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OCR Page 1 of 7THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 20, 1973
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
I have your letter of October 20th. My letter to you yesterday,
instructing you to direct Mr. Cox to make no further attempts
by judicial process to obtain tapes, notes, or memoranda of
Presidential conversations, was the end product of very careful
consideration by me. My willingness to make available the
relevant contents of the tapes, verified by Senator Stennis,
was only on condition that this would end all further confront-
ations or questions about tapes or other matters relating to
Presidential conversations. For that reason, I am unable to
modify my instruction of the 19th.
In his press conference today Mr. Cox made it apparent that
he will not comply with that direction. You, of course, recog-
nize very clearly how intolerable a situation it would be if an
employee of the Executive Branch were free to defy in this
fashion the instructions of the President. Under the circum-
stances, I am required to instruct you to discharge Mr. Cox
immediately and to return to the Justice Department the
functions now being performed by the Watergate Special
Prosecution Force.
It is my view, with which I hope you will concur, that you
will not think the necessity of taking this a ction, on my
instructions, undermines in any way your position as Attorney
General.
Sincerely,
Honorable Elliot L. Richardson
The Attorney General
Justice Department
Washington, D.C.
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