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...Clair argued before the Supreme Court [July 22], the Watergate grand jury's mention of Nixon as an unindicted co-conspirator made him "an 85% President," we should be pleased, since that clearly indicates at least a 40% increase...
...White House began complying with the Supreme Court's order to yield 64 tape recordings, Presidential Counsel James St. Clair disclosed another mysterious gap on one of the tapes. He reported to Federal Judge John J. Sirica that five minutes and twelve seconds was missing from a tape of a crucial April 17, 1973, meeting on Watergate involving Nixon and top assistants...
...judge will decide which parts of the tapes may be used in the trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 9, of six former Nixon aides charged with participating in the Watergate coverup. After listening to each tape, Nixon turned it over to two lawyers, J. Fred Buzhardt and St. Clair, who prepared copies for the White House of the reels containing the subpoenaed conversations to be sent to Sirica. Twenty of the tapes were delivered to the judge on Tuesday and another nine on Friday...
Asked by Assistant Special Prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste on Tuesday whether any tape segments were missing, St. Clair told Sirica: "Not to my knowledge, Your Honor." Then Ben-Veniste pointed out that a White House transcript of the President's April 17, 1973, meeting with Ehrlichman and Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman ended at 4:35 p.m. while St. Clair had told the court that the reel of tape was "removed full" at 4:20 p.m. After checking, St. Clair reported to Sirica that five minutes and twelve seconds of the 45-minute conversation had not been recorded because...
Assiduously, Rodino backed off on other matters. Against the advice of Doar, Rodino decided in fairness to allow Presidential Counsel James St. Clair not only to attend the sessions but to question witnesses and to call all six of the witnesses he wanted. And all the while, the chairman was urging the Democratic firebrands to stop calling for impeachment...