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During the siege of Watergate, the man whom the President has relied upon to keep the demoralized White House staff running has been Alexander Haig. Kissinger, one of the most demanding of bosses, was so impressed with Haig's dedication and mind that he took him on as his deputy. When Haldeman left the White House, Haig, 49, resigned as a four-star general to become Nixon's chief of staff...
Although a demon worker, Haig does not crack the same whip that Haldeman did, and he does not have Haldeman's intimacy with Nixon. The President has come to rely most heavily for advice upon Press Secretary Ron Ziegler, the man who lost his standing with newsmen by repeatedly "misspeaking" the facts about Watergate. Ziegler's rise has baffled most of Nixon's senior aides and horrified Senator Barry Goldwater, who told the Christian Science Monitor last month: "I just can't believe that he would listen to Ziegler. That in my opinion would be something...
Presidential Aide Alexander Haig's declarations fit the script of unreality. He reported a President confident that history would vindicate him. He said that the office of the presidency had not been immobilized, that Nixon was not despondent. His was the portrait of a man only moderately troubled, hardly diminished. The declarations were greeted with the tolerant disbelief that characterizes this singular season. Haig's responses are those of honor, deeply rooted in his West Point heritage; of a loyal and brave officer following his commander anywhere. The anguish and frustration are behind his eyes and his voice...
...court, White House Chief of Staff Alexander M. Haig said that he had "heard" that "several sources" in the Administration had discussed the theory that Miss Woods could have acciden tally pressed the fast rewind pedal, which would erase the 18-minute seg ment in a few seconds. But that oper ation would have left a high-pitched whine on the tape, not the hum that is present, and would have required Miss Woods to have played the segment -as she testified she did not -before rewind ing and erasing...
Warren conceded that both Nixon and Ziegler occasionally talked with Haldeman, who now Lives in Los Angeles, about presidential affairs. In court, however, Haig declared: "Haldeman does not influence what we do in the White House...