Word: haldeman
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Aside from Haldeman and Alexander Butterfield, his deputy who operated the system, practically no one knew of its existence. The idea was first suggested when Nixon found in the White House a taping system installed by President Johnson. He had had it removed then, but looked more favorably on it as he found himself engulfed in leaks. (He forgot that Johnson's system was controlled from the President's desk, permitting selectivity; Nixon's system, activated by sound, was beyond the control of even its originator-ironically symbolic of a White House mood that had run essentially...
...Haldeman has written that Nixon's motive was to protect himself against associates who might seek to disavow discussions in which they had participated. It was a high price to pay for insurance. Anyone familiar with Nixon's way of talking could have no doubt he was sitting on a time bomb. What could anyone uninitiated make objectively of the collection of reflections and interjections, the strange indiscretions mixed with high-minded pronouncements, the observations hardly germane to the issue of the moment but reflecting the prejudices of Nixon's youth, all choreographed by the only person...
...implacable in squeezing to the sidelines potential competitors for my attention. At the same time, I am sure, he was not above presenting himself to my subordinates as the good guy tempering my demanding, somewhat unbalanced, nature. He worked assiduously at establishing his own personal relationship first with Haldeman and Ehrlichman, then with Nixon. I did not doubt that they considered him more of a loyalist than me. I began to wonder whether Haig always resisted Nixon's version that I was a temperamental genius in need of reining in by stabler personalities, and that he could be helpful...
...Monday, Aug. 5, the tape transcript was released from the White House. It covered three conversations the President had with Haldeman on June 23, 1972, in which he tried to halt the FBI investigation at least partly to protect people connected with his re-election committee. The transcript was released with a statement admitting that in concealing this conversation from his lawyers Nixon was responsible for a serious omission. But he went on to say that when the facts were brought to his attention he insisted on a full investigation and prosecution of those guilty: "The record does not justify...
...President had returned to Washington on July 28. On July 31, Haig called me. The "smoking gun" had been found; one of the tapes given to the Special Prosecutor-conversations be tween Nixon and Haldeman less than a week after the Water gate break-in-left no doubt that Nixon was familiar with the coverup; he may in fact have ordered it. Impeachment was now certain, conviction highly probable. Haig's role now-and to some extent mine-was to ease Nixon's decision to resign, to give him the psychological support to do the necessary...