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Whether Nixon's doctors will agree with this is not at all certain. Many of the lawyers preparing for the Washington trial assume that medical reasons will be found to keep Nixon from having to respond to subpoenas from both Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski and one of the defendants, John Ehrlichman. But with jury selection expected to take at least a week and the prosecution needing ample time to begin laying out its case, the issue does not have to be immediately joined. Particularly from the prosecution's viewpoint, Nixon's testimony is far from critical...
...President insisted that reports of Nixon's ill health were not a major factor ("I was more anxious to heal the nation"). He conceded that new negotiations were under way with Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski on the controversial arrangement under which Nixon would retain effective control of his tapes and presidential papers. As for the pardon, however, "there was no understanding, no deal, between me and the former President." Ford admitted that "the decision has created more antagonism than I anticipated...
Growing Consensus. The Supreme Court could yet rule on the question of ownership. Leon Friedman, professor of criminal law at Hofstra University, points out that if Congress were to direct a GSA custodian to take possession of the papers and tapes and Nixon challenged the move, the question would then go to the courts. No matter who is given title, there may still be disputes over access to the material. If the Government is declared the owner, Ford could prevent the release of any materials not subpoenaed. Should Nixon be granted ownership, he could try to deny access by claiming...
...hours, the White House let be proclaimed the astounding possibility that all of the 26 months and millions of dollars spent in the painstaking investigation and prosecution of the Watergate crimes were about to be cast aside merely to spare Citizen Nixon further anguish. Most alarmed was Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski's staff, which had already lost one of its stars, Counsel Philip Lacovara, 31, who quit because of the Nixon pardon. Hasty calls were placed to Ford's top counsel, Philip Buchen, who professed surprise that any such study was under way. Later he assured the Jaworski prosecutors that...
Ford's agreement with Nixon on the tapes, coupled with the pardon's elimination of any future disclosures in a trial of Nixon, makes it less likely that the record will ever be revealed. Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski's final report will probably include some new details about Watergate but not all of the untold story. What can be done...