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...worked an average of 30 hours a week on that one." He and Geraway did begin a correspondence, however, and a year later, when Geraway wrote that he had "held on to rationality as long as I could," Duke visited him at Walpole. Once he read the trial transcript, Duke was hooked. "I wish the hell you hadn't convinced me you were innocent," Duke told the prisoner. "Then I could go back to Connecticut with a clear conscience...
This summary, Nixon declared, would be given to both the Senate Watergate committee and Judge Sirica. It would not, however, be a verbatim transcript. Nor would any portion of the tapes or any papers be given to Sirica...
...thoroughly studied a three-page proposal written by Richardson. It suggested that Nixon appoint a "verifier" of the tapes, an individual of "wide experience, strong character and established reputation for veracity." He would be given the tapes "for as long as he considered necessary," as well as a transcript of the tapes that would omit portions that "were not pertinent." His job would be to play the tapes and correct the transcript as needed. He could paraphrase any "embarrassing" language-an apparent reference to Nixon's propensity for coarse phrases. This verifier could also delete references harmful to "national...
...Richardson plan then called for the finished transcript to be submitted to the courts, which would be asked to accept the whole procedure. Accompanying the verified documents would be sworn affidavits that the tapes had not been altered in any way. The President's outside expert, University of Texas Law Professor Charles Wright, had meanwhile been summoned from Texas to Washington, and was reportedly astonished that Nixon was willing to yield to the extent that he would allow outside examination of the tapes...
...June 4." (Presidential press conference, Sept. 5.) TIME's confusion of the words "to" and "two" is perhaps understandable, but since this was the key element for the story involving the President, shouldn't TIME have taken the simple step of checking the press conference transcript...