Contents (Click on index item to locate) Subject Page Introductory Note 1 June 22 1972 Excerpt from the President’s News Conference 2 August 29 1972 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 3 October 5 1972 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 4 March 2 1973 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 5 March 12 1973 Statement by the President on Executive Privilege 6 March 15 1973 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 8 April 5 1973 Statement by the president on the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 11 April 17 1973 Remarks by the President Regarding Investigation Development and Procedure 12 April 30 1973 Statement by the President on the Attorney General and White House Staff 13 April 30 1973 Address to Nation on the Watergate Investigation 14 May 9 1973 Remarks by the President at a Republican Fundraising Dinner 19 May 22 1973 Statements by the President on the Watergate Investigation 21 July 6 1973 Letter from the President to Chairman Sam J Ervin Jr 26 July 16 1973 Letter from the President to the Secretary of the Treasury 28 July 23 1973 Letter from the President to Chairman Sam J Ervin Jr 29 July 25 1973 Letter from the President to Chairman Sam J Ervin Jr 30 July 25 1973 Letter from the President to Chief justice Judge John J Sirica 31 August 5 1973 Address to the Nation on the Watergate investigation 32 August 15 1973 Statement by the President on the Watergate Investigation 40 August 22 1973 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 44 September 5 1973 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 51 October 19 1973 Statement by the President on Availability of Information from the Presidential Tapes 53 October 26 1973 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 55 November 12 1973 Statement by the President on Presidential Tapes and Documents 59 November 17 1973 Excerpts from Remarks by the President in a Question and Answer Session 62 January 4 1974 Letter from the President to Chairman Sam J Ervin Jr 68 January 30 1974 Excerpt from the President’s State of the Union Address 69 February 25 1974 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 70 March 6 1974 Excerpts from the President’s News Conference 71 March 15 1974 Excerpts from the President’s Remarks in a Question and Answer Session 76 March 19 1974 Excerpts from the President’s Remarks in a Question and Answer Session 78 April 29 1974 Address to the Nation on Subpoena of Presidential Tapes and Materials 83 May 22 1974 Letter from the President to Chairman Peter W Rodino Jr 103 Appendix: Remarks by Dean Burch Counselor to to President , Before the Republican National Committee, April 26 1974 105 - 37 434 O STATEMENT OF INFORMATION APPENDIX I H E A R I N G S BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION PURSUANT TO H. Res. 803 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER SUFFICIENT GROUNDS EXIST FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL POWER TO IMPEACH RICHARD M. NIXON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS ON THE WATER(I.\TE BREAK-IN AND ITS INVESTIGATION MAY-JUNE 1974 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1974 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts EDWARD HUTCHINSON, Michigan JACK BROOKS, Texas ROBERT McCLORY, Illinois ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin PT4'.NRY P SMITH TTT DON EDWARDS, California WILLIAM L. HUNGATE, Missouri JOHN CONYERS, Ja., Michigan JOSHUA EILBERG, Pennsylvania JEROME R. WALDIE, California WALTER FLOWERS, Alabama JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York BARBARA JORDAN, Texas RAY THORNTON, Arkansas ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York WAYNE OWENS, Utah EDWARD MEZVINSKY, Iowa ____.___ _ . a_.