The Smoking Gun Tape. This is the transcript and recording of a meeting between President Nixon and his Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman, in the Oval Office on June 2. The conversation took place from 1. The tapes prove that he ordered a cover- up of the Watergate burglary. It was clear that Nixon would be impeached and convicted in the Senate.
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Transcript of the “smoking gun” tape, June 2. Haldeman: Okay - that’s fine. Now, on the investigation, you know, the Democratic break- in thing, we’re back to the- in the, the problem area because the FBI is not under control, because Gray doesn’t exactly know how to control them, and they have, their investigation is now leading into some productive areas, because they’ve been able to trace the money, not through the money itself, but through the bank, you know, sources – the banker himself. And, and it goes in some directions we don’t want it to go. Ah, also there have been some things, like an informant came in off the street to the FBI in Miami, who was a photographer or has a friend who is a photographer who developed some films through this guy, Barker, and the films had pictures of Democratic National Committee letter head documents and things. So I guess, so it’s things like that that are gonna, that are filtering in.
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Mitchell came up with yesterday, and John Dean analyzed very carefully last night and concludes, concurs now with Mitchell’s recommendation that the only way to solve this, and we’re set up beautifully to do it, ah, in that and that. He doesn’t know how to, and he doesn’t have, he doesn’t have any basis for doing it.
Given this, he will then have the basis. He’ll call Mark Felt in, and the two of them . This is CIA. Nixon: But they’ve traced the money to ’em. Haldeman: Well they have, they’ve traced to a name, but they haven’t gotten to the guy yet. Nixon: Would it be somebody here?
Haldeman: Ken Dahlberg. Nixon: Who the hell is Ken Dahlberg? Haldeman: He’s ah, he gave $2. Minnesota and ah, the check went directly in to this, to this guy Barker. Nixon: Maybe he’s a . It’s directly traceable and there’s some more through some Texas people in–that went to the Mexican bank which they can also trace to the Mexican bank. And (pause)Nixon: Well, I mean, ah, there’s no way?
The Smoking Gun’s mug shot collection is divided into celebrities and civilians. More than 325 high-profile perps can be found in the 11 categories at left, with. Large collection of public documents on crimes, celebrities, politicians, and the FBI. Transcript of the “smoking gun” tape, June 23, 1972. Haldeman: Okay -that’s fine. Now, on the investigation, you know, the Democratic break-in thing, we’re.
They they, they were approached by the Cubans. That’s what Dahlberg has to say, the Texans too. Is that the idea? Haldeman: Well, if they will.
But then we’re relying on more and more people all the time. And ah, they’ll stop if we could, if we take this other step.
Nixon: All right. Fine. Haldeman: And, and they seem to feel the thing to do is get them to stop? Nixon: Right, fine. Haldeman: They say the only way to do that is from White House instructions. And it’s got to be to Helms and, ah, what’s his name?
Walters. Nixon: Walters. Haldeman: And the proposal would be that Ehrlichman (coughs) and I call them in. Nixon: All right, fine. Haldeman: and say, ah. You open that scab there’s a hell of a lot of things and that we just feel that it would be very detrimental to have this thing go any further.
This involves these Cubans, Hunt, and a lot of hanky- panky that we have nothing to do with ourselves. Well what the hell, did Mitchell know about this thing to any much of a degree. Haldeman: I think so. Well who was the asshole that did? He must be a little nuts. Haldeman: He is.
Nixon: I mean he just isn’t well screwed on is he? Isn’t that the problem?
Haldeman: No, but he was under pressure, apparently, to get more information, and as he got more pressure, he pushed the people harder to move harder on. We won’t second- guess Mitchell and the rest. Thank God it wasn’t Colson. Haldeman: The FBI interviewed Colson yesterday. They determined that would be a good thing to do. Nixon: Um hum. Haldeman: Ah, to have him take a.
And after their interrogation of, of. I’m (unintelligible). Haldeman: No, sir.
We don’t want you to. Nixon: You call them in.
Nixon: Good. That’s the way they play it and that’s the way we are going to play it. Haldeman: O. K. We’ll do it. Nixon: Yeah, when I saw that news summary item, I of course knew it was a bunch of crap, but I thought ah, well it’s good to have them off on this wild hair thing because when they start bugging us, which they have, we’ll know our little boys will not know how to handle it. I hope they will though. Maybe, you think about it.
Good!**********Nixon: When you get in these people when you. And, ah because these people are plugging for, for keeps and that they should call the FBI in and say that we wish for the country, don’t go any further into this case”, period!
Haldeman: OK. Nixon: That’s the way to put it, do it straight (Unintelligible)Haldeman: Get more done for our cause by the opposition than by us at this point. Nixon: You think so? Haldeman: I think so, yeah.
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