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By Wednesday morning, the decision was irrevocable. On instructions from Nixon, Gerald Ford was called to the White House to meet with General Haig. Ford got the summons in his limousine as he was heading for a meeting of the Chowder and Marching Society, a House Republican social club. Deputy...
Another break-in is arranged for June 17. But shortly after 1 a.m., Private Security Guard Frank Wills spots a door in the Watergate with its lock taped open. He summons the police, who catch McCord, Barker, Sturgis, Gonzalez and Martinez in the D.N.C. The police confiscate surveillance equipment and...
Even in old age he looked impressive, with his 6-ft. 200-lb. frame and his graying hair dyed black. When he returned home last year in response to his countrymen's desperate summons, his appearance triggered a paroxysm of jubilation. Hundreds of thousands turned out to cheer him, but...
No one knows better than Al Haig what he has gambled and how high are the stakes. Whatever his burden, he bears it with the same military stoicism he has always shown. When duty summons, he obeys, even if it is a crippled President who calls. "I intellectually concluded that...
Nixon himself inadvertently contributed to the national jitters by suddenly calling Vice President Gerald Ford to his Executive Office Building hideaway for an hour-long chat on Friday. The summons perhaps was intended to show that Nixon was still in control of the Administration. A day earlier, Ford had reflected...