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Repeatedly, Haldeman's remarks on the tapes were cited by Ben-Veniste to contradict his current testimony. Repeatedly, Haldeman denied the incriminating implication of his recorded words, insisting that "there must be another explanation"-although he often failed to offer one. One tape showed that Haldeman was present, for example, when Mitchell reported that the cash demands of Burglar E. Howard Hunt "had been taken care of; Haldeman said he did not know what Mitchell had meant by that. Asked Ben-Veniste: "What did you think-Mitchell was going to take Hunt down to the Bankers Trust...
Although the tapes now gave Haldeman so much trouble and had led to Nixon's resignation, one surprising revelation was that both men on April 25, 1973 had thought the taping system a great idea that might save them. Said Nixon in a telephone call to Haldeman...
...know, I always wondered about that taping equipment but I'm damn glad we have it, aren't you?" Noting that there were "very helpful" comments on the tapes, Haldeman agreed...
Early Knowledge. The opening gambit of Ehrhlichman's defense backfired as his attorneys asked Sirica to call Charles W. Colson, imprisoned for his role in trying to defame Daniel Ellsberg, as a court witness. That allowed freer questioning and Colson promptly gave damaging testimony against Mitchell, Haldeman and even Ehrlichman. He helped Ehrlichman only in contending that an aborted White House effort to have Hunt leave the country before his arrest was John Dean's idea, not Ehrlichman...
...Veniste got Colson to rebut Haldeman's testimony that he was unaware of hush-money payments. In January 1973, Colson said, he had been asked by Haldeman what would happen if Hunt "blew" (talked to investigators). "I said I thought it would be very bad... Bob [Haldeman] said, 'Then we can't let that happen.' " When Colson was finished, Chief Prosecutor James Neal told Sirica in a lawyers' conference that he was "more than willing" for the defense to "bring on more witnesses like Colson...