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...Cool off, Dean. Now, that New York Times fellow, R.W Appleseed, asked Ziegler some pointed questions last week. According to my news digest, Appleseed quoted Ziegler as saying you were in your office Friday, and further, 'I don't know what he's doing. Attending to business, I assume'--uh, here Ron chuckled, it says--'business of some sort.' Just what the hell were you doing in your office Friday...
...that's what you were doing. Ziegler's chuckle made it sound like you were up to something illegal. Back to your desk. Okay, H.R., get John Mitchell in here...
Spokesmen for the White House and the Nixon committee issued short, sharp denials. Presidential Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said that Nixon still had "absolute and total confidence" in Dean and that Dean had no prior knowledge of Watergate. (But Gerald Ford, Republican House leader, declared: "If Dean is clean, I see no reason why he shouldn't testify.") John Mitchell* said that "I deeply resent the slanderous and false statements about me," and reaffirmed earlier denials of any advance knowledge of the Watergate affair. Colson termed McCord's mention of him "a goddamned lie." Magruder stood...
This brought protests from the White House. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler charged that such reports were based "on hearsay, character assassination, innuendo or guilt by association." A White House release quoted Chapin as calling the reports "fundamentally inaccurate." Clark MacGregor, Nixon's campaign manager, insisted that "Dwight Chapin just simply was not involved in any way." He said such stories were inspired by "George McGovern and his partner in mudslinging, the Washington Post...
...HESSE WAS NOT incapable of good writing. "A Man by The Name of Ziegler," a surrealistic story about a man who can suddenly hear animals speak, is enjoyable probably because Hesse's style is best suited to that genre. "Harry the Steppenwolf" and "An Evening with Dr. Faust," which are along the same lines, also work well...