10. At 7: 32 a. m. on June 19. 1972 Attorney General Kleindienst telephoned the Acting Director of the FBI L. Patrick Gray in Palm
Springs, California. and stated that Kleindienst wished to be briefed on the invest.igation of the break-in at the DNe headquarters.
Kleindienst told Gray that the President wanted to talk to Kleindienst about it that day or possibly the next day.
10.1 L. Patrick GrEY notes of telephone conversation (received from L. Patrick Gray).
[428] -- 10.1 L. Patrick Gray notes
10.1 NOTE The notes which follow were furnished to the House Judiciary Committee staff by L. Patrick Gray on April 30, 1974. Mr. Gray identified the bracketed portion as referring to a conversation that Acting Attorney General Kleindienst was expec ting to have with the President about \)atergate. ~'lr. Gray stated that he told Mr. Kleindienst that W. Mark Felt, Acting Associate Director of the FBI, woul~ be available later that day to brief the Acting Attorney General on the status of the PSI's Hatergate investigation.
Ccr tain ,,,or-cis cmel phrase,; \·:h ich are difficult to read in ~!r. Gray's h,ll:c"\'lritteu notes were clarified by Mr. Gray and arc included in the typed copy.
[429] 10.1 L. Patrick Gray notes
l' Frnnkfort, ;:y. June 15 Fd' 6/16/72 The proposed ar:lendlilcll t: to the U. S. COIlS t; guaran teeinf, equal. fights to botl! sexes reached Lhe ltalhl<:l)' point in its proGress tml;lrd ratification todny 1":IC';"1 l:y. b(~c<1l:le the 19th stale to i1pprove it. A toLll of 38 stales must ratify the ame'nd mellt befcre it becomes pnrl of the Constitution. Two stales have rejected ratifi~al~on.
Non 6: 36 /\)1 'rCT hl>!F from Palm Sprillgs G-19-72 FBI Op connected me vIi tll \·1[0; tl·/icc. Finally told him to have T"r:'lf call me eli reet. He called jusl: shortly n.ftcr- I left La E;o to Hass -
6--19-72 7: 32 MI TO' I~GIZ SOI1('.tiJ:le todi1Y or possibly LomOrfm,! R)J is 80iog to HiJ.ll.t to talL to me. I~~ chore ili1)'one th(~re who can come to brief me todoy thi.s P:I? Yes U>lf. ~ i·loll 6-19-72 farris Lucas
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(P[ls,e. t\~O of origin.)l three) lInd in their pos.se~;s. burgla.r'y tools & eavcsdropri.r,c~ eq.
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[430] 2511 18USC251 identify Chap 119 ARE i·,1E IN Title 18 [unreadable] IT SOLIDLY FHI lnves. of Interception of Communication: YES stat. is continuing No. Do not send.
lfuat do you think of our conducting a sweep of
Demo Hq for other devices. Not yet; can h d for 24 or 48 hrs but it is a normal investigation technique.
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A Collateral piece on pa8e 7 "Experts Heap Scorn on Bungled Caper at Demo. ~~at'l, IIE}."
Our Lab says this is sophisticated equipment
Recovered buLlet from I'Jallace; can make no positive ident. on this Gu.llet - probably from
(PaGe three of 06[',in21 three)
Carol just h,mded
Plarme.Jon Case.
S. Ct. outlawed wiretap of Domestic Subversives. (1) Prior jud a.pproval required for Discuss \d th type of S\l:rvc:UlanCi~ (2) hilwre Govt. i11egal1y c
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Chap 119 Tit IH USC
2511 Interception & Disclosure Prohibited 12 Mfr. Distrib &POSSCSS10DOf these ~cviccs 13 Confiscation -- l!! 11;!illunj.ly - 15 Prc,hiJ;i.tl.on o[ V:.iC (-;s Evi 16 huthori~ation cf Usc of Wi.reLap 17 n of Disclose
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( ,. /0 17 I / g /7 C;' 'J.j· ·./_t ( () A . ( / • .1 ... . , [435] 11. In the morning or early afternoon of June 19, 1972 Ehrlichman told John, Dean to look into the question of White House involvement in . the bri?ak-in at the DNC and to determine Howard Hunt IS \·,thite House employmsnt status. Dean has testified that he then spoke to Charles Colson regarding Colson. t s knm.ylecige of the break-in and Hunt t s status and that Colson denied knm'lledge of the event, but expressed concern over contents of Huntls safe. Dean has also testified that he spoke to Gor'don Liddy, h1 ho n.dvised of his and Hagruder's involvement in the planning and executi,on of the break-in. Thereafter Ehrlichman received a report from Dean that Dean had spoken to Liddy and to law enforcement officials, that 1m,> enforcement officials \.... ere aware that the matter ,,,ent beyond the five persons who were apprehended, that Liddy was involved, and that there was a further direct involvement of the CRP. 11.1 John Dean testimony, 3 sse 932-34. 11.2 John Dean testimony, Hatergate Grand Jury, November 19, 1973, 48-50 (received from Watergate Grand Jury). 11.3 John Ehrlichman testimony, 7 SSC 2821-22. 11.4 John Ehrlichman testimony, 6 sse 2582-83. - - ~ ---'------" , ------,------"------ [436] 11.1 John Dean testimony PRESIDENTIAL CAn1PA!GN ACTIVITIES OF 1972- SENATE RESOLUTION 60 IIEARIN'GS BEFORE TilE SELECT COMMITTEE orr PRESIDENTIAL CA PAIGN ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STA~E8 SENAT.E. NINETY-TffiRD CONGRE~~S FIRST SESSION WATERGATE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES Phase I: VlatergatE Investig;ation WaSHIl'- Priot'?d for tile use of the Select Committee 00 Presic1.ential Campaign Activitice U.S. GOVERNMENT rruNn>rG OF.FlCE 06-290 0 V,.ASHlNGTON : 1073 - _ ._---- For sule by the Sup~rinten( l cn l of llocll~,enu. U.S. Gowr.-unl·!ll Pri!1~inR Olh~ Wl\Shln~lon, I).C. ~'l'4u:! - l'r;e·, S;J Stocl:: "umoor 5~·i{}-;)L'6.J [437] 932 I returned from this i-day trip to the Far East on the morning of June 18. ",Vhen I landed in SJ.n Francisco, after 20 hours of fiying, I called my assistant, Fred Fielding, to cherk in [438] 933 fensil'e and stated that hc was mercly on his pay-ro1l as a cons\l1tant because Ehrlichman hac! so requestccl, He askr.cl me to determine if Hunt \I'as still on his payroll and I said I \youlcl check, CO]8)ll ,llso expressed concern over the contents of Hud's safe, Sc\'er,ll \weks latet'-probably ':I: or 5-1 learnecl from Paul O'Brien, who was representing the reelection committee, that he had learncd from ".\rr. Hunfs attorney, )Ir. 