Richard Nixon actually said...

I want to repeat that I have taken this step with the greatest reluctance, only to bring the issue of Watergate tapes to an end and to assure our full attention to more pressing business affecting the very security of the Nation.

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Statement Announcing Procedures for Providing Information From Presidential Tape Recordings

10/18/1973

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