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Saturday, March 18, 1972
- Nixon, Colson, and Haldeman discuss ways they can get revenge on Jack Anderson and Hume and discredit them, possibly by alleging they are homosexuals.
- Felt tells Dean the FBI determined the Dita Beard letter was likely authentic. Dean asks him to keep it a secret, but both Felt and Hoover decline to do so.
"I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am not a crook."
Richard Nixon | President of the United States