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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.49.14-DEAN discusses making his "CANCER ON THE PRESIDENCY" appeal to NIXON to end the COVERUP before it ruined his Presidency] Senator BAKER. Where did you meet with the President? Mr. DEAN. This was in the Oval Office. Senator BAKER. And who was present? Mr. DEAN. NO one Other than the he President and myself. Senator BAKER. And it was at 10 o'clock in the morning. Mr. DEAN. That, is correct, approximately 10 o'clock, as best, I can recall. Senator BAKER. Would you proceed with as much exactitude as you Can. [00.49.30] Mr. DEAN. I then told the President that what I would like to do is give him a broad overview and let him come back and ask any questions he might like to ask. I wanted to explain to him how the continued Support would be necessary how continued perjury would be necessary to perpetuate the coverup. Senator BAKER. Did you use those terms? Mr. DEAN. Yes, I did use those terms. Senator BAKER. All right, sir. go ahead. [00.50.01] Mr. DEAN. That was my definition to him of how the cancer was growing in other words that more people would have to perjure themselves--- Senator BAKER. Did you say these things as an advocate, that is, that, other support and perjury should continue--or as, examples as to why it should not continue? Mr. DEAN. As to why it should not continue. Senator BAKER. Did you make this clear to the President? Mr. DEAN. Absolutely. Senator BAKER. In what terms? [00.50.24-DEAN does not leave much doubt as to his intentions and possible interpretations-no one knows at this point that the conversation was TAPED] Mr. DEAN. As I say, I tried to make it as dramatic as the fact that this type of cancer was going to kill him and kill the Presidency if this type of thing was not stopped by surgery and ending that type of activity. Senator BAKER. Go ahead, sir. Before you do, what was the President's reaction to that? [00.50.45] Mr. DEAN. The President, if I recall--and I was not looking for reactions at that point as much as trying to be as forceful and dramatic in my presentation--it is like asking me what was reaction to they answer to any member of this panel to a particular question. In my now sitting here and answering these questions, I really haven't watched for the, reactions of the Senators and the like. I think you can understand that circumstance. Senator BAKER. I understand. It is fair to say, then, that you do not recall the reaction? Mr. DEAN. I do not recall the, reaction, no. Senator BAKER. Go ahead, if you would. [00.51.28] Mr. DEAN. I then proceeded to give the President the broad overview of what I knew of the entire situation--where it started. Senator BAKER. You might take us through that, if you will. 'Tell us as close as you can what you him. Mr. DEAN. Well, as I recall, I told him about the meetings that had occurred in Mr. Mitchell's office; that the fact that I had come back from Mr. Mitchell's office--- Senator BAKER. Is this the first time you told him of the meetings in Mitchell's office? Mr. DEAN. It is. Senator BAKER. Go ahead sir. [00.52.09-- A key point is whether DEAN informed HALDEMAN-such would make it a strong likelihood that NIXON was informed immediately thereafter by HALDEMAN] Mr. DEAN. That I had come back to Mr. Haldeman and told him of the circumstances of those meetings, what, had been presented. Senator BAKER. Just, for clarity, these. were the meetings at which the plan for bugging and Mr. DEAN. Mugging---- Senator BAKER [continuing]. And illegal entry were discussed in Attorney General John Mitchell's office? Mr. DEAN. That is right. There, were two meetings, the, second meeting at which I don't know the full extent of the discussion there, but I know that, you know, what at I did here was Senator BAKER. All right, but you began telling the President of those meetings, and would you continue from that point? Mr. DEAN. When I was telling him the broad overview, I did not get into an awful lot of specifies, because I told him, I said any point that you want to either question me. or if -we can come, back and have, I will answer any of your questions subsequently. Then I told him of the fact that I had reported this to Mr. Haldeman, that, I had been distressed by the situation myself, had told Mr. Haldeman what I had seen and advised Mr. Haldeman that I didn't think anybody in the White House should have any involvement at all in this, and that I told him I was not going to have any involvement in it, -and Mr. Haldeman had agreed that I should not have any involvement, in it. [00.53.35] Senator BAKER. Did you tell the President when that conversation with Mr. Haldeman took place? Mr. DEAN. Yes, I did. I told him it occurred shortly after the meeting in Mr. Mitchell's office, after the second meeting in February. Senator BAKER. All right, sir; go ahead. Mr. DEAN. I also recall that I told him I did not know how the plans had been finally approved; I didn't know -what precisely had happened as to the final decision to sign off on some phase of the plan. [00.54.10]
