Watergate Hearings - John Dean (Part II)
Watergate Hearings - John Dean (Part II)
(00:03:01) Opens to the testimony of JOHN DEAN, former Presidential Counsel, who is detailing a meeting he had with President NIXON around the time of the botched Watergate break-in, Dean explains how Nixon wanted to keep an eye on the hearings involving the break-in, and how Nixon said they would use the power of tax audit to intimidate enemies in the press (00:05:15) Dean gives more detail about the auditing process and how he had used it before - Dean goes on to say he told Nixon in 1972 that the IRS was a democratically authorized agency and that it could not be used as such by the White House, to which Nixon responded that next term he was going to make dramatic changes in various agencies to put them more at the beckon of the White House (00:10:15) Vice Chairman HOWARD BAKER at length confirms that Dean has nothing further to say or conclude about Nixon's knowledge of Watergate or his desire to cover it up that was revealed to Dean during a meeting with Nixon in 1972 - Dean responds with a summary of his testimony thus far about Nixon's involvement and states that he does not wish to interpret these facts - Baker responds that Dean's testimony will be held in comparison to that of H.R. HALDEMAN, also present at this meeting, and some statement of Nixon's concerning the meeting (00:14:00) Dean begins to tell the story of the next meeting, at Lacoste (?) he had with Nixon - he is interupted by a skip in the tape (00:14:44) Screen goes black, followed by a test pattern (00:15:18) Image returns to Dean testifying about the meeting with Nixon at Lacoste, this testimony is then side tracked by a discussion with Baker about Baker's discussion with a White House aide, Mr. TIMMINS (?) about getting White House staff to testify before the Senate Committee (00:18:50) Baker calls a recess for a Senate vote (00:18:57) Voice over of CBS correspondent, shot switches to TV studio where two correspondents sit at desk with monitor behind them displaying shot of Senate Hearings room, correspondents sum up the testimony of Dean as being very lengthy, cut to break (00:19:40) "The Watergate hearings" logo (00:19:43) Tiny excerpt of comercial for Clariol hair dyes