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12.

On the afternoon of March 22, 1973, the President met

with John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman,

and John Dean during which meeting there was discussion of a possible course of action that might be taken with respect to the matters discussed on the morning of March 21, 1973, namely, preparation by Dean of a written "report" —— stating that high White House officials were

not involved in the Watergate break—in ~- on which the

President could at a later time "rely," if necessary.


12.1 Tape recording of a meeting on the afternoon_of March 22, 1973, between the President, John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and John Dean, and transcript thereof, Tr. 16—18, 32.

12.2 H. R. Haldeman's notes of the meeting referred to

in Item 12.1.

Item 9.1, tape recording and transcript of a meeting on the afternoon of March 21, 1973, Tr. 8—9, 14, 19-20, 22.

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