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On August 15, 1973, the President said in a public state— ment that the "allegations" that were made to him on March 21, 1973, "were made in general terms, . . . and they were largely unsupported by details or evidence," but that by April 15 the fragmentary information I had been given on March let had been supplemented in important ways, particularly by Mr. Ehrlichman's report to me on April 14th, by the information Mr. Kleindienst and Mr. Petersen gave me on April 15th, and by independent inquiries I had been making on my own."
Item 44.3, p. 2.
Item 5.1, tape recording and transcript of a meeting on the morning oi March 21, 1973.FOIA #58707 (URT516380) Docid: 70105890 Page 62
