Monday, September 18, 1972

• Almost no other media outlets pick up the story on the secret fund. Hugh Scott, the Republican leader of the Senate, remarks to Woodward and Bernstein "Nobody is paying any attention to what you're writing."
• In the afternoon, Bernstein visits the home of Hugh Sloan, but only speaks to his wife. She is relieved that some of the details are finally coming to light. She tells Bernstein he can come back later when Hugh is home but can't promise he'll speak to him.
• Later that evening, Bernstein returns and meets with Hugh Sloan. He doesn't want to come forward based on advice from his lawyers, but says Liddy and Porter received close to $300,000. Sloan does not say who ordered him to make payments from the secret fund, but does say several ledgers of donations were destroyed after the break in.