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Oh, come on, just,

would you read it to me?

One, thank them.

Two,

there has been a crisis

but you know they will carry on.

Three, never expected

to be in this

situation.

Four, going off to clear mind

and think about the future.

Five, no changes at this time,

paper will remain in the family.

And six, and be carried

on in the tradition

-and so well said.

-So well said

You know, I just wanted

to hold on to the company

for you and Don

-and Willie and Stephen.

-You did.

-You have.

-Well.

You know that quote--

The quote,

"A woman preaching is like a

dog walking on its hind legs,

"it's not done well and

"you're surprised to

see it's done at all."

-Samuel Johnson.

-Oh, Mummy.

That's a bunch of nonsense.

No, but that's the way

we all thought then.

You know.

I was never supposed

to be in this job.

When my father chose your

dad to run the company,

I thought it was the most

natural thing in the world.

I was so proud

because, you know,

Phil was so brilliant and he was

so gifted and

but I thought that was the

way it was supposed to be.

Everybody thought that way then.

And I was raising you kids and

I was happy

in my life the way it was.

But then when it all fell

apart, you know, when

when Phil died, it was just

I was forty-five years old

and I had never held a

I'd never had to hold

a job in my life.

But I just, I loved

the paper, you know, I do.

I do so love the paper,

I don't want it to be my fault

I don't want to be the one who...

I don't want to let

Phil and my father and

all of you kids

and everybody down.

Mrs. Graham?

You ran here?

Yeah.

There's been a bit of a uh,

a complication.

I didn't understand at first but now

everything is of a different light.

Our source might be the same

as The New York Times'.

Okay.

If so, we could be

held in contempt.

Meaning?

Well, we could all go to prison.

Now putting that aside,

Katharine, I-I've come

to realize just

just how much

you have at stake.

Paul, I'm glad you're here.

Fritz is sitting with

Mrs. Graham now.

-Ben is here.

-Yes, I figured he would be.

-Jesus Christ.

-Mr. Bradlee,

if you knew Mr. Bagdikian

received the study from

-the same source at the time,

-Well, I didn't know because

-that would have been useful...

-I'm not in the habit of asking

my reporters who

their sources are,

and if you've spent

any time in a real

goddamn newspaper,

you'd know why.

You understand he's

trying to help you, Ben?

Mrs. Graham, hi.

We can all-

We can all appreciate

why Ben wants to publish

and if these papers had

come from someone else,

we might have been able

to skirt the issue.

Anything from

the folks upstairs?

No.

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