from gaining access to those
presidential recordings.
and it was former white house
chief of staff h.r. haldeman,
who was asked the now infamous
question by leading republican
howard baker.
here's some of his testimony.
the one thing that keeps
recurring to me and the one
thing i've tried to put to every
witness that has unique
information in addition to their
own personal information and
knowledge, is what the president
know.
and when did he first know it?
now, you were closer to the
press in the united states, more
on than probably any other
person in the world outside his
immediate family.
i want to know what you can tell
me in that respect.
what did the president know and
when did he know it?
i've tried to tell that in the
recounting of my statement, but
what the president knew about
the watergate and again, if we
can divide to prejudge 17 and
post-june 17, what he knew was
basically what has been clearly