Cox was a little bit confused in his request re the meeting on

June 20th. It says Ehrlichman/ Haldeman meeting -- what he

wants is the segment on June 20 from 10:25 to 11:20 with John
Ehrlichman alone.
Al Haig
__ -
11'" hi - r _r,ut-- "'6--- /II MP"-n>-<e.-
"t:!'4CJ _+ __
! u...di.
bh- /:l
t
It
t
1
!---------1
-t -
I-
I
I, :.. ---vvd- IX-[
iii
3.- .Me -


bj';Lf9 - "Ie?
.5. O--n I/)/ J.- ,.-..e.

o rj"J. q
/, j<-t
r 10/ /--- J-tQ..
tkd .......w..v-
yO / v -4= oAA/\:tc WI

G1 .fJi:& -p IV'
1) Vi-Ea'"


t o-l-'VV\(;
.J (}-11 ('J)
'fiv>
-40uf:.
"D..-1, .) ---t.A-1
I- IV)
/ t:1,' CA{}.h 'f f..-lJ2j}
3:> 4J&..i
f1cA;p jUt-

'5 3-5 "t --
1i-4tU>
\._W CAJJ
ft; 0 fJ .A-t ;AI W
(p '7 0-{ 0'6
fl. /lJ v'-r1
u,'-L-t,()/- ;a. fi.N --U-.-{-tA_YI '- I A-
1> 1 {VI-1 e; --r:b U'--414 ,;--.a
c., kt1 Y- 12 #4 tJill
0 5-1 (Adt..td
<.,1) _
) .J!u,'If {"z) f/-.{-'li'Lo Yt't-L
{5;
-:..-
-, 0 'D
I2Nr--
p. O-t

7
5
-/& -{- L?-1.k0
'Dc
f..1V
M{,NA.J:-,/,
t/;vJJ I
c---w rill ( U vvCt
-'-\-
p. b -:) [ i?. N " .A/ a-u:!
lO\l I ;b

)1)1, 131-1.. W -u-, v-
4-c. tA.4. -#'
I";> tt, .
eN 10/1
&..d -.
J SCt 7- 4r-P M-1 /0/ /
::t; F' 'f-

I Ail! A/--1Jl CfC -;rl- -iF
k
6
I!" J7tF o-J

.....
- 5 -
ICf'7-u:b 0 PI z.J'f- 111 W.e.-/
U41At. H-er -.:tc-
'f-
t'ti! ij:. ,113 X; .-
-lo,, -t7) 01 t-4Y'-1

(;J/'1 t. /\j ,- F Y J is /kvt N.-
:J. C>7-jI{ P f"'Y- J 2. /Y F-n
....vY1 /'- f!:J I . I A'J
./l.t<.t-41'1 ...uttJ!-
IO/J;I/)3
'j J J J't,Jd.d/

J.-,( -M?/- c.-v.-, VJWt1
t%

2.- .. .(., .. <!.I..J:f-
" h -; -
_
'"i jl; .- LfJ/1o b 0 6
7/1/ 'f "--?-JI'a.
_ _ t,/c.;)
fJa.A
- 0'6 c -<--<-7 Let.::t- i:d;- ''--1
..i.-64 I 1'173. 0 ";)../'l S ftfL-f!lK!1f
(ply f}.vvr AI.vyt2"J1 L-) -(1,. 0

b- it- 0 I.JaJ A-dv..i sduV
;:f ALdI.t..., 4/15) 1-[ W<j4'.;-: Ht. H
cr / J-lr - t K-ltj,,-,,,,-v1- f1vSf . V-a y 4, To
LlJLtJA_;: Vt"V<-<At U &"'1-1 '1/") rr t/v 'oj- t /\'1 W
Cfj/5 ti-6/ IJ UJ../ ____
TcA4. V-k f 'Uy t. I'li Lj1f1 b/"l.t; wr..U) ? ;6....
y I 1:1 ,i!xr-t t"-Wi 'I-
u4-<4
...-'fA-\(, ..... "101 (J I k '1../7 J If /2 H
- -
1117 - \l-fAgU/
W .A4 -.}..g" ;. D --VI 11 / b!) 3
/vl LV .Mt .!? (" 0& uvIMSf-
--n:
YMt M W.;;r
tV -J.I / to
4r


1-11/.
r -q.
O-"k ..1- tl.1dz 3/;),,/
__ vn

-0- Ot ,0 ....... 7//
0

.1u Zjr ct/JS' ,
N , i'H.-y,
:tr tI- J1.M4-N/
\-vi
IN v1MW- p&f
4'-1/'z.S
vW 0 JlJl fI-


&A-vt c )

C/v11

'la/lIP)
--s-
At ,1cvv.".; f)J
viIs' .)
-6-
1I!d.'1
7J
-- 'WV'-(}-C4J - bj"d-b t= W tlIU!-
VVN 3Dh.... V'-1
Y u<-;;:tu.,/
.cVt- c.. '0.. UIJt=r<
W4 u'Y-w/I-
r
!of") D Cr?1 6r 'c?/! .Gt 1 OWl LI
u,Nl t#-
J:f
ll-----


}
cd- 0 7i- d#4
'-1) (1: z:di1:
Ill) P--n 10(1"
. tf,llJ/-

lp123V) d)---ch
:4 fi+ /-AJ!s Luu--e d

()vLf c(..t,./
9/). C, 10 '4-t-tz
ki y1:t- ff/1.H- /!.A/
1/3>/- Nv,
.A--d-0V\{ tJ k.L4"7 t f:a.-, !2.. /V . 4.",'1:Z:;..t_d/:z:? .. Le ;'1
(,.\..?1.t..u..,.., ,(/ 1, ..M-04-W/'fct{ /t.t--t- eLY,
Q
[ILv.46A - 5P'-1
*
J
__ -' I E'fh Co /- t"; &J'z-V/7d
[,,\LA vii.i::M ,t'V.A. II/ {(

.Q jJ ( () II Ri-I V-<-
lJ{18

i / - o-/*d Itd'-LP(}t-
uvL'4vo/- W-'fJ C-P--0--L:1L:el ./[.<t I C--{ v- t-u.. .--d/ 7' c cr-
t: I"vJ - /! I{! {/./,J II 111/- ----vu Vi' v J.. c..U:t V7
'I ---11b{,.W 7 i?<.if;!., C-<-tA _';cc, ..... 1.&.. JJtt ahu.
11/'>'0 _
12N. . Z; "In

(
l)jUIM 1/)/(,
-
-c,-
0/1.-\ rljlS No./-

eM I).,1-
, , I I ,. o::;a:&<
(((ox,/? - "{-S'
pvvt ::bf- -VtY
/1/ ItJ - '--<A, V'I-'''-(''HU' fou-J

Dv1-l II JIS 'rf f2. AI
!:;V ",a,."y
-* at I cLd 'lfl!.)f
)'-'-"1... A-'-&7
.-01 ..f!-cr::tt t? t-' /lJ v<V-
--
-[u-
( tQ<1;l
////h
fljl.5 If'

/J.. "17/
4;1.-/v/& M' " -v' ,,",y-
() -'VI I I J I 'I -
.{!..N- I
Ar'uV&/- o/ftvuWt-- - ALd.:- '/
I2J(.j/
() 4-1 I} / l- (7 - C-0i:t
. II/I-.l.-
!l-.rVJ ttMW
/J. '" . _ I ;"",,1<4<1 /
L p.f;cJ 4- 9 tf TII41 f

() --vt II /l-fP -

L dt&

1//1. I tt A-r-r 't-f ""S f t: \f-
-<4 "y;,: II) "1-/ - !y v- -
P- Cl44u.u r tU4 'ftv


-.&,


J 1/"k'6 - i.cvY I
o -'YJ It /],3 .A.R- II /7. I tLa.-t;:f I
((/,,3 "
-1/--
p5'le - kc.
.,....... 'fI..,

- H12 H 0-r-1 II I If/!. tf
tu,-ol kw-r. .. . -t-L
170/..,
err- k'-<) tf-'-tl.;:a/ - 4
---z,tV:;f:;:.. '-'tA-tti - t'-<G
H!?-f/-
-:tf - /I- fi-H- ;&.qj .
Jk..J."Zi- tu/pvV
tr /-I- If- A-1I/ . kll Itl/"e-4

{)-1r1 {(!Itt kf
o/- LV
YUJ;, LJ /ljl3
.,'vh.JJvJI $; W v-v4h i
Jt- <A1N
v6 tv
/!/;}b,

- 0-111 Ilj/lJ
vt5 C>.,-z-t (// "
Ctl CN'-i..h ./-u ....
)
() </V1 0 R. V'1 L1I q
i/Il If tx-o I3kJ
_ t/11H-
.. t-(//V
t?-'-7/f,427/

v5f

o --'Vi 1/ / } l/ u;;;J!j tv -v :;tit? ttb
-1-;).-
IJ.{S -

.1V-c/ - .#- WUi.A
- VVM /1//1./ tv<.tft
6> M M CA-1 L-J t flu; ..!V2 tpY'/ T
VVt vUCA1
f v..-'"VI
II J IL/ .,j-
yY-z..-5 J ,

>J-
lLM;-

VV !2.1/
f/vt- il/fL- ./J .M--
l C( -J-

'f!'"" t:c5 IfJ!.B
- 4- v-/4.U/
.-
fl-;V - -AtJI .4U A.b
e ,4 N

'I-
R./'I

. H-I!- /1/
RN cLvt/. b J ..::0-
...,
;;t!j 3/;),0, /flo
f1"1

t40t..:t:F ?t V--tJ.w-
fl-IJ f/- }tJ.1-; .

?{f r/"7-t?j

CM 12 N ./"7.e..

- \l{-
-
lJj)5'
---

/11 ,A.{f- t AI -oc.W
./'f/V{J y / ) 5 -
0-'11 "//3 j/- H.>--tp i-

P--II/ 1/11 -5


1/(
F...e-r;t. III)/..
t
iJ..."v 4<4 cp.:r:::;zL41
/V' CJAt::z tv et'4tJ
-
6 /hI v- f4,tff h
t--------'-- -r-w.J/-(.A.4 V:VttWf ,
j----..-_'<'-/' 1;1(1 - bb
,
1
44q
L'k<4 &I", C4M .
plm-s - (>-vI 1/):).//73
_ f.(M.1;-.q C1
/.17/1/- /pJ"/
-vYJ K tB -J (/) \} - Iv J 7 -
rV\JXP... .0-.,

i
I
l
-/1-
I _,

lolz f,N i1J v- IV.)
>
- .p1i'7 (5 44u-Z. -
- - -
-
4-""-

u<,!r[7.3
r J

-
-- -. -
I C e,1-14.kIll---+p-
J"'-"

1 -4'-#
-
IV
It;

. -f,'f
I) -d.....-.

Iht
\ '\ -
A..vJ '-.
-
4,
---- --
.!--- -----
- -
L - --- -
-
-- -
-
--
- - --
-
- - - - - -
- --
\
--- ---
-
l
I
I
I
..

- -------
--
-- -- ---- -

-
-
-
-l--
-- - -
--
I
-_._--
--t--
---_._--
----
I
-
--
__ _______ 7. ________ ___
--_._- -----
- -
----- - .. - - -
-- - -----
--" .
I
-----
--
----
-
-
45-7 ){..6C IrJ/14 j
tXI- tfl,.p en f/;;:e;tJ r
'-17-stJ ..&1 ff-r<.t+

tiuI p.-N 1f,1l
.5 I U>f C/---vV N H 4eSh./ It"
"69'


'* -J- fAl :Tr-(

.ru. f-/V .h2-
l{(IS /IJ Ad.

