And what the tapes did and did not reveal. This is an hour and a half. Were not talking about current events. And were not really focusing on the chronology of watergate because what im trying to tell you is what went on behind the scenes, the back story, both of developments at the white house itself where i worked and the special prosecutors office, where ive done a tremendous amount of research in finding out what their thinking was and what the documents show. So its an insider ceas view, im the insider. So im responsible for all of the views. Lets take a quick review of the preceding nine presentations. So i can try to convince you this has all made sense. The first week we introduced some people and then we ended with three surprising revelations. There were secret meetings going on between the judges and the prosecutors, a lot of them. And you dont know which is the bigger surprise, that they were meeting in secret or writing memos about their agreements. I have the memos. John
Current events and were not really focusing on the chronology of watergate, because what im trying to tell you is what happened behind the scenes, the back story at the white house where i worked and the special Prosecutors Office where ive done a tremendous amount of research in finding out what their thinking was and what the documents showed. So, its an insiders view. And im the insider. So im responsible for all of the views. Lets take a quick review of the preceding nine presentations, so i can try to convince this will all made sense. The first week, we introduced some people and then we ended with three surprising refusing las veg revelations. There were secret meetings going on between the judges and prosecutors. A lot of them. You dont know what is the bigger surprise, that they were meeting in secret or that they were writing the memos. And i have the memos. John dean, john dean, who was the chief effect officer of the coverup, and then switched sides and became the lead gove
Its an insiders view and im the insider so im responsible for all of the viewing. Lets take a quick review of the preceding nine presentations. I could try to convince you that this all made sense. The first week we introduced some people and ended with three surprising revelations. Secret meetings going on between the judges and prosecutors, a lot of them, and you dont know which is the bigger surprise. That they were meeting in secret or writing memos about the agreements. I have the memo. John dean the second surprising revelation who was the chief desk officer of the coverup and then switched sides to become the lead government witness, john was sentenced to 1 to 4 years in prison. But it turns out he never spent a night in jail. The jury and maybe the American Public was led to believe he was being punished but in reality he was not. And third, what i uncovered and what i believe is what really drove nixon from office where secret allegations that the prosecutors made about his pe
Ago. How many others are left . Patrick im sure there are some of the young men around nixon, what we would call back in those days like Dwight Chapin and others who havent written memoirs yet, but im not sure they are going to. But i do think in terms of a written memoir, this is brian, this is probably the last of someone who was right there and knew it from the beginning. Brian what did you put in this book that you had never talked about before . Patrick well, i put in the origins of the agnew speech my memos on that. There is a number of memos in there then i went to my files and got out that i have never published before a great number of them and theres a description of how i almost defected on the china trip. I was so unhappy with it, and theres also the end of it, you know where you put in that quote by john osborne and it looks so he said, he saw i had seen shelly and me when first day, the Inauguration Day in 1969 looking up at the portico and then he had seen how it all end
Pat buchanan and the knowledge of your new look acknowledges of your new book, you wrote this is surely among the last to be written by a confidant who served in the white house from its first to its final days over four decades ago. How many others are left . Im sure there are some of the young man around nickel nixon. Who havent written memoirs yet, but im not sure theyre going to. I do think in terms of a written memoir, this is probably the last of someone who was right there and knew it from the beginning. What you put in this book youve never talked about before . The origins of the agnew speech, my memos on that, theres a number of memos in their i got out that ive never published before and there is a description of how i almost defected on the china trip i was so unhappy with it. End of itlso the where you put in that quote, he said he saw shelley and me on the first day of the Inauguration Day looking at the book looking up the portico and saw how it all ended, he said it alm