Nixon called Watergate break-in silly

LOS ANGELES: Disgraced former US president Richard Nixon described the Watergate break-in which eventually led to his resignation as "silly" and "incredible" , in a grand jury testimony released here.

Nixon, speaking 10 months after being forced out of the White House in 1974, also recounted how he became enraged when he learned about an 18.5 minute gap in a key tape recording . The details were included in the transcripts of two days of grand jury testimony from June 1975, released by the Nixon presidential library.