'jo-'J:S /<N e:: Zf M
;1' 11' - 'i/OL 'j -
fJ)
,

4- f=.d ;n! ,

0--11 tr - ;d!r

J. BUZHARDT GRAND JUHY * 3--TAPES
l\pril 29, Jl_pril 30, May 6 and Hay 10, 1974
Buzharc1t is appearing voluntarily, "ithout subpoena before
the Grand Jury. Since 1/4/74, Buzhardt has been Counsel to the
p.cw:;idenL From 5/9/73 unt.il 1/4/74, Buzhilrd'.:. vlaS on detail as
Special Counsel for the President. Stennis recornrr,ended BuzlB.rc.:t
to t.he President. (4/29/74, 3-8)
---- JLne 25, 1973--Buzhardt listened to a March 20. 1973 telephone con-
vr:rsatj_on between Nixon and Dean
Buzhardt. had positive knowledge of the White House taping
system around June 25, 1973. Haig asked Buzhardt to listen to il
telephone conversation between Nixon and Dean on Mar. 20, 1973.
Duzhardt cla.imed attorney-client p:civilege as to his conversation
with the President about the Mar. 20 telephone conversation.
Si..tlS and Zumwalt brought the tape to Buzhardt with a tape
:t',"corder and a ro11 of tape. BuzhanJt located the conversation
with the aid of information previously prepared for the WSPF & sse--
a lisc of contacts with Nixon by various people r one of them being
Dean.
The telephone conversation was about 10 minut_es. Bnzharc.t
callsd Eaig and told Haig the answer to t.he question Buzhardt. had
with Nixon (Nixon had told IIaig to tcllBuzhardt to ge-t the
answer to the question Buzhardt had raised about Dean from the tape.)
does not I'ecall discussing the March 20, 1973 conversation
,,7ith anyone. (4/29/74, 8-16 )
Conversation with Higby about a. White House taping syst.em
Buzhardt and Garment talked with Higby about the existence
of a Whi te Honse 'caping system and whether Nixon would claim execu--
tive privilege. Buzhardt said he didn ' t know and would try to find
out.
I t was decided executive privilege would not be called and
Higby was not to volunteer anything but was to answer if a specific
question \vas asked. Buzhardt may have talked to Nixon and Haig
about this but does not recall. (4/2 9/74, Hi-IS)
July 18, 1973--Transfer of custody of ,\Thite _House_tapes
After Buzhardt learned of Butterfield 's disclosure to the
sse, there were discussions of whether should be continued
and the transfer of cns'cody of the tapes. Buzhardt "ranted custody
J. FRED BUZHARDT JURY #3--TAPES
April 29, April 3D, May 6 and May 10, 1974
for official purposes to be the President 's personal custody.
(4 /29/ 74, 22-24)
Decision to withhold material
2.
Buzhardt "JOuld not discuss conver satio:'s with Ni:con about
resistance of reques t s for material, claiming attorney-client privi-
lege. Buzhardt does not recall whecr.er anyone took a different pos i-
tion about disclosing material . (4/29/74, 26-28 )
Discussions of Dean's accuracy
Buzhardt is sure there were discussions of the accuracy of
Dean's testimony, whether in the context of the tapes, Buzhardt does
not know. Based on information Buzhardt had a-t: the time, Buz hardt
believed Dean's testimony was inaccurate and Buzhardt had not listen-
ed to a tape. Buzhardt does not recall what others said about Dean's
testimony.
Buzhardt does not recall discussing with anyone the possibil-
ity of verifying Dean's version of events. (4/29/74, 19-22, 28-30)
Information about Dean ' s conversations with Nixon
Buzhardt was provided information by the President, logs
of staff members and P.ichard MOOre (when he vas present at a conver-
sation bet\veen Nixon and Dean. )
Buzhardt a lso talked to Ziegler about Dean's testimony and
people on the House staff. ( 4/29/74, 31-32)
Dean meeting chronology prepared by Thompson at the sse
Buzhardt furnished information to Thompson over the telephone
about Nixon- Dean meetings. This information was derived from dis-
cussions with Nixon, WH staff members and documents. Nixon dis-
cussed meetings with Buzhardt Buzhardt took
notes . Buzhardt is not sure if he referred to his notes when talk-
ing to Thompson.
Buzhardt then went to review the document Thompson prepared
of their discussion. Buzhardt found a number of errors and cor-
rected some of them. This information to assist Thompson in
questioning Dean. Dean may have been ques-
tioned by the time he made the corrections. (4/29/74, 32-43)
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTIMONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, May 6 and May 10, 1974
3.
In response to a Grand Jury request, Buzhardt said he could
not locate any notes used in his telephone conversation with
Thompson. (5/6/74, 45-4 6)
Buzhardt did not listen t o tapes--aside from the tape he
listened to on June 25, 1973--prior to L.he time he provided Thomp-
son with the information on Dean's meetings with Nixon. (5/10/74,
15-17)
23 ,P3 subeoena """')
Buzhardt met with Nixon(after it had been determined there
,
would be no reply to the subpoena) on which tapes were actually
covered. Buzhardt does not recall who was at the meeting and belieVlS
there was a discussion about what was cover the subpoena but
no a discusslon about th f the sub d tapes.
Buz ar t qua lfles this by savin t Ission of what
conv aL.lOnS w r . re subpoenaed. No
cone us ions were reached. Buzhardt does not recall if there was a
discussion about firing Cox.
sation.
but not
there.
The first item on the subpoena was a June 20, 1972 conver-
There was discussion of why that conversat ion was subpoenaed
the substance of the conversation. may have been
( 4/29/ 74, 43-49)
Buzhardt has no of reading the subpoena in
July 1973. Buzharc1t "probably" understood the contemporaneous
notes were called for. Buzhardt became aware that Haldeman took
notes of one of the tapes when Haldeman testified and possibly
prior to that. Buzhardt did not know at that time that the sub-
poena covered these notes as well. Buzhardt does not recall consid-
ering this question of notes taken after the conversation.
Buzhardt began to gather the papers and notes related to
subpoenaed conversations sometime between the President's
ment of his decision to comply with the subpoena and the date
Buzharc1t started preparing the Index and Analysis. (4/30/7 4 , 73-78)
Wright's meetings with the President
Wright met with the President from time to time. Hright
probably met with the President when Buzhardt was not present.
(4/29/ 74, 49-50)
J. FRED BUZHAPDT TESTH10iJY, JURY # 3--l'APES
April 29, April 30 , May 6 and May 10, 1974
4.
Discussions o f first item on the subpoena- -June 20, 1972 conversation
Buzhardt 's impression was that the subpoena was confused--
it c a lled for a neeting beh-7een Nixon , Halde!aan and Ehrlichman.
According to the log, there was no meeting between the three .
Buzhardt does not r ecall he first discussed with anyone what
was called for in the first item of t he subpoena.
Buzhardt r ecalls he had a conversation with Nixon . He does
not recall when or the content of the conversation.
Buzhardt recalls he had a telephone conversation with Haig
about which conversation subpoenaed. He may have had more than
one. Buzhardt has checked Haig's notes and believes it was in the
last week of September, 1973. Haig inquired of Buzhardt what con -
versation was subpoenaed on the first item. Buzhardt told Haig it
was the Ehrlichman conversation with Nixon. Buzhardt does not recall
telling Haig, nor anyone else, that the Haldeman conversation \vas
not called for. Buzhardt felt this was all academic since Nixon
was adamant about not turning over the tapes. Buzhardt states i-t
was in his mind that the Haldeman conversation was not called for.
Buzhardt does not recall discussing the ambigui ty of the first item
of the subpoena with Wright. ( 4/29/74, 50-60)
Buzhardt did not attempt to clarify with Cox, Garment or
Wright what was called for by the subpoena. The position was that
the White House was not going to give up the tapes and in Buzhardt's
nind it was not an important issue. (4/2 9/74, 72-76)
Knowledge that v-loods was typing transcripts
Buzhardt believes he learned Woods was typing t ranscripts
in the first week of October, not September 29, 1973. Buzhardt
thinks he had a conversation with Haig on September 29 about the
first item on the subpoena . Buzhardt conveyed to Haig the Ehrlich-
man conversation was subpoenaed . Buzhardt does not know if he also
conveyed to Haig that the Haldeman conversation was not called for.
Buzhardt does not think he knew at the time Woods was making trans-
cr ipts. Buzhardt must have assumed Nixon was vlorking on tapes.
Buzhardt or someone in his office had given Bul l a copy of the sub-
poena. Buzhardt assumed from the gene ral discussions that Nixon
was going to make some effort to go into what was on the tapes.
(4/29/74, 60-66)
To the best of Buzhardt's recollection, he l earned Woods
was typing transcripts in the last p art of the first week in
October (1973) or sometime thereafter. This may have been at Key
Biscayne . Buzhardt definitely rel1\embers reading through one of
the transcrip t3 probably sometime between the end of the first week
J. FHED BUZHAHDT TESTIHONY, GRA:ilD JURY :If 3--TAl?ES
April 29, April 30, Nay 6 and Nay 10, 1974
.'
in October and the middle of October. Buzhardt does not recall
what transcript this was. (4/ 30/74, 17-18)
5.
Buzhardt saw a June 20, 1972 transcript around the end of
first week of October and mid-October, 1973. This conversation
was cO!'lpletely behveen Nixon and Ehrlichman. Buzhardt may have
made notes on the transcript. Buzhardt does not recall if he saw
anyone else's handwriting on the transcript. Buzhardt identifies
hand'"ri tten notations of meter readings on the June 20 transcript
as his made probably around Nov. 11, 1973 when Buzhardt and Powers
were preparing the Index and Analysis. Buzhardt can not identify
other handwriting on the transcript. (4/30/74, 18-25)
Woods erasure
Buzhardt can not recall how long after his conversation
with Haig tha t he \Vas told Woods made an erasure. Buzhardt recalls
. a \veekend in Key Biscayne at which point he knew Woods was working
with the tapes. It is possible Buzhardt saw a transcript that week-
end.
erasure. Wooas a aCCl en a y erase a 4-5 minute portlon of a \
xon about the \ l\/,
part of the Haldeman conversation that followed the Ehrlichman con-
versation of June 20, 1972. Buzhardt was UDder the impression Wood
erased something in the first part of the conversatlon.
-
Buzhardt has no recollection of sayinG to anyone the
man conversation was not subpoenaed prior to lindlnq out about ehe r
erasure . when he found out about woods maklng the erasure, Buzhardt )
spoke to both Nixon and Haig about the Haldeman conversation not
being subpoenaed. Buzhardt does not recall having any discussion
about what may have been on the portion of the tape Woods erased.
( 4/29/ 74, 66-72 )
June 11, 1973
WSPF request/for April 15, 1973 conversation between Nixon and Dean
Buzhardt had a conversation with Nixon about the request.
Duzhardt came away with the impression it was a dictabelt that
Nixon had been referring to in a conversation with Petersen. Cox
or Petersen told Buzhardt that Nixon had told Petersen in a conver-
sation shortly after the 15th that Nixon had offered to let Peter-
sen listen to a tape concerning the question of whether Dean had
told Nixon that he had been offered immunity. Buzhardt does not
recall Nixon telling Buzhardt that he didn't have the tape recording
of the meeting with Dean on April 15, 1973. Buzhardt thinks Wright L
drafted the response to Cox's letter of June 11, 1973--the letter
did not s ay that there was no tape of the meeting but that the
tape referred to by the President in h:s discussion with Petersen
was a tape o f the President's recoIl t' f
ec lons 0 the conversation.
J. FRED TESTIMONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
29, 30, May 6 and May 10, 1974
"J.,
Buzhardt states i f he knew of the tape recording system at that
tine, he would have had a different approach to this request .
( 4/29/74 , 76-86)
6
Buzhardt does not recall his conversation with the President
concerning responding to Cox's letter of 6/11/73 in which the tQpe
recording of the President's conversation vlith Dean was requested.
Buzhardt does not recall if Nixon told Buzhardt that there was no
tape recording of Nixon's conversation with Dean on April 15, 1973.
(5/6/74, 25-28)
Buzhardt was denied permission by Nixon to listen to the
tape of his (Buzhardt's) conversation with Nixon concerning the
response Buzhardt would make to Cox's letter of June 11, 1973.
(5/10/74, 12-13)
Search for April 15, 1973 Dictabelt recollections
Around November 14, 1973, Buzhardt requested a search be
made for the April 15, 1973 dictabelt, in conjunction with prepar-
i ng the Index and Analysis. This was the instigation of Buzhardt's
request to find all materials and documents covered by the subpoena.
Buzhardt probably asked Haig to search for notes, memoranda,
etc . not in the files. Buzhardt does not recall asking Hoods or
Acker to make a search. Buzhardt does not recall specifically ask-
ing Haig to search for the April 15 dictabelt.
Buzhardt does not recall when he first learned there was
no dictabelt of the April 15 conversation. Buzhardt reviews his
November 12, 1973 testimony in the Tapes Hearings re learning on
November 5, 1973 that there was no dictabelt of the April 15 conver-
sation. At this point, Buzhardt has no independent recollection
of the date. Buzhardt believes Haig told him the dictabelt did not
Buzhardt does not recall i f he received information from
Haig as to what had been done to locate the dictabelt. (Volner
presses Buzhardt--Even though Buzhardt had represented to Cox that
there was a dictabelt, and then told the Court it would be turned
over, Buzhardt subsequent ly told the Court the April 15 dictabelt
did not exist.) ( 4/29/ 74 ,86- 97 )
Discussion with the President of inability to locate Dictabelt of
April 15, 1973 conver sation
Buzhardt does not recall what he said to Nixon about his
inability to locate the dictabelt recollections of the April 15
conversation. Buzhardt was satisfied that there was no dictabelt--
that one could not be found. The notes of the meeting were located.
7.
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTHI0NY . GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
ADril 29, April 30 , May 6 and May 10, 1974
-------------
Buzhardt does not recall anyon telling him that no dicta-
belt was made. It i s Buzhardt's belief that the dictabelt never
existed but he can not reconstruct how he arrived at that belief.
The source of the i nformat ion ,-ras either Nixon or Haig. Buzhardt
represented to the court that t he dictabelt was never made.
(4/2 9/ 74 , 97-103)
President's personal files
Buzhardt has only a general knowledge of the President ' s
personal files. ( 4/29/74, 104-105)
Buzhardt 's knowledge o f a ny missing tapes or gaps in tapes other
than those called for in the original Grana Jury subpoena
Buzhardt originally claims attorney-client privilege and
executive privilege and declines to answer. ( 4/29/74, 108-111j
4/30/74, 160-163, 165-168)
Pursuant to an a greement ,V'orked out between St. Clair and
3en-Veniste , Buzhardt agree d to answer this quest ion. There are
no missing tapes other than those about which Buzhardt has made a
public statement. Buzhardt s tates that the Hhite House has attempt-
ed to find where a s ubstantive conver sation took place that has not
been located. The conversations were on the tape but the substan-
tive conversation was not. There was no t ape that appeared to be
missing in its entirety. (5/6/74 , 21-22 )
Buzhardt has found no gaps on the tapes. There are periods
of silence on the tapes where there are l ap ses in conversation--
,V'here there just isn't a conversation going on . (5/ 10/74, l3-l5)
FBI inv estigation into possible destruction or alteration of docu-
ments and t apes
Buzhardt became aware of the FBI invest igat ion shortly
after Sirica referred the tapes matter to the Grand Jury.
(4/29/74, ll2)
Buzhardt's supe rvision over access to files in Rooms 84 & 522 of
the EOB
Buzhardt was told by Nixon to exercize supervi sion over
documents. People entering the file room had to be logge d in and
out, what they looked at was specifically recorded, individuals
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTINONY, GRAND JURY if 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, Hay 6 and May 10, 1974
8.
could look at the files on "hich they had ,vorked and no copies
could be made. Files stored there include: All Presidential files,
Ehrlichman, Young, Colson, Krogh, and Dean. (4/29/74, 112-117;
Remainder of the 4/29/74 Grand Jury testimony relates to Buzhardt"s
search for documents in the Plumbers' \mite Eouse files, 117-153.)
Typing of transcripts
Buzhardt does not recall asking anyone, including Acker,
to either type or re-type or correct a transcript before 11/14/73.
Buzhardt recalls at some point going to Hoods and asking her, after
Buzhardt had possession of the transcript, to try to do a little
better in getting information from the tape. This was at the time
that Woods had the tapes in her possession, Buzhardt does not re-
member which tape it "HaS , ( l ~ / 30/74, 25-26)
Haldeman listening to tapes
Buzhardt became aware Haldeman was listening to White House
tapes sometime after Haldeman had listened to them in the suwmer
of 1973 and before Haldeman testified (before the SSC). Buzhardt
did not, to his recollection, release a tape recording to Haldeuan.
Buzhardt has no recollection of having a contact, either in person
or over the telephone ,,7ith Haldeman on or about June 4, 1973,
Buzhardt reviews a copy of the access log to Room 522 re notation
"Tape recorder released to Haldeman (no tapes/at request of Buz-
hardt") . Buzhardt has no recollection that a tape recorder vJaS
furnished to Haldeman on June 4, 1973 at Buzhardt's request.
(4/30/74, 46-51)
Buzhardt does not know if anyone told him which tapes
Haldeman had listened to during the time he had tapes in his pos-
session. Buzhardt believes he learned fran Bull that Haldeman
had listened to HH tapes. Buzhardt ,,;as surprised when he learned
Haldeman had listened to tapes. Buzhardt does not recall discuss-
ing with Haldeman the circumstances under ,qhich Haldeman listened
to tapes. Buzhardt was concerned about Haldeman's access to the
tapes but after the custody of the tapes changed, Buzhardt did not
believe there was any reason to think Haldeman would have further
access. (4/30/74, 62 , 64-66)
President listening to tapes
As soon as Buzhardt learned about the taping system, Buz-
hardt assumed Nixon had listened to the tapes at some point about
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTH10NY, GRAND JURY =If 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, May 6 and May 10, 1974
that time (June 25, 1973). Buzhardt assumes that he specifically
learned that listened to tapes on June 4, 1973 sometime after
June 25, 1973. (4/30/74, 46-47)
Conversations '.vith Haldeman after 4/30/73 and before 7/30/73
Buzhardt spoke with Haldeman after Haldeman left the HE.
Buzhardt asked Haldeman's couns el to have Haldeman coromunicate
through his attorneys. Buzhardt recalls one conversation about
Haldeman's anticipated sse testimony in which Buzhardt requested
2aldenan to exert executive privilege as to material he had heard
on the tapes. Buzhardt does not recall whether he discussed with
anyone Haldeman's testimony about the substance of the tapes prior
to the time Buzhardt talked to Haldeman. Buzhardt does not recall
',,;hen his conversation with Haldeman _vas except that it was before
Haldeman's sse testimony. Buzhardt only recalls the discussion
of executive privilege; he recalls nothing else about the conver-
sation. Buzhardt recalls no discussion with either Haldeman or
his attorneys of the substance of what Haldeman would testify
about concerning .. That Haldeman had heard on the tapes.
9.
Buzhardt recalls he and Haldeman were discussing two tupes--
21 tape and another that Buzhardt can't recall--in regard
to the issue of executive privilege. The question .. 7as on executive
privilege as to the content of the tapes which Haldeman had heard.
(4/30/74 , 51-59)
Discussions of March 21, 1973 meeting
Buzhardt was "probably" concerned about Dean's account of
various meetings. Buzhardt is "generally aware" that Haldeman
in regard to the March 21 meeting that Nixon said that
it \-lOuld be \V"rong to raise money for the Watergate defendants.
Buzhardt believes he received some indication in advance of Halde-
man's testimony as to his (Haldeman's) account of the March 21
Buzhardt does not recall who gave him this information.
(4/30/74, 59-62)
Bull listening to tapes.
Buzhardt thinks he learned Bull listened to capes ,,,hen
Bull was preparing to testify before the sse. Buzhardt does not
recall if Bull told BuzhdLUL W!!C1L tapes he had revlewed . (4/30/74,
62-64)
.1. FRED BUZHARDT TESTIMONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, Hay 6 and May 10, 1974
Access to files
: . 10.
~ ( ;
Buzhardt does not recall requesting on June 4, 1973 a
lock change on a safe in Room 522. Buzhardt thinks this safe con-
tained Political Matters Memoranda. (4/30/74, 66-73) In subse-
quent testimony, it is determined that this was Safe 23 which
actually contained Haldeman's notes of the June 20, 1972 mee"ting.
( 4/30/74, 97)
The President and Buzhardt were responsible for access to
files stored in Room 522. Authorization for access to the files
for people other than former WH staff members, came from the Pres-
ident. (4/30/74 , 66-73 )
Search for Haldeman ' s notes of the June 20, 1972 meeting
The notes were secured on the evening of November 15, 1973.
The circumstances that led to a search for these notes was the dis-
covery of the gap on the June 20 tape and it was thought that the
notes might shed light on the content of the meeting. Buzhardt
does not recall whose idea it was to locate the notes. Higby helped
locate the notes.
Buzhardt recalls meeting with Haig and Nixon on the after-
noon or early evening of Nov. 15, 1973 . Buzhardt does not r e call
stating in the meeting that he did not have the combination to Halde-
man 's safe that would contain the June 20, 1972 notes. Buzhardt
does recall that he did not have the combinations to all of Haldeman's
safes at that time. (Buzhardt believes there was only one safe he
didn 't have the combination to. Buzhardt has secured the other com-
binations from Kehrli, Buzhardt thinks, in August 1973 when a search
"laS made for Political Matters Memos. )
Buzhardt discovered that Haldeman kept the combination to
one of his safes. Haldeman had turned over the others to Kehrli.
Haldeman had told Haig that this one safe he had not turned over
but that he would turn it over to the President.
The whereabouts of the combination was discussed at this
time (either at the meeting between Buzhardt, Haig and Nixon or
just before or just after the meeting) and Buzhardt believes someone
got Haldeman on the phone and got the combination . Higby opened
the safe and knew where to look and Buzhardt and Higby found the
document . I t was Buzhardt ' s impres sion that Higby spoke earlier
to Haldeman before they l0caL",": L ~ , t : : notes . Bt.J.zhaL"UL.. does not recall
what discussion he had with Higby while searching for the notes.
Buzhardt seems to recall that Higby made a telephone call from
J. FRED TESTIMONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, May 6 and May 10, 1974
11.
Room 522 and it could have been to Haldeman. Buzhardt recalls
Bigby at some point telling Buzhardt that Haldeman had requested
Higby to tell him something about the materials they were looking
for, but Buzhardt does not recall whether it was on this occasion
(Nov. 15, 1973) or another occasion.
Buzhardt does not recall receiving any instructions from
Higby about the envelope of material in which the June 20, 1972
notes were located. Buzhardt does not recall Higby saying his in-
structions from Haldeman were not to let Buzhardt have the document
(June 20 notes) until Higby had a chance to read the document to
Haldeman. (4/30/74, 79-105)
[On June 4, 1973, Haldeman had access to Room 522 where his files
were stored. Also on this day , there was a written notation to
change the combination of Safe 23 in that room ("Reques'ted by Buz-
, hardt"). Buzhardt does not recall requesting a lock change on a
safe in Room 522. This safe contained Haldeman's notes of the
June 20, 1972 meeting. The combination for this safe had to be
gotten from Haldeman through Higby on November 15, 1973 when Buz-
hadrt was attempting to locate Haldeman's June 20 notes after
real izing there was an 18 1/2 minute gap on the tape.]
Subsequen t searches for documents
Buzhardt does not specifically recall when he made a request
for other after notes of the June 20 meeting.
Buzhardt states that he made reque sts of the President for either
himself or someone else to be permitted to search for documents.
Buzhardt reviews the entry on the log for Room 522 on
November 16, 1973. Buzhardt recalls receiving from Higby and copy-
ing Haldeman's notes of meetings on March 22, 1973, June 30, 1972
and September 15, 1972 to hand over to the Court. Buzhardt did not
retai n any of Haldeman's notes; whatever Buzhardt got, he produced.
Buzhardt does not recall seeing on Nov. 16, 1973, Halde-
man's notes ""hile listening to the March 21, 1973 conversat,iQn
(al though this ....'as listed on the access log as being delivered to
Buzhardt's office) . These notes were not produced in response to
the subpoena. Buzhardt states they were primarily looking for
. contemporaneous documents. ( 4/30/74, 105-117)
,'.
.. ..
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTINONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, May 6 and Hay 10, 1974
12.
Haldeman's notes of li stening to the 21, 1973 and September 15,
1972 conversations
In January 1974, requests were made for Haldeman's notes of
listening to the Mar. 21, 1973 and Sept. IS, 1972 conversations.
They were produced at the end of January, 1974. Buzhardt does not
know why these notes weren't produced in response to the subpoena.
(4/30/74, 117-124)
Haldeman's contemporaneous notes of the 21, 1973 meeting
Buzhardt does not recall whether Haldeman made notes con-
tenporaneously during the March 21 meeting. Buzhardt does not re-
call testimony that he (Haldeman) did take some notes
contemporaneously. Buzhardt does not recall who searched for the
notes (could have been Higby) or if the November 16, 1973 search
was the only one made. Buzhardt states if they didn't get the notes,
they didn't produce them. .Buzhardt recalls that there was at least
one meeting for which no notes were found. Buzhardt does not recall
WSPF requests of February 14 and 22, 1974 for Haldeman's contempor-
aneous notes of the March 21 meeting nor does he recall making a
search for these notes. Buzhardt does not recall ever seeing
21, 1973 contemporaneous notes. ( 4/30/ 74 , 124-135)
Buzhardt does not recall
notes with anyone but feels that
for a search in November (1973).
cuss the notes with Nixon.
the first time he discussed the
he included the notes in a r equest
Buzhardt states he did not dis-
Buzhardt does not recall discussing the significance of
the March 21, 1973 notes with Parker. Buzhardt does not recall
suggesting to Parker that those notes coincided with what Buz-
hardt's understanding of the events of March 21, 1973 were.
(5/6/74, 38-42)
St. Clair will continue to search for Haldeman's contem-
poraneous notes of the March 21, 1973 meeting. (5/10/74 , 9)
Investigation of the 18 1/2 minute gap
Buzhardt attempted to find out some facts about the 18
1/2 minute gap. Buzhardt does not recall preparing any memos on
the 18 1/2 minute gap but did include a paragraph about it in the
Index and Analysis. not recall any factual
memoranda .
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTH10NY, GRAND JURY 'i: 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, Nay 6 and ~ ~ a y 10, 1974
13.
Buzhardt does recall seeing a report from an expert (Hecker)
analyzing a portion of the tape. Buzhardt claims attorney-client
privilege as to the nature of the report. (4/30/74, 143-146)
Buzhardt has no information \vhich would go beyond the ex-
planation presented in Court as to how the 18 1/2 minute gap occurred.
(4/30/74, 188-189)
[Discussion of the Stennis Proposal; Stennis' ability to hear parts
of the tapes in light of the difficulty in transcribing them; the
fact that Stennis would be provided with a summary or a transcript
",ith relevant and irrelevant portions indicated. Buzhardt states
he has no recollection of discussing with Stennis that Buzhardt
would help Stenni s listen to the tapes. (4/30/74, 146-155) ]
Sumnary of transcripts
Buzhardt states that at some point a summary was prepared
of conversations on tape by people assisting Buzhardt in the Coun-
sel's office. A summary was not prepared in connec tion \-li th the
Stennis Proposal and Buzhardt does not know what \vas shown to Sen-
ator Scott. Buzhardt claims executive privilege as to the contents
of the summary prepared under his (Buzhardt's) supervision.
( 4/30/ 74, 1 55-159)
Copying of the White House tapes
The first t ime copies were made of WH tapes was a few days
before Nov. 14, 1973, when copies were made of a number of tapes
at NSA. This was done in the presence of a representative of the
Spec ial Prosecutor's Office. Buzhardt recalls a tape was copied
on Thanksgiving. There is no question in Buzhardt's mind that the
tapes furnished to the Court ",ere the original tape recordings.
(4/30/74, 165)
Pursuant to an agreement on attorney- client privilege worked
out between St. Clair and Ben-Veniste, Buzhardt said that copies
of the tapes were made at the WH prior to January 1974,aside from
the tapes turned over to the Special Prosecutor's Office. A copy
was made on Thanksgiving Day and copies were made at the WH for
the Mitchell, Stans trial. Copies were also made in the milk case
for Judge Jones. (5/6/74, 22-23)
= - = : - = = = = = - - = ~ - - : : - : - : : - : - - - - -----
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTH10NY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, Nay 6 and Hay 10, 1974
"
i,
14.
As far as Buzhardt knows, no one from the Army was in the
White House working on or being consulted about the tapes. Buz-
hardt does not recall whether anyone from any military branch was
ever consulted or performed any service , technical or otherwise
yri th respect to the vlH tapes.
Buzhardt recalls consulting a technician from the White
House Communications Agency about a cassette recorder but this is
the only t ime Buzhardt knows of anyone from the WHCA being consu lted
about WH t apes .
The role of the Secret Service since the WH taping system
WeS t aken out, has been to copy tapes. A detailed record of what
t apes the Secret Service has c opied end who worked on the copying
has been kept.
Buzhardt claims attorney-client privil ege in answer to a
question of whether people who have listened to the tapes called
for under the WSPF 's subpoena in u.s. v. Mitchell have listened to
originals.
To Buzhardt's. knowledge, no work was done at NSA other than
c opying prior to January 1, 1974. Subsequent to January 1, 1974 , it
is possible NSA copied a tape in connection with the suit in N.Y.
(U.S. v. Mitchell , Stans ) .
To Buzhardt's knowledge , no other government agency has been
used in any connec tion with respect to the WH t apes .
Buzhardt claims attorney-client privilege in answer to a
question o f whether the WH h as relied on anyone to attempt to en-
hance the audibility of Wrl tapes (except for one t ape involved in
u.s. v. Mitchell, Stans and work performed in Sirica's chambers ) .
14730/74, 1 68-178)
Assistance provided to the House Judiciary Committee
The WE provided assistance to the HJC to enhance the quality
of the t apes they rece ived . The HJC did their own t echnical work
but Buzhardt gave them advice and assigned one of hi s assistants
to help the HJC in setting up to do the copying. Buzhardt does
not think the HJC r e ceived tapes prior to January 1, 1974.
( 4/30/7 4 , 178-180)
Conversations with Mitchell or his attorneys
Buzhardt has not had any conversations with Hitchell since

