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  • with the President over the telephone. that ~ve would have later. It was characteristic of the conversations He began by asking me whether this was ~vorse than Watts, and I told him that I thought it was probably going to be at least as bad as Watts
  • with my appointment were with the Attorney Genera 1 \vho telephoned ne perhaps as much as a month before the fifteenth of June and there began a series of conversations between us. B: Sir, the Attorney General called--this was Ramsey Clark at this time
  • with regularly without being subject to the arm-twisting--? S: Yes, they talked quite often. F: Are most of those conversations by telephone, or does the President tend to ask the men to come down to the White Rouse? S: You know, I think it's both ways
  • for about one-half hour and I found him quite inspiring. He said he was quite anxious for me to take the job and I was absolutely flattered and naturally accepted. B: What goes on in a conversation like that to inspire you? R: To begin with, I was 34
  • , and also for evidential purposes. And this has never been considered illegal by our courts, where a party to the conversation consents to the transmission of the conversation. B: Even if the other parties have not? V: That's correct. B: I know
  • screwed up. He was an instinctual man, and I think that this was good for us because F: Did you sit in on the conversations when he received them in the Ova 1 Office? S: Occasionally, yes. I was there. F: Were they fairly easy going? S: Oh, yes, he
  • at the White House. So he was living right at the White House during this period.. I must say I can't recount any conversation--I had no conversation with him during this period, but there was a constant flow and interchange of information between the White
  • at that-- V: Not really. I think there were some--in reconstructing that conversation, I think it was fairly clear what job they were talking about, but there were no specifics. B: And then when did a specific offer come? V: A few days after that. I