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.54.10-DEAN states that he told NIXON that DEAN had no knowledge that the LIDDY plan had been approved, or how it had been approved] Senator BAKER. Did you say that on your own initiative, or did he put a question to you 'to that effect? Mr. DEAN. No, at, the outset, I was doing most of the. talking and giving him my general presentation of this matter. I can't recall when I basically presented it, to him. As to interruptions by him. it was toward the end that he began asking me questions that are now not very clear to me as to the questions he did ask. [00.54.42-BAKER prods DEAN for more details of DEAN'S "CANCER ON THE PRESIDENCY" warning to NIXON] Senator BAKER. If you would, Mr. Dean, -work- your -way through the, conversation and then particularly, try to recall what the President may have asked you. Mr. DEAN. I told the President that I had learned that there had been pressure from Mr. Colson's office, on Mr. Magruder, that I was aware of that degree of pressure from the White House, but I didn't have all the details on that at, even that time. [00.55.05-DEAN alludes that MAGRUDER mentioned to him in early 1972 that COLSON (White House) had pressured MAGRUDER to get the LIDDY plan (break-in) approved] In fact, I might want to add this in testimony at, this point, because as I recall, I may have mentioned this to the President; I am not certain. I recall one occasion, on walking from the White House Executive Office, Building to the Re-Election Committee to one of the meetings in Mr. Mitchell's office, I met Mr. Magruder as I was walking over there,. He was returning to the Re-Election Committee. We were standing at the stop light at, the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue across the street from the Executive Office Building. At that very moment--and I recall very vividly Mr. Magruder telling me that because of the pressure from Mr. Colson--they were afraid that, Mr. Colson would take this operation over. and they were concerned about his taking it over. That had been one of Magruder's expressions of concern as to why the matter had zone, forward. Senator BAKER. Do I understand you to say--- Mr. DEAN. I don't recall getting into that detail with the President, but I don't believe I had testified to that before and I wanted to put that into the record. [00.56.17-DEAN is certain that he told NIXON on March 21, 1973 that pressure to approve the LIDDY plan came from the White House, something NIXON continued to deny publicly] Senator BAKER. Is it your impression that you did tell the President something or all of this? Mr. DEAN. I told him of the pressure, from Mr. Colson's office on Mr. Magruder, because I was aware of this, conversation. Senator BAKER. All right: go ahead, Mr. Dean. Mr. DEAN. I told him I didn't, know if Mitchell had approved the, Plan, that I had never asked Mr. Mitchell directly whether he had, but I was aware from my conversations -with Mr. Magruder that Mitchell had been the recipient of wiretap information and that Mr. Haldeman had also received, through Mr. Strachan, some of the information from the Democratic National Committee. [00.57.04-DEAN discusses his conversation with NIXON on March 21, 1973 regarding the liability to a charge of OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE] That generally covered what I told him of my knowledge, of the pre-June 17 situation. and then I again went into rather broad generalities as to what had occurred after June 17. I told him, I raised the principal points that I thought -were of concern, that the individuals that had been involved had been paid for their silence, and in fact, this had involved Mr. Haldeman, Mr. Ehrlichman, and myself and Mr. Mitchell in giving instructions to Mr. Kalmbach. I had mentioned this. I might add, the fact that I had been a conduit for this type of information at an earlier meeting with the., President, back in February, and he had disagreed with me as to the fact that I had had any legal problems from being a conduit. We did not get into any -great detail on that matter and he didn't seem to want to get into detail on that point when I raised that. Senator BAKER. Is that, the essence, now, of this meeting? Mr. DEAN. No, sir, it is not. Senator BAKER. Incidentally, I have forgotten the date. Tell me the date in March. Is this March 21? Mr. DEAN. The morning of March 21, that is correct. Senator BAKER. Go ahead, sir. [00.58.18] Mr. DEAN. I mentioned to him the fact that I had, after the decision had been made that Mr. Magruder remain at the Re-Election Committee, that I had assisted Magruder in preparing his testimony for the grand jury, which was perjured testimony. Senator BAKER. Did you use that term? Mr. DEAN. I don't think I used the term "perjured." I think I used "false testimony." Senator BAKER. But at any rate, it was a description of your preparation of Mr. Magruder for his appearance before the grand jury? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Senator BAKER. Go ahead, sir. [00.58.50-DEAN testifies that he told NIXON on 3/21/73 that WHITE HOUSE funds were used for the PAYOFFS of the DEFENDANTS] Mr. DEAN. I also mentioned to him the fact that as a result of the lack of money that was available that finally, there. had been cash at the White House that had been used to pay for these individuals silence. I was reefering then to the $350,000 and I did not give him the details at that point in time. Senator BAKER. This is the $350,000 fund that was at the White, House. Mr. DEAN,. That is correct, in cash.
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