'iVilliam Bittman, that Hunt anel Colson spoke all the telephone o\'er thc ,yeekE'ncl of .June 17-18, and that Hunt had told Colson to ge~ the materials ou~ of his-Hl111t's-ot1ice safe. Mr. Hugh Sloan called me to tell me he \I'as worried. _:\,t that time I knew of no reason why Mr. Sloan should be ,yon-ieel so I told him not to worry. He told Ine that he ,youldlike to meet with nle and I told him that I was trying to find out what had happenecl and re quested \\"e rlleet in a few clays. I do not recall the precise c\rl.te ,ye did meet. I ncxt contacted Lidd \' and [439] 934 instructed by Haldeman to go through all of ::\lr. HnJdeman's files over the weekend and remo\'e and destroy d<:maging materials. He told me that this materia,l included. such matters as memorandums from the reelection committee, documents relating to "irE:t:.1p information from the DJ\C, notes of meeting,; with Haldemall, and a document which reflected that Haldeman had instructed :"lfl[!l"uder to transfer his intelligence gathering from Senai:or Muskie to Senator :"IcGoyern. Strachan told me his files "ere completely clean. I spoke with :"11'. Kleindienst flnd he tolel me that both the FBI and the D.C. Metropolitan Police were investigating, flllli he assumed that the FBI would take full jurisdiction of thr case shertly. He also alluded to his encounter with Liddy at Burning Tree COUll try Club, but did not explain this in full until I l [440] 1 1 UNI TED 5T/\ TES ------x IN RE: POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS 4 OF 18 USC 2511 and 2512 11, 2 John Dean Lesti~ony 5 I - - - .------ 6 Grand Jury Room No. 3 United States District C6urthouSE 3rd & Constitution Avenue, N. W. Washington~ D. C. 8 Monday, November 19, 1973 The t estimony of JOHN H. DEAN, III, ~'Jas presented 11 to .a full quorum of the Grand Jury. 12 BEFORE: 13 RICHA RD BEN··VENISTE Assist2n t Special Prosecut or United States Department of Justice GEORGE T. FRJ~H PTON, JR. 16 Assis~ant Special Prosecutor Uni.ted States Depa x:- bl1en t of Justice 17 .JILL VOLNER 18 i Assistant Special Prosecutor I I Uni ted Sta tes Depa!:" C:18rr t 0 f Jus tice 19 i' 20 I I I 21 I! 221,i" 23 : i ! I 24 I I ') 5 Ii .. Ii! HIZi,9CTll ANN TWroi'l 11 n5 (J·W2y COl!f! j: Ken ,;r'J(-Jn, r,larY:Jnd 20195 I, (301 ) 9-16-4436 I: II [441] 45 I~\/l . And \vhat did;1~u::{'ell Mr. Ehrlichman? Well, I reported to Mr. Ehrlichrnan everything that told me and I recall recounting back to him, trying / - 4 to put all the pieces I had available at that pOint together~ 5 by telling hi.m about the meetings .. which had occur:red in the .' . ~ 6 Attorney General's Office in January and FebruB:cyor '72. 7 . Q Those 1-Jere the meetings at whtch Liddy presented 8 his inte 11 igence programs 7 9 L~ That's correct. 10 Q Did Hr. Ehrlichman again ment lon tha t he ",1a5 going 11 to meet wi.th Mr. Colson later that afternoon? 12 .A. He did. He mentioned that Mr. Colson was seeking ) 13 a meet:ng and that he wanted m~ to be present in that ~ecting 14 when it took place. 15 Q Did Mr. Ehrlichman also mention to you y on .June 19th c 16 at some time 9 that you ought to contact the Justice Department 17 to find ou t ~·iha t Has going on in t.he inves tigation? 18 A Yes" he did. 19 Q And what did you do about that, if anything? 20 I A I called Nr. Kl.eindienst and had a conversatiOl'l '.VLC;-l 21 I Mr. Kletndienst and I later 8m", He Kleindiens t. 22! io Now, during these first few cooversati.ons with Nr. I , 23 I ' Ehr 1 ichman j after the v7a te :rga te OrE:Lli< -in; did he ins truet YO l ! I I 24 to conduct an investigati.on and to det8l-coine ,vhether ar~. yone 25 in the White House was responsible or had knowledge of th2 ELiVllul·: :IU;, TIPTON 117i) Dewey Cutlet !\c:I> i!\v-ton, /,i)(yldrrd 20795 (:SO!) 9·iG-4435 [442] 49 1 I Watergate break-in? . Give you a specific instruction to con- 2 duct a Watergate investigation? 3 A I wouldn't say it was an instruction to conduct an / / 4 investigation. He just told me to keep my eyes and ears open 5 and learn what I could. 6 Did :Hr. EhrlichUlan 9 or anyone else in the \.Jhlte I 7 House, ever give you a specific instruction to conduct an I 8 investigation into this matter~ telling you that it was yom_~ ·.1 9 responsibility to make a determination of the facts and ~~eter~.l 10 mine l;,Thethe r anyone in the White House was Involved or J::'e= 11 Bpon::n'bi e,? 12 A Well~ I wouldn Vt Bay that it was really until late I( I I , ! 13 . Augu9t~ when it was reported that I had conducted such a~ io- 14 vef:3 tigatict! ~ that· there ever b2C.p..."U8 sny semb lenc:e of such en 15 Investigation and, after that~ v)hen it. had been put on the: 16 public record that I had conducted an investigation, I began 17 to pretend like I had conducted an investigation. I 18 I But I am u.naware of ever beine instructed to do an I I 19 investigation, because I would have proceeded much differently \ I 20 if I was investigating. I was merely sort of catch as c~tch I 21 can. I 22 Q Was this -- di.d it naturally fall to you~ as counsel ! I i 23 tot he Pre sid en t, 3. sap e r son ';'! h 0 1:1 a d hb d f 0 rITL"t 1. li.9. i oS 0 n v i I~ h I ; 24 the Jus tice De partmen t ~ ano the infon-ua 1 contacts th2re~ to be 7511 the person at the White House most.. 3'\.voxe of what ~38 going on ELl"i\8C:IH ANN liPTON II 1122~; Dew~y C(l!lr~ Kensington, MOljli1~d 207:JS I (301) 946·4436 II I [443] 50 1 in the Watergate investigation? 2 A Well) with things like this, wha. t '"}Quid genera l1y 3 happen iG that Clfter Hr. Haldeman and Mr.-Ehrlichman would ,;- 4 either lose interest or get consumed in something else, it 5 \.vould fall. to me to be the man to follow up and conttnue i--:he I I 6 II liais~n and keep them abreast of what I was learning. l 7 Q Are you speaking now about legal matters and Justice;I - I 8 Department matters, generally? - I 9 A No,'r 'canit,BB.Y tll,at generCl.l1y~ no, because~ for i ! 10 exanple, antitrust a);~ea8 wer:e something I very seldOifl got 11 into. I !I 12 Q I'mean you are not speaking simply of Watergate? \ 'it 13 A N0, A. m no t ~ I ~m thinking iYE other instcnc.;':e:-.> \·ihere J,- r."' 14 things were rather active for .8 while and they die o.c.: • 151 thinking of the Lithuanian defecter problem, where everyorl2 16 had their hands in it for a while and then, when it fell to 17, the daily job -of keeping abr.east of ";v~at 'Was hapi?enir:!g~ when I 18 it wasn1t in the headlines, that was my job. 19 I'm thinking of the Calley case, where there ~as a 20 great flurry of llct:ivitY1 and when it goe down to~ you k,no,'J, 21 following daily what indeed was happening to Mr. Calley p tha.. t 22 was my office. That's the way things generally happened trlerc ~ I 23 Q NQW~ on June 19th, did you also have a meeting with Cordon Strachan? Yes, I d:Leo ElIZABETH [,riN np"T01\ III 1 !2LS Uewey Court K,;nsington, M~rylilnd 20795 (301) 9~G-4'IJG J [444] 11. 3 John Eh r lichman tcs tir.,ony I PRESIDENTIAL CA.MPA IG N ACTIVITiES OF 1972 SENATE RESOLUTION 60 i BEFORE TilE / / SJjiLECT CO ~fnfITTEE 0 ~T PRESIDE:NTIAL CAI\iPAIGN ACTIVITIES Of' 'i'RE UNITED STATES SENA1'E NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION' WATERGAT E AND llELA'i'E D ACTi:VITIES Phase I: Watergate Innstigat~on W ASHINGTOl'l, D.C., JLiLY 2G, 27, A~;D 30, lQi3 Book 7 PMnt<:>d for the use of tile Selec~. Committee on Pr"sidenti.2.1 C\CU[\iliPl Activitie!'! U.S. GOVEP.~ME~T pmNT!~1} OFEiCE WASSXNGTON : 1973 For $t'lu by tho Suporink':ncicn.t of D('...c\l::-:t.1'n~s. ti.,s. (~(}\'I·:.'.~.!l~r.~ l 'rint:.nK 01~\ce \\"ll.S hjlt~too. D .C. ·..:DW:~ - P~· h.