,I,"
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTIMONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
15.
April 29, April 30, May 6 and Ma __ __ 7_4 ____________________________ __
1973. Buzhardt has had conversations with Hundley re tapes
and documents in connection with the Vesco case. (4/30/74, 180-81)
Conversations with Ehrlichman or his attorneys
Buzhardt has had a few conversations with Ehrlichman since
Nay 1973 but does not recall discussing the WH taping system with
Ehrlichffian. (4/30/74, 181-83)
Conversations with Rhyne
Buzhardt has not had a conversation with Rhyne concerning
the dissemination of any technical report othe r than the report pre-
pared by the expert tape panel. Buzhardt is not aware of any con-
versation by anyone in the White House or any action by any person
in the WH to disseminate a report by the Dektor Company. (4/30/74,
183- 84)
Conversations with Colson
Buzhardt has had conversations with Colson and his attorneys
about requested Hhite House tapes. (4/30/74, 1 84-86)
President's Submission to the House JUdiciary Committee
[Pursuant to an agreement worked out between St. Clair and
Ben- Veniste, Buzhardt agreed to answer questions for which he -had
claimed attorney-client pr i vilege and executive privilege.]
Buzhardt states that he has not heard any gap on conversa-
tions provided the HJC. Buzhardt has not examined the WSPF sub-
poena carefully but he heard no gap on the t\venty conversations
\vhich overlapped between the Submission to the HJC and the
subpoena.
Buzhardt thinks he reviewed all tapes, a transcript of which
was made public by Nixon. St. Clair, Hauser and Shepard assisted
Buzhardt and a number of secretaries did the transcribing . The
President listened to some tapes but Buzhardt does not believe
Haig d i d .
Secretaries who worked on the tapes were Nancy
Jane Thomas, Linda Zier, Sidley, Acker, Nobilio, Pat McGee.
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTIHONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
29, April 30, May 6 and May 10, 1974
-. , .
. .'0"
16.
Buzhardt states that the process of preparing transcripts
',,'as started sometime after the HJC request ,.,as made but before the
subcoena. Buzhardt does not know if Woods worked on any of these
taDes. No portion of the tapes which Buzhardt listened to had been
or deliberately rendered inaudible. That includes the
90rtions included in the transcripts and the portions which are not
included in the transcripts provided by the President to the public.
Buzhardt is not sure if he has listened to tapes other than
those the transcripts of which have been made public and which are
called for in the WSPF subpoena.
Buzhardt states that Nixon listened to conversations that
3uzhardt had not located or heard. Buzhardt assumes there is a
record of which ones Nixon listened to. Jerry Jones, General Bennett's
replacement, would have the records and either Jones or Bennett would
have located the conversations for the President.
Buzhardt does not recall the specific occasions on which
President listened to tapes. It may have been in connection
with the House subpoena. (5/6/74, 3-19)
Tapes
Two tapes broke in the process of search and/or transcrip-
These were original tapes. Buzhardt states his overriding
concern was to get the job done as quickly as possible. In some
cases, copies were used. Buzhardt states no conversations from
the broken tapes was lost . Acker and Yates were working on the
tapes that broke. A copy existed for one of the tapes but not for
the other. (5/6/74,19-21)
Transcripts of tapes not subpoenaed
There have been transcripts of tapes furnished other than
those given to the HJC. Pursuant to a request of the Special Pro-
secutor, a series of telephone conversations were transcribed.
Buzhardt is directed by the Grand Jury to produce a list of all
tapes which have been transcribed in whole or in part which have
not been turned over to the HJC. (5/6/74, 23-25)
Nixon declined to give Buzhardt any information on trans-
cripts, other than those supplied to the HJC, that were prepared
,'7ithout Buzhardt's knowl:::dgc. 3-5)
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTINONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, May 6 and Hay 10 , 1974
17.
Enhancing the audibility of the tapes prior to preparing trans-
cripts to be given to the HJC
There was no attempt to enhahce the audibility of the tapes
in order to assist in the preparation of transcripts delivered to
the HJC . In one or two cases, copies were made at a higher copy-
ing speed because this minimized the machine noises on the copies.
(5/6/74 , 28-29)
Preparation of the transcripts submitted to the HJC
Buzhardt states the best effort was made to obtain the ma-
terial from t he tapes. The tapes were gone over by more than one
person, including Hauser, Shepard, St . Clair and Buzhardt. If a
secretary couldn't make everything out, she would get the most she
could off the tape, leaving blanks and someone else--Buzhardt,
Hauser, St. Clair or Shepard--would go back over the tape in its
entirety.
In each case where there is an inaudibility reflected on
the transcript, a WH l awyer reviewed that portion to determine
that it was inaudible. Buzhardt does not recall instances where
the person making a transcription would include words in the trans-
which were subsequently omitted from the transcript given to
the HJC because it was felt those could not properly be
heard on the tape. Buzhardt does recall there were where other
words were substituted, but it was in the judgment of the person
listening in the final analysis.
There was no discussion about the policy of indicating how
long an inaudible portion was. The length of inaudibility is not
reflected in the transcript. To the best of Buzhardt's recollec-
tion, all the inaudibles were shorter than a minute.
Buzhardt states after reviewing tapes he concluded that the
lower the voice--in terms of frequency range--the more distortion
on the tape. Nixon hesitates in conversations and frequently
y!hen the machines start back up, there is a noise at the beginning,
after stopping and starting again, that makes it impossible to
hear the first two syllables spoken after the gap. (5/ 6/74, 29-
32, 53-56)
Review of the transcripts submitted to the HJC
One of the secretaries would prepare a transcript and then
one of the White House attorneys would review her work by listening
to the tape and comparing the tape against the transcript. There
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTIMONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
Ap:r-il 29, April 30, Nay 6 and May 10, 1974
18.
were several reviews after that stage. There ,V'as one review to
mark all of the expletives. There ,'las a review for matters of
taste, characterizations, etc. Buzhardt suspects there were some
transcripts reviewed by more than one attorney--this varied as it
was largely a function of time.
There was no standard practice of re-reviewing but Buzhardt
is sure he did listen to some himself where the tape was very dif-
ficult and where there were a large number of unintelligibles. This
satisfied Buzhardt that the Nhite House was getting as much as could
be gotten off the tapes.
Buzhardt did not review all the transcripts to determine
that each of the transcripts represented the maximum amount of sub-
stance that could be gleaned from the tapes. A group of people--
Hauser, Shepard, Buzhardt and in some cases St. Clair--performed
the second review. Buzhardt determined ,V'hich attorney would con-
duct the second review, depending on the workload. (5/6/74, 32-36)
It is Buzhardt's understanding that Nixon reviewed the trans-
cripts. Nixon made the decisions, based on recommendation of coun-
sel, as to what went in and what went out. The President did not
make any changes in the text that Buzhardt knows of. (5/6/74, 66)
----
Haldeman 's March 21, 1973 telephone logs
Buzhardt recalls he first focused on Haldeman's logs for
March 21, 1973 in early 1974 in connection with a request from
the WSPF or the FBI. (5/6/74, 36-38)
Pursuant to an agreement on attorney-client privilege
worked out bet,V'een St. Clair and Ben-Veniste, Buzhardt states that
he did not have a conversation with Nixon concerning Haldeman's
telephone logs for Barch 21,1973. (5/10/74,8)
Deletions from transcripts provided to the HJC--"Material unrelated
to Presidential Actions"
This phrase was used to designate those materials that
\V'ere decided or it was decided should not be included. Buzhardt
thinks that if there was an admission in any way by a defendant
or potential defendant, that that would not be deleted. Buzhardt
thinks at one time he Sdw d:l.:l. U.L ur had an awareness of what each
deleted portion was. To the best of Buzhardt's recollection, the
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTINONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
April 29, April 30, May 6 and May 10, 1974
material that is deleted does not contain any statement which may
be an admission by any person discussing the Watergate matter
with the President . Buzhardt does not think that any material
which might be exculpatory was deleted. (5/6/7 4 , 42-45)
Reviewing tapes on November 14, 1973
19.
Sometime during the evening of November 14, 1973, Buzhardt
had a conversation with Powers at which Buzhardt first mentioned
to Powers there might be a gap on the June 20 tape. Buzhardt did
not, to his recollection, tell Powers that the gap was in either
the Ehrl i chman or Haldeman portion of the June 20 tape. BuzharC!t
was aware that the gap was in the Haldeman conversation and he had
concluded that portion was not subject to the subpoena. In light
of this, Buzhardt does not believe he could have told Powers the
gap was in either the Ehrlichman or Haldeman conversation.
Buzhardt believes his c onversation wit h Po.vers about what
included in the subpoena preceded their listening to the gap.
Buzhardt does not recall the discussion with Powers. Buzhardt re-
calls he and PO'-'7ers discussed the subpoena and one of the v-1SPF memos
filed in support of the subpoena. When Buzhardt looked at the sub-
sequent viSPF memorandum, i t raised a question in Buzhardt' s mind
as to whether the Haldeman conversation was subpoenaed. (He had
previously concluded the Haldeman conversation was not subpoenaed.)
(5/ 6/74 , 46-52)
Revie,-"ing March 21, 1973 tape
Buzhardt thinks he worked on the March 21 tape. Powers
and Buzhardt reviewed transcripts of the tapes supplied to the
WSPF and the Grand Jury. Buzhardt states that it is probable
that he reviewed the March 21 transcript from start to finish.
Buzhardt thinks Powers may have also reviewed the March 21 trans-
cript. Buzhardt states they started with the notes Woods typed
earlier and went from there. Buzhardt does not recall who typed
the final version. Buzhardt states they marked up version .
The WSPF has not received Woods' transcript of the March 21 meeting.
(5/6/74, 56-59)
Buzhardt was denied permission to turn over to the Grand
Jury original transcripts of the first subpoenaed conversa-
tions, including the notes later put on the transcripts. The
grounds that the transcripts contained working notes of the
Counsel's office and others. (5/10/74, 6-8)
..
J. FRED BUZHARDT TESTIMONY, GRAND JURY # 3--TAPES
ADril 29, April 30, May 6 and May 10, 1974
March 21, 1973 transcript supplied to the HJC
20.
To the best of Buzhardt's knowledge, the only revisions
made to the transcript of the March 21, 1973 meeting in connection
with the Submission to the HJC were "expletives deleted."
(5/6/74, 59-69)
February 28, 1973 meeting between Nixon and Dean
Buzhardt listened to this tape. This is one of the items
for which there is a partial transcript submitted to the HJC. Buz-
hedrt does not recall hearing a high pitched noise for 4-5 seconds
on this tape. (5/ 6/74, 61-62)
Decision to furnish transcripts rather than tapes to the HJC
Buzhardt does not know when the decision was made to fur-
nish transcripts instead of trying to work something out with the
tapes. Buzhardt has worked on this since March 1974. (5/6/74, 65-
65)
[B'Jzhardt has no notes that would indicate to him what tapes he
listened to beyond those requested by the HJC. Buzhardt is not
a' . .;a?:e of any search being made to determine whether the tapes
covered by the WSPF subpoena are i n existence. ( 5/10/74, 9-11)]
,
'1' esU.l11o!:.y of Rose Mary-Woods Before DCGJ 3 on Feb. I, 1974
Woods ' address is 2500 Virginia Avenue, N. W.,
Washi ngton, D. C. She is represented by Charles S. and
S. Rhyne. (3 )
Woods is employed at the White House as Executive
Assi stant and personal secretary to the President. She has
worked for Nixon exactly tV7enty-three years today. ( 4)
Yvoods first heard of the taping system when Butterfield
t.e8-[.:1ii8<1 uu . uly 16 , 1.5.
Woods first heard and saw a tape on September 29.
Over t he weekend of September 29- 30 she worked 2 9 or 30 hours
trying to type the gist of the tapes. She began with na EOB
tape of poor quality . She could not call it a transcription
b ecause the t aping was so bad that many times she had to go
back and forth several times to get just a few words. (5-6)
The President gave Woods instructions to get every'"
thing she possibly could out of the tapes. That is why she
went.: back and forth trying to get every \vord possible.
did not discuss with anyone else the duties she was to per-
form in connection with the tapes . (7)
Haig told Woods that Bull \vould see that the proper
tapes were there . Woods does not :cE;!call whether Haig said
Bull would cue up the tapes or not. (7)
On Sept.ember 28, \Voods told Bull that she would be
picked up on Septenilier 29 at the usual time , around 8:00 a.m.
and arrive at t he White House a few minutes after 8:00. (7- 8 )
On September 29 a White House car pi cked Woods up
at her home and took her to the White House . She went up
to her office and she and Bull got coffee to take a long
in the car because it's a long ride to Camp David. She
doesn't recall vlhether she met Bull in her office or next
door in his. ( 8)
Bull's office is no longer next to Woods. Bull has
t aken over the office he f ormerly had bebleen the Cabinet
and the President's office. Woods has the office Bull had
on the other side of the Oval Of fice. Woods was told about
the move in November but didn't move until l ater because
- 2 -
Bull had to move out. She guesses she moved in early
December. Woods' move was planned because extra space
was needed so her office would be neater and after Bull
moved the office was vacant. From Woods' new office she
has direct access to the President's office. If Nixon
buzzes, Woods goes through a little hallway with a small
office and a closet kitchen near a bath into his office.
If he doesn't buzz she goes around. From the old office
she did not have direct access except to go into the hall
and through what was then Bull ' s, or before the Butterfield
or Haldeman's, office. (8-10)
On September 29 Bull and Woods didn't get coffee
together. Bull went downstairs and got it out of the
coffee machine and brought it up in little styrofoam cups
so they could take it with them. She assumes that she
asked him whether he had all of the tapes and equipment
they were supposed to take. She gathers that was all they
talked about and that he said yes because they left soon
thereafter. (11)
Woods is not sure whether Bull or the driver carried
the tapes and equipment, but assumes Bull did . There were
three Sony machines plus the tapes. Woods does not know
whether Bull could have carried it all. It was in the car
and Woods did not carry a recorder. The tapes were in
boxes in a briefcase. Woods had seen the boxes in the
office, but had not noticed the dates. (11-13)
Woods does not recall taking an inventory of the
tapes (on September 29) but she thinks this is strange
because she had to give an inventory when she signed them
in as she testified on November 13. She did not sign
them out. They were given to Bull. (13-14)
Woods has reviewed parts of her court testimony.
She has not discussed Bull's grand jury testimony with
anyone. (14-16)
Woods does not recall how many tapes were taken
in the car to Camp David. She does not recall saying she
counted eight tapes. She cannot be positive that she
counted them at all. (16-17)
Woods has no explanation for the 18 minute gap
other than her previous testimony. ( 20 )
- 3 -
On September 29 Woods drove to Camp David with
Bull and arrived at approximately 9:30 or 9:45 a.m.
The trip took an hour to an hour and a half. During
the ride they did not discuss the tapes or what they
vlere to do at Camp David. Woods read her news su.mmary
and she does not recall what Bull did. They would have
discussed the tapes if there had been a window between
them and the driver. (21-22)
\'7Lcn :"!.r.d e<.: Ca Du.\tid they
were met by the head of the camp and several others ,"ho
took them both into Dogwood Cabin, where Woods or Mrs. Acker,
her assistant, normally sets up office. The equipment was
unloaded immediately into that cabin. Woods thinks Bull
went directly to that cabin with her whi le the driver took
Bull's luggage to his cabin. (23)
Woods has no recollection of whether Bull took
his luggage or the driver did. (24)
When they first arrived at Camp David the people
who carried the luggage and the Chief Yeoman who set up the
typewriters were present. They all left then. (24)
During the {"eekend of September 29-30 many people
were present in the cabin. The President was there for
six minutes; Dr. Tkach dropped by; a military aide came
each day and Bull ,\'ent to the door to say they ,,,ere worr:ing
on a project and asked if they would come back. They just
came into the hallway, not into the room with the tapes.
The only people in the room with the tapes were the Presi-
dent, the steward who brought Woods' lunch, Woods and Bull.
(24-25)
The Navy officer who set up the equipment was
finished when they came except that just as they arrived
he opened a typewriter case and set up a second typewriter.
They were only there a few moments, possibly three or four
minutes. Bull took the tape recorders and tapes to a b ack
bedroom where he was to cue up the tapes before the Yeoman
set up the second typewriter in front of the window in the
living room. The typewriters were IBH electrics. (25-27)
- 4 -
There was no understanding that Bull would
assist Woods in .typing. Woods does not recall a dis-
cussion that weekend of his typing part of the tran-
scripts. Bull only listened to tapes to cue them up.
1wo typewriters were not set up so that Bull could help,
but so that Marge Acker could help, had she not been out
follo", ing an operation. It was automatic to set up two
typewriters; they do it even when Woods is alone. Woods
does not recall that Bull offered to type. Woods doesn't
think he is a good typist. (27-29)
On September 29 Woods began vlOrking I as soon as
Bull got the first t ape cued , around 10:45 or 11:00, an
hour after they arrived. She unpacked while she waited to
get started . (29)
Mrs. Nixon and the President arrived at Camp David
around 1: 00. (29-30)
While Bull ",as working in the back (be fore Woods
began working) Woods did not have any long conversations
with him, but she did go to the back room a couple of times.
(30)
Woods is sure she went to the back room and reported
Haig's telephone call to Bull as soon as she received it.
She doesn't know if this was the first time she went back
there. (30)
While Bull \I'as cueing up the tapes Woods ~ . . , a s un-
packing. (31)
When Bull gave Woods the first tape b efore she
began transcribing he said it was an EOB tape and would
probably be awful. Woods doesn't think they had any other
conversations before she began transcribing . (32)
Before that Bull had apparently called Haig and
Woods gave Bull Haig's message. Woods knml's Bull called
Haig because she has heard from Haig that when he called
back he was calling for Bull and Woods answered. She
answered because she was in the living room where the phone
was. ( 32 )
- 5 -
Haig has testified incorrectly that Bull
and Woods \vere in the same room when Haig called.
Haig had no way of knowing. Bull was in the bedroom
cueing up tapes and Woods was in the living room. (33)
Before Haig called Woods did not see Bull place
a telephone call or hear him talking on the telephone.
She didn't see anyone give Bull a message when they arrived
at Camp David. Bull didn't tell her he was going to call
Haig. Woods does not know if the telephones in the
