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...undoubtedly make Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, who is expected to take his turn under the TV lights next week, especially careful of what they tell the Senators. The last major figures on the committee's witness list, the two men have been implicated by others in the conspiracy to conceal the full implications of the Watergate crimes. As Nixon's Chief of Staff, Haldeman, who was aware of the taping all along, tightly controlled access to the President. He will undoubtedly be grilled about key Nixon conversations with anyone linked with Watergate so that the Senators can seek specific tapes...
Both the Watergate wiretapping and various acts to conceal it?including payoffs to keep the seven Watergate defendants quiet, promises of Executive clemency for the same purpose, and attempts to hide the involvement of anyone other than the original burglary squad?are, of course, crimes. No matter what the White House tapes may or may not disclose about Nixon, at the least, they would have to contain evidence of some of his advisers' illegally covering up Watergate. Dean, of course, contends that all those cover-up acts were discussed with the President...
...straining credulity in portraying the slender, subservient Dean, a born follower, as the "mastermind" in the Watergate coverup, with former Attorney General John Mitchell as "his patron." It contended, in effect, that this cunning pair participated in planning the political espionage at Democratic National Headquarters and then, to conceal that fact, they hindered the investigation by the FBI, compromised the CIA, ordered evidence shredded, and arranged for payoffs and offers of Executive clemency to the arrested burglars to ensure their silence. Creating a constitutional crisis almost alone, the Buzhardt statement in effect charged, Dean and Mitchell kept the truth...
...emerged from last week's test by fire as more credible than either Buzhardt's conspiracy theory or the President's less accusatory brief of last May 22. Instead of depicting a duped President and innocent top-level aides. Dean's damning version held that the lawless efforts to conceal the political implications of Watergate were an automatic and widespread White House response intended to protect the President's re-election prospects?and Nixon as a self-interested participant. Dean admitted his own role, but said that, rather than being what Buzhardt termed "the principal actor," he took orders, often...
Secret Summary. Concerned that the White House was still trying to conceal high-level involvement in the Watergate conspiracy, committee sources secretly released a summary of some of the major points Dean had made in five hours of testimony behind closed doors. While not as sensational as anticipated, and already diluted by previous leaks, Dean's testimony indicated his belief that Nixon had direct knowledge of the Watergate cover-up activities long before the President finally admitted in April-ten months after the Watergate arrests-that his own investigation had turned up new evidence of possible White House involvement...