Richard M. Nixon

Then: President of the United States; White House tapes show he had early knowledge of cover-up; resigned in August, 1974.

Now: Author of nine books; carefully trying to restore his image as elder statesman; lives in Park Ridge, N.J.

John W. Dean III

Then: presidential counsel; pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with the cover-up; served 127 days; star witness for Senate Watergate Committee.

Now: investment banker living in Beverly Hills.

H. R. Haldeman

Then: White House chief of staff and Nixon alter-ego; convicted of conspiracy in cover-up; served 18 months in prison.

Now: Santa Barbara businessman and real estate developer; part owner of nine Sizzler steak houses and two Radisson hotels.

John D. Ehrlichman

Then: counselor to the President for domestic policy and a key political adviser to Nixon; convicted of conspiracy in cover-up; served 18 months.

Now: executive of international consulting company in Atlanta; working on a novel about

impeachment of a President.

John N. Mitchell

Then: Attorney general and close personal friend of President; convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements to a grand jury; imprisoned 19 months.

Died of a heart attack in 1988.

Charles W. Colson

Then: special counsel to the President; once remarked that he would walk over his grandmother to ensure Nixon's reelection; served 207 days in prison in connection with the burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

Now: founder and chairman of Prison Fellowship, a Christian counseling program.

Jeb Stuart Magruder

Then: deputy director of Nixon reelection campaign; supervised Watergate break-ins; served 218 days in prison for cover-up.

Now: Presbyterian minister in Lexington, Ky.

Donald H. Segretti

Then: Recruited by White House to play dirty tricks on Democrats; falsely claimed that Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl;

served five months for distributing false campaign material.

Now: Newport Beach lawyer.

Rose Mary Woods

Then: Nixon's secretary; transcribed White House tapes and tried to explain how she accidentally caused 18- minute gap.

Now: has been in seclusion for more than 10 years; last known to be living quietly in Washington.

Elliot L. Richardson