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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
- 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
- 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.
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