early in the afternoon, sam shows up with jim hamilton at my home and confronts me with the fact that he has learned that butterfield has revealed the fact that there was a taping system and wants my reaction to it. he is worried that his key witness will be discredited by the actual testimony. even though i thought i was recorded. anyway, it turned out i had a very favorable reaction. jim hamilton watched me and saw this big smile come across my face i won't repeat the words in and i won't repeat the words in the next company -- mixed company, but they were a good sign for me that they could sort the whole thing out. i was not surprised when the special prosecutor got the subpoena out as quickly. as he could conceivably get one out. the senate committee never did get them. the fact is that the prosecutor did get them. i did develop a working relationship with other members of the staff. a friend of my lawyer, he and i had a relationship in the days of the watergate prosecutor's office. it far exceeded his days there. in fact, i had a call from him about a month before he passed away,

early in the afternoon, sam shows up with jim hamilton at my home and confronts me with the fact that he has learned that has revealed the taping system and wants my reaction to it. he is worried that his key witness will be discredited by the actual testimony. thought i was recordied. turns out i had a very favorable reaction. i won't repeat the words in the next company -- mixed company, but they were a good sign for me that they could sort the whole thing out. i was not surprised when the special prosecutor got the subpoena out as quickly. the senate committee never did get them. the prosecutor did get them. was a working relationship with other members of the staff. , he and if my lawyer in the daysonship of the watergate prosecutor's office. a month before he passed away, he called to talk about -- excuse me. when i got word that he passed away, he really called to say goodbye. it was very sad. i thought he was a very good guy, one of my influences. we will come to that in just a second. richard davis, all of them i had the pleasure of working with. after months of discussion, my