Monday, July 31, 1972

• The New York Times reports that money involved in the break in can be traced to Mexico in the form of four cashier checks totaling $89,000. Bernstein, now in Miami, wants to go to Mexico, but Barry Sussman tells him to stay put in Miami to see what he can find.
• When Bernstein reviews the checks himself, he finds one for $25,000 made out to Kenneth H. Dahlberg, but Dardis doesn't know who that is. Woodward and Bernstein learn Dahlberg works for the Nixon campaign as Midwest finance chairman. Dahlberg tells Woodward he turned the money over to either Hugh Slone (CRP's Treasurer) or Maurice Stans (CRP's financial chairman).

Wednesday, July 31, 1974

• Buzhardt and St. Clair agree the President will need to resign and they take their assessment to Haig. Haig agrees, but says he doesn't believe that will happen. He agrees to let them make their case to Nixon, but the President refuses to see them saying he already knows they want him to resign.
• Buchanan floats the idea of going directly to the Senate, thus acknowledging defeat in the House, but the idea is met with anger from Nixon supporters and called off.
• Haig assembles the White House staff to begin coming up with rebuttals for each of the articles, but makes no mention of the June 23 tape.
• Ziegler tells Nixon about Ehrlichman's sentence for the Ellsberg burglary. He says the options for Nixon are also dwindling, but Nixon is incensed by this and throws Ziegler out of his office.