For the Committee to Re-Elect?
-Hello?
-Yes, that's right.
How did your check get into the account
of the Watergate burglar?
I'm...a proper citizen. What I do is proper.
Oh, l understand.
I've just been through a terrible ordeal.
My neighbor's wife has been kidnapped.
How do you think your check
got into Barker's account list?
Committee to Re-Elect the President.
Could l speak to Mr. Clark MacGregor?
-One moment, I'll connect you.
-Thank you.
Mr. MacGregor?
This is Bob Woodward
of the Washington Post.
This is Bob Woodward
of the Washington Post.
l just spoke to Mr. Dahlberg,
who says he is Midwest Finance Chairman.
Yes, I know Ken Dahlberg.
l can't seem to get an explanation
on why a check...
...for $25,000 made out to Mr. Dahlberg...
...that he sent to
the Committee to Re-Elect would...
...end up in the bank account
of a Watergate burglar.
I don't know.
-You're head of the Committee.
-I just came aboard.
Mitchell was head of the Committee.
He might know.
What would the explanation--
I don't know.
You're implying that I should know...
...and if you print that
our relationship will be terminated.
We don't have a relationship.
The issues of the campaign
are peace and prosperity...
...not a campaign check.
-Bob.
-Sir, no one is saying....
Mr. Dahlberg is on line two.
I'm running a re-election campaign.
We've raised $60 million...
...and you're asking about a $25,000 check!
Mr. MacGregor, could you hold
one second, please?
Mr. Dahlberg?
Could you please hold one second, sir?
Mr. MacGregor?
Can l call you right back? l'm very sorry.
Mr. Dahlberg.
Yes. I'm sorry I hung up before.
I wasn't sure you were
a Washington Post reporter.
l believe we were talking about
a $25,000 check.
Obviously...this is difficult for me.
I'm caught in the middle
of something and...
...I don't know what.
What do you think it could be?
I deal with a lot of important people.
People who work for the Committee?
For the Committee.
-The Committee to Re-Elect the President?
-Yes.
You see, I raised that money in cash...
...and I have a winter home in Florida.
-ls that Miami?
-Boca Raton...
...and I didn't want to carry
all that cash around.
Now, you can understand that.
Oh, of course l can.
So, I had it exchanged
for the cashier's check.
And how do you think
it got into Barker's account?
I know I shouldn't be telling you this....
I gave it to Mr. Stans.
l beg your pardon?
I gave it to Stans.
Maurice Stans?
The head of Finance for Nixon?
Yes, in Washington.
Now what he did with it,
I really do not know.
l see. Were there any other checks...
...that you might be aware of, that could--
That's...that's all I have to say.
Mr. MacGregor, Mr. Dahlberg...
...l'm sorry. Thank you very much.
Carl Bernstein on line one.
I got a lead on Dahlberg!
-l just...l got it.
-What?
l just talked to him.
lt goes all the way to Stans!
-What're you talking about?
-lt goes all the way to Stans.
He gave the check to Stans
for the Committee to Re-Elect!
Did he say that?
He said it. l've got it in my notes.
-Jesus.
-lt's down on record.
That money winds up in the account
of a Watergate burglar?
Fantastic! I'm coming home!
What happened with that Taiwan thing
you were telling us about?
Japan will break diplomatic ties
with Taiwan...
...when they recognize Red China.
lronically, that's a direct
result of Nixon's visit to China.
What did he tell him?
What did he say to him?
lncidentally, that's a great parallel story...
...if you're going to do
that piece on detente.
''Queen Elizabeth proclaims
a state of emergency...
''...to deal with what we call 'dock strike.'''
''Thirty-one days of rain in the Philippines...
''...is blamed on the theft
of a statue of Jesus.''
We had one like that before.
Laugh, gentlemen,
that'll be the only story everyone reads.
National?
We have the Bremer diary:
''Wish to kill Nixon.''
Did the car trip to New York,
Ottawa and