·l·~.2 [445] 2821 for thcn.ction of the President of the United Stn.tes, that s\\ch pbn3 at'c c[trefulJ.\' rese,ll'checl and evaluated. IYollld that be a fair assumption f Senator B.·\ITEn. :'Irr. Chairman, that is not the "ay n'e :trc going to conserve time. I think what \Ie arc ~ojng through now is eyiclence tho.t this committee is in facL ti r~ d. Hilt that. is--thc l1ucstion of '.I'llethcr it~s el;jdenec o. not is someLhillg th:tt ,YO will pass on. D.nd lira nkly am not interested in wh.\t th1S \\'itness thinks about \\'Lether it i~; or is not, evidence, I am int.erested in "hat he knows or dcesn't 1.,w\':. I 1'0- ' spectfully rer.cmmend that \<;e move on to hud evidence, Sonator Em·ix. The witness has stated t·hat he knew nothin!.; abollt these documents. and the documents arc in enc1enee n.nd the corrlmittee can draw slIch conclnsions from the documents. I don't belie,'e th[t[ the witness ought to be compelled to testify about matters that he said he knew nothing abont. Mr, DASH. But yon did testify, ::1-11'. Ehr1ichm~n) that in I\:l:1.rch of this year Yoi.lspo].;:e to the President and discussed this particuhr entry and he srric1 that he knew that it was legal alld justified for national security. Did he mention to YOll that he hf'..d received any kind of 11 con tntry Rclvice at any other time? 1\1r. EHRLICfDL\X. I17ell now, that quest.ion Hwkesan :>ssnmption n(·t in Hidence, ?Ifr. Dash, tn,.. t the President !:'nid he knew it ',\,.:S legal. I clon 'L believe I have en,I' testified to thoJ. Havo.t and the President s[tid that he belie,,~d v it was le;,,1 and j llsti..fec1 for national security n.nd I thonght yon answered in the affirmative. iVrr. EHRr ,TC1DL\~. -n'Ell, I certn.inlv "'0uH not ;o;;nnt to give ,on the i.mpre:osion tlJrl,t the President h~cl gi\-cn me a leglll opinion 0]1' this at. that timo, Bnt ",hat the President sad was thai: he felt thrtt jt "as important, and it "'as necessn,'Y, t),nL in the CGntc:\-t of the massi.,e thefts, the turno'Vl'r to the Rllssinn E~,-b:,ssv and .'ell the conte:.:'t. of that operation that he certainly could not cl'itic'ize the men "ho 11a(( llnder tn.ken this in good faith believing that they "ere responding to the UH::l?n CV of the ei rcnm~. tances. Mr. D,\SH. All right. 1'1:12 testimony ,011 do leave ~'it h the committ~ is that YOllr O\,!l r,(-;'- l' son,~l (;Hllllatiol{ aVs to its legalii'-y \\,lS f'. recent. one after ach-ice of counsel ~ ~\[r. EnRLIGl-DL\". IYell. I certainly \\0111d not. \Tant to len.,e tlw:t impression cither, )[1'. Dash, f-Jld I ,,~01l1d simply st:l.lld on my actl1:tl answers. :i\-lr. D .\sH. Well, the record will so S110W. 1\OW, yOll tcsti fled th;:tt. YOll mr.t and in eiTeet YOll, log slIm,s thnt yon met twice 'with l\lr. Dcnr1 on .Tnnl'. 19,107:2, which ,\'.IS:2, d,)~'s after the break-i!\ at tlw 'rratprgate. once :)t noon. n.10ne, n.nd :1r:ain at·1 p.m. \Ylth ?lfr. C' i;)\\·SOll. ~rl'. Colson, nne! ~rr. Kp1lr1i. ?\ow at. thp \loon mcetinQ: with 'lIz-. Dl':Ul, (':111 \'011 gil'e w:; 1'0111' r('('ollcction :1:3 t,) "'hat th:1t meec' i ng \\':IS :chOl1t and \;, het.lwl' YOll' \\'('I'e d isel1ssi nf, tllt' ,Y,l h.'.l'g:l tr ])r(';) k- . ) . . " , m. ~rr. T':ll1:ucrnr.\:o.". Yrs; T hE'licYc liP \1'('1'('. !1n(] 1 brlil''.'c th:lt it ",":; 1):1:3i(,:1111' to determine b" .1\\'('('11 liS tlle illC]l1lrirs \\'hidl r idt he ought. to make in' order to try to c1eterminE'. what had taken place. ' [446] i Ij I I 2822 i :Mr. Dll.SH. Dicl he not at that time report to you that he ha.d spoken !I to Mr. Liduy? ! ,111'. Bl:UU~lCJnB~. :No, I clon't believe so. I .i'llI'. D,\5H, He; nl<1.cle no re;porl at th~lt time to you as to u.ny of the ! invcstigations he had made cluring the day of the l~)th! i Mr. .GHRLICIDL\N. 1 have the illlDression tiLl.l .\lr. Deanlmd..0.'t Deen at work very IOllg at, that time, and'that he wa~; just getting starteet I 1\11'. DASH. AJI right. Now, at <1 p.m., what was the purpose of the meeting with )'lr. Dean, I r.lr. Cia W5011, .Mr. Colson, il.ncl Mr. h_ehrli '1 i i 111'. BllltLJ.Cl-DT_,Di. The principal purpose, ,1.'3 I l'ec,aJI, was to be in a position to ansv'el' inquiries which, I glless, J>1J:. CID.',\'son was get ting or the. prcss peorle were getting, "uout Htmt's White House statu3, of whether he wus seill an employee of the \Vhite House, if not ~ }','"__ =.. when he had tenninated and under "hut eil'CuIllstallc,es, and so fOlth. 1h. J).,\.SH. ",\,nel isn't that when Mr. lCehrli was brought up to check the recorcl ! Y\' ould Mr. Keh1'11 h8.\'e the l'ecoI'd o:fthn-t '! 111'. EmtLrCIDL\.N. 1\11'. Kehrli \<;as tbe stall' se0cetary and would have to be in vol ved in any discllssion of that kind. The 1.'e was another subjcct or two discuss3d at the time but as I recail, that was the pre·, cipihting question. Mr. D.:csH. \\'0ll, aside from :Ih. Hunt 011 the pa,yroll, wasn't the ~-- L--.cus at thd rneeting on the question of Hum himself? Hunt's stalus at the '''.Vllite House and also the (Juestion that i\J.r. Hunt had a safe in the 1V11itc Houss and tjmt the sale Ollg-ht to l>P oueued] ·Wasn't that P;1,t of the discussion? .' -, Mr. EURLIC1DIci.'Y. Yes) it was, as I previously testified. Mr. Dc',SH. Yes. And. actually t!ls,t safe was op~ned o.t th8,t time on the evening of thc 19th? Mr. EHRLICIDIAN. I don't know. I -think it must 117","(; beeD. either thllt eveni.ng or the nest morni.r.'g. 1\11'. D,LSH.]\OW, what W:-IS the concrrn :-IDU "ho brought up the con cern of what the; contents of M ..,. Hl.:.flt:S safe "culd sho-.;-,- ! Mr. EHI;:,LICH:0tAN. I don't recall, :LISr. Dash. Somebody ,tt the meec mg. I think the way it came 11[> was not so much a person"l concern as it was an inquiry by the im'estigation-eitller the .:\Ietropolitan Po lice fl.lldjor the FBI, as to ..;hetber Hunt h:vl any lJE'1cegir::gs ill the IVhite House. ' Mr. DASH, Now) on ,June 20, 1972, yon met :It 9 o'clock ,,,--}tb }Ir. Haldeman ar.d Mi'. Mitchell joined by :IIl'. Dc':w ,Lt £) :-15, joined by Attorney Geneml KJeindienst at 9 :5;\ ::mcl U>~n at 10 :30 you bad a meeting with the President. Was thflt 8.1so a followllp to fwd out what -.::-IS going on in terms of Watergate? Mr. EUTILICIDL\X. I think this was the }'"CCC'GS of tt"T1ng to gd' c"cr}bocly tog('thcl' who might know :-Inythi:·, to try and get :\ pic bll'C of wh:,t the im'('stig:-lboll Iyas going (-0 he. Wh2tiH'l.' there might be other pcopl(' im'olI'Ccl. jt;st, ,,·hat thl''''::''to t;: :end ;::ct t]ll' (,;lmp:l.'igf1, (lirector :mel the he:,d ut the Dop:ll'tmellt of .! ll,~ti,'(\ :uld 0-YC'rybocly togdher in O1\e place to :-Isk qucstions. [447] 11.4 John EhrHchmc:m testiTnonv ' J PRES DENI AL CAmPAIGN ACTIVITIES OF 1972 SENATE RESOLUTION ' 60 BEFORE THE SELECT CO:frIM I~rTEE ON A 0rrlTV~TTIE0 11.. V 1 u OF 'l'UE UNITED STAT J~S SENA1'E Nll\"ETY-THIRD CO~GEESS FllUi'l' SESSION WATEHGATE AND RE L Ar!'l~D ACTI VITIES Phase I : Waterg'(lte Investigation WASJ:IINGTON, D .D., JULY 18, 19, :W, :23, 2±, ,,~NJ) :?5, 1£>73 Book 6 PMuted fol' tue use oj' tb2 Select Committee on Pre,;idel!ti:11 Campai6U _\.ctil'itip~ u.s. COVr:l!N;llE;\T PnINTING OFFICE 9&-~O ,\V ASHINGTON : JUi 3 For &"I~ by tho Sl1p('rint(,l1d~'\t or D0CHU1\'l,t$. 