cabin ring independently o f one another; sometimes they
to. If one rhcne rint;Jf.:, the one in the ot.her room
doesn't each time. Woods doesn't know if they are different
number s. (33-35)
Woods doesn't know if Bull could have ansVlered
Haig's call in the bedroom. While she was talking to Haig
she didn't hear Bull or anyone pick up an extension. To
her knowledge she was the only one who spoke to Haig during
that call. The call was at 10:10 a.m. and Woods had not
yet begun typing. She knows the time specifically because
when she was asked about the call before she asked at
General Haig 's office about the log of his calls and was
told that it was at She had no recollection.
She is relying on the logs. She does recall that she was
not typing a transcript. ( 36-40 )
When Bull called he said hello and then said give
this to Bull: Cox is confused; the subpoenaed part of the
tape is the Ehrlichman meetin.g. Woods didn't call Bull
to the phone because she thought she was capable of taking
down the message in shorthand in her shorthand book when
Haig asked her to take the message . Then from habit
Woods typed it up and gave the message to Bull , either
told him or gave him the typed paper. Haig had not told
Woods to type the message. Woods does not know \"hat Bull
said when she gave him the message. She supposes he was
relieved because he found the conversation he felt he had to
cue up. (41-45)
About 35 minutes later Bull brought in the first
tape, the Ehrlichman tape. Woods doesn't know what took 35
minutes. This tape was the one Haig was talking about and
the one Bull had on the machine at the time. Woods thinks
--
- 6 -
Bull was still hunting for that part of the tape and
that was the reason for the delay. When he brought
her the tape on the machine he just told her it was the
first and she started to type. He told her it stopped
when Ehrlichman left the room. Bull brought the tape
box with him and Woods thinks he had attached to the box
a slip of paper with the numbers where the first words
started. Whether or not the box and the paper were
attached , she received them both. (45-49)
At 11:00, began to t ype and listened
and found out what a horrible job it was going to be.
Woods thinks Bull was back in the other room cueing up
the next tape. Woods did not use earphones most of the
t ime because they were hard to hold on. She guesses
Bull's door was closed. He was using earphones when she
went in to talk to him. ( 49-50)
Woods does not know when Bull left. She ate lunch
there. She does not know if she ate before the President
came. She worked continuously except when they brought
her lunch. She ate at the table behind her desk. (50)
On top of each page of the transcript Woods put
a heading with the location, people present and date.
She tried to do it the same on each page. She referred
to them a P for President a.nd E for Ehrlichman . After
identifying the speaker she typed what she could hear
them say. (51)
When the President arrived Woods had possibly typed
five or so pages. She has no real recollection. The Presi-
dent walked in alone . The Secret Service di d not come in.
Woods does not remember ,,,hether Bull ,,,as there when the
President came in but he was there part of the time. Woods
does not recall which part. After greetings the President
asked what tape Woods was working on and after she said it
was him and Ehrlichman he sat down and listened a few minutes .
He did not look at her work . He pushed the buttons a couple
of times. Woods doesn't know if he went to the beginning
of the conversat ion , but i s sure he didn ' t go to the end
be c ause she woul d have had to back it up a long way . She
had to back up , but not very far. He listened for not more
than a couple of minutes. Woods doesn 't recall him sayi ng
- 7 -
anything to Bull. (52-56)
Woods docs not r ecall telling the President it
was a difficult job, him commiserating with her and Bull
offering to help out by listening and typing. Woods does
not recall that the second typewriter wasn't there when
they arrived but was brought later as a result of a con-
versation with Bull about helping out. (56)
Woods does not remember whether Bull and the
President had a conversation out of her presence. She
does not remember the President going to any other room
of her cabin. She does not recall leaving the living room
whi le the President was there. (56-5 8 )
After the President left Woods went back to typing.
At some point Bull told her he had finished cueing the
tapes, but Woods does not know when. (58)
Woods worked until 3:00 a.m.
the cabin for dinner that night. She
many pages she finished by 3:00 a.m.
pages . (58-60 )
She did not leave
doe s not know hO\."
She was numbering the
On Sunday night Woods ate dinner with the Nixons.
( 59 )
On Monday morning Woods finished 67 or 68 pages.
( 60 )
On Sunday morning Woods got up at 6:00 and typed
until 4:30 o r 4:45 "lhen the Nixons invited her to have dinner
with them. Then she told Bull to put all the things in a
briefcase because she wa s going to have dinner with them
a nd then they said they were going back to Washington. (60)
Prior t o having dinner with the Nixons, Woods saw
the President several times on many things that always
happened when they .. ,ere at Camp David over the weekend.
Woods doesn ' t recall the President coming to her cabin
e xcept once on Saturday . She recalls going go their cottage
several times . She recalls going to the den where the Presi-
dent works at Camp David on Saturday , but is not sure whether
she did on Sunday . Woods did not take her transcript pages
- 8 -
with her. She didn't have any reason to. She probably
put them under the typewriter pad . Woods and the Pres i-
dent talked about office business ; she can't recall
the details. The tapes "lere not mentioned except that
he asked how far along she was or whether it was getting
better. He could tell from the look in her face that it
was not getting better. (60-62)
She doesn 't recall whether she took notes in her
notebook; she doesn't recall why she was sent for. If she
h or'l to ken pntpf; and tV:,)Pr1 t . '"'ra un shp- wO\11d have thrown
the book away in the burn bag l i k ~ she always does after
she uses up both sides of the pages. At times a note-
book might last three weeks. The book she has now in her
of fice is two or three days old. She has never kept old
notebooks. (63- 64)
Woods can't remember what was discussed during the
approximately half an hour when she met with the President.
(64)
Woods doesn't recall being in the room on Saturday
evening when the President telephoned Bull. Usually if
he makes or receives a call she steps out of the room unless
it concerns her . She does not recall stepping out of the
room. (6 4 )
Woods does not recall that the President telephoned
Buzhardt. ( 64-65 )
Woods does not recall that the President telephoned
Haig while she was in the room. She does not recall leaving
the room that evening but if he was talking to Haig or
Buzhardt she would go visit with Mrs. Nixon . (65)
The President's log indicates he telephoned Bull,
Buzhardt and Haig while Woods me t with him on Saturday,
but Woods does not recall it. She could have stepped out
of the room and the Secret Service might not have noted it
in the log. (65-66)
Woods thinks she ate dinner by herself in her cabin
that evening. She may have met with the President again that
evening , but she does not recall it. She does not recall
- 9 -
him coming to her cabin that evening. He may have
been there from 7:30 to 7:35 as the logs indicate, but
Woods doesn't recall it. She does not recall eating
dinner with the President, Mrs. Nixon and Julie Eisenhower
that night from 6:30 to 7:30 as the log indicates. She
does not recall that during dinner the ?resident spoke
to Buzhardt on the phone but ",hen she has been there for
dinner he has gotten up from the table and gone to his den
to take calls. She does not recall the dinner or his
getting up. (66-67)
Woods does not recall the President telling her
what he discussed with Buzhardt or Haig and her recollec-
tion is not refreshed about the dinner. If the logs are
right she took time out on Saturday night for dinner. She
does not recall meeting with him for five minutes after
dinner. She went back and typed until 3:00 a.m. (67-68)
The next morning Woods began typing again at 7:00 or 7:15.
(68-69 )
On Sunday before 4: 45 or 5: 00 when Woods ,.;ent to
have dinner with the Nixons she packed her bag. Everything
was ready and other people ,',ould pick up the luggage.
does not recall whether she and Bull packed the tapes to-
gether or not, but Bull took them to the helicopter when
she went to the Nixons for dinner when they ,.;ere ready to
leave. She does nct recall v/hcther she saw him any other
time that day and does not know if he took the tapes to
his cabin. (69-70)
does not recall vlhat happened to the tapes
when she went to the Nixons on Saturday night. She doesn't
recall whether Bull was there or not. She doesn't think
she would have left the tape on the machine, but a Secret
Service man would have told her if someone had entered her
ca1;lin. She would have removed the tape from the machine
because she didn't know how long she would be gone and if
it had been late she might have gone to bed when she re-
turned. She doesn't recall taking the tape off the machine
or going to have dinner. (7 0)
Woods went to Aspen on Saturday. She does not re-
call what she did with the tape then. She does not know
if she took it off Saturday night before she went to bed
at 3:00 a.m. or ,,,hether that tape on the machine from
the time Bull took it to her until it was taken off to
leave for Washington. She '\vould as,sume she had removed
the tape and put it back on Sunday morning. If she has
testified to that before then her recollection must have
been sharper. She has no re;::ollcction now. (71-72)
- 10 -
Woods probably saw Bull on other occasions on
Sunday, September 30( than when they were leaving Camp
David ( but she can't recall . She knows she saw h im
vlhen they \ .... ere getting ready to pack -the tapes. He
probably came in too see how she was doing before that ,
but she does not recall any discuss ion then or when they
were packing tapes. The tapes were packed before she
went to dinner. (72--73)
While Woods was transcribing the tape she made
a note o f the counter nwnber on the Sony on the typed
copy oric e in a while where she thought she should go
over it again. She made no copies, carbons or Xerox.
If she took the tape off in the evening she either wrote
down the counter number where she stopped or put a piece
of white paper like Bull did. She doesn't recall what
she did. (73-74)
On Sunday vlhen Woods was packing she probably
put the transcript in an envelope in her briefcase and
she recalls that she carried it with her. She did not
ShO\,1 it to anyone before depar-ting Camp David. She
guesses she had 58 or so pages done. ( 74- 75)
Bull packGd the tapes and recorders in Woods '
presence but she is not sure she was there until he
finished. ( 75 )
Right after dinner Woods left in the same heli-
copter with Bull and the President. Woods t hinks she
said she was not even through the f irst tape. (75- 76 )
When they got back -to Washington Bull c arried
the briefcases and Woods put the tapes and the Ehrlichman
SUlT\.lnary in her safe. Woods does not recall counting the
tapes . Her safe i s about 12 by 14 inches . and contained
a case o f jewelry. She does not recall that it contained
any documents. She thi nks the tapes \-Jere stacked verti-
cally with those that didn't f it in the one pile on the
side and some on the jewelry box . Woods does not recall
if there were more than eight tapes. She does recall
that Bull unpacked them in her presence . She is not
sure whether she watched him or was opening her safe.
- 11 -
She did not notice whether he had tapes left in his
briefcase. After the tapes and transcript were in
the safe they said good night. and Woods said she hoped
Bull could get her a smaller machine with a footpedal
because she had sore fingers from pushing the buttons
and was concerned that this was private and that some-
one could hear through the doors. (76-79)
Woods is sure she hoped for a footpedal at Camp
David, but does not knm.; if she requested one. (7 9)
Bull said he would 0.0 lLi.s iJest abou'.::. getting
the footpedal in the morning . He left the Sony with
Woods. She kept the Sony even after she got the machine
wi th the footpedal so that at. night \'1hen there weren't
a lot of people sitting around she could switch to the
Sony and try to pick up some extra vlOrds. She normally
kept the Sony in the briefcase by her typing table, but
that night she didn't because Bul l took all three re-
corders with him. (79-80)
The next morning Woods went to work at 8:00.
Her top assistant was out. The other two girls had
more than their hands full. \\'oods told them she didn 't
want to be bothered any more than necessary, but they had
not been there lon.g enough to knovl which calls vJere im-
portant. Woods had to anSvler four telephone lines per-
sonally because they did not ring anywhere else. ( 81 )
Woods probably opened her safe around 9:30 and took
out the June 20 tape and transcript. Until then she had
worked on some of the backlog of mail from the weekend.
Shortly after 9:30 she started typing, but could not
work steadily because of the telephones, people coming
in and questions the girls had. Sometime before 9:30
~ y o o d s is sure she say, Bull and asked again for a machine
with a footpedal and smaller earplugs. This would have
been as soon after 8:00 as she saw him. She doesn't re-
call that Bull gave her anything then or said anything .
( 81-83)
Woods went into Bull's office and got
three recorders and put the tape on the Sony .
give her the recorder. Earlier Woods thought
taken a Uher machine. (83)
one of the
Bull didn't
that she had
- 12 -
Woods asked Bull "'hat time he remembered the
Uher arrived. She does not recall when this was or
whether she asked Bull on occasion the date the Uher
was delivered and on another occasion the time it was
delivered. She doesn't knmv why she ",ould have wanted
to know when the recorder was delivered before she
testified on November 26. She doesn't know in "'hat connection
or why she asked or whether someone had asked her about it.
(84-8 8 )
Woods has no presan recollection about when the
machine was delivered to her. She originally thought
it was it was early in the morning, but has heard it
was later. She had requested that it be delivered in
the morning. She does not have a hypothesis on why that
happened. (88 )
Woods didn't say in her pJ:evious testimony that
she used the Uher exclusively after it was delivered. She
remembers using the Sony on the morning of Oct.ober 1.
She does not recall when the Uher was delivered. She
still thinks it ,vas in the morning . Probably because
she had not had lunch she thought it was morning. (8 8-901
Woods did not start work on the Uheri she started
on the Sony. She did finish the Ehrlichman section on
the Uher. No one asked when she testified previously
whether she u!3ed the Sony. She is sure she remembered
using the Sony but didn't say so because no one asked
her. She was nervous even though she said she was not.
(90-94 )
Woods recalls that on October 1 she began usi ng
the Sony around 9:30 or 10:00. She used it on and off.
If someone opened the door and came in she shut it off.
The recorder "Jas smaller than her type"Jri ter and was
on the other side of it so it wasn't obvious to any
entering the room. (94-9 5)
In addition to the tape recorder, tape and tran-
scripts Woods had Bull's cueing notes . The cueing notes
often didn't coincide from the Sony to the Uher. She
doesn ' t recall discussing this with Bull, but she may
have. He usually wrote what the first few words were.
She does not remember discussing with him what was to be
i ncluded in the cueing notes. (96-97)
/
r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 13 -
Woods testimony about the use of the Sony
on that morning (October 1) is based on her recollec-
t ion rather than on the fact that she knows the Uher
wasn't delivered to her until 1:15. She h ad that
recollection when she testified previously. There
i s no question about that. (97)
[After Woods' testimony at page 1246 i s r ead
to her she continues.]
<.'
- 14 -
She did not 3ay what time she returned the Sony
to Bull. She said she was not using it. When she got
to the end of the June 20 tape she was liste ning to the
end. She used the Uher at the end of Ehrlichman just to
make sure he was out of the office. She was not usi ng
the Uher long before she hit the record button. She was
not asked if she used the Sony at all. (9 9- 100)
(After part of her previous testimony was again read
Woods continues. )
It doesn't say what time. Woods sticks to her
t estimony earlier today that Bull put all three recorders
in his office on September 29 and she got one on
October 1. (100)
Woods could have said Bull had the recorder in his
office because she thought he took it. She doesn't knm>l
whether he did or not. (101)
When Bull delivered the Uher to Woods she moved the
t ape from the Sony to the Uher. Bull did not do it. She
doesn't recall whether Bul l was still in the room or not
when she did it. She was there when he brought in the Uher
and three sets of plugs and she told him where to put it.
She doesn I t know ' "JhethGr he shovled her how to use it. She
doesn't know how long Bull stayed in the room; possibly
three or four minutes. She doesn't know if he plugged in
the Uher or she did because it was back of her chair. He
put the June 20 tape on the new machine. She doesn ' t recall
that he did anything else. (101-103)
Bul l c arried in the machine without a container,
with three or four plastic bags with earphones and pedal.
Bull showed Woods one thing , not how to run the machine
but that he put the plug in and they taped it with scotch
tape. (103)
Woods doesn ' t knowrr Bull rewound the tape or just
lifted it off to put in on the other machine. She doesn 't
think the reels are interchangeable. w ~ e n she listened
to the Sony from time to time in the evening she always
rewound and never just lifted a tape off. She recalls
seeing somebody try to lift the tape off and they couldn't
do it. She doesn 't know if it was Bull that day. She
- 15 -
thing a five-inch reel will fit any machine . She thinks
Bull or maybe someone else tried and couldn't do it . One
of the wheels was bigger than the other. To Hoods ' know-
ledge she didn't use any machine besides a Sony or Uher.
Dull either tried to lift it off and found it wouldn't fit
or rewound it. (103-105)
Hoods doesn ' t recall a conversation with Bull about
how far along she was. She was close to the end but d0esn 't
knovl hmv many pages she had done. The Eh r lichman part of
the tape was 67 or 68 pages when finished . She had typed
off and on for two and a half hours when Bull carne in.
She doesn'L know haw many pages she had left, maybe
or three. She guesses she did about eight pages that
morning. (105-106)
When the Uher carne Woods did not have much difficulty
locating the portion where she left off . She located the
point by looking at the tape. She doesn't recall that they
put a piece of paper in when they re\vound it, but they
could have. She didn't do that often. She doesn't know
if she ever did it. She thinks she did that at Camp David
when she took it off the tape. (106-109)
After Woods found the portion of the tape where she
left off she finished the Ehrlichman tape. She typed
10 or 15 minutes more. She may have typed more than one
page. She did not go ahead and see hOI. much was left be-
fore she started typ ing. Hoods Gidn't look at the counter
numbers because they axe different. She did look at the
counter numbers. She was told that the numbers differed
between the machines. She did not look. She changed
machines because she thought it would be faster with the
foot pedal. (109-112)
Woods does not recall if she went back and forth during
the remaining ten minutes or typed through . Hhen she finished
she listened to be sure Ehrlichman was out of the room as
she was The instruction that the subpoenaed tape
ended v1hen Ehrlichman was gone came through Haig through
Buzhardt . ( 112-113)
To tell if Ehrlichrnan left the room Woods' practice
was to wait to hear a door slam. The President said "al l
right, John,"+hen asked for consomme, then Haldeman and
the President talked about scheduling matters and Ely,
