Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1974
Nixon wanted reassurance
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Con
fronted with the realization that the
Watergate scandal was about to
break open, Richard M. Nixon
sought assurances from John Dean
that he would not be hurt by what
Dean was telling prosecutors.
Dean, former White House
counsel, was on the witness stand in
the Watergate cover-up trial for the
fifth day as prosecutors played the
tape of a meeting Dean had with
Nixon on April 16, 1973, 10 months
after the June 17, 1972, Watergate
breakin.
Defense attorneys, who began
their cross-examination later in the
day, had pressed for playing of the
tape. In it Dean tells Nixon: T think
you’re still five steps ahead of what
will ever emerge publicly.’’
Earlier Dean had testified that he
met reluctantly on March 28 with
John N. Mitchell and Jeb Stuart
Magruder, once the top two officials
of Nixon’s re-election committee.
He said he asked Mitchell what had
happened between the Feb. 4,
1972, meeting when Mitchell re
jected a political espionage plan and
June when re-election committee
burglars broke into Democratic
Party headquarters.
“All I ve ever been able to do is to
put the pieces together from tidbits
that the plan was approved later but
in a way that it wouldn’t be traced to
the committee,” Dean recalled tel
ling Mitchell.
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“Mr. Mitchell said to me, ‘Well,
John, that’s pretty close hut we
thought it would be two to three
times removed. Dean said.
“Two to three removed from
what?” asked the prosecutor James
F. Neal.
“From the committee," Dean
said.
Mitchell, one of the five defen
dants in the trial flushed red at that
point. The other defendants are H
R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman,
Kenneth W. Parkinson and Robert
C. Mardian. All five are charged
with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Dean said that near the end of
March he hired a criminal lawyer
and first met with prosecutors on
April 8.
He said he told Haldeman what
he had done and received the reply,
“John, you ought to think about that
because once the toothpaste is out of
continued your investigation t;(
so forth. The President went ahJ
investigated in his own way, wlJ
have done.”
ASHING’
In response Dean said, “H,
you’re in front now...And yo^ Lholder
rest assured everything Ido,1 Lh.no
keep you as far as— » 1
But Nixon said, “No, I don't J
I
the tube, it’s awfully hard to get it
back in. ”
Dean said that on April 15, 1973,
he told Nixon, “I didn’t think my
having gone to the prosecutors was
an act of disloyalty, that the best way
for me to handle it was to tell what 1
know.”
The White House said no tape
recording of that conversation was
made because the recording
inachine filled up in early afternoon.
Nixon that day was told of the full
involvement of his aides in the
scandal by Atty. Gen. Richard G.
Kleindienst and assistant Atty. Gen.
Henry E. Petersen.
I year,
. „.,_Upssion
that. Understand? When IaKin 197
Don’t lie' about me either.'' ItedTues
Dean: “No, I won't, sir.. c itiz
President: “ “Cause I thinkl'iMnd that
done the right thing, but I waj u ps as la
want you to do it. . . Ifyoufeell Jizatio.
done the right thing ... I thinlolf
country is entitled to know it. &J
cause: were talking about the pr J
deucy here.”
In asking for the resignationiJ
ters, Nixon told Dean, “If wek:
to use these things—I pray tod
we don’t—’Cause you guys dJ
deserve it. You don’t deserveif
On April 30, Haldeman andElJ
lichman resigned and Dean
fired.
Earlier in the taped converatj
Dean and the President discuss.,
how to handle the disclosure tla|
White House aides were involved J
the Watergate cover-up.
“ Don't you agree with me that'-I
President should make the first J
nouncement and not the Justitl
Department?’Nixon asked.
“Yes, I do,” said Dean.
Dean met with Nixon again the
following day and the President
asked him to sign two versions of a
resignation letter to be used if Dean
was charged with a crime. Dean re
fused saying he wanted to write his
own letter and that Haldeman and
Ehrlichman should also submit
theirs.
The jury heard Nixon telling
Dean:
“Oh hell. I’m going to maketkl
announcement with regard to
ruder, too,’’ Nixon said. “Ck|
Damn it, it's our campaign ..
triggered this whole thing."
And then Nixon said toDeanthl
he helped trigger it and the cowl
replied, "It’s because I triggereill
put everybody’s feet to thefirel*|
cause it just had to stop.”
Said Nixon: “That’s right. 1«|
put Magruder s feet to the fire”anil
asked “what got Magruder to talHl
You re to say to the prosecutors
T told the President about this. I
told the President first there was no
involvement in the White House . .
. and the President said ‘Look, I
want to get to the bottom of this
thing, period. See what I’m driving
at—not just the White House. You
As Dean hesitated, Nixon said. 1|
would like to take the credit."
Magruder actually had preceddl
Dean to the U.S. attorney’s offictl
relating his part in the hreak-inani|
cover-up.
Dean and Magruder boll
pleaded guilty to conspiracy chaijJ
and Ixith are in prison.
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