'L.S. t~ ()V\! r: ~ r:'.; e llt r'r.n l ing Ot1; ..·,, ~ WI\S:di\t~ t.on) "D.C. '.'"j.. u )).· 1'r).,'(1 ~ f: lo('.k NnlJd.)~r ::, ·.riO-O\'.)l.~:j [448] 2582 S~nntor }3.lic:r:r:. Did vou [lsk him if it h:1d been brought to his at tention of-if the President knew about it? ~1r. EHlt[,U·lULIX. ~o; l' am quite sure I dicln'~. Th:lt is not some- thlllg that I "'Ollid ordinarily Pllt in that \\'ay to ::'11'. H:tlclelnan. Senator R\l~EH. 'i\'el1, di,l yoU Pdt it in any \I'a,)' to :\[l'. JIaldcmo.n? Mr. EIfRLlcrnux. ~o; I dIdn't I)(~!iel'e ~O., 1Iy assllmption is that ne\I'S of that kind gets to the President forth with. SCIlatorRu;:FH. \lYell, did you nsk what the Presidellt tholwht about it if YOll assllmed that? h l\h. EW\LICrDL\x. ~\o, no. Senator B.IEER. All righ t, si r; go n heacl. ~h. EHRLICf-DL\X, I don't think I did anything eise w1th relation to that subject malter on thfit Sunday. At least. I can't rprall anything. ,.."._...... On :\Ioncl.ay, I had a meeting with .John Dcnn in mic1c1n.y. and "I\"[' discl1ssed thi5) l'e [449] 2583 IHr. EHRLIC1DL\X. I do not think thut I---'IV<:!ll, and, of course, Boggs' call s;)id Hunt-Hunt, with a ~Vhite Honsc designation on . the slip or the card or ,vhrrtever it '\"[l5. So there ,vus that. ,\arning light on right fronl thr~t 1110ment. I do not thillk I knell" [lbout Liddy rrJl(l his inFo}vement until after Denn reportetl buck btc on th.e 19th or eady on the 20th, something like t}w.t time. . Senrrtor BM~ER. '.Vllat did i\{r. Dean report to you? i\tr. EnT,LICIOL\X. He reported to me that he had-1 should go back to what I askeel him to elo and I f,'11eS5 I pretty well finished with that. I expressed my concern on these two honts ..And \\' hen he came bilek, he said he had tulkeel to Veld'! and that he hud also talked to the people at the .J Llstice Depa rt.n1E'~nt or the poliee tle pa rtlll(', nt, 01' some where, and h" d a feel for this thing. And he said, the Justice Depart ment or the law enforcement peopie, ,myw",}', \\'e1'o llware thnt this matter \'\"cnt beyond j:lst the fh'e fello\\"s who were callg-ht ::md that Liddy was involved and it was just [1, matter of time befoc'e he \\ould '{ be piekcclup, and that there was a, further direei:. invoh'crnent of thn CRP ill this, Senator D..l"lG:U, All right. That was on whrri;~ the 19th of Jnnel, Mt" EHi1LICIDL\.X. I believe it \f,lS either the close of b usiness on the 10th 0)' the next elf'-Y. SelliltOi' B.\hF.H. Str;n [l( (ll,!L f,oint, :'.fr. Ehr1ichman, Ie~ us cxp'h-:H:, as the. saying gOES in tilis com~Y1ittce) that point ii1 time. L~~:; 1~S ~~:e ".,ha.t YOU die! witb that illtorm~tion ...... \ .t that p(;int. .]011:1 D2tlTl, ,,·ho W% c01.\Jm,l to the Pcc.:;iclent.i;di· ('atec! to YOll that. Liddy ,\i1S iJl','ol',-cet thilt othus at the CT?P \';~re involne!' ant! it. 1\-o111cl bE'. just a matter of time !x:.iol'c cther'3were pickeel up anel implicated. and broadly impliecl, bilsed on your te~,ti mony just now, that the CHP ,\'as deeply im-olnd in this sit.u8.i:ion, '\Vhat rliel yO\! do with thG.t iilformaboll? Did you pick up the tel". phone aile! call the President, did you c:dl Haldeman? '\Yhfl.t clid YOll do with it~ :'III'. EIIRLfC1DL\X. I think bv that time the President ~Hlcl the tl'nvel- . ing p:11't\. \yC'!'e 01'. their way b'i1ck.. I belirI'(' that t1) is mCE'ting t11fl.t. WflS hf~Jcl on Tuesdav u:ornill!?: was held at my inst:mce nne! it involved ::\[1'. Mitche II, the Au orney Gellera L )[r. Halclem an, and 1111:', flnd J aha Dl'all. _-\nel this WJS fo), the pmpose of gathering : [450] 12. On June 19, 1972 the PresIdent telephoned Charles Colson from Florida und spoke \>lith him for approximately one hour ending shortly before noon. The break-in at the DNC headquarters was discussed. 12.1 Neetings and conversations betyleen the President and Charles Colson, June 19, 1972 (received from Hhite House) • 12.2 Charles Colso'" draft statement prepared for delivery to the sse, September, 1973, 6-8 (received from SSC) • .. _._------ [451] 12.1 MEJ.;:TINCS AND 'rr:i,LPf--!Oi\~E C:O:\'",/.CRS!\TfOl' AM 8: 3-; 10: 1 7 Cab in'2c l'.'keting in the C~::.bind l\oom.. IVIr. Colson attended. June 18, 1972 PM 3: 00 3: 31 President placed 3. long clist2.nce call to l/lr. Colson (l<;:ey Bisca)rne) 6:39 6:48 President rlaced a long c1istC=l.:1ce can to Mr. Colson (Key- Biscayne) _._----_.------._-- 19, 1972 AM 10:49 11 :48 Preslcl-..::nt p12_ccc1 ::1 lo;:;g cEst:al1ce c:c.ll to l\J:ro Colson (I"\:ey Biscayne) . ~ L..--______ Jlme 20, 1972 PM 2:16 2: 1 7 Presi.c1en~ plac'3d lscal call to 1v1;:. Colson 2:20 3:30 Pres i..deni~ !Det ·with ?vJ:r. Cob on in the Presi.dent! s EOB oHi.ce 8:04 8:21 Preside~lt placed local call to 1\'1r. Colson 11 :33 12:05 _AM President pb_cec local call to .fv1r. C01S0,1 ) '-c.ktLlU_ [452] / ...... ----~-12.2 Charles Colson staLement ---' n (' " ,~ c:.' 1- " ~ c· n ~";- l, '1 ,. ~ ') , T.i O_.. :. __ n .D" ,/_V.~ ,,·.~nL 0 f C,.,·,,~ ... LS '.. : Ct) 1s C~ I appreciate the opportunity to present this opening stacemeDt to your Committee. I shall first atteDpt to the best s,..:rro-unding the \, ..v I~·'··"'rC''Oc· c~ l- Co but:: '" £"!\ff"1·L·r ... _ Cl. • • I li7i11 also atte21pt, if I nu.y, to give this CS·:;:"l.llttee SOi',.2 insight into the mood ann atmosphere \,ihich . existed lD the ~ixo~ years. I hc.v2 proceecli~~s to date; it is clear that you are seeking to deter- not only s7h.:t 20,cl thes2 could have happened. AS TO T1TS }?l\(~TS: I fil-st heard t>.2t there 11.::13 Oe211. Cl bur:;;lary c.t the Tt- .!..~ [453] 6 . '-lhich I believe too~~ place in f!ly office -- .JOllrt Dec:m to lel me tha t I'lr. Hen thad 7rbeen . ordered out of the countL"Y" or \'lOrUS to that effect. I:exploded. I said so;ne- thing to the effect that "that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard; that could make the White House a party to a fugitive from justice Chal"ge. II Hr. Dean then went to a telephone. I do not knmv ,,7ho he called nor do I knoo \vl:10 issued the original instructions to which Mr. Dean referred. Mr. Dean di.d tell me later that it was ~y reaction that caused 7nEn • to order. 