Nevada . Hoods recognized Haldeman ' s voice . Bull had said
- 16 -
the Haldeman portion was not to be transcribed. She
doesn't know if he said it in those words; he said
the Ehrlichman tape was the subpoenaed one. He may
have said the subpoena called for Ehrlichman and Haldeman .
The note probably said only the Ehrlichman section, but
Woods doesn't recall. She was told to be sure John was
out of the room, to be sure everything John said was on
the gist. She doesn't know whether Nixon, Buzhardt, Haig
or Bull told her tfiat. No one told her Ehrlichman and
Haldeman were in the room with the President together.
She doesn ' t knOl:l j f some one told her they were not there
together. She thinks the subpoena called for a meeting of
all three. She thinks when Bull called Haig he said there
was no meeting of the three together. She overheard
this or something. (112-116)
Woods does not recall that anyone told her not to
transcribe Haldeman . (116)
After the Ely, Nevada portion of the tape Woods re-
ceived a phone call and assumes she hit the record button
and stop button which were She was using the
foo t pedal with her left foot , picked up the phone with
h er left hand, had a Glesk drawer out where she keeps a
not ebook to take notes, took notes and thinks she kept her
foot on the pedal. When she turned around from a four
and a half to five minute call she saw the record button
down and was panicky. She knew she was probably b eyond
the subpoenaed portion, but these were U1e President's
records and he saves everything he has. (116-118)
Woods could see the tape to see if it was going
because the lid on the Uher "vas down and it is not trans-
luscent . ( 118)
When she saw the record button dovm she stopped the
machine with the stop button and went back. She is sure
before she pushed the stop button she took her foo t off
the pedal. She does not know vlhether her foot 'vas on the
pedal when she pushed the stop button; she assumed so . She
only knew that the record button vias down. (11 8- 119)
After pushing the stop button Woods backed up just
a little to see . what she could hear . She heard a little
- 17 -
o f -the Haldeman, the Ely, Nevada, and then a shril l
buzz. She looked at her telephone and could see
t hat someone was with the President . She had listened
to the buzz for a minute at most, then shut off the
machine, then looked to see if the President was in.
(11 9-120 )
Woods assumes the buzz ~ ' l a s the same as she
heard in court; it sounded like it. (121 )
Woods had never heard that kind of buzz on
the tape before the phone call. (121)
Woods ",atched the light on her telephone until
it went out, indicating that the President was now alone
in the Oval Office or the EOB . Then she went in. She
doesn't know which office she went to. She thought she
went to the Oval Office. One log says she saw him
in the EOB , the other doesn 't say . The President was
alone when she walked in and during their entire con-
vers ation on October 1. She would not have gone in
to 'calk about something like that if someone was there .
She thought he was in the Oval Office and there he
always sits at his desk. If it was the EOB he would
have been in the. chair . (121-12 6)
Woods told the President she had received a
phone call which she judged to be four and a half or
five minutes and when she turned around the record
button was down . She listened, heard a shrill noise
and was afraid she had damaged the tape. He asked
vvha tit was and she said it was Ely , Nevada f and
Haldeman was there. The President told her not to
wor ry bec ause that tape \"as not subpoenaed. She vms
with him for one more minute after that and then l eft .
(126-127)
Woods went back to her office. The tape was
still on the machine so she rewound it with t he fast
rewind and put it in the box . She did not heard
Ehrli chman l eave th offi ce or anything else. The
President said Ehrlichman had been gone by then . Woods
knew Ehrlichman never \vorked on scheduling. The Presi-
dent didn't use the words "Ehrlichman had left at that
- 18 -
point." He did say that only the Ehrlichman part
was subpoenaed. She told him she was listening to
find out if Ehrlichman had left and he said not to
worry because that wasn't subpoenaed. She thinks
----- ----
she said she had heard a door slam. The President
didn't use the words "Ehrlichman had left" or Ehrlich-
man was out of the room at that time." He just said
don't worry about it. (1 27-129 )
At that point W O ~ d E did ' t knew she h a d typed
all she was supposed to have typed. The President
said not to worry so she went back and put the tape
in the box. As far as she knows it wasn't out again
until the 13th. (12 9 )
Woods stopped typing either just before or
just after the President ordered consomme . She didn't
type a word of IIaldeman. She doesn ' t rec all a silence
after consomme and before Haldeman spoke, but there
could have been one. If there had been it would have been
a clue that Ehrlichman had gone or they could have
been drinking coffee. The consomme sometimes comes
faster than 30 seconds after the President asks for it.
They probably have it ready. Woods doesn 't kno", if
there "las a quiet time on the tape. (1 29-131 )
Woods put the tape in the box and put it in
the safe and then went back to work. She cannot re-
member if s he took another tape out then. She probably
did some other vlork first and took one out later. (1 31-132 )
Woods didn't get initial instructions to just do
the Ehrlichman conversation. She got the cued part
from Bull and had heard when she took down Haig 's
mess age that t he Ha l deman part of the morning meeting
was not subpoenaed . Her instructions were to type the
cued part and heard from Haig that just the Ehr lichman
part was subpoenaed. She believed when she was typing
and ",hen she testified before that the conversation
she ,.,as to transcribe was just between the President
and Ehrl ichman. (132-134)
Woods probably testified that the conversation
was bet,"een the President and Ehrlichman chief ly and
Haldeman briefly because she heard Ha ldeman briefly.
She was not trying to mislead the Special Prosecutor's
office. (13 4)
19 .-
Woods never agreed or testified that the sub-
poena ''las for three people. (135-136) I
Does doesn't know whether if she had misled
the Special Prosecutor's office the 18 minute erasure
would have been discovered sooner. She doesn't know
when that erasure went on. (136)
On October 1 Woods began transcribing other
-capes. After -tba-t S.1e had no conver5a-tions d.'ch -the
Pres-ident about the completed June 20 transcript. She
gave that to him on October 1 a little after she told
him of the accident. She did no more typing on
that transcript after the accident. She did not talk
to him about- -the transcript ,.,hen she gave it to him.
(137- 138)
Everything Woods finished a transcript she
put it in an envelope marl<:ed "eyes only" for the Presi-
dent and personally handed it to him. (138)
Woods told the President what was in the
envelope ,.,hen she handed it to him but they did not
discuss it. does not recall discussing any of
them \'lith him. (138)
Woods thinks she discussed the quality but
not the content s \'lith Bull. She doesn't recall what
conversations they had from October 1-4. She doesn't
recall any _about the tapes. (138--139)
Between October 1-4 Noods used both the Uher
and Sony. She used the Sony mostly at night and late
in the afternoon when most of the people were gone.
There wasn't much in the machines. Once
in a\"hiJ.e on a different machi.ne you could pick up
another word. On the first occasion that she put the
tape back on the Sony she got a couple more words
than she had on the Uher. On that first evening she
assumes she got a couple of extra words or she
wouldn I -t have continued to svli tch to the Sony . Some-
times she got more words on the Uher. She doesn't
have a specific recollection of when she switched
machines or whether she did it that week (October 1-4).
She recalls using the Sony on October 1. She has nc
defi nite recollection of which rlights she used the
Sony from October 1 after she finished in the morning
through October 23 or 24 when she finished. She ca not
say she used it during October 1-4. (139-144)
- 20 -
Afternoon Session
At'Camp David Woods did not take the other tapes to
look at, but the boxes were there had she finished the first
one. She saw Bull's cuing notes (attached to each box) when
she went in to talk to him, but didn't look at them. They
were written on White House note paper about half the size
of a stEno book sheet, and Bull had \vri tten sOlr.ething like
"good morning , John" and maybe a number. (1 45-147 )
Exhibit RW-l is identified as a xerox copy of a note
on White House note paper, probably in Bull's handwriting ,
appearing to be one of the cuing notes Bull gave Woods.
Woods assumes the numbers are the "cunter" (cuing?) numbers
for the Ehrlichman conversation, but she will not positively
identify this as the note Bull gave her. The first notation
on the first page, "June 20, 1972, EOB , 8:15-12:04, Ehrlichman"
is foll owed by vlhat appears to be "Haldeman -- at RN' s re-
quest." Woods does not know what this means, nor did she
know at t.he time she saw i,t; it did not puzzle her because
she didn't think it meant she was to type it. She does
not remember ever seeing on any of the cuing notes Bull
handed her the notation "Transcript incomplete, stopping
point noted." On September 29 Woods didn't. get through the
Ehrlichman part, so wasn't ready for any of that, so doesn't
recall talking with Bull about the notation "at RN's re-
quest. " (147-153.)
Woods supposes she had a cuing note on every box,
similar to Exhibit RW-l, but doesn't know if she ever saw
them in any other format. The first time Woods saw a com-
'pilation, the cuing list U"lat went one, two, three, four,
five on one sheet of paper, was the day she produced it in
court. It vIas in Bull' s folder in \vhich "we" put the tapes
vlhen we came down from Camp David. (153-154)
On October 1 Woods reported pushing the recorder button
on 'the Uher machine almost immediately, approximately bebleen
2:00 and 2:15, 2:20 . She does not remember Dr. Takash being
there; she distinctly recalls there '.vas no one in the room
but herself and Nixon when she told him, and no one was in
the room when she entered. Woods once checked the weekly
summary, but not the daily diary kept by the Archives people,
to identify the time. Her present recollection is from
memory ( not from having seen that document. She went in to
see Nixon as soon as the light on her telephone indicated he
was alone . Woods' phone is a call director. Every time
someone goes in to the President's office, whoever is at
t he desk right outside of the Oval Office door, where Nell
- 21 -
Yates sits now, receives a call from the Secret Service
and pushes a button that lights up on Woods' and Haig's
desks. The indicator light works for both the Oval and
EOB offices. Sometimes the Secret Service gives messages
to "the girls" to keep track of which office Nixon is in,
sometimes not. Woods does not have a family locator on
her desk. (154-159)
After putting the -telephone down "loods realized the
recorder button was pressed and immedia-tely stopped the
machine. She assumes she pressed the stop button, but
could have taken her foot off the foot pedal; she doesn't
know because she was so panicky. She doesn't recall,
when she turned around and saw the record button down, whether
she stopped and stared a t it or whether she backed up the
tape and listened immediately. She backed it up for what
she guessed was four and a half or five minutes, then listened.
She first heard part of the conversation leading up to some
scheduling problem of some governor, North or South Dakota,
and something about Ely, Nevada, and then heard the shrill
buzz. She listened to the buzz a few minutes, but has no
idea how many minu. tes. She did not wait t_o hear conversation
again. She never put the June 20 tape on a tape recording
machine again. She next heard that portion of the tape
on Saturday after Thanksgiving. (159-164)
After reporting the buzz to Nixon, did not
report it to anyone else, but may have discussed it with
someone Blse although she does not specifically recall doing
so. She believes Buzhardt told her Nixon had told him that
Woods shouldn't worry, that it was not a subpoenaed tape,
but she doesn't believe she and Buzhardt had a conversation
about it. She does not recall, but guesses this V.'as a day
or so after October 1 . Nixon did not tell Woods not to dis-
cuss this with anyone and no one told her not to discuss it
with "him" (Nixon?). There was no reason Woods didn ' t mention
it to Bull and she did not mention it to him. (164-166)
[166- 1 68 Woods wants to show her side of how life
is. ]
WoodS does not remember , during the week of October
1-4 , which tape she began after reporting the erasure to
she had not been told to do them in order and she
probably tried to get an Oval Office one because everyone
said EOB tapes were bad . She does not recall when she firiished
t he second one , how long it was , whether she started a third
t ape before going to Key Biscayne , whether she finished the
- 22 -
second before going to Key Biscayne, whether she started
a new tape in Key Biscayne, whether Nixon asked her during
the week how far along she ",as(but he would have known
because as soon as she finished a transcript she would
give it to h i n ~ . She does not recall whether she gave Nixon
any, in addition to the June 20 transcript, that week, but
if she did she ,,.,ould have gone in and handed it to him wi th
anything else she had for him. She does not recall whether
she worked during th e evenings on the tapes that week.
On or before the 3rd Nixon told her she should go to Key
Biscayne with him to vlOrk on the tapes and that it might
be more pleasant to ,,.,ork there. She doesn ' t recall whether
Bull helped her pack the tapes on the 4th. She doesn ' t
recall opening her so.fe to get the tapes on the 4th or
whether Bl.1.11 vlas present. She doesn't recall how long the
tapes were out before being packed. (168-182)
Woods does not recall, upon returning from Camp
David on September 30, sorting through the ta.pes to
decide which to keep in her safe and which to give to
Bull. She doesn't knmv if she kept the April 15 EOB tape.
At Camp David Bull had told her there was one conversation
he had been unable to find, he had called Bennett to ask
for another tape on v1hich it might appear, and Bennett had
deli vered that tape 'co Camp David. The tape delivered to
Camp David by Bennett was not kept by Woods in her safe,
but she does not , know if that tape, upon return from Camp
David, was not put in her safe or if Bull put it in there
with the others until the next morning. She does not re-
call giving Bull a tape the next morning. Upon returning,
Bull unpacked the bag and Woods put in the safe the tapes
that Bull handed to her . She does not knm" why she had in
her safe a tape covering April 10th to 20th . She does not
know w h ~ y she had in her safe a tape covering April 11th to
16th . Because the tapes were under her custody Woods kept
them in a locked safe to which only she and possibly TSD
or GSA had the combination. (182-,187)
In preparing to go to Key Biscayne, Woods removed
from her safe all the tapes and Bull's envelope or folder
,,,hich had been put. in there when they came from Camp David .
(1 87-188)
Upon returning from Camp David Woods and Bull ha.d no
conversation about which tapes to put in Woods ' safe. She
didn't notice if Bull looked at the tapes when he handed
them to her. Of the tapes in her custody from the night of
the 30th, Woods eventually typed all that were cued up.
Of those, she did not see affixed to a tape box a cue mark
- 23 -
saying "we can't find this" or "the conversation not on this
tape." All of the tapes she had were tapes from which she
\lJas to type. She has no knowledge the. t her safe 'vas tampered
\vith since October 1. (188-191)
Woods has no idea why in) preparing to go to Key Biscayne,
she packed the June 20 tape she had completed. She didn't
think there was any security problem in leaving that tape
there. Before leaving she had the military aide call WECA
to arrange for her to have a safe in Key Biscayne. This
was her own suggestion. The safe was in her room when
she got there . (191-193)
'Woods travelled to Key Biscayne on Air Force One.
Bull was on the trip, Woods doesn't remember whether anyone
from Bull's staff was with him. Upon arrival Woods went to
Key Biscayne Hotel Ivy Villa 18. She can't recall whether
Bull went with her or whether he waited to see that the safe
was in and about the tapes. When she arrived the safe was
there in the den; a Secret Service man \las sitting beside iL
She can't remember if Bull was there or 'vhether he arrived
shortly thereafter. When he arrived they put the tapes in
the safe. which she believes was open, except the one she
was going ,to work on I and set up the Uher machine in the
dining room in sight of the safe. She doesn't remember which
tape she kept out or how or if she selected it. A WHCA
,man brought t.he combination, handed Woods a slip of paper
wit:h the combination typed on it. Woods does not recall
him demonstrating hON to open the safe. Woods doesn't know
if she or Bull put the tape on the machine or if Bull was
there when she got st,arted. (193-198)
Woods uses the phrase "cue up a tape" to mean putting
the piece of paper where it should go, where you start (not
to mean finding that point when starting to transcribe).
(198)
While at Key Biscayne Bull had to help Woods sevoral
times to open the safe. Either the first or second night
at 2:00 a.m. she called him, he came over and opened the safe,
she put the tape in the safe and then closed it. The safe
,,'as opened and closed because Bull was trying to show her how
to do it . Woods is sure nothing was removed from the safe
the second time it was opened. \voods recalls no conversation
between the first time the safe was opened and the second
time . She does not recall extracting anything from the safe
the second time it wa.s opened. She does not remewber, but
can ' t believe she took another tape out of the safe the
first time it was opened . (199-2'05 )
- 24 -
(Either the first or second night in Key Biscayne
after Bull helped Woods open the safe at 2:00 a . m.) Woods
removed from her briefcase an envelope marked Personal and
Confidential , containing things she had brought down from
Washi ngton, which she had sealed after she got to Florida .
She doesn't recall whether she had received more things that
day . She doesn't believe she ever had that envelope in the
safe . The things were FYI's -- important things to be
read , letters to be signed which had come in too late to be
signed before they left for Key Biscayne -- for Nixon.
Woods t old Bull she ought to get the envelope over so Nixon
vlOuld seG ::. t fi:':3t il-, t::18 morning and Bull offered
to del i ver it for her. Woods doesn't recall any further
conversation with Bull. He then left. (199, 202-203 )
Woods read in the newspaper something about the court
testimony about Bull coming over at 2:00 a.m. , but she didn ' t
see the "transcript or discuss it with anyone. She did dis-
cuss i t with Rhyne. (200-201)
A Secret Service man was stationed beside the safe in
Woods ' cabin 24 hours a day. There was no one in the cabin
when Woods arrived, but a Secret Service person came very
shortly thereafter. Someone from HHCA wasn't there when
she first arrived but probably she saw him within the first
few h ours. She doesn't know if anybody from HHCA was there
when she arrived 'nor when she first sa,,, the WHC]I. agent .
She doesn r t recall whether he shovved her how to open the safe.
He had the combination typed on paperi Woods doesp ' t know
if he physically handed it to her . One night she had to
send for a WHCA person to open the safe when Bull ... ,asn ' t
around. ( 205-206)
One time Woods tried to have the Secret Service agent
on dut y open the safe but she doesn ' t recall when , doesn't
r e c a ll if it was before she called Bull at 2:00 a . m. ( 206-207)
Woods does not recall, during the weekend at Key
Bi scayne , taking a transcript over to him (Nixon?) i a trans-
c ript would not have left her cabin unless she took it .
She does not recall any tpaes leaving the cabin , but she
,..;oul d be posi ti ve no one any tJlaes . During t he weekend
t he f ol lowing people came to vloods r cabin: Shellq Buchanan ,
