so that s why i did it. the white house staff has it evolves, i think you ll find will be smaller than it s been in the past. i know you ll find it will probably be the youngest one in history, certainly one of the youngest. also named as a special assistant was another man, 27-year-old dwight chapin. you got to keep in mind i was 27 years old at that point, and we had just gone through this campaign, and i was just waiting to see what unfolded. the day i went in and interviewed for the job, and i met this young 35-year-old crew cut guy by the name of bob haldeman and bob laldeman changed my life. i ve never laughed as much as when i worked in the nixon white house. the sense of humor was the leveling factor. things, messes we would find
you re saying in other words he s got to talk to john? he s going to talk to him on the helicopter. okay. thank you. yes, sir. good evening. president nixon moved at the highest level today to cleanse the white house of the taint of the watergate scandal. the president has asked me to announce that he has today received and accepted the resignation of two of his closest friends and most trusted assistants in the white house. in their statements of resignation, haldeman and ehrlichman blamed many of their problems on the press. whether the president plans to incorporate any such statement in his nationwide address tonight is unknown.
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today in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the white house, bob haldeman, john ehrlichman, two of the finest public servants it has been my privilege to know. i want to stress that in accepting these resignations, i mean to leave no implication whatever of personal wrongdoing on their part. and i leave no implication tonight of implication on the part of others who have been charged in this matter. god bless america. and god bless each and every one of you.
know in my own head precisely what i did and why i did it. okay. and i know that i made some mistakes. i deeply regret those mistakes. as richard nixon s right-hand man he was the one most often recorded on the tapes, and they destroyed him. i had the rare privilege for four years serving on the white house staff under one of the greatest presidents. chief of staff hr haldeman found guilty on the watergate trial. do you regret what happened and what you did? oh, sure. the country lost motion, a lot of the good things we were working on in the way of domestic reforms were lost in the mess. you can t help but regret aftermath of that. a lot of good people had their lives spoiled in the process.