5. The President called me from Florida morning of June 19. As I reca1.1) he asked me what I knew about what was going on. In this end in s;_!bseqt;(~nt conv2L"S2tionsJ he [454] 7. engaged lD such conduct. As I recall OJ initial conve~sations with the President) I merely explained that I had no idea what had happened. tdo recall several discussions .. with the President during that and ensulng weeks in which he expressed great annoyance at the "'7ay in v7hich the Comni'ttee for the Re-election \Jas being fi1,anaged. He complained bitterly that he had himself not been able to d~voteany time to campaign matters o~ organization and that he believed it was his long-held belief that it was inad- _. ,_._ _. - n. • ~ visable to st"a£f a c'ampaig<1 orgcmiz2tio:1 .,with people pcimd~ily. concerned ;;,:i th their ", . -" '-~.-=--:: '. -":'--:-= ~=-..:...:-- . '" .,.- ~- --",'""._-; salaries; he said people should participate in a campaign because they believe cause o He said that the Co~~ittee had too mUc}l money to spend, that the \'~atergat2 \,;as an eX8iLlplc of the kind of n~i_sSl\idc:c1 eLltei~prisc. that results .Li'O:l1 too !clc1::::h r:~oncy . He tolc1 8C on mor2 Lhi:1[l, 0[,0 [455] . 8. t 0 h a v ~ the st C1 f f C1 t. the C 0 ~c.~ itt e ere - due cd , to insure that no one ~-7C:1 S bei no-o paid @ore than they had made in prior employment and to get the manc.geQCEt of the campaign and the COITuf1.ittee under- tight control. On Tuesday, June 20, 1972, th~ Washington Star carried a banner he.adline) lTColson Aide'~Barker Tied 0 II It 'i·;as obvious to me that the press \\70u1d attempt to tie the Hater-- . ~.- gate into 1:.he HJ:rite House on the basis of "Klin.t l.s forr.~er associa- .-'-'.. .-.-':"'.. " ... -"- -:~-- .',. -'~,-.-'.-- . ···::tion·'Y'7ith me.·· Acco~cdinglYj·r irr:.,-nediately dictated a·[2e<0.o:.·:-:-:_:::--:'· · :':-~·:·:-::-:~~·--:-. for ·the file detailing all contacts or any kind that I could recall having had with Hunt during the year 1972. A copy of tll.E. t provided-to ~o~rstaff during .. ·Na.y 3.· ------""- #>-- - ..... - ~ .. ;- - . - - . -. - . .. ',. -... - -" - -' - .,- " .' .. . . -"~-. -" ~-- ..... -.- - ~-. Although I kr:.2'i·j that I had had no in.volveITl~llt ill. the Watergate, I b21ieved .that it migh~ b~eO~2 important to have an ~ceur2te record. [456] 13. On June 19, 1972 Howard Hunt \.Jent to the Executive Office Building and reviewed the contents of his safe. He determined that the contents included cables Hunt had fabricated indicating a rela- tionship betVlcen the Ke.nnedy Administration and the assassination of Vietnamese PresiciEout DLGYn, materi.als relating to Gemstone, James HcCord's electronic equipment, and other material. Hunt thereupon informed Charles Colson's secretary, Joan Hall, that Huntts safe contained sens:Ltive materials. 13.1 Howard Hunt testimony. 9 sse 3672, 3689. _ ___ --.1,-__ ------._------ [457] 13.1 E. Howard Hunt testimony PRES JDENTIAL CAMPAJGN ACTIVITIES OF 1972 SENATE RESOLUTION 60 H" FJ..:.J .cJ..~ _R '" Tl~_ \. JG~C:kJ BEFORE THE SELEOT CO:DiiJITTEE ON . PRESIDE 1~TIAL CA~I PAIGr ACTfVITIES I OF THE UNI'l ED srrATES trill f-, ATE NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION WATERGATE AND RELNfED ACTIVITIES Phase r ~ \VateJ.' gate Investigation WASHINGTO"", D.C., AUGUST 3, 6, 7; SEPTE~IB:CR 24 J).. 1'i'D '25, 1973 Book 9 Printed for the use of tbe Select CommltteB on Presidential Campaign AcUvities U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1973 ------For snl0 by tho Superintendent Of DocuruCIlt3, 'U,S. Oov(lmml'ut Pr\:lting Officl3 Wo ..,hloKton, D.C. ~1).tO·" -l'rico ~ [458] 3672 At this eurly t.imeof your employment at the White Honse, ~[r. Hunt, did you have acces.s to State Depnrtment cables cO"ering the period of the Diem ussassinatioG ~ Mr. HUXT. T did. 1\1r. DASH. \-vny did you have access to them? Mr. H lTIiT. Because I had req ll ~sted such accese and j t had been granted me. Mr. D.1sH. Now, in the review of these cables, did yOU notice any irre~1.l1arity of sequence? . ~ Mr. HUNT. I did. ., Mr. DASH. I0. what period did the gap in Se(jllence occud ;,,1r. R-m ./ [459] 3689 Mr. ThsH. Did YOll take:, 'lY money out of the safe 'J, i'lr. Ih:::\'l'. Yes, sir, I did. Mr. D,\SIL Ho\\' much? ~I r. H C':\T. I took out S10,OOO. Mr. D,\SIL 1\"l1ere did you get that money? :;\[1'. Huvr. 'C;at \\'as contingency money that had h€en provided me hy ~rr. Liddy. ::HI'. D,\SlI. Contingency just in case there was this kind of trouble? Mr. HU:\T. Yes, sir; in case there \\"as a misha,p. ~Tr. D,\SH. IVlwt did VOl, do with, that monev? :\11'. HexT. 1 took it 'c1ming the course of the cady morning to ~\rr. Caddy's apartment and gaxE', it to hinl on beha1f of the fiye men \vho lluc1 been arrested. ~[r. DASH, Did YO\! make. an ano.1vsis or re\·ie\, of the contents of vour safc at that tirne or a later time?· . Mr. ITexT. Xo. sir: not at that t.irne. ~h. D.\SIL 1\7hell did YOU, if YOU did? ~rr. HU:\T. Excllse me. ' . ~Ir. D.\SH. ::'Ir. HUIlt. this rni£!:ht help ~·Oll. Do YOll recall returning to your office at the EOD and looking through the contents of your safe? :Vfr. ITt:;)."T. Yes, sir. ;\(1'. D,\SH. And do yon c'ccall that that was on or about June 19, HH2? }[r. HFXT. Ye.s, sir. Hr. DASH, Jllst I'er\' bl'iefh', cftn you dE'~crihe thl? contents of your safe nt that tinw, witr:t YOH had in there 7 Mr. HeXT, \\rell, there \,as a grcat deal of I1latcriaL ~[r. Dash. ';\[1'. D.\511. Just by category, ' _ l\I r. J.TCXT. Ther0 "pre the h, bl'icated \"ietllallH:'Se cab 1es t hilt I h;:.ct sho\'11 to 'Jlr. Colson, Mr. COnE~in, and :'\Ir. L[lmLert. There lIas mate rial reLlting to Gemstone; tltrrc: "ere transcripts of my com'ers,'.tions with Mr. Cliftoll Dc :.\Iotte, for example. There "as a \"err substantial amount of nw.teri:ll, part of '\"hieh ,,:as shown me at the" time of clis co\'ery by the LS. aJ:t01'1lcy-·-p0rhaps I am !tot bf'ing l'esponsin'. Mr, D/,SH. Yes, YOH etl'C being res[)onsi\"(,. Did it nlso illC'luc1e the briefcase which incll\clC'd ~.h. :'[cCorcl's electronic equipment? Afr. HDXT. Oh, \·('s; th[lt 11'aS there. Mr. D,~SH. XO\y", did you inform anyone 011 that Get}" of the contents of yom ~afe? ~lr. HGc-:T. J did. Me. D.'.s II. '\'1,7110 \,as tha t ? Mr. H'C":'T. ~\IL Colson's secrcta.rv. :M r. I!.\5H. l,Vhat is her J\et me ~ u }\fr. HC:\-T. Her name was ~\lrs. JOetl1 Ha 11. Mr. D,\sJT, Did yon characterize 01' say al\dhing abont the contC'nts? Mr. HlTXT. Yes, sir: I did. I\lr. D.\SII. l,Yhett [460] ------ 14. During the afternoon of June 19. 