CONTENTS Page June 22, 1972, Excerpt from the President's News Conference.... August 29, 1972, Excerpts from the President's News Conference... October 5, 1972, Excerpts from the President's News Conference.... March 2, 1973, Excerpts from the President's News Conference.. March 12, 1973, Statement by the President on Executive Privilege. March 15, 1973, Excerpts from the President's News Conference.. April 5, 1973, Statement by the President on the Director of the August 22, 1973, Excerpts from the President's News Conference... September 5, 1973, Excerpts from the President's News Conference. October 19, 1973, Statement by the President on Availability of Information from Presidential Tapes.... October 26, 1973, Excerpts from the President's News Conference.. November 12, 1973, Statement by the President on Presidential November 17, 1973, Excerpts from Remarks by the President in a 30 March 6, 1974, Excerpts from the President's News Conference... This is a chronological compilation of Presidential statements on the Watergate break-in excerpted from Volumes 8, 9 and 10 of The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Statements which were made as part of Presidential News Conferences or other question and answer sessions are reproduced in their entirety, along with the questions responded to. The remaining questions and answers are not included. Letters, Statements and Addresses to the Nation are in cluded in their entirety, with the single exception of the President's State of the Union Address of January 30, 1974. Only the last portion of that address, the part dealing with Watergate, has been included. At the end of each document is a citation showing the volume and page numbers of The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents from which the document was reproduced. The impeachment inquiry staff library has available for reference a complete set of The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents from 1969 to the present. (1) Q. Mr. O'Brien has said that the people who bugged his headquarters had a direct link to the White House. Have you had any sort of investigation made to determine whether this is true? THE PRESIDENT. Mr. Ziegler and also Mr. Mitchell, speaking for the campaign committee, have responded to questions on this in great detail. They have stated my position and have also stated the facts accurately. This kind of activity, as Mr. Ziegler has indicated,, has no place whatever in our electoral process, or in our governmental process. And, as Mr. Ziegler has stated, the White House has had no involvement whatever in this particular incident. As far as the matter now is concerned, it is under investigation, as it should be, by the proper legal authorita, by the District of Columbia police, and by the FBI. I will not comment on those matters, particularly since possible criminal charges are involved. * 8 Presidential Documents, 1078-79 |