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Thursday, July 06, 1972
- Bernstein meets with former White House employee who worked in Colson's office. She describes the secretive nature of the work and that it appeared they were investigating Ted Kennedy particularly about Chappaquiddick. Bernstein contacts a White House librarian who initially says she remembers Hunt checking out several books, but then retracts her statement saying she's never heard of Hunt.
- Gray tells Nixon that he and CIA Director Walters believe the President's men are not acting in his best interest by using the CIA. Nixon tells Gray to pursue the investigation aggressively. Later, Nixon tells Ehrlichman to keep Gray and Walters apart on all things Watergate.
"I think that there's no doubt about the seriousness of the problem we've got. We have a cancer within—close to the presidency, that's growing. It's growing daily. It's compounding. "
John Dean | President's Special Counsel