The Watergate Timeline

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Sunday, November 04, 1973

Haig carries the lawyers message to Nixon, but Nixon says he will not resign nor will he meet with his lawyers. Garment begins to pull away from the case entirely.

"The Post story is not only fiction but a collection of absurdities."

Response by the Committee to Re-Elect the President