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On April 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and James Keogh talked on the telephone from 6:13 pm to 6:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-114 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler. [See also Conversation No. 421-26] Ziegler's forthcoming briefing - Watergate - James W. McCord, Jr.'s testimony - Congressional request for John W. Dean, III to testify - Executive privilege - Richard G. Kleindienst - Robert G. Dixon - Myles J. Ambrose - Drugs - Crime statistics - Letter to police chiefs from President - Phrase "without pity" - Message to Congress - Cambodia - President's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger - Vietnam settlement - Cease- Fire - Troop withdrawals - Enforcement - Watergate - McCord - G. Gordon Liddy - Announcement of President's March 29 speech - Timing - Watergate - National security - Domestic economy - Vietnam - Price controls - Press relations - Watergate - Bob Maynard's attack on Samuel Dash in Washington Post - McCord - Prosecutor's comments - Announcement of President's March 29 speech - Gerald L. Warren - Questioning - Watergate. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Keogh, James.