Thursday, April 26, 1973

• Ehrlichman urges the President to listen to the tapes to understand exactly what he had spoken to Dean about regarding Watergate.
• Bernstein again speaks to Dean's associate who says Dean had told Nixon on March 21 that there was cancer that needed to be removed. The only option was for Nixon's men to go to the prosecutors and face jail time. Nixon, however, sided with Haldeman and Ehrlichman and wanted to minimize losses by making Dean the scapegoat.
• Haldeman listens to the March 21 tape with Nixon and Dean. He proposes that Nixon was playing the role of investigator and asking questions to learn the truth rather than participating. He admits that he's not sure that version of events will hold up.
• The New York Times learns from Senate Committee member Lowell Weicker that FBI Director Gray destroyed documents from Howard Hunt's White House safe including a dossier on Senator Edward Kennedy. Felt/Deep Throat contacts Woodward directly and confirms the story.
• Magruder resigns from government work saying his ties to Watergate were too challenging.

Friday, April 26, 1974

• Ziegler asks his assistants to review the transcripts and they tell him the pages are in poor shape.