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On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 3:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-052 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with William E. Timmons. [See also Conversation No. 440-9] Watergate - White House statement on Watergate - Congressional leaders - Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Bryce N. Harlow - J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. - Leonard Garment - Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends and George H. W. Bush - Barry M. Goldwater - Removal of H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Everett M. Dirksen. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator.