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...problems were compounded by the necessity of figuring out how to respond to a second subpoena, which came two weeks ago from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. It demanded 64 tapes of presidential conversations with aides from June 1972 through June 1973 that dealt primarily with the Watergate coverup; included were 24 tapes asked for by the Judiciary Committee. Federal Judge John J. Sirica ordered that the White House answer the subpoena by this Thursday. Presidential aides thought it unlikely that the deadline could be met. But it was possible that Nixon was seeking a way to dispose of both subpoenas...
...conversations between Nixon and his aides from June 20, 1972 through June 4, 1973. Jaworski has been vainly seeking the tapes in private negotiations with the White House since Jan. 9. He contends that he needs them for the trial of seven Nixon men indict ed hi the Watergate coverup: H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Mitch ell, Charles Colson, Robert Mardian, Gordon Strachan and Kenneth Parkin son. Their trial has been set for Sept. 9, though they have until May 1 to file motions for separate trials, not expected to be granted by Sirica...
...positive in my heart, down to my toes, that I will never get into trouble again." The judge presumably believed him. Porter received the lightest sentence handed out to a Watergate conspirator: 30 days in jail. But then, Porter had participated in only a minor way in the Watergate coverup...
...have a clearer idea of the directions that the inquiry will take. This new focus has followed the committee's receipt of a briefcase containing findings of fact and supporting evidence compiled by the Watergate grand jury that indicted seven former Nixon agents for conspiracy in the coverup...
...been repeated attempts to suppress evidence, minimize the case's importance, deflect guilt and hide behind the shibboleth of national security. These factors at first inhibited the press. Now the urge is to print everything obtainable in the belief that self-censorship would be itself a kind of coverup. In this atmosphere, there will doubtless be some excesses. Though Kraft is right in warning against abuses, the entire history of the Watergate mess is an argument for the fullest possible disclosure...