Tuesday, August 01, 1972

• The Washington Post story about the Dahlberg check is the first to carry a joint byline with Woodward and Bernstein. From then on, every Watergate story will carry both names. Eventually their colleagues took to calling them "Woodstein".
• As the cover up continues, Nixon tells Haldeman, "I'm not that worried about it..."

Wednesday, August 01, 1973

• Agnew is officially informed he's the target of an investigation.

Thursday, August 01, 1974

• Haig finally reads the transcript from June 23 and immediately understands its implications. St. Clair is concerned that if the tape isn't released immediately more Nixon supporters will end up on the wrong side of history. The lawyers themselves are now bound by oath to bring the evidence forward.
• Haig meets with the President and says the tape is indeed fatal, but Nixon continues to disagree saying all of it was in the original testimony and he'd told Gray to move forward a week later. Haig explains that his knowledge of Mitchell's involvement proves he'd been lying since the beginning.
• Buzhardt and Haig go over the President's options including the possibility he could pardon himself and then resign or wait for Ford to pardon him.
• Haig tells Ford that new evidence will likely lead to him being President in the very near future.
• Haig and Buzhardt meet with those preparing Nixon's defense, but they continue to withhold information on the June 23 revelations. After the full group leaves, they tell Price what's on the tape so he can begin preparing remarks when the transcript is released.
• As the day comes to an end, Nixon tells Haig he'll likely resign on Monday.