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OCR Page 1 of 43THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
NEWS SUMMARY
July 13, 1973
(Thursday nets, wires)
The major stories of day
-- RN entered Bethesda Hospital for treatment of viral pneumonia.
Tkach said there were "no complications¹¹ and he should be out
of the hospital w/in a week. He noted RN's good health in the
past and predicted recovery "should be rapid."
-- RN agreed to meet w/Ervin privately, possibly next week, after
receiving letter and phone call from Ervin as comm attempted to,
as Reasoner put it, end the dispute over WH documents on Water-
gate. Mudd, similarly, said comm was trying to prevent a show-
down. Led all nets, w/Chancellor saying it appears RN "gave in
a bit. 11 Jarriel said WH's trying to dispel idea "RN blinked first"
in confrontation, and Mudd flatly stated it's not a compromise,
w/both nets noting WH said RN talked w/Ervin out of "courtesy."
ABC/CBS w/film of what NBC's Stern described as Ervin's
announcement of "temporary cooling off pact, 11 w/Ervin saying RN
assured him they' 11 meet once RN takes care of pressing matters
w/deadlines. ABC also w/film, NBC/CBS noted, of Ervin reading
letter to RN requesting meeting in an effort to stave off "the very
grave possibility of a fundamental constitutional confrontation"
between WH-Hill over the documents, which the comm resolved it
had a right of access to.
Concluding his testimony, JNM told of HRH/JDE's concern to keep
the lid on Watergate (noted ABC/NBC) and, in Schorr's words,
found his "credibility on trial" under questions from Dash. Film on
all nets as Dash inquired how JNM expected comm to believe his
testimony when it appeared he'd lied under oath previously. JNM
disagreed w/Dash's interpretation and suggested comm draw its
conclusion from his account and that of witnesses to follow
Chancellor said JNM's testimony raised many questions, and he
wonders if the "1st of the big pro-RN witnesses" really helped RN.
- - Comm then turned to witness ABC noted Dean said knew a great
deal about the cover-up -- Dick Moore who disputed Dean's
belief RN knew of cover-up before March 21. On film on all nets,
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