Thursday, October 19, 1972

• Haldeman tells Nixon the leaks to the Post are coming from the FBI, specifically Mark Felt, but Mitchell says they can't do anything for fear that Felt will divulge everything he knows. Kleindienst also tells Gray that Felt is the leak. When asked, Felt denies it and suggests Charlie Bates from the criminal division is the leaker.

Friday, October 19, 1973

• The Miami Herald reports that Nixon's friend BeBe Rebozo is under investigation for dealings related to a campaign contribution from Howard Hughes.
• Dean enters his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to Sirica.
• After reviewing the stipulations from the White House lawyers, Cox knows trouble lies ahead. When his rejection reaches the White House, Richardson is summoned by Nixon and assumes it will be for the last time.
• Buzhardt and others in the White House decide to persuade Judge Sirica and the Senate Watergate Committee to accept the Stennis transcripts and cut Cox out of the conversation. Senators Sam Ervin and Howard Baker of the Senate Committee agree to the Stennis plan.
• That evening, Cox receives word the White House is no longer interested in negotiating with his office. The White House also notifies Richardson that Nixon is accepting the Stennis Proposal and the special prosecutor should make no further requests for tapes or notes of Presidential conversations. Richardson reads the letter to Cox and says he does not support it.
• The White House informs the press about the Stennis Proposal saying it will bring an end to all the litigation surrounding the tapes.