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OCR Page 1 of 41NEWS SUMMARYPRESIDENT
HAS SEEN
July 25, 1973
(Tues. nets, wires)
The major stories of the day:
JDE's appearance led all nets as investigation moved "a step closer
to the Oval Office" (CBS). In his opening statement JDE (on NBC/
CBS) attacked Dean's "gallery-pleasing" description of WH paranoia,
a description he strongly refuted saying RN was not "paranoid, weird,
or psychotic" but rather an able, tough internat'l pol. Of Dean's
description of Watergate as #1 WH concern between 17 June and 15
Sept., JDE called that "falser than all the other falsehoods combined."
-- Most of JDE's testimony revolved around plumbers' activities and
Ellsberg break-in and whether his authorizing "covert operations"
to gain psychiatric records countenanced burglarizing Dr. Fielding's
office. JDE on clip on all nets insisted it didn't. JDE said plumbers'
activities, including break-in, fell under "express authorization
under nat'l security situation of considerable moment to US. " And he
said when he told RN in March of break-in, RN described Ellsberg
inquiry as a vital, nat'l security matter which JDE saw and suggested
RN saw as "w/in Pres inherent Constitutional powers. " On ABC/NBC
clip, noted by CBS, JDE said he'd never worried that Liddy-Hunt
had done "something completely irrational" in break-in because they
were operating "pursuant to nat'l security setting. 11 Reminded by
Dash on NBC that he'd said he'd expressed shock and told them not to
do it again, JDE said that wasn't on grounds of legality but of public
reaction if found out.
But Chancellor said that opinion contrasted sharply w/what JDE told
FBI in April: that he didn't agree w/burglary and had told Hunt not
to do it again. As for JDE's saying RN agreed w/his defense of
break-in on nat'l security grounds, Chancellor said JDE appears to
be contradicting RN's statement of May 22 that he didn't authorize
burglary and would have disapproved it if it'd been brought before him.
Valeriani said RN's Rose Garden speech marks start of a counterattack,
w/RN "no longer on defensive. 11 RN believes comm. is out to destroy
his capacity to govern and sources say tactics of counterattack will
become evident in coming months.
NBC/ABC noted WH made it
clear that RN wouldn't surrender tapes in response to subpoenas, w/
Valeriani noting Warren left clear impression WH will try to have them
quashed. All nets noted Warren said tapes weren't edited. CBS/NBC
said Warr en ducked "hypothetical" question of what RN would do if
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