Pa t Bu chanan, Haig , George Julian , delivery boys , and Bull
(p. 20 8) and Dr . Lukash (p. 212 ) and possibly others (p . 213) .
The t ape machine was never taken out . The only time
s e nt a n envelope or any package to Nixon\ils the 2 : 00 a . m.
s e ndi n g. may have t aken documents t o nixon i f she had
fi nished a transcript, but doesn ' t know if she finished one .
Bull only onc e took somethi ng from the Vi l la to Nixo n . Bull
- 25 -
opened the Efe many times ove r the whole weekend. Woods does
not remember looking for something specific ",i. th Bull at any
time. )
i Woods doesn't know the reason for opening and closing
the safe after she had a tape on the machine during the day;
reasons are only if she were going to go out, unless she
was practicing so she wouldn't have to call someone again
at 2:00 a.m. She practiced some, but didn't remove anything
from the safe when practicing. Probably if she finished a
tape, it would mean she left the safe closed while delivering
a transcript. if she delivere d one, and would mean she got
another tape out. She does not remember delivering a transcript.
Nixon did not visit Woods' villa that weekend. She is positive
the taDe recorder never left the table that weekend . Woods
did not put the June 20 tape on the tape recorder that week-
end and is not aware that anyone did. Woods did not think
there was any great problem in leaving the safe open for
over an hour and a half on October 5 if the Secret Service
was sitting by the safe and Woods was sitting where she could
see the safe. On October 7 the safe ,vas open and never
closed probably for the same reason, ~ n t i l she left she was
-there working and wasn't concerned. (207-214)
Woods did net on any occasion that weekend in Key
Biscayne play the June 20 tape and deliberately erase any
portion of it. She did not deliberately erase any portion
during the week October 1 to 4. She never deliberately
erased anything from anything. Aside from the June 20 tape
she never made any mistake \Vi th respect to any t.ape wherein
any portion was obli -terated. She has no knmvledge of any tape
or portion of the tape in any way being obliterated , aside
from the manner of obliteration and the June 20 tape about
which she testified. She has not he.ard from any source that
any of the tapes were tampered with by anyone for any reason.
(214-215)
Woods ' current salary is $36,000 and she has no outside
source of income . She once, in 1970 she thinks, was loaned
$25,000 by Fred Russell for a down pay:nent on her apartment
which loan she repaid in about t,vo months. She has a checking
account at First National, a savings account at Columbia,
and a savings account at First Federal in Alliance , Ohio. She
has no safety deposit box at any bank. She has 50 shares
of Hiram Walker , a few shares in International Hobil and a
few shares in two other companies . Since Nixon assumed
office Woods has not received any amount in cash or check
from any source other than her salary, has received no
securities, has received no options , has received no securities
or cash from Nixon. Before Nixon became President Woods loaned
- 26 -
him $9,000 to buy some island place in FloJ:la, that a lot of
people had stock in, and he ret.urned the loan in stock "lhich
Woods sold right away. Before Nixon became President Woods
received no cash or security or properties from Nixon or
any friend of Nixon. She has never received any gift
from Rebozo. (215-222)
Woods does n:::>t know v1ho ciJ.used the 18-minute gap in
t he June 20 tape. She discussed the gap with Nixon but
did not discuss with hin who Gaused it , because she had no
idea. She doesn't know whether Nixon asked her directly
if sl:c ccl.' .. lscd 'the "' .. 111 g::tp . never
asked her to take responsibility in court for the full 18-
minute gap; he didn't ask her to take responsibility for the
4 1/2 minute gap. No one asked her to take responsibility
for the entire portion of the obliterated conversation , no
one suggested that to her directly or indirectly. She has no
knowledge that from September 29 un'til she delivered the tapes
to Buzhardt ar,d the others the June 20 tape ,.vas ever out of
her possession. The Uher machine was always sitting out by
her typewriter'but she never l eft any tape on it; if Nixon
buzzed she \.vonld close her door and nobody ,vould go in the
office . Between Nixon's visit to her on September 29 at
Camp David and November 13 when she r e'turned the original
batch of tapes to Buzhardt and Bennett, never
present with her while she was listening to tapes. The only
time she ever saw'Nixon listening to a tape was those few
minut:es at Camp David. She has never seen Nixon have a
tape in his possession. She can't recall Haig present on
any occasion that she was lis,tening to tapes between
Sept ember 29 a.nd November 13 . Woods did not give the June 20
tape on a.ny occasion to any person between Septenilier 29 and
November 13. (223-227 )
Woods thinks she typed nine transcripts from the tapes
since September 29th, eight from the first subpoena and one
separate one - - the April 16 tape and one telephone call .
Prior to her second testimony in court h
7
00ds received a number
of other tapes , about nine , from Bennett because he was
not sure he had been able to find what he had been told to
find. Woods typed something and "we were hunting the
April 16 tape" and Buzhardt brought it in just before Woods
l eft for cour t one morning. Woods doesn't remember which
telephone call she typed or who the call was between . It was
the only t elephone call she typed . She doesn't think it
was between Nixon and Colson. It wasn 't bet\\'een Nixon and
Mitchell because that was the one in the West Hall which
Woods ' assistant Mrs. Acker typed/from the Dictabelt at the
time Woods was testifying . ( 227-230 )
Woods and Acker maintain Nixon ' s personal files in
\:hicl1 cictabJ.:ets, menus, l'.::nc'ri,ttEn from di )T)(';rs are
kept . They iled by whatever date they are handed. Nixon
- 27 -
uses only dictabelt, an IBM. Woods has never typed a dicta-
belt, they are not typed up, only the one Acker typed.
Woods is not aware of any missing. Woods was
never asked to search files for a dictabjet or cassett re-
cording of Nixon's recollect ion of the April 15, 1973 meeting
and she never looked for it. She doesn't recall being asked
to look for an envelope with a date around JI.pril 15. Nixon
may have used a cassette recorder but Woods doesn ' t kno",.
Nixon might have been given one but she does n't think he
liked it. Nixon dictated his recollections of meetings
spasmodi cally but mostly he dictated personal things. Such
things would come to 10ods' office, be put in an envelope and
sealed with the date on the outside, and Acker usually filed
ther.. . The dictabelts might have been dictated two weeks
before, but the date received was the date on the envelope .
The dictabelts for the personal files were never transcriped.
(230-238)
On the weekend of April 15 Woods ,,!orked on Saturday r
the White Hous e correspondents dinner and then left
for Pittsburgh for the next day or so. Nixon never asked
Woods for his recollection of the Dean meeting on April 15.
Haig never asked Woods to search through Nixon's files.
has never been asked to search for anything for any of
the subpoenas . Buzhardt never asked her to search through
the files . {voods doesn't know if Nixon's recollections of
a meeting or his memoirs of a particular period would appear
in the file she maint ained. (23 8-240 )
vJoods was g i ven nine tapes by Bennett but they vleren' t
given to her to l i sten to. He brought them to her and said
he couldn ' t find the thing Buzhardt wanted because the dates
didn't coincide with the office. Woods doesn't recall which
conversation or tape was being hunted. Woods didn ' t listen
to them but did try to find the one conversation they said
was on at the end of a day. The morning Woods went to testify,
November 8 , Buzhardt looked [testimony extremely confus ed ,
Buzhardt apparently looked at the nine boxe s Bennett had
brought to vioods ] ans said he knew '\vhat the problem v,1as and
'Ivoods said t here i s a gap here because of the w:cong person.
That was the same time Woods got those tapes from Bennett.
( 241-243 )
Woods retur ned nine tapes to Bennett on November 26.
She got them on November 19. During that week she didn't
listen to them, sh2 didn't type any of them. She di.d type
the one Buzhardt eventually brought. Woods doesn ' t believe
she sa\>l Jaworski 's l etter to Buzhardt on November 15 , is sure
/
_J
- 28 -
she didn ' t . She was told she was given the nine tapes
in connection with Jaworski ' s request. On November 19
Haig and Woods had a conference call with Bennett and
Haig said he was sending Woods back Florida because
they had received a letter from Jaworski asking for additional
material and Haig asked Bennett to get from Buzhardt the
list of needed tapes . Woods flevl back and tried to find ,
didn ' t listen to specific tapes , went to the date . The next
day Bennett testified there was a gap because Woods couldn ' t
find what said was what they were after , which
she thinks was the April 16 tape. ( 243-246 )
!
1
- 29 -
The November 13, 1973 document lists 15 tapes
from March to April 1973 that Woods was given by Bennett
when she was looking for a tape of the President 's April
16 meeting with Dean. These tapes had been mislabeled.
(247-24 8)
The November 26, 1973 document lists nine tapes,
none of which deal with the period around April 1973.
They are all around the first of the year 1973. (248)
This does not help Woods ' recollection about
what tape she was supposed to transcribe following the
November 19 conference. (24 8)
Woods received tapes from Bennett on the 19th
and returned them on the 26th. (249)
Seeing Jaworski's November 15 letter c a lling for
conversations between the President, Ehrlichman and Haldeman
from 3:05 to 4:30 on January 3, a meeting between Colson
and the President from 5:16 to 5:50 on January 4, telephone
conversations between the President and Colson on January 3
and 4 and documents connected with these conversations does
not help Woods r e c a ~ l what conversations she was looking
for. Buzhardt was to tell her what to type. She doesn' ,t
recall Buzhardt telling her between the 19th and the 26th
what to do with these tapes. (249-250)
Woods only recalls the April 16 conversation where
she said there was a gap and Bennett said there wasn't, that
she had the wrong one. (250)
Woods doesn't know what she did with the tapes
she got from Bennett on the 19th and had for a week. She
didn't type them. When she received 'them she thinks she tried
to find a couple of things and couldn't. She tried to find
whatever Buzhardt told her to find from the letter. She
didn't get a copy of the letter. She probably wrote down
what she was 'to look for, but doesn't know what she did
with the note. She doubts she still has it because if she
turned in the tapes she would have no reason to keep it.
(250-252)
After she got the instructions from Bennett
she must have started working although she didn't get
back from Florida until 6:00 that night. Bennett brought
her some tapes and said he had given her extras because
he thought the boxes were marked wrong. She must have
typed something. She put tapes on the machine. This was
the 19th of November and she must have still had the Uher.
On the basis of the notes Buzhardt gave her she started
looking for conversations, cueing them up like Bull did.
Bull still in Florida and \vas going to Memphis with
the President. She doesn't remember what she was supposed
to type. . Every time though she supposed to type every
word and not summaries. (252-255)
Woods does not recall i.,rhether she found any of the
conversations called for. If she did they were given back
to Buzhardt. She thinks she turned something in to him,
but is not sure i.,rhat. She assumes it was a transcript.
She did as much as she could from what she was told and
then put the tapes in her safe and let them sit there.
She has no recollection of handing anything to Buzhardt
or typing anything from the time she got the tapes until
she gave them back on the 26th. She doesn't believe she
did because she couldn't find the conversations on the
tapes and she was OD other projects and left the tapes in
the safe. (255-258)
Woods did not talk to the President about this.
She may have talked to Haig the next morning when they got
back from Memphis . She recalls telling Haig she didn't
knO\v they were after or couldn't find what they were
after. She doesn't recall what Haig said. (258 )
She left the tapes in her safe and doesn ' t think
anyone else had them during this period. Buzhardt may
have had some copies made. She has no recollection . ( 259 )
Bennett signed the tapes out and Woods signed
t hem in. ( 259 )
Woods doesn ' t recall giving them to anyone unless
Bennett or Buzhardt came to get one . She doesn ' t recall
t hat. She doesn't know if she gave them to anyone . She
had no conversations about copying tapes . She understood
t hat t hey copied some to avoid problems like the June 20
gap, but s he didn ' t have a conversation wi th Buzhardt about
t hat . ( 259-261 ) /
- 31 -
Woods must have heard a couple of the tapes. She
r ecalls putting at least one on. If she put anything on
she tried to type it. She does not recall listening to
any of those tapes on any occasion other than November 19.
She probably saw Haig on the 20th. She knows she never
put another tape on after the 21st. She doesn't know
about the 20th. (261-2 63)
Woods does not know that any tape was tampered
with or altered in any way . She has not heard anything
to that effect. (:<:' 63)
Woods received no tapes after the 26th. ( 263)
Prior to testifying on November 8 Woods had con-
vers a tions th Buzhardt , Powers and Garment on November 7
from 6:45 to 7:30. She did not tell them about her mistake
on the June 20 tape. She understands that Buzhardt knew
because much earlier he had reassured her that the Haldeman
tape '.'las not subpoenaed. (263-264)
Woods does not recall a conversation about tapes
v;ith Bull two weeks ago in California. (26 4-265 )
Woods never got one of the transcripts back to
work on more. Acker got one pa.ge back from Buzhardt to
retype because the typing was so bad. Woods does not
know ,,,hat transcript it vlas from. Woods was too busy to
retype it. (265-266)
Acker has typed up almost every dictabelt since
Nixon became President. She mored to Washington with Woods.
There are gaps on the dictabelt because he stops to think .
Woods never reported an inability on her part or on Acker's
part to find the April 15 dict?lbelt of the Pres i dent 's
recollection of his meeting with Dean. (266-267 )
\\Ioods testified on Novembe r 8 she '.'las not de-
briefed by Buzhardt, Powers and Garment. She did not talk
to the President or anyone else until she hired Rhyne and
his Gon .
They are the only ones Woods ever talked to. No-
body ever told her to change her testimony bchveen the 8th
and 26th . (2 67-268 )
- 32 -
She doesn't think anybody ever questioned her about
the 18 minute gap unless Buzhardt or Powers asked her if
she kne'Vl what could have happened. She c10esn I t know about
that. She never talked about who caused the gap because
she has no idea. She did not show them how a portion of
the gap was created or a machine in there. She
may have showed them a machine and said how the gap could
have happened. She told them she could have caused four
and a half minutes. They may have said there was an extra
14 minutes after they copied the tapes at NSA. (26 8- 270)
When ,'ioods listened to the tape on October 1 after
noticing the record botton she only listened a
few minutes and did not hear a change in tone. Haig or
Buzhardt' told her that there ,vere tvlO tones. She thinks
they said the second tone began after four and a half
to i ve minutes. 'i'loods doesn I t knm" if it was a coin-
cidence or nott but she didn't conform her recollection
of how long her mistake was to the time they said the
first tone lasted. (2 71-272 )
Woods didn I t learn that the gap ,'las on a sub-
poenaed tape on November 14 or 15. She first learned
when she hired Rhyne and he told her. He learned it
from Garment and Buzhardt. 8aig told her to get an attorney
la'te ':hanksgiving afternoon. (272-273)
No one said in so many ,l'Ords that I'loods should not
about anything but subpoenaed tapes when she testified
on the 8th
t
but that is the impression she got from (Buzhardt
t
Powers and Garment) . (273-276)
Woods' recording machine was fixed so that it could
not record because she had nothing to record. She didn't
want to mess with it any longer because it was a bad
machine; you can't hear well on it. She asked Bull in
mid-November to tighten itt clean it and lock the record
and dictate buttons. They did lock both buttons but
didn't clean it or tighten it. Woods hoped she could hear
better that way. Nobody gave her that idea. Cutting off
part of the function of the machine might make it con-
centrate on bringing through clearer words. Woods had
every reason to think that if you don't have lots of
things happening on a machine you are apt to get a better
reaction out of it. (275-280)
.. 33 -
toods did not knOi.;r there was a 'rechnical Security
Divi sion in the White House. She did know there was such
a division. She knew there were electronics experts
there and that is where the recorder went. She never
asked them if locking down the record button would make
it easier to hear. (2 80-281)
Woods never used a reel to reel machine until I ( J
she used the Sony but she has used lots of other kinds ..-/.:x.:r"C rc 104
of tape machines. She never 0oCEea-dovm the record button
of any dictabelt machine because it was difficult to hear
the because she never had such lousy tapes before.
( 281)
When Woods was at Camp David she didn't have a
safe. No one could have gone into her cottage and disturbed
a tape because the Secret Service would not l et anybody go
in. (282-283)
Woods did not have conversation with the President
about the dictabelt gaps. (283)
The tapes t aken to Camp David were invent.oried on
return, but not before leaving. Woods ' assumes they were
signed out to Bul l . None have been signed out to her.
( 284 )
There is no reason \'i'hy someone would tell Woods
to tell the Grand Jury the truth other than that is
any good lawyer would say. (285)
The small pads W2re not used for aUditing the tape.
They were put on boxes. They were not in between
the tape to mart:. it. Little pieces of white paper some-
times with scotch tape were used to mark the spot. She
does not recall foil back paper being used. (285)
5/2717 5 Denny
Ma terial to be turned over to Miller re 18 1/2 minute gap
investigation
Access records fnr EOB 6/12/72 - 6/20/72 -- Before November 14,1973
[No transactions while Secret Service keeping records]
Bennett's notes '
Diaries
July 18, 1973 - Record of transfer of custody from
Secret Service to Bennett (Hearings Ex 32)
September 28 - October 1, 1973 - Tape is among those
taken to Camp David by Bull. This tape was one
of those left in Woods custody and not returned
to Bennett on October 1. (Hearings Ex 32B, 32C)
November 13, 1973 - Receipt showing return of Tape
to Bennett from Woods (excerpt from Hearings
Ex 105) l;rv
November 13-14, 1973 - among those tNen to NSA
fon copying. Original back in vault by 5:00 p.m.
on Novmeber 14. (excerpt from Hearing Ex. 105)
November 14, 1973 - Copy #l of Tape is given to
Buzhardt (excerpp from Hearings Ex lfi5)
I'J&V J 13 - (!) wJv..'dv
wlt-S a..-9 tV (t....> Lf u..)At S cI
'+- - IJ.., s A.a-, ci '+-
June 20, 1972 (President) (Hearings Ex 13)
June 20, 1972 (Haldeman) (Hearings Ex 96)
September 29, 1973 (President)(Hearings Ex 115)
October 1, 1973 (President) (Hearings Ex 116)
Haldeman's Handwritten notes of June 20, 1972 meeting (Ex 61)
Woods typewritten note re subpoenaed tape - Sept. 1973 (Ex 62)
(
"
18 July 1973
10:15 __ Meet with H.aig, Buzhardt, Garment, and Ray Price and
Bruce Kerhll. Received instructions.
No change in location.
No other to be included.
Supervise complete change of security.
Keep a record.
names of those concerned.
10:25 __ Inspect premises with K lie S.
10:35 __ Broke news to S. Confirmed with Buzhardt at wh- h t'
. t ' ' IC Ime
Ins ructIons to remove machinery were issued.
:>\ Moore and COhHall) ,...
C ? 11 e el IJa ig i eIc 1 e na:--r:av7s""o5inl"r::rOcm;-antr"e1m.l"""'--
_ 1.
4: 4-0 _ -kl-lD +. +. ",..,e1 we...