1972 John Ehrlichman, Charles Colson, John Dean, Bruce A. Kehrli, Staff Assistant to H. R. Haldeman, and Ken Clawson, White House Deputy Director of Communications, net in .. Ehrlichman's office and discussed Howard Hunt's White House employment status. Colson stated that Hunt should have been terminated as a White House consultant as of March 31, 1972. Kehrli was asked to and did bring Hunt's emplo~nt records to Ehrlichman's office. These records did not indicate that Hunt's consultant status had been terminated. By memorand~ dated June 19, 1972 Colson transmitted to Dean documents relating to Hunt's status. (By memorandum dated March 27, 1972 to Charles Colson, Hunt had requested assistance in changing the annuity benefit option he had selected upon retirement· from the CIA. By memorandum dated March 30, 1972 to Kehrli, Richard Howard, Staff Assistant to Charles Colson, had inquired respecting Hunt's situation. At the top of the original of the Howard memorandum, there is a handwritten note: "Noble - Please let me know on this wlo giving out any info. on the name of the fellow ve're trying to help. B." At the bottom of that memorandum there is a handwritten note "OK - Drop as ·of April 1, 1972 BAK." On May S, 1972 Hunt had ~itten a letter on White House stationery to CIA General Counsel Lawrence Houston, renewing his request respecting his benefit option and stating that he had discussed the matter with the White House legal staff.) 14.1 John Ehrlichman log. June 19, 1972 {received from SSe). [461] · . 14.2 John Dean testimony, 3 SSC 934-35. 14.3 Memorandum from Charles Colson to John Dean, June 19, 1972, with attachments: memorandum· fror.l Richard Howard to Bruce l(ehrli, Harch 30, 1972; ID2morandutn from Joan Hall to Charles Colson, June 19, 1972 SSC E~libit No. 34-15, 3 SSC 1157-59. 14.4 John Ehrlichrr3n testimony. 6 SSC 2612. 14.5 Charles Colson draft statement prepared for delivery to the sse, Scptenmer 1973, 2-4. 14.6 Memorandum from Howard Hunt to Charles Colson, March 27, 1972 SSC Exhibit No. 63, 9 SSC 578. 14.7 List of Presidential assistants and their staffs (received from Hhite House) . 14.8 Copy of memorandum from Richard HOHard to Bruce Kchrli, }larch 30, 1972, \>1ith Cox-Buzhardt correspondence regarding the mernorandum(received from Watergate Special Pros2cution Force). 14.9 Original of memorandum from Richard Howard to Bruce Kehrli, March 30, 1972, with handwritten notations (received from White House). 14.10 Letter from Hm.:ard Hunt to Lawrence Houston, May 5, 1972 (received from CIA). H.ll Jeb Hagruder testinony, 2 sse 791-93. [462] / ( ( \ 14.1 John Ehrlichman log .. "-.... 8:00 EHH offi.ce 3: 30 Co.':Jin'.::t ln~ding 10:20' P!'e::;id~nt, S.::(;:r·~t3.des Ri.chard"o",_. Eoci;-Son (:-fi:\ 1) 12:2:) D 1". :c d D a v i d 1 : f) 0 Prl~sident 2:20 T e n~J..3 with Cole, El.illi. D, I-l:a.r?t:!c ~: 00 Roosevelt 200m - p. 1'. group 7 :00 J3l.:;'.c'< ti,e eli",.,,'::;: wi,,::h Nr.rs. Shouse iollowed oy :3:30 -Wolf T ..:-a.p openi.:;::g ?.. [ O:N DAY' r J UN E _1..:.9..c.,_l---,9=---7_2._ ,~/ 8:15 ?,00s2velt RoolYl 10 :30 Da.'/e Young, \,1a.1t l'lliili"1ich 12.:00 JO.8:1. De2.Cl -.-- ..... ---~~------.--.-~ ... ---~ Lunch in, ).,LeSS with Dr. Vlilliarn "\I{a.lsh (EOPE) 1 :45 AG:\:leindicnst 2: 10 Arnb?_ssador 'Nillia.."':l IVLiddelluorf -G~ 00 -,-" .. C 01 SOD, D ea.~ __~ 3:00 HRB office 8: 15 . R oos eVclt R oorn 9 :00 HR H, Mitchell 9;~5 JOlDed oy JOnD De2.n 9 :55 Join·:c:d by AG Klei:;Jdienst 10: 30 President 12 :00 Willia...G1 Lar.,e (?e::- John COIL""12.11y) 1 :00 LUDCh with Roy Wilkil1s .., JDE office! 2:2S Car at west b.?csement 2:35 Scnato:;:" G:ciffin, TOen I-<;ocologos, Ed Morg2.D. .3 :00 Senator Bennett, To:1D. l 4:00 Soci2.1 Sec1Jrity - M?_cG:;:·ego.c.Cooks Ko:;:'ologos, Col,~, Evans, \Veir'oerger, O'l'\"eill 5 :'()O H2.irc\\t 0,:00 Jim. Ca~)ilOn (Wa.ll Sti'c':;:-c Jo',1:(":;::'2.1) .~ "f :/ l! )_ • - ._~_ • . ____ " ", · .... ____ w· ~_ •• _._._ .... _. - .• -. ____ p' ___ .~ ...... ' 'r-> -'-~ __ ' ___ --.-.~ [463] _14.2 John Dean testimony PRESIDENTIAL CArl PAIGN AC ntTiES OF 1972 SENATE RESOLUTION 60 I{EARIN-GS BEFORE THE 1 Q1i1TO..ul.L.b '-;10· '1' 00,. m[ -lJllr ~TT. ..G1-;'T"1 ~ 0"1 1" PRESIDE:NTIAL CArJ P}~ I G N ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STn rl' ~ S SEN AJ]ij NINETY-TfUED CONGRESS FIRST SESSIOX \VATE HGATE AND R3L!\T.ED AC1'IVICX'I ES WASHL,GTO)Y, D.C., J"C>:E 25 A.:.'iD 26, 1073 Book 3 Printed for the llse of tbe S:,:le<:t Comwitte-e on Presi.dentiol Cnulpili211 ,\.chvities u.s. GOVEnN~IENT PRINTING OF?!er: Wf.SBINGl'ON : ]973 _._--_.------_... ---- Fvr s;j.h.> bj 0:(: ~,upe_:__Intenlknt or DocnrllL'n!s. U. S. G·.!\,,'! f1!l.lt'n: Pointing Ol~C~ ""o...."~)!pg·on, D,C, :"\)':0'~ - Pri"::t' .s:s Stoc:': Nwr,':>-';· ,lc;;o--oJ';';3 \. [464] 934 instructed by Haldeman to go through all of ::.Ir. Haldeman's files over the weekend o.nd remOH.~ o.ncl cle:stroy damagill'.'; mo.teri2.ls. He told me that this mu_lerial includecl snch matter~ as memouUlclljm~ frem the reelection committee, docnments relating to -wirctn.p i;:formo.tion from the DXC, notes of meetilli;s with Haldeman, p..:lcl a· dO"..:l1mcnt which reBooted that, Haldeman had insi;nlcLecl ~laiuucler to tr,lnsfer his intelligence gD,therin:,; from Seno.tor Muskie to Seno.tor ~lcGovern. Strachan. told me his files were completely clean. I spokro with l\.Jr. Kleindienst o.ncl be told me that both the FBI and the D_C. :01etropolitrm PDlice were inve3tigating, ancl he o.ssumecl that the FBI would t8.ke full. jmisdiction of t.he case shortly_ He also alluded to his encoclllter with Liddy i'ct Bnrning Tree Conntry Club, but did not es:pb.in this in full until I later met w'ith him. I do not have a re.cord of when I met with =\Ir, EleinclieDst, but it "as eith81' on Monda,y, the 19th, or the next d2.Y. I will describe. that meeting shortly. I DJet wit.h Ehrlichrrll!.l1 in the micl-dternoDn and rerorted in full my conversation with j-jcldy. I l1lso told Ehrlichma.n about the en.rlier meetin.c:s I had attended in )Iitchell's ofrlce. in late ,J ~m lWIT and Cil 1'1 V February and my sllbs'2quent converss\:ion 'With I-Ialclemo.l1_ He tolcl me he wa.nted to me0t hter with Colson u;ld told me to attend_ Ehrlicl1- mhll also r2(Fl(:O~ed tkd: r k!!'2)J him acl"i3ccl o.nd Gnd O:1l irom i.il~ Justice DC[!MLnc'ilt OD\\-nat. "'o.s gOln!:" on. I (lid not mention my c:on veT~,ttion with SLrach8_11beca.usG I~ssllr~lc6 that Ehrlichmo.ll ,\as ;\Y~.re: of this from Haldemlln himself, r --- Later that dtemoon I attended ," s~'concl ffil'etil1!! in Ehrlic1wwn's ofhce "ith Co1son, 1 rec2JJ E.hrlichman nsLin<:; where. T-Innt Wfl~·. I :o;)id I had no ide:). flnc1 Colscr, IT.~\de a similar sbtf:menL At tllnt point. he ! rorc:. th" mef'tinr; ktd sta:ted, :Z:hdi.chman "instrudccl me to call Liddy I I to have him tell Hunt to'!:et (Ill:: of fiw countn-_ I did I·hi~. ,yithout even th'inl(ing_ Shortly alter I n19.de the ca11, ho\vcwr, I ref1.1izc::d that no one in the \\rhitG Bouse shonlt'! ~i\"(c sncll im instl'l1cti [465] 935 ,'{lien Kehrli arri\'efl he "n.s quizzed by Ehr1.ichmo,n and Colson on Bunrs status at the "\Yhite House. Colson w<\;; arg\lin~ that Hunt Sl1011ld ha ve been remO'icd from the 'r'7nite HOllse as of :\farch .'31. 