Thursday, October 12, 1972

• Bernstein writes the Muskie sabotage story that has confirmation on several events that were suspicious including facsimiles of Muskie stationary with damaging stories about senator Edward Kennedy, a fundraising dinner in Washington gone awry, calls to white voters in the middle of the night urging them to vote for Muskie because "he's been so good for the black man," and polling data disappearing from desks in their campaign headquarters.
• Robert Meyers calls Woodward and says he'd met with Larry Young, a business associate of Segretti, who told him Hunt called Segretti repeatedly to give him instructions. Segretti had told Young he was working for a well connected wealthy lawyer who lives in Newport Beach in California. Woodward assumes it is Kalmbach, but Meyers said Young didn't recognize the name. Young did say Segretti often referred to meeting with "DC" which he assumed to be Dwight Chapin. Bernstein calls Young who tells him that after the break in Segretti started getting calls from the FBI that sent him into a panic. Young was positive Segretti named the California lawyer and Dwight Chapin during his grand jury testimony.

Friday, October 12, 1973

• The US Court of Appeals upholds Sirica's order. Nixon must turn over the tapes by October 19 or file an appeal to the US Supreme Court.
• With most looking for him to select someone who will be easy to confirm, Nixon calls Gerald Ford and offers him the Vice Presidency.