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    "ocrText": "Rapid Reading\nMARCH 21\nMorning meeting with Dean and then Haldeman\nAfternoon meeting with Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman\nMARCH 22\nLuncheon meeting with Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell\nDuring this session the President instructed\nMr. Dean to go to Camp David and prepare a\nwritten report.\n[FYI: Dean has testified that he remained at\nCamp David from March 23 - March 28. Though\nthere are somewhat differing versions of when it\nwas certain that he could not complete a report,\nthe consensus is that it was aroung the end of the month. ]\nOn March 23, while the President was in Key Biscayne, the McCord\nletter was made public, alleging pressure on the defendants to keep\nquiet. On March 26, the L.A. Times published a story in which\nsources quoted McCord as saying that Dean and Magruder both had\nprior knowledge of the break-in. Dean denied this and his lawyer\nthreatened libel. Magruder denied it.\nMARCH 28\nTelephone call between John Ehrlichman and Attorney General Kleindienst\nJohn Ehrlichman testified that he called the A. G.\nand asked him questions that the President wanted\nasked, specifically questions about whether he had\nany new information on Mitchell's possible involvement,\nor that of any White House staff or other officials of\nthe Committee to Re-Elect. Ehrlichman said the\nPresident wanted the Attorney General to communicate\nit directly to the President, should he acquire this\ninformation."
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