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...related events were still unfolding beyond his control. A leading conservative Senator publicly urged him to resign. The Watergate special prosecutor issued a subpoena for more White House evidence-destroying Nixon's repeated claim that he had been fully cooperating with the multiple investigations...
...President's public position was also undercut by the revelation that Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski had issued a new subpoena for Watergate evidence. At the time that Nixon was telling his Houston audience that he had "cooperated completely with the grand jury" in its Watergate investigations, he knew-but did not mention-that Jaworski had been denied many tapes and documents and had therefore issued a subpoena to get them. Its existence was not revealed by Jaworski, but by Nixon's counsel, James St. Clair, in a television interview. Jaworski had been willing to keep the matter secret...
What Jaworski Wants. If the White House fails to supply the evidence, Jaworski will almost certainly petition the Washington federal court this week to enforce the subpoena. This could touch off another round of court fights similar to those last summer, when Nixon tried to withhold subpoenaed tapes and papers sought by Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor whom Nixon fired for persisting in demanding evidence. Nixon had claimed that most of the material was protected by Executive privilege-a claim that both Federal Judge John J. Sirica and the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected. Presumably, the courts would...
Jaworski would not reveal what was requested, but indicated that the subpoena covered material relating to other investigations by the three grand juries--political contributions, the ITT matter, the milk fund case or the 18 1/2-minute gap in one of the White House Watergate tapes...
White House Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren said yesterday the subpoena was under consideration and told reporters, "I don't have any guidance to give you" on the likely White House response...