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With those words, Nixon authorized the coverup, a criminal obstruction of justice that was eventually to destroy his presidency. The transcripts show that Nixon ordered Haldeman to call in CIA Director Richard Helms and Deputy CIA Director Vernon Walters and get them to tell Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray...
H: They say the only way to do that is from White House instructions. And it's got to be to [CIA Director Richard] Helms and to-ah, what's his name ...? Walters.
P: All right, fine. How do you call him in -I mean you just-well, we protected Helms from one hell of a lot of things.
H: Gray called Helms and said I think we've run right into the middle of a CIA covert operation.
H: Yeah . . . So at that point he [Helms or Walters] kind of got the picture. He said, he said we'll be very happy to be helpful (unintelligible) handle anything you want. I would like to know the reason for being helpful, and I made it clear to him...