Stennis Comprimise Rejected

By Patrick Mondout

On October 19, 1973, President Nixon offers to let John Stennis (D-Miss.) review Nixon's tapes and present Special Prosecutor Cox with summaries. The offer was refused the following day resulting in the Saturday Night Massacre.

Watergate Bibliography:
(We have a much more complete bibliography here.)
Ambrose, Stephen. Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973-1990. Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Discovery Communications. Watergate (3 part documentary). 1995.
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Woodward, Bob. The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat. Simon & Schuster, 2005.

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