Word: mccord
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Shortly after midnight, McCord was called by "an unidentified individual" who directed him to the same phone booth. When he arrived at the booth, the stranger read him this message...
...take immunity when called before the grand jury.quot; McCord's only response was that he-the expert who had bugged the Watergate phones-would not talk about the case over the telephone...
...telephoned instructions from the same stranger, McCord met Caulfield quot;at the second overlookquot; on the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac. They talked in Caulfield's car. This was after McCord's Watergate trial had got under way. Caulfield said he had an offer to grant Executive clemency to McCord if he would change his plea to guilty and remain silent. The offer, said Caulfield, was quot;from the very highest levels of the White House.quot; He added that Nixon had been told of Caulfield's impending meeting with McCord and would be immediately informed...
...Government may fall. Everybody else is on track but you. You are not following the game plan. You seem to be pursuing your own course of action. Do not talk if called before the grand jury; keep silent and do the same if called before a congressional committee.quot; But McCord reiterated that he would not make any deal...
...McCord and Caulfield met and drove toward Warrenton, Va., in Caulfield's car. Caulfield again offered Executive clemency, financial support for McCord's family while he served what would be a short prison term, and a job when he got out. McCord said that he would not keep quiet and planned to talk publicly about the case "when I was ready." Warned Caulfield: "You know that if the Administration gets its back to the wall, it will have to take steps to defend itself." Testified McCord: "I took that as a personal threat, and I told him that...