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Some former Nixon associates offer a plausible theory to explain why the tapes were kept available in the White House as the Watergate scandal unfolded and before the public was aware of the recording setup. If any member of the cover-up conspiracy were to make any false accusations about a talk with the President, Nixon could contend he had taped that conversation because he had felt it was especially important. Then he could produce the tape and destroy the credibility of the witness...
...John Sirica in Washington. So far, two other tapes have been declared to be "nonexistent" by the White House. Never adequately explained has been the fact that Haldeman checked out 22 tapes on April 25, 1973, returned them the same day, then withdrew them again on April 26 and kept them until May 2. There is, indeed, still much to be explained about those fateful tapes that have contributed so much to Richard Nixon's difficulties and could even end his political career...
After the Senate Watergate hearings ended, Committee Member Lowell P. Weicker kept up his personal investigation into the Nixon Administration's snooping on political enemies. Last week he demonstrated that the scope of those activities was far broader than had been previously known. At hearings conducted jointly by three Senate subcommittees into Government invasion of privacy, the Connecticut Republican made public a sheaf of White House memorandums, which he said "display Government at its most efficient philosophically and at its scariest" to individuals. Among his revelations and documentation of previous reports...
...Terry, the agency erected a miniature Fort Bragg in the heart of the Peruvian jungle and recruited a crack counterinsurgency team, which made short work of the guerrillas. Another passage reports that in 1969 the agency learned of a scheme by radicals to hijack a Brazilian airliner. The CIA kept the news to itself for fear that it would expose the agency's penetration of Brazilian Guerrilla Leader Carlos Marighella's band and thus jeopardize a plan to capture him. The plane was hijacked on schedule-and Marighella was trapped on schedule...
...Chaban splitting the Gaullist vote down the middle. In a feeble, self-serving attempt to solidify the party, Premier Pierre Messmer last week announced that he was prepared to become a "unity" candidate if the other Gaullists would drop out. His candidacy lasted a mere eight hours. Although Giscard kept a discreet silence, Chaban-in a five-minute talk with Messmer-made clear that he was in the running to stay. Paris politicians later spread rumors that Messmer had threatened to release secret "dossiers" that would compromise Chaban...