2. 100 - +0
:J-. -

oJJl
,
.. ,t;........J --- r
fl,'t.c-' d. ",:t -Nt N \'11'
+. .... ) It .-.. .... '"
\Y - )
f
f
' . '
' . .
. , ' .
. "
. .. __ .. _--._----
32.-/3'-"
.'
,. t H .
I .. , ,;, ! .
. ' .: :' .
. . . _-
" .
.: . .
t ' : . . . .. .
.. ;. . .. ! .'
. ' . "
, .
, ' 0 ':.
. . . '
. ; ' . ' t' .
, ' :', . . .. ' . " :"' .
' . . .' . .
___ --' __ .--'- ' ____ ----a..-_ . _ _ _
", .
':J1>

. . . fJrc.:.
.-
JAJ//?uLi
. .... .
"
32-8
.. ,
I
l
J
.

.-IS"---" ---/O/;
, . / frvJ..f- 'J/ucT
32-C
. I
J
I
I
I
I
_ .. .. .
Return of the following reels of tape recordings from
Miss Rose Mary Woods receipted this thirteenth day of
.
November.....!123: (identified by 1st line on
-
1. EOn Office start 3/20/73
z. Oval Office 9/15/72
3. Oval Oftice 3/13/73
4. EOB Office start 6/30/72
5. EOB Office start 3/20/73
6. Oval Office 3/21/73
7. Oval Office 4/16/73
8. (Copy of Box) EOB Office on 4/10/73
9. EOB Office 6/12/72 -";:-
10. Oval Office 2/28/73
11. Oval Office 4/14/73
12. EOB Office 4/ 16/73(0l0l,)
13. Oval Office 4/18/73 --::;:.
14. Oval Office 4/17/73
15. Oval Office 4/17./73
(Xerox copies of each Box attached)
. \ . John Bennett
Witness:
{liilM
Rose Mary
, .
' , ..
- ._._ .. -. -._----
--------._-- ------._-_._--
..

J
J
II
I
i
,
The lollowing top" dc'ignated lor copying at NSA on
f November 13, 1973 (2:00 p. m. inventory):
(Identified by 1st datc on box)
;. . , ' .. ;" . . ,/ "I ....
_6--lf;---EOB officc -s _.;- /75;;:' " 't ,
ov' h [i c e "",0 y 9 /1 S /72 - i ,' .' ("" ,." b .
oval o[[ice'''.'')' "(0) 3/13/73 -( J, l 't' ,'I' -no l'"i)
. ' I? '"
....... 3
A
__ --
EOB
office,:
u
;"C
/
lj.,.1,1itaH--.-.-- . -6/-30/7-2 (9 a. m. )
... )
_-5-5--:----EOB--oihcc- : .. . ,.-:. .- s ta-r-t _---- - 3/20-!-7-3 -'-'; /
\ _. ., _ , c':y _
_ ,P,.o-;---o...-a) offic.c!/.J.,'; , ,..\- 6':' -,..,:-- - - .- ---3 /21/
7
3 .- -' .-. I I
_ .17, .. ovaloffice. /I;.:J/'!'t:....) 4/16/73
.-B-S-;-- COpy.oJ:- Bo)':" . . ___ ---1l/l/73 ':-'-:-! '-' :.' .... ,- j
EOB office on 4/10/73
--. --"" ">. .
Start 6/l'l /72 (8 <:t' m. ) __ 2-d v.... R'!.
--.- - ---- 2 /28
_-' ,....... L '.J D \.J:1:i:::: r'1 . . , ,. ,: 4/11 173 - - --
._. __ /212, .. WH telephone
Total of twelve tapes,
I
. ;
\': t . " \
:'- .r..l .... "" ... '"'' ( .... -i ... H ' '''' )'''')
+-0 t 'l'tl,(, + b To (vu. ... ') fc-t
pc (. 0')') +. Il b _ d ... ,',: .\' ,I,.,::, u ... 9/' OS' /11.- '1 <1' v...u tz>
,I I WI I I
( J.'U \1.1'
.. rev-t, ",1 NS,\ ' '''''L,
r :'. 0, . , . \ 0 //'r-)
'!lI .....1l\l'.y. \ ..... ... -..., ) 1\;' \..;. '" ) \'J It::' ........
I .
.. (s....... o-t Gfr:'y. .l.3
0
::.; ....
.:{' !J.;........ ...... t -+ -<- S "1\"'f
", fl ,,- ' ' " \ r, ..l.IL ,..,.... A \.,!.--:. !i . :
.... rJ t: S , . :l Oi'lO . .... ,V -,N ......
brl .. f c ... l.!4 " .
(11 )0 '10
. 0 \' <).....J of '2.. <- '! f, : ':-, v . , .
611 A \ "r r I { ' <f /! s; -]7-
ovAL C';',:i' C ;1 1",'; 3
(to t, l': .""' '-) :
:'.-'-' .t)
- 0. 'f-"w l& 1 t ! \ ;1- ' '.,t .. " . (- t ......
, ' I . I.
\1<1 \,"''-1 .... ) dt.:.t ,.:" ....
-C i,r .... '. ; t:; o \ ..
---_.--------
,
-f'l l.' l" r ' ''' C';
, 1" 1 \
i
. , r, __ .... I
.- ,--
... ,t. ) N.
: .
:..t, .... , ,: :. "', IIOS l4-,\o .. If l O,
_ '-""" t.._ uv 'i o-U "" -:. .. J, "J../'L.r../ 73 '
;,a. ,.t G..-t..t\\oA .. L .... <t..&.. .... , (\\)oy.,./,: . .I:: .
Tw....... : "rill .... < \ L>'e....... J ......... ,
tt .. ,,,,,,\ I .... ';' .. , ..... ""frY""'" 4 ', 1'0 Iiv'.'"
to (\ " t ( \ ' ( f) .1-" ' ;)
l'lOt) - ov..-i -; - 0 .".:..... """ r"'Q.- ''{)11 "'1' <'( " [ ' , . .... I., .. ,I\,.
- (J.; I:'" ", .....
I 1,_ .... t. ...
2. 1\ 1. C" 'r ... ... 4.y.t..,l-L o;:J".
'3, (l ..... 'r, a ..... J> ... r 2_1 L 'f /7:.r, ,
eJC,/'::: ((, .. " c. ( 'I ;!.f" cv .. d .(' .... 't. ..... r{ t,."" ..... (t: 'J I'''''' ,.0 ;-2:;::. ... I.) z, Q... .J'
3h-. 5 ........... A.Ao7 / 6 .. x, 15 It"".J} .. /.;" 'i/
c
:'"
r("" : "' 'to, t ...... , l' .. k .J< n ..... '; "''''') "d. .. ,J .. ; .: ) . . - ... f ' J; ' : .. .. .. ;
- ,
/
,

'!
November 14, 1973
(5:00 p. m. )
I have personally received from John C. Bennett the
following tapes this date (all tapes are Copies No.1 of originals):
1. EOB Office start 3/20/73 - 3/23/73 ........
z. EOB Office start 6/30/72 v
3. EOB Office start 3/20/73 - 3/28/73 ,/
4 . Oval Office 3/21/73 /
5. Oval Office 4/16 /73 v'
6. (Copy of Box ) EOB Offi ce on 4/10/73
7. EOB Office 6 /12/72 -
8. EOB Office 4/11/73 v
9. WH Tel 5/25/72 -
10. Oval Office 2/28/73
~ /
J. FRED BUZH.8IRDT
---- .- - ---+-----____ ~ . J _ , ; . . _ ~ _ ~ . __ __ _ . _ _ ~
':'THE W: . ITE t-<OUSE
PL,KE DAY !lEGA."
TEE t':HITE liOUSE
HASHINGTON D.C.
10 Out
8:40
9:00
9:01
9:04
10:20
10:25 11:20
10:51 10:54
11:26 12:45
12:32 12:33
12:46
12:53 12:55
1:27 2:10
1:30 1:35
1:38 1:39
1:45 1:49
2:16 2:17
2:20 3:30
3: 33,
v--- 4 :09
4:14
.,
4: 35 5:25
5:25
PHO;-';E
P=PI"cd
R=--R.eceived
Lo LO
P
R
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
p
,-
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S DAILY DIARY
(Sec. TrJ. vC' 1 RC' cord for T::1 vc:l A'"t :vit"l )
DATE (Mo . 0'1, Yr.)
JUNE 20 1972
TIME DAY
8:40 a.m. TUESDAY
ACTIVITY
The President had breakfast.
The President to the Oval Office.
The President met with his Deputy Assistant, P.
Butterfield.
The President went to his office in the EOB.
The President met with his Assistant, John D. Ehr1ichman.
The President talked with his Deputy Assistant, Edward L.
Morgan.
The President met with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
The President talked with his daughter, Tricia.
The President telephoned Senator Margaret Chase Smith
(R-Main!;l) The call was not completed.
The President talked with Senator Smith.
The President met with his Deputy Assistant, Gen.
!'
!
l
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. I
The President talked with Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott I
(R-Pennsylvania). ,
The President talked long distance with Joseph Trerotola,
Vice President of the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, in New York City.
The President talked with his Counsel, Clark MacGregor.
The President talked with his Special Counsel, Charles W.
Colson.
I
The President met with Mr. Colson.
The President telephoned Staff Assistant Stephen B. Bull. Tr
President talked with Beverly J. Kaye, }ir. Bull's
secretary.
The President talked with his Special Assistant, Patrick J.
Buchanan
The President met with Mr. Haldeman.
The President Hent to the Barber Shop.
e:-
DAY BEG",-"
THE t-lHITE HOUSE
h'_"SHINGTON D r.

5:50 5:53
6:01
6:08 6:12
6:30
7:36
7:52 7:59
8:04 8:21
8:42 8:50
11:22
11:33 12:05
,
PHONE

R=R.:ccivcd
10 lO
P
P
P
R
P
(Sec TtJ.vel Record [or Trlvd Activity)
I
DATE (Mo., 0'1. Yr. )
JUNE 20. 1972
TIM. DAY
2cSO D. m TUESDAY
ACTNITY
The President met with Hr. Butterfield.
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
The President talked with John N. Hitchell., Campaign Directc
for the Committee for the Reelection of the President.
The President and the First Lady had dinner in the Yellow
Oval Room.
The President returned to his office in the EOB.
The President talked with Hr. Haldeman.
The President talked with Hr. Colson.
The President talked with Hr. Haldeman.
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
The talked with Hr. Colson.
HF/CD/LR
\1 .
....
.. , -:.::,;.,.,
... .
.
. oL- __ J
f , !.
!
-.
. -. .....


-
" "- '

1
1972 JUNf: 19n -...
s ... , WI'S
1 , 1
, 7 10 Tuesday) JUJle 20
,.... t
-11 t2 U u IS 16 .,
II 19 20 '1 22 21 ,_
25 ,. 11 " 2. J) 172
,
l/J"PW,<;;;Qi I Y
.;;:
1:00
...... ::::
1:15
-

1:30
t:..,...._'
,I ,<Ik //b.,../
W
"" 0 "I d
__________
I:G
..
lOO

..... .. ,
m

23a
::-;""::::.
2.-45
P'
., ....... :::::;
3:00

3:15
.'
330
C':-o.
-
-
:
..
3:45
.

4:00
:
,

__ /-__ -==--____ !-__________ ...::..:.=--_
-


: .....
..
,
..
..,
4:1:i
' ;/




430 _. t-
o

' )
:::-.... .',
5:00



!i':f.t+':1


III
lId /J
. l. .......

,


.: .....
SIS .'
"'-

:1
I
I
I
I
I
-----
I
I
I
I
I

r
':
II
.'1
f
I
01
i 1
:.
'0
,I
0
,
,I
/0
"
r
. /
'0
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
j
i
!
1
l
I
I
i
!
I
I
i
i
",,:':". RICHARD NIXON'S DAILY DIARY
'. ----- I i ' =: ;vr . (Sot. ( . , T:nd ... ..: I"i1r)
...... ': L " -",1-' -j-!C-' ,,-,,- ' ---II , EXH1(,lT
THE HOUSE
D.C.
TI"E
hI J J5)


p ......

O.\TE Of , .. . . 01(. Yr.)
29, 1973
TIME Ot\Y ----
" , ,
9:17 <l.C. SATURD,\!

ACTI\'ITY
9:17
9:18
,P
9:19
9:36
9:37
9 :50 '
9:52
10:06
10:07 , 10:53
10:11 10:14
10:54 10:59
11:03 12:07
11:03 12:04
11:03 12:04
11:03 , 12:04
11:03 12:04
12:07
12:07 12:12
, 12:12
12:12 12:14
12:21' 12:25
The \lent to the Oval Office.
The President requested that his Assistant, Ronald L. Ziegler,
join hie;
The met Hr. Ziegler.
.
The President met \lith his Assistant, Alexander
The President met \lith his Counsellor, Bryce N.
The President oet with:
Senator Charles H. Percy (R-Illinois)
}!r. Harlow
House photographer, in/out
H. Haig,
Harlow.
P The President talked long distance with Senator 'James B.
Pearson (R-Kansas) in Topeka, Kansas.
,-
Jr.
The President met with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger.
The President met
Willy Brandt, Cnancellor of the Federal Republic of
Germany
Berndt von Staden, Ambassador from the Federal '
Republic of Gerr.2 ny to the U.S.
Gunther van VeIl, Political Director for the }linistry
of Foreign Affairs of Gerrrany
Secretary Kissinger
Brig. Gen. Brent G. Scm'croft, Deputy Assistant
" " V4. ..... , ...... 1 _ .....
House in/out
The President and Chancellor went to the Rose Garden.
The President particip3'ted in a phot o with:
Chancellor BLandt
Ambassador von Staden
}!r. van Vell
Secretary
Nemers a f the press, in/out
House photographer, in/out
The President, by Secretary Kissinger, returned
to the Oval Office.
The with Secretary Kissinser.
The President met \lith Kissinger.
(
l
II

::Il..!'1I\ :( U rUA'.JN U/\ILr U I,\:1 J t
.!o.tr Ttutl P.r ... , t fr) t Acta;t,.,

)
I
I
I:
_ ... "'t: &Zv.\..'1 OA rE 0,:. 't.' j
29. 1973
HO:':SS
'';:,';;':1:::;TO::. D.C.