___ ~~ __1, 1stW I urs CHARLES W. SANDMAN, JR., New Jersey TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois CHARLES E. WIGGINS, California DAVID W. DENNIS, Indiana HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York WILEY MAYNE, Iowa LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, Maryland M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine TRENT LOTT, Mississippi HAROLD V. FROEHLICH, Wisconsin CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California JOSEPH J. MARAZITI, New Jersey DELBERT L. LATTA, Ohio JOHN I)OAR, Special Counsel ALBERT E. JENNER, Jr., Special Counsel to the Minority JOSEPH A. WOODS, Jr., Senior Associate Special Counsel RICHARD CATES, Senior Associate Special Counsel BERNARD W. NUSSBAUM, Senior Associate Special Counsel ROBERT D. SACR, Senior Associate Special Counsel ROBERT A. SHELTON, 4 ssociate Special Counsel SAMUEL GARRISON III, Deputy Minority Counsel FRED H. ALTSHVLER, Counsel THOMAS BELL, Counsel W. PAVL BISHOP, Counsel ROBERT L. BROWN, Counsel MICHAEL M. CONWAY, Counsel RUFUS CORMIER, Special Assistant E. LEE DALE, Counsel JOHN B. DAVIDSON, Counsel EVAN A. DAVIS, Counsel CONSTANTINE J. GERAS, Counsel RICHARD H. GILL, Counsel DAGMAR HAMILTON, Counsel DAVID HANES, Special Assistant JOHN E. KENNAHAN, Counsel TERRY R. KIRKPATRICK, Counsel JOHN R. LAROVITZ, Counsel LAWRENCE LUCCHINO, Counsel R. L. SMITH MCKEITHEN, Counsel (II) ALAN MARER, Counsel ROBERT P. MURPHY, Counsel JAMES B. F. OLIPHANT, Counsel RICHARD H. PORTER, Counsel GEORGE RAYRORN, Counsel JAMES REU.M, Counsel HILLARY D. RoDHAY, Counsel STEPHEN A. SHARP, Counsel JARED STAMELL, Counsel ROSCOE B. STARER III, Counsel GARY W. SUTTON, Counsel EDWARD S. SZVEELEWICZ, Counsel THEODORE R. TETZLAFF, Counsel ROBERT J. TRAINOR, Counsel J. STEPHEN WALKER, Counsel BEN A. WALLIS, JR., Counsel WILLIAM WELD, Counsel WILLIAM A. WHITE, Counsel 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 Tapes and Documents........................................... November 17, 1973, Excerpts from Remarks by the President in a Question and Answer Session................................... January 4, 1974, Letter from the President to Chairman Sam J. Ervin, Jr..................................... ( 111) 32 40 44 51 r Page anuary 30, 1974, Excerpt from the President's State of the Union Address............................................... February 25, 1974, Excerpts from the President's News Conference.................................................. March 6, 1974, Excerpts from the President's News Conference... March 15, 1974, Excerpts from the President's Remarks in a Question and Answer Session................................. March 19, 1974, Excerpts from the President's Remarks in a Question and Answer Session................................. April 29, 1974, Address to the Nation on Subpoena of Presidential Tapes and Materials......................................... May 22, 1974, Letter from the President to Chairma 69 70 71 76 78 83 Appendix: Remarks by Dean Burch, Counsellor to the President, Before the Republican National Committee, April 26, 1974 105 (IV) INTRODUCTORY NOTE 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 Cation are included 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) - THE PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE OF JUNE 22, 1972 Q Atr. 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;~~~l process, or in our governmental process. And. as Afr. Ziegler has stated, the White House has had no involvement whatever in this particular incident. As far as the matter now. is concerned(3, it is under investigation, as it should be. by the proper legal authorities by the District of Columbia police, and by the FBI. I will not comment on those matters. particularly since possible criminal charges arc involved. 8 Presidential Documents, 1078-79 (2) THE PRESIDENT NEWS CONFERENCE OF AUGUST 29, 1972 THE PRESIDENT We will go right ahead with your questions, because I know you want to cover perhaps some international as well as domestic matters, including, I understand, for the first time, political matters. Q Sir. President, are you personally investigating the mishandling of some of your campaign funds, and do you agree with former Secretary- Connally that these charges are harmful to your reelection? THE PRESIDENT. Well, I commented upon this on other occasions, and I will repeat my position now. With regard to the matter of the handling of campaign funds, we have a new law here in which technical violations have occurred and are occurring, apparently, on both sides. As far as we are concerned, we have in charge, in Secretary Stans, a man who is an honest man and one who is very meticulous, as I have learned from having him as my treasurer and finance chairman in two previous campaigns, in the handling of matters of this sort.