1 D72. :\1r. Kehrli's records, howc\'er, did not so indicate. I h,n-esllbmitted to thr committee memorandums that Colson iorwanled to me Oll June I, 19, presenting his argument. This ",ns bter l'cs,)ln>d bdw(,pJ) Colson find 1(eh1'li, PUr::-;llD.l1t to Colson's arg'llment. I ahyays assnmed that this required some nlteratlon of the records, but I do aot know this for a fnct. ~.~.-~'-' f1-'he. documents rc,ferred to n-ere ·m[lrkec1 c.,hibit Xo. 3+-1:5.*l }Ir. DE.\x. Follo\yin,~ this dis-cussioll. Ehrlichman as].;r(l Eehl'li where Hunt's office \yas loc.'\ted and how tIle cOlltents of Iii::; ~af(· coulc1 be remon~cl. I\chl'li pxpbined that he \\oldcl h;1\'c to 1l,11'e G::-:',\ open tljc safe. Colson. s:1icl it must he clone imJ11ccliah~h and Ehrlichnlall instl'llcted Kehrli to ha"'0 me prcsent 'shen U\e sat'e \\',1:3 opelled nnd that I ~;llOlllcl recein~ the content.-,; of t:le snfe.lI>hrli said he \\'ould cail ]TIro \Then he, had made the arrancycments H1.cl he thrl1 left Ehrlichm I \ [466] ~- 14.3 sse Exhibit 34·-15 I " - . ---.- .. - _ .••..• ". ""-- . __ _ PRESiDENTIAL CAmPAIGN ACTIVITIES OF 1972 SENATE RESOLUTION 60 II'LT'E" ri.. RT"\T0 J..L ~ uu Q BEFOHE 'i.TIL SE L1'i~CT OOMillll'TEE ON r1 ~ T {1 A ~ A (1r H'~ .rU.uREi PI- J.Jn .E ,'NI'.l.1 .LL\" L1.1 \J1i..D"i\ l-~.L1..l-P TG 'L i\ i' 1~ v _. ..T"'GIT' y ...D"-' OF TaE NINETY'-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSXON "\YATERGAT E AND REf..! A.rc::u ACTTV1T JES P hase}:: ' Y9. Ierg;:;.te I ;'i'I!:: ::;r'ig;'iibn W'.d. S BY X G'J' C;\l, D.C., JUi':.2~ 25 A.",\,D ::G, 107:{ I Book 3 Printe-d for tbe use of tbe Seled Commitlee on PresilieDtiu\ Campui,l:'n "\ctiyiUd u.s. GOVERN"IENT PRL\T\};G OFFICE WASHI:\GTi.1.:-! : 1173 ~~~.-. ~-----.---.---- For s.31~ by Lbo Sllp8rlnt(lnr\t'n~ or Dc-..:ur.}~nt..:;. l~.S. G0·:t>;-.,:~cLl~ Prir.;in; OCil.."lJ Y"':H;.,hln:":';...I.)r"l, D.C. ~'C~\J~. P:-lu- .~J S:'x~ i'.'<=~r ~~~,J-<)j:;J.1 _ .. _------ [467] lY No. 3'1-13-(!l:?S) C "[lY of :t ~e nu:l prcp:lrcd hy C')ru":) Lidl\.l· f()r T!)f ": ~in;{ .,f pail. l\u\TmLu ?·I, 1011, "ith ,\tt{)rn':y Cf: ltCr;.>1 )lird,';lI ,lltd v- John f)p:'.n ___ .. __ ._. __ . __ ___ . ______. _____ . __ ! J .,0 No. 3'1-\4.---(0:; I) .'dCnlllr:lndilCO [or L:nry Iri;;h _" ["'lin Joh n lk:ln with 1 j.,)1 ~. 34-1 'j_(!l:tAlC.~\h,~:,:P,~ tt-,,-,;e-l-l;~-~l;);'-l~;t;{~,~ -f;)~ -J,;hl; -I ) ~,~; -f-r;) ;,~ -6~ ~'~ 1~: ~ II.- COIMJn c:,mcrm ing 1l()\\':Hullllnt, I':it h ,ottJ.chmcnt- ______11.') 7 1::0. 3·\-16--(!):19) FEll i(ltcr\' ie", of CkH!~~ C"L-;OI1 ______1 J GO t.;:o. 3-*-17-(0 .. 3) )lcrnorctildmn for H. f(. Ibltkm:l[J a:luJohn EhrliC:!lrrl!!n frolll J·)hn De:ln fe: O'Brien letv:r concerning sp':c i:.d proserutoc ______1 J 61 No. :3.f-15--(0.')4) :\Ielrior2.ndllm for Joho D~::In from Ch:lrl~:l Colson fe: Chronology 0: HOI'.'"rd Hur,t's ::Ictivities ______11G() !\o. 3-i-19-(037) :1 [(;IT\orJ.ilcl urn s n: : COlinterJ.ci!ol\~ (W:lterg:lle) by hcnneUl PMki!J50n :lnd John D~:l n .. ___ .. ______11/.3 N o_ 3-1 - 20--(059) L r ttcr from Congri'5SI(l8.fI nro '.m to Attorne.'· G"ner,d re: B:\nJ.:in~ ,end Cur[(.'ocy Committce inw:slig:llion into \V :'\ t>ll': Fi;:IIn':i In (l . lrt:'llr~I~;;l' S lllditatt..' 1' :1;';1' {h:lt p:dliui( W; IS (llt':vi:llly 1:1:ldl.." p.lr( \)l" th t> n :l..:urd. [468] 1157 ExmBlT No. 34-15 ME"[Ol~AI':DU~I THE WHITE HOUSE W~SHISCTO.'t June 19, 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR: JOHN DEl.!" .11/ FROM: CHARLES COLSON\~' SUBJECT; Howard HUilt Dick Howard just cJiscovp.red the attached ir: nis chron file;' this is n. copy a"d BrIC.ce Kchrli .is looking for the ox·iginal. J. t:'l.i:1~-( it can be flatly a1"'.d clearly said that his servic'~s here tE:T,,,ir..z.ted on lviarch 31, 1972.0 There;s also att l. [469] ( 1158 . Ha'ch 30, 1972 MEHORPJmu:.,f FOR BRUCE KE:.'ffiLI l.{e N·ou..1.d like to acc.oruDodate HOA2yd Htmt on the attached anel. ,.;ould IJ.ke to do it r1ght aWdY and then totellJ' drop hilJ1 8.3 8, consuJ.t2.!lt so tho. t 1703_ CiHl ptck hhl up and U3e him. HOH2,rd h8.s been very' effectj_ve fo?' us ~ but h.ls . Bost J_ogical place "O~'f is consul.ti.ng 1701. '.r;le attache( could be 2. DB,Jor pl'obleo. 2_nd He ""QuJ.,d like to do ever:Fth.. i .n,?; ";Ie can to acco;nnllsh to...i.S and help ti.m. :in 'cr..i .s way" Pl.e8.2,2 let me };now __ A TRUE COpy [470] 115G MEMORIIl':DUM THE WHITE lIouse WASHl:- June 19, 1972 jvLEMORANDUM rOR: CHARLES COLSON ' . .r::../1 FROM: JOAN I-L\LL'.,1 . · . h H· . n SUBJECT: D lSCUSSlon Wlttl. award. nunt For the record, 3pproxir:12.tel.y 6 or 8 Yv'eC'f;s "go i" c' casu>!.l conversation, 1 2.si<:cd HOWiU:C HU:1t why he had rcet tcr-nea in any time sheets. He l·cplicd. "That is beil~g t?~en care of.· c·lsewncre. \I 1 did not inquire any Luther and the subject ','<\5 dropp;.::d. (No~.;:!: I had initi21ed his tiinc sh(.:~(.s Lach. n.1c,.:ltll and was l"cr(1), curi.ous why I had not rcccLved one. ) l ------[471] --14.4 John Eb:clichman testimony PRESIDENTIAL CAmPAIG N ACTi VITIES 1972' SENATE RESJLUTWN 60 BEFOJ{i': THE [)l\T \.J '\ " ( OF THE UNI TI~D STA'fES SEl!ATEJ NIKETY-THIR.D COXGRESS WA_TERGArf' ;:~ AND RELA.-;'ED / .. CT1';,tlT{ES Phase I: Watergate IUVi:stig'ation WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 18, U), 20, 2::~. y, A>m 25, ,1973 Book 6 \ /' ) II 'I -'j .... Printed for tDe use of the Select Committee on Pr('!:iidpotial Campa igll .\cth-ities U.S. GOVERNMENT PRr~ITl;-':G OFFICE WASHINGTON: !!173 [472] _.. _-- ... - -'---' --_ .. _ --_. . ' - -- -...- - ...... _---_._--- 2612 Ml'. EHr:LfCIDtAX. I take it, Scno.tor, und here I am Sr~Cl\b.tin6, lankly sp~c\lhting. Here'::; an episode with ::'1r. );[cCorcL l'i'hich come.:; cut through )[r. :\IcCol"d b::ck through C:ll.llfi.(~ld to D'2an. :\'(>,';', how does .John De::lll justifykwing seJlt':'[r. C [473] ~ . " /" -~ ,,-.,' "-----._ . ... --' Q~en '.ll.~-LS ~C1 ~Cr'2!1t: 0 £ C~c) C 12 sq. Co 1 S 0'.1. Before S ;~ J.'2ct CO:T:;-;1iu:,,·c Oel 2;:.-c::;-i.cI'2n.ti.J.l t- , • • I appreciate the opportunity to present L-t1lS operung statement to your Committee. I shall first atteopt to the best of my recollection to recount my l-cnu,d.ecge of the 2'/2nts surrounding the Watergate Affair. I TrJill a1so atteopt:, if I Day, to g:c.ve this C -;;:-r::::uittee SOEle ins ight into the mood and 2tGosphere (·;hich existed ::in the White House during the Nlxon years. proc2edlngs to dat2; it is clear that you are se~king to detcr- Dot 1.';:1 things could have AS TO T~lE FACTS: 1 first heard tL2i:: ther2 had b(~2n .::: burglary 2t the l). c. [474] 2. st2. tis tics> It H I explainecl that I had not seee Hunt in a couple of months, but that I believed that he was ~'70rking at the COITloittee for the Re-election of the Presiclent. Ehrlichman informed me that one of those arresteclhacl had something in his possession with Howard Huntls name on it. He also asked me if I knew Douglas Caddy. I told him I knew only the name. Ehrlichrnan explained that he W2.S sirilply trying to deterT.iline the facts" On Monday, June 19, I attended various ~eetings with ·Hr. Ehrlichi11an and Hr. John Dean. 1;1e \Vere. endeavoring to deter7Iline \'7hat Er. Hunt I S status \'lCl.S and 1:Jhcn his service at the \Jhite House had been tennins ted. I do not recall the exact sequence of the meetings or the persons in attendance that I do recall specifically the followi.ng points: 1. 