean's potential
testimony; possibility of impeachment; need for someone to listen to the
White House Tapes to review conversations with Dean; Richard Moore's fear
of legal exposure; President's words regarding money for defendants.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 23 Segment 1 (42 minutes)
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Conversation Number:
430-22
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 32 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics discussed include: listening to the Tapes; "The Cancer
on the Presidency" conversation; President's knowledge; containing the
FBI investigation; Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Dean involvement
in obstruction of justice; defendants demands for money; Fielding break-in
in California; planned break-in of the Brookings Institution; discussion
of one-million dollars for defendants; LaRue and Pappas's role; possible
use of campaign funds; clemency for Hunt; $120,000 demand from Hunt; Strachan,
Haldeman receipt of bugging information; immunity for Dean.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 24 Segment 1 (9 minutes) |
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Conversation Number:
38-150
Location: Old Executive Office Building Office
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 33 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Subjects covered include: discussion of the possibility that
Dean recorded conversations in the Oval Office; Dean's word against the
President's; the Dean Report; Dean's prospects for immunity; potential
for loss of support for the Administration; White House taping system.
Participants:
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President Nixon
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H.R.Haldeman
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DATE: Unknown
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 24 Segment 2 (18 minutes)
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Conversation Number: N/A
Location: [Dictabelt Recording]
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 35 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics include: Colson's need to avoid specific knowledge
of details of Hunt's activities; Hunt's insistence that commitments made
to defendants are not being kept; Colson's contacts with Dean.
Participants:
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Charles W. Colson
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E. Howard Hunt
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H.R.Haldeman
DATE: Thursday, April 19, 1973
- Cassette Number / Minutes: E - 24 Segment 3 (11 minutes) |
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Conversation Number: N/A
Location: [Dictabelt Recording]
Exhibit Number: Exhibit 37 – U.S. v. John N. Mitchell, et al.
Abstract:
Topics discussed include Kalmbach's upcoming testimony; his
conversations with U.S. Attorney Earl Silbert; Dean cooperating in hopes
of immunity; Ehrlichman's legal exposure; need to reiterate that money
to defendants was a legal defense fund; need to make the point that both
Kalmbach and Ehrlichman were following Dean's lead.
Participants:
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John D. Ehrlichman
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Herbert W. Kalmbach
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H.R.Haldeman
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