Sunday, October 15, 1972

• Time magazine publishes a story saying Chapin had directly hired Segretti with the help of Gordon Strachan who was an aide of Haldeman. The story also reports Segretti was paid over $35,000 by Kalmbach.
• Woodward meets with Sloan who confirms Kalmbach's involvement in distributing money from the secret fund.
• Ehrlichman appears on ABC and says no one in the White House had known about Watergate in advance.

Monday, October 15, 1973

• Haig and Buzhardt tell Richardson the President will prepare transcripts of the tapes to turn over, but will not give up the tapes themselves. Once that happens, Cox needed to be fired. Haig also tells Richardson if this brings the matter to an end, Cox can keep his job. Richardson tells his new deputy William Ruckelshaus, fresh from his short stint at the FBI, that they have another big problem.
• The plan put forth is that Senator John Stennis would receive the tapes and transcripts and verify their accuracy. Cox tells Richardson the "Stennis Proposal" is not acceptable.