1,12 c1eternincd th2t r\\y assisUlnt) Rich2.c:d f- . t11'"" '-.. S t"c...... r ...l...r: ~(~"0}-,", \...:..:...... • '-~ \ .. <....J.~"(" J... j. t- 0 tP_ r-I"'-'L ~ _"ll1." ., i-"L- '- l·ll'l ..l ,'- t 1 __c-I [475] .. - ~ . 3. consul ta n t rc la tionshi p {:7i th th e Hhi t2 }Iouse. A copy of Hr. Hm.;a rd I s me,no \las provided to yo~r s ta:E £ Hhcl1 I me t t;,}i th them for a preliminary interview on May 3 of this year. 20 He determined that Hunt's tenClination had not been handled routinely. At the time that he left the \vhite House in ?:larch, Hunt asked ~vhether he could change the survivors benefit electi()Ll uhich he had made u~on his retirement from the CIA a year earlier. Hunt's merno requesting the cha nge had been submitted 2S an enclosure to the termination memo of March 30. This request was apparently sent by the Staff Secretary to the \'7hit12 House personnel or' Civil Se~-vice office, W''2i.1 the dccisio~1 F2,S made on [476] -""'1'D'«O_~'V"._ .. ___ ..__ .__ __. __ {~ . take steps to formalIy p:cocess Hunt's ~ermination such as the cancellation I :~ his Ph;.;: Hmlse pass, the surrender I. ~ f d OCU:leD ts, etc. 3. We learned -- to my surprise tha t l"1r. Hunt still maintained a safe in an office in the Executive Office Build(ng. I sug- gested to Dean that he take custody of. the safe. I was certain in my own mind that there would be an investigation if t!:~e fa l:2ts establ:Lshedthat Hunt hac1 ha.d any connection ~vith the Hatergate break-· in. It \·72S my vie,,;' that the \··!hite Hause counsel had a responsibility to secure the safe and any other evidence. Con- tra ry to Nr. De2D IS te s til".O:1Y (TR 2169), I had had no cornnmnications from Hunt over th2t ~i7eekend; no. one suggest.ed thZlt I "!:"cmovc anything from the safe. I never S,3\-1 the safe nJr \0QS I 8';,72.1"2 of the CO~ltcnts of tho S~l[C. l\s a ;n2t~~('c <"- ; ,', ') S -; c,':,! f' L-(l ~c: ___ "'('I ~ ",r ._'1 .' [477] 14.6 E. l-[OI'lard Hunt memoyanclurn March 27, 1972 MEMORANDUH FOR: CHARLES COLSON FROM: HOh1ARD HUNT SUBJECT: Securing Survivorship Benefits When I retired from CIA on May 1, 1970, I was given the usual option of receiving full annuity without post mortem benefits to my survivors, or a reduced annuity "lith survivorship benefits. I elected the former. unaware that the choice would l.ater be held irrevocable. About a year later I requested the CIA General Counsel to assist me in changing to the survivorship provision. His negative ~es~onse is attached. Now that I have acquired a duodenal ulcer for the third time, I am close to uninsurable -- or at prohibitively high-risk ra.tes ._.- T.rith consequent prejudice to my family's future . .As an. Ellt'2rn2tive, it occurs to me chat I might be re-hired, briefly, by the Executive Branch, to retire again in a few days so that I could elect reduced arinuity with survivorship benefits. To effect this ",'il1 entail a certaia amount of paper Hork. Hm-l8vPT, I am requesting White House assistance in restoring the opportunity to provide for my family beyond the limitations of my private insur ance covers.ge. Retyped from indistinct original [478] 14.6 E. Howard Hunt testimony :""2 >- J~: -,",-'·i~ T/,:):: .:~ j: ;-:;?" 7:. :":~.-j,:: c~: ~~ 2. 2~ \':1::'".1 -)~} ~ :~. ::; ~r~.ri -/~) -...- ~-) :"": i? ~-:::~-::.~ :~.. ::.J ..., I ...~12c:.cc1 ~~.:! 5>J:-:-,:,;,:.!='"" ll::'~-::"-?/,.~,::.:.:! ~=?.t ·:'~-e ~-:::c;:-:::.= ",":t:)\.l~·3 ~2.~:':=:: 0-'~ L:. ..:;.'~~i :.. ".l 3 '.:. =-" - [479] , ' 14.7 \''hite. House. staff list ,I ' " OFFICE OF CHARLES \-1. COLSON Charles W. Colson Commissioned: Speciul Counsel to the President 11/3/69 - 3/10/73 STAFF ASSISTi\tTTS w. Richard Howard 5/2/71 .::. 1/20/73 Co~uissioned: Special Assistant ~o the President 1/21/73 - '3/10/73 ' Other Service: 3/11/73 - Present (Hr. Baroody) Patrick E. OrDonnell G/l/71 2/10/73 William F. Rhatican - Other Service 2/1/71 - 5/5/71 (loIr. Klein) 5/6/'} 1 2/ 3 /73 {Hr. Col scm} Other Service: 2/4./73 -- Present;. (r'lr. Zlegle~} S. Steven Karalekas 000148 6/7/71 - 3/10/73 Other Service: 3/11/73 - 4/27/73 (l1r. Baroody) John G. Carlson 3/13/72 - 12/16/7 2 Other Service: 3/18/73 - Present (r1r. Z ieg lerl Hm'lard A. Cohen 3/18/72 9/16/72 James 11. Schurz 6/19/72 - 11/11/72 Michael P. Balzano 5/28/72 3/10/73 Other Service: 3/11/73 - 4/9/73 (Hr. Baroody Kathleen W. Balsdon 7/1/72 - 3/10/73 Other Servi'ce: 3/11/73 - Present (Hr. Baroody} Llevlellyn Evans 6/15/70 - 8/11/70 8/9/71 - 1/4/73 SECRETARIES Joan Hall 11/1/69 __'/?7 _. / / ~'I,,) y" t;hl~en H. Balsc10n 5/30/71 - G/30/72 Holly Holm 5(3/71 - 3/10/73 [480] 14.8 Richard Hmmrd memorandum , ( and related corresponaence WATERGATE SPECIAL PROSECUTION FORCE United States Departmentof Justjce , 1425 K'Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 BY MESSENGER May 3, 1974 Mr. John Doar Special COW1sel Cornrni ttee on the .Judiciary House of Representatives Washington, D. C. Dear ,Hr. Doar: At your request, and with the approval of Mr. Jaworski, I am enclosing the following materials with the understanding that you would feel obligated otherwise to seek a subpoena from the Committee: 1. All correspondence between Mr. Cox and White House Counsel from May 30, 1973 through October 19, 1973. 2. Hemoranda by Mr. Cox and f.lr. Vorenberg reflecting conversations \vi th Mr. Buzhardt, e Attorney General Richardson and the Secret Service. These are memoranda dated ~2Y 30, June 7 and 14, July 3, 19, 19, 23, 25 and 26, and August 2 all of 1973. , '" Six17rere' y'yi '~,~ // / A,i , ..~/ ' ~ . ' / .------; ' , 4(iCC--- ),f'enry S. Ruth, Jr. , {Deputy Special Prosecutor 000925 [481] \ r L~ic ha::d f'iC:TiO rand Uf:1 --f A .... _ •• _. -'-••-,:-:=-.:.r-:-..:..-- .~-~. ,,- ,.... .' - ...... -'-- 1 I tiJ.~ a-ti,acht;:-;d. a::ld ~f· ··t~~-:i .1i~:;j tOi i~(.) it :ci2l::~' Q.~J7F-'1 ~d ~'O. ~ Wly ~J :;..-c ? hiD. Z~ a C\~.Q...-~, ~l ~::-.:. .::;:; sv-'~_i'_~ C":-;-aCDe«:1 1.:ol1.1d b~ a _£ m ajlJ~' p_~ ru8"!:a .3.J:: ~, \:;'L~·."\:;:fC,l \-ll d li~e·-t-.O·~.oo e:-.t"e~'Yl:-~"\I1'"t~ ~,-;w:~ C ~ . ~ . a.ci;-:",,)~~~.L~!-~!: :;hl-2J. .-.- .. - . - ~d Dl:::-1p l:!_1..r:n in thi.~ wa·7a- Ple-:2.. 3rE': 1,:;t:; ~\e bO\J.1q ". .. [482] ,,,~------~av\___ --- ~../ ~ ... ;::; 1 ( ( /' Q ~I -d~-' j . . . . (J :_, - -, '. .- ....~I . ....~.--:-~-. -~ ------:-:._.:..-:"... / .. . - . -.~. -.::-:.'.-:-,.-., --,-~' '-.,-\.':' :::-:--"d t .. .i~-:--:·---:-:--·:-'---'-·:-:I THe:: WHITE l-iOUSE /' ! I "V ASH I N G