. . --
. --_ . -------
'L.-i
I. 0
12:26
12 :45
12:46 12:47 P
12
1:14
1:03
1:10
1:09 1:10
1:11.
1:12
1:10
p
1:15
1:19 1:50
1:51 1:53
1:56
1:58 2:05
2:06 .
..... nn.
I
2:23 2:36 P
3:27 3:28 P
4:40 P
4:46 4:49 P
6:19 6:50
6:24 6:26 P
n"!E O.\Y
12:26 p.o. SATURDAY
ACTIVITY
The President met IJithNr. Haig.
The President talked vith the First Lady.
The President met vith:
Harlov
Gerald L. Deputy Press Secretary
Mr. Ziegler
Mr. Ziegler
The President requested that Nr. Ziegler join him.
The President vent to the South Grounds of the White House.
The President flew by helicopter from the South Grounds of the
White House to Canp David. }laryland.' For a list of
passengers, see itA. It
The President and the First Lady motored from the Camp David
he1ipad to Aspen Lodge.
The President vent to Cabin.
The President met vith:
Rose Hary I<ooos. Executive Assistant
Stephen B. Bull, Special Assistant
The President returned to Aspen Lodge .
The 1nnr. distance with }rr. Haig in
washington. D,C.
rne President talked distance IJith his brother, F.
Donald :axon, in Arlington, Virginia.
..
The President talked "'itn his Physician, }laj. Gen. Walter
Tkach.
The President telephoned long dis t ance to }lr. Ziegler in
Washington, D.C. The call "'as not
.
Ttte President t<llked long d is "'ith }:r. Ziegler
Washington, D.C.
The President met "dth Ni'ss I;oods.
-
The PresIdent talked \lith Hr. Bull.
R.
..


OAT e"':) .. 1l'1. V, . )
ri"f: h ' lITE HOUSE n : . -
h.AS:i fl
1
:; D.C. 6:35 p.m. S,\TURD.\Y
Pli. \ S

A_;:ltd",. c-J ACTIVITY
---r-- -- --
l;)-
In O..at
6:35 P The President telephoned long distance to his Special Counsel,
J. Frd Buzh<lrdt, Jr., in t,'ashington, D.C. The call "-as
not coo?leted.
6:42 6:53 P The President talked long distance \lith Nr. Haig in
Washington. D.C.
6:50 7:30 The President had dinner \lith:
.
. The First Lady
Julie Eisenho\;er
;
Miss Woods
-
.'
6:54 7:02 p
The President talked long dis tance \lith Hr. Buzhardt in
Washington. D.C.
7:30 7:35 The President met with Hiss Woods.
8:24 10:05 The President saw the movie "Bang the Drum 510\lly" \lith:
The First Lady
Julie Eisenhower
.-
..
'=-
, .
,
--
I
..
' - .. - ..
- -
.

.
--
MF/S}!/JD
TIlE \nUTE HOuSE
I i\' GTON , - D. C
JJME
Out
8:46
8:46
8:47
8:49
8:50
9:16
9:17
10:45
9:50
10:18
10:57
12:09
11:06
12:09
11:06
12:09
11:06
12:09
11 :06
12:09
12:09
12:10
12:11
12:13
12:15
12:17
12:28 12:30

P=Pl.lced
R=RC1:eivcd
Lo LO
P
P
DATE . D.y Yr)
OCTOBER 1, 1973
TIME DAY
8:46 a.m.
ACTIVITY
The President went to the Oval Office.
The President that his Assistant, Ronald L. Ziegle:-,
join him.
The President talked with his daughter, Julie.
The President met with Hr. Ziegler.
The President met Hith:
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant
Helvin R. Laird, Couns ellor
The President met with:
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Francois-Xavier Ortoli, President of the Commission
of the European Communities
Philippe de Hargerie, Chief of the Cabinet for the
Commission of the European Communities
Charles A. Cooper, Deputy Assistant
Alec Toumayan, State Department interpreter
l-lembers of the press, in/out
White House photographer, in/out
The Presidential party went to the t-lest Lobby.
The President bade farewell to tlr. Ortoli.
The President returned to the Oval Off2ce.
The
The
President participated in a promotion ceremony for his
Deputy Assistant, Brig. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft who was
promoted to Hajor General in the U.S. Air-Force. For a
list 'of attendees, see APPENDIX "A. "
White House photographer, in/out
President met
Congr essman Del Cla\-lson (R-California)
Hax L . Friedersdorf, De puty Assistant
lfuit e House photographer, in/out
Congressman Clawson presented the President with a
centennial plate from Downey, California.
The President participated in a signing ceremony for S. 1148,
the Domes tic Volunt eer Service Act of 1973. For a list 0:
attendees , see APPENDIX "B."
Hembers of the press , in/out
White House photographer, in/out
..
,
j
Ii
,
"I
, !
I
j .
I
. !
,
I
. j
,
I
I
;
!

,

.i
I
;

!
:
; ;-
!
f
i

t
f
(
t
.,
i
I
I
l
, .
i
PHONE
P .... - Phcrd
A_Receivcd
r
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S DAILY DIARY
(Sec Tuvd Record for Tuvd Activily)
ACTIVITY
m'SE itt
DATE (Mo . D.y. Yr . )
OCTOBER 1,
TIME DAY
-
12 :38 p.m. HO:-mAY
___ Ou=='__ ______________________________________________________ __
12:38
12:58
1:14
2:04
2:08
I
2 :15
2:25
I
1
2:44
2:45
3:06
I 3,06
I 4 :57
J 5:01
5:20
5:34
5:36
5:44
5:46
6:00
1:20
2:10
2:15
2:41
2:47
3:05
4:55
5:25
5:35
5:45
5:43
5:50
6:10
P
R
P
p
P
P
P
P
P
P
The President telephoned long distance to C. G. Reboz'o in Key
Biscayne, Florida. The call was no't completed.
The President went to his office in the EOB.
The President talked long distance with his daughter, Tricia,
in New York City.
The President met with:
Maj. Gen. Halter R. Tkach, Physician
-Rose Hary Hoods, Executive Assistant
The President requested that Mr. Ziegler join him.
The President met with }rr. Ziegler.
The President talked long distance with Mr. Rebozo in Key
Biscayne, Florida.
The President met with }rr. Haig.
The PreSident, accompanied by Hr. Haig, went to Hest
Executive Avenue.
The President and Mr. Haig motored through the Hashington
metropolitan area.
The President returned to his office in the EOB.
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
The President talked with Mr. Haig.
The President talked with Senator Strom Thurmond . (R-South
Carolina).
The President talked with Senator John G. Tower (R-Texas).
The President talked with Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-
Hashington).
The President telephoned Senator John C. Stennis (D-
.Mississippi). The call was not completed.
The President talked with Secretary Kissinger.
The President talked Senator Stennis.
p
I
I
I
t
}
.. .. ..

I PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S DAILY DIARY
rpu.[-E
THE HHITE HOUSE
WASHiNGTON: D.C.
Ja
Out
6:13
6:14
6:30
6:34
6:50
8:52 ,' 8:55
8:58
PHONE
P= Pbc:d

1.0 LD
Tuvd RC(.H<J Jor Tuvel Ac!ivity)
ACTIVITY
DATE, (Mo,. 0.,: y,: )
OCTOBER 1, 1973
TIME DAY
6:13 n.m.
-
I
- .
I
!
!
P The President talked with Senator John L. HcClellan (D-
I
Arkansas).
The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.
The President motored from the South Grounds of the
House to Trader Vic's Restaurant in the Statler Hilton
Hotel. He was accompanied by:
The First Lady
and Mrs. David Eisenhm.rer
The President had dinner with:
The First Lady
Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower
Mr. and Hrs. Robert Hilligan, friends of the
i
i
I
,
!
I r
Eisenhowers
After dinner, the President
including:
II
d f h
i i
greete patrons 0 t e restaurant I
Ibrahim Al-Sm;ayel,
the U.S.
Ambassador from Saudi Arabia to
Talal Al-Sowayel, six-year-old son
The President went to his motorcade parked at the restaurant
entrance. Enroute, he greet ed members of the crowd
gathered outside the hotel.
The President and the First Lady motored from the Statler
Hilton Hotel to 'the South Grounds of the \.Jhite House.
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
accompanied by:
The First Lady
Hr. and Hrs. Eisenhower
Mr. and Mrs. Milligan
He was
I
!
//3c:)
I '
j
u
(
;
:
,
,
i
: {;JY" 5.iJ --Ce .-j
-:-:. / tT etc. n /c..
. :
r
....-'
.' /
-z .
, I
"
,fi'.uM.T -c.a... O-Z;C/(.... - ?
7&;u- __
7C:r .....-c.z:.
;f1T: OZ<--T u-C -cacz.c'---C0JM u<;{Z:c..
--777
/X--c
I7L.
- - ._, - - - -- - -
- 09ct0L. /J-t- :P7f kct!A_';7..4_?
./l /...--, _. _ r --_- . - _ -
-/../ 7-:;' /' v . ' / (/{/
6-0-,,_ ck-<!-7 &-et::.
ft-
I
J
.. '

r
C
o

. .;
:.:,
r ...
..
'0
.1;
--(
J':
Fi
c
z
....!
.
:r. Fi
o

.....
coO
.,
'0
fJ Gl
tJ
( - Z
n 0
()
o
:
:..


... .).
<-....
... .:t ...
< ....

l::li
7

(.!
00,
\{;-";iJ

... ;:.....

. ,
(-;;;!
\' ,";,

<n"2.
I
'\.
~ .
::/;:</ of .. ............... . . .... . ..... . . ................ 19 ....... .
......... '" ... \< \ .. ~ : : .. :\ : .. ... : .. ', . \ ~ : - . : : ... \.;. ~ ~ : .. : .....
~ I
.Yo/. to be l onnr:1: ......... ................................. ..
:Vur:shcl.
IlS
S!./EPOE'.Y.r1 FOR THE G!UJ.YD JURY
._ . ____ _ _____________ ____ _ _____________________ ____ ._r ___ _ O.=. _______ _
.
. ---_._ ._--------_ .... ---------------.-------- --- .------------- --.- --- -.
- .
UNITED STATES DIS'I'RICT COURT
FOl{ THE DISTRICT OF COLUHI3IA
GRl'IND JURY
SUBPOENA DUCES TECUH
Dated July 23, 19 73
Schedule of Documents or
Obj ects to be Produced by
or on Behal f of Richard
M. Nixon :
1. All tapes and other e l ectronic and/or mechanical
recordings or reproductions, and any memoranda , papers ,
transcripts or other \'lritings , relating to:
(a) Meeting of June 20, 1972, in the President ' s
Executive Office Building ("EOB") Office involving Richard
Nixon , John Ehrlichman and H. R. Haldeman from 10:30 a .m.
to noon (t ime approximate) .
(b) Telephone sonvcrsation of 20, 1972,
between Richard Nixon and John N. Mitchell from 6:08 to
6:12 p.m.
(c) of June 30 , 1972, in the President ' s
EOB Office , involving Messrs. Nixon, Haldeman and Hitchel l
from 12:55 to 2:10 p.m.
(d) Meeting of September IS', 1972, in the Presi-
dent's Oval Office involving Mr . Nixon, Mr. Haldeman, and
John W. Dean III from 5:27 to 6: 17 p . m.
(e ) Ueeting of March 13 , 1973, in the President ' s
Oval Office involving Messrs . Nixon , Dean and Haldeman
from 12:42 to 2:00 p.m.
( f ) Meeting of March 21 , 1973, in the President ' s
Oval Office involving Hessrs. Nixon , Dean , and Haldeman
fr om 10:12 to 11:55 a.m.
( g ) Heeting of Harch 21 , 1973, in the President ' s
EOB Office from 5:20 to 6:01 p . m. involving HessrfL Nixon ,
Dean, Ziegler , Haldeman and Ehrlichman.
(h ) Meeting of March 22 , 1973, in the President ' s
EOB Office from 1: 57 to 3 : 43 p.m. invo l ving Messrs . Nixon,
Dean, Ehr lichman , Haldeman and Hitchell.
(i) Heeting of Apri l 15, 1973, in the President ' s
EOB Off ice betvlCen Hr . Nixon and Mr. Dean from 9: 17 to
10:12 p . m.
2. The original two paragraph memorandum from W.
Richard Howard to Bruce Kehr l i , dated Barch 30 , 1972 , con-
cerning the termination of Hovlard Hunt a s a consultant and
transfer to "1701" , signed "Dick," \,ith handwriting on the
top and bottom of the one-page memorandum indicating that
it l'ms placed there by Kehrli. (A copy of thi s memorandum
was turned over to the Federal Bureau of InvE!stigation on
August 7, 1972, by James Rogers , Personnel Office , Whi t e
House. )
3. Original copies of all "Political Matters Memo-
randa " and all "tabs" or "attachments" thereto from Gordon
Strachan to H. R. Haldeman betvleen November 1, 1971, and
November 7, 1972 .
,)

Au:.css 0,,1'1 Iv -I- ST .. ,,,,, 8.<.<-
S'AF[; .A<:<EH L.(i-
lo-{.-n
SH'G CLoSE'D 8'-( Qos" lOoOd$,
SA: t!Z"a.i... ,,4 t=rrw
10 :0 1/J-'7 5/lFE OPE.(/Ej) BY STEllE StiLL.
10: S3,f-"1
1/:ag"7/7
":so,, '"
I/:{', hYl
2:.50 P"(
54F,: LoCl(1> 8 i' STEVE Lllll-c
-;;A<-= C (7/,"''''10 <J '"p Y :;rEV:" 6
u
< L_
by 5TEU"'-
"' J 5.,1 .... 1<:'<..{ SA .. .$
L /
/0 .. ';i"'IJ.
:CUlr ... VCT'ONS: {}cc,'so; on.ll.,_ -\-0 K<>sl:

1:1:01 AM.
:;!:O"S flM
:;1:050\'"
\l Clt1
7:0;1./1-1'
7: 33
A
r'?

j).:/Op"l

"l:()1
' '1:/;3 p",
'\: J4 P".
//:os(JJ...
1/:071'1]
AC.CNT"J:)OHE .... ,io co ....... f. (')-v t>vT,/
<$AfE 'TF.IJC gU'. I.
131 sTe ll e OllJ..l..
STeve
C.o5C 0 tly '3,T"'"
. ' :d..'
{.} G- NT UOHiE. III/U i\.: )./ C (.1,1: 0 i3y.
C) a:< 1-. SJlnvV' )!'PC;
SIlFS o/lirl'=O oY S7'(" "5 'lillll.
SliFe C loS"p BY 3. 1/ _
-r.F'S ...., .
/;:d, S//I;<I lJt I:&-i;dr $I3,o.) /,-/
"fOS' ,
C3
j
'
. I .,1 .... P"t'.T" ...
5;9.f; /J,7.u bt-LrltmlJ.::ctJt:j'v.,h.t J(',
. 5" FA '('L.o:o /-y f!r., tJorA
,511f< ;k"c!'1J
1
lasE f) .J"
5,.. Ie. e fp,<,f 0/ Qo''; tJ ,Q.s . ' 'i
.i(.-t-fJ.1 '1J..Lt;;' 12
SAte;: . OI'ENCp By 618 Wocd. t,.'
\
. , ) ., ." ." J
10-7-73
/lee,,}T C//I f?( (,(,;T
{ ,
S/Je/t:!l/y /<.c/:/,U60 6/ >4 }.."


)..:.,..- "" .
S'p,/,.,q
.R."
S;q IJ::::"4 Itc ....... ;,./ 6, ... . __
. '/Pj< ,I
5A '/ C. ' /
_ 37E'VC: ,l3;n"L-
1,,/..{5
/OS 7'
/-3,( 5/ Co ,?/ /-?; (,-/., r. I
.
:',
J
. ,
,
I
I
j
I
i
I
I
I
I
i
I
I
I
I
I
,Q.f
Au.."6 I l '1 3
inconn5stcnt ns well as incomplete . In al l probability ,
the grand jury's search [or the truth of these
events will be greatly assisted by obtaining an accurate
record of e11ch of: the ni!lc convcl=:.;aU.ons identified in
the subpoena and described helow.
1. Ncetinq of June 1972 . Respondent met with
John D. and H. R. Haldeman in his Old Executive
Office Building (GEOS) office on June 20, 197 2, from
10:30 a.m. until approximatcly 12:45 p . m. Thcre is every
reason to infer that the meeting included discussion of
the Watergate incident . The break-in had occurred on
June 17 -- just three days earlier. Dean did not return
to Washington until June 18 (5. Tr. 2166). Mitchell,
Haldeman and Lal':ue had also been out of tOlm and did not:
return until late on June 19 (5. Tr. 3305 , 3307 , 6195).
Early on the morning of Jun2 20 , Haldeman , Ehrlichman,
Mitchell, Dean and Attorney General Kleindienst met in
the \vbite House. This was their first opportunit.y for
full disc;ussion of 110'." to handle the t,a tergn te incidr::nt,
and Ehrlichman has testified that Watergate was indeed thc
primary subject of the meeting (5. 'l'r. 5923-5924 ). From
there , Ehrlichnnn and then Haldeman went to see the President.
The inference tbat they reported on l'latergate and may well
have received instructions, is almost irresis tible. The
inference is confirmed by Ebrlichman ' s public testimony
that the discussion respondent included bbt11 wate rgate
and (5. Tr. 5924-25 ). The con-
t:Cl11?ori\ry evidence of that lllccting SJ10Uld sho\-1 the
of the knowleilt .. c of the illegal activity by the partici-
pant:> OJ' <"In]' effort to conceal the trlil:!1 from the
respondclIt .
2 . . __ 20,-1:.?72 . and
J ohn JLi.tchell , ),e director of rcspOllc1(' l1\: I c<'!l.tpa.i.9
11
for
i . ...
- 5 -