Richard Milhous Nixon Biography and Timeline — Page 10

White House Tape 038-150

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman in the 17-minute White House recording numbered 038-150; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 038-151

Richard Nixon appears with John Ehrlichman in the 2-minute White House recording numbered 038-151; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 038-154

Richard Nixon appears with John Ehrlichman in the 14-minute White House recording numbered 038-154; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 038-156

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman in the 8-minute White House recording numbered 038-156; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 430-004

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman in the 150-minute White House recording numbered 430-004; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 430-022

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman in the 42-minute White House recording numbered 430-022; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 431-009

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and Ronald Ziegler in the 309-minute White House recording numbered 431-009; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 905-008

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman in the 89-minute White House recording numbered 905-008; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

Watergate

Nixon's top White House staffers, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, and Attorney General Richard Kleindienst resign over the scandal. White House counsel John Dean is fired.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

White House Resignations

Announces the departures of H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, fires John Dean, and accepts Attorney General Richard Kleindienst's resignation.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Watergate Statement

Issues a lengthy statement on Watergate, acknowledging a White House effort to contain the scandal while denying prior knowledge of criminal conduct.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Bombing of Kampuchea

The US Senate votes to cut off funds for the bombing of Kampuchea

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

White House Tape 039-080

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman in the 15-minute White House recording numbered 039-080; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 039-083

Richard Nixon appears with H. R. Haldeman in the 1-minute White House recording numbered 039-083; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

White House Tape 442-001

Richard Nixon appears with John Dean and Ronald Ziegler in the 281-minute White House recording numbered 442-001; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.

Senate Watergate Committee

Former White House Counsel John Dean did indeed made these allegations. He began with a seven-hour opening statement in which he laid out his knowledge of the entire campaign of White House espionage.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

White House Taping System

Ends operation of the remaining White House recording system after Alexander Butterfield publicly discloses its existence to the Senate Watergate Committee.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Bombing of Kampuchea

The Armed Services Committee begins its hearings on the secret bombing of Kampuchea

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

White House Tapes

Nixon reportedly orders the White House taping system disconnected.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Watergate

Nixon refuses to turn over the presidential tape recordings to the Senate Watergate committee or the special prosecutor.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

White House Tapes

Refuses to provide presidential recordings to the Senate Watergate Committee or Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, invoking executive privilege and separation of powers.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Government

The supreme court rules Nixon cannot withhold evidence in criminal proceedings. The Supreme Court orders Nixon to submit 64 unreleased white House tapes

Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974

Cox Subpoena Rejected

Informs Judge John Sirica that he will not comply with the special prosecutor's tape subpoena, arguing that presidential materials are immune from compulsory process.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Ervin Tape Request Rejected

Writes Senator Sam Ervin refusing the committee's access to White House tapes on executive privilege and separation-of-powers grounds.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Impeachment

The House judiciary committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend Richard Nixon's impeachment

Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974

Government

Half the respondents in a gallup poll say they do not believe Nixon's innocence

Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974

Bombing Halt

US bombing in Laos ends after years of covert and overt air operations

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

Bombing of Kampuchea

In accordance with the congressional prohibition the US stops bombing Kampuchea

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

Watergate Address

Addresses the nation after months of hearings, again denying personal involvement in illegal Watergate activities and criticizing efforts to implicate him.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Bombing of Kampuchea

The final air strike against a target in Kampuchea during the War

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

Bombing of Kampuchea

Under pressure from Congress, the Nixon administration finally ends the bombing of Kampuchea. The carpet bombing started covertly in 1970 to stop US enemies from Vietnam using Kampuchea as a base outraged the American public & crippled Kampuchea

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

Invasion of Kampuchea

Congress halts the attacks against the Khmer Rouge in Kampuchea

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

Khmer Rouge

Congress halts the attacks against the Khmer Rouge in Kampuchea

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974

Operation Nickel Grass

Authorizes a major American airlift of military supplies to Israel.

Role range: 1973-1973 – 1969-1974

Oil Embargo

The Arab oil embargo intensifies inflation, energy shortages and economic disruption.

Role range: 1969-1974

Stennis Compromise

Nixon, looking toward a solution to the tape dispute, offered what later came to known as the Stennis Compromise. U.S. Senator John C. Stennis (D-MS) would independently review the tapes and summarize them for the special prosecutor's office.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Stennis Compromise

Proposes that Senator John Stennis review Watergate tapes and authenticate presidential summaries instead of giving the recordings directly to Special Prosecutor Cox.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Saturday Night Massacre

Congress was infuriated about the Saturday Night Massacre. Numerous resolutions to impeach him were introduced in the House. Nixon, feeling the pressure, agreed to release some of the tapes to District Judge Sirica.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Saturday Night Massacre

Nixon contacted the Solicitor General, Robert Bork, and ordered him, as acting head of the Justice Department in the wake of the previous resignations, to fire Cox. Bork reluctantly complied.

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974

Saturday Night Massacre

The firing of Special Prosecutor Cox, and the flurry of high-profile Justice Department resignations over the weekend caused the press to dub this event, the "Saturday Night Massacre."

Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974