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AIDE'S TRIAL
LOS ANGELES,
Tuesday (AAP), .-A
US Superior Court
judge signed a preced
ent-setting subpoena
yesterday ordering
President Nixon to
testify at the burglary
trial of a former presi
dential aide, Mr John
Ehrlichman, United
Press International re
ported.
The White House has
already indicated that Mr
Nixon would "respectfully
decline" to appear and the
Attorney-General, Mr Wil
liam Saxbe, said he would
fight the subpoena on
grounds it would set a bad
precedent.
Judge Gordon Ringer
said last week that he
would issue the subpoena
because he was "per
suaded" that Mr Nixon
was a material witness for
the trial of Mr Ehrlichman
and two other former
White House aides, on
charges that they gave the
orders leading to the
break-in of the office of
Mr Daniel Ellsberg's psy
chiatrist.
It was the first State
court subpoena ever for a
President and- only the
third by any court in the
history of the country. No
President ever has been
compelled by subpoena to
give personal testimony.
Mr Ehrlichman's trial is
set for April 15.
WASHINGTON, Tues
day, (AAP). ?- President
Nixon's chief Watergate
lawyer stated categorically
yesterday that tapes and
other .evidence did not
support sw.orn statements
by Mr John Dean that the
President knew about the
Watergate cover-up before
last March 21, United
Press International re
ported.
In a statement challeng
ing Mr Dean's veracity,
President Nixon's lawyer,
Mr James St Clair, said,
"The evidence does sup
port what the President
has said on this malter".
The Watergate special
prosecutor, Mr Leon Ja
worski, said on Sunday
that he and his assistants
had found no basis for
perjury charges against Mr
Dean and planned to call
him as a Government wit
ness in the trial of Mr
Nixon's former appoint
ments secretary, Mr
Dwight Chapin, who is ac
cuscd of lying to the
Watergate Grand Jury.
The statements came as
the Gallup Poll indicated
that Mr Nixon had reach
ed his all-time low in
popularity. The latest sur
vey, conducted in early
January showed that only
26% approved of the way
President Nixon was per
forming.
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