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The president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> when i got the confirmation that there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i could even remember about what had happened in those conversations. >> my mind is not a tape recorder. it does recall impressions of conversations very well. >> everybody realized that this was a major breakthrough in the chase. >> what would be the best way to reconstruct those conversations, mr. butterfield, in the president's oval office? >> well, in the obvious manner, mr. dash, to obtain the tape and play it. >> during ...

Discussions with his advisors and staff. in the execution of his presidential duties. >> this principle of confidentiality of presidential conversations is at stake. in the question of these tapes. i must and i shall oppose any efforts to destroy this principle. >> mix son's taping system was unique. because he had total control over the tapes. there's no way anybody else in the government could get those tapes without going to court and getting an order. >> the president moved to quash the subpoenas and he lost. and the district court before judge he lost in the court of appeals for the distr...

Greatest memoirs of any president in the united states. he was fascinated by memories of people. who others. and wanted to show himself as a great world leader. >> the president did tell me at one point, along with alderman, that no one was to ever learn about this taping system. >> alex had indeed confirmed my suspicion that i had been recorded. but more than my conversations have been recorded, everybody's conversations have been recorded. i was delighted to learn this information. >> one last question. the reconstruct the conversations at in particular day, what would be the best way to rec...

Installation of listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices. yes, sir. >> when i got the confirmation there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i could even remember about what happened in those conversations. >> my mind is not a tape recorder. it does recall impressions of conversations and very well. >> everybody realized that this was a major breakthrough in the chase. >> what would be the best way to reconstruct the conversations? in the president's oval office. >> well, in the obvious manner, to obtain the tape a...

>> in february of 1971, the president told bob his chief of staff that he wanted to install some listening devices around the white house. he said it was up to me to decide who should install these devices. i chose the secret service. >> the system designed only to take conversations in which nixon participated in. so when he would enter a room where there was a taping system. they flswitch on the on switch. when he left they turn it off. >> the listening devices were to record as much of the administrative business as possible. that's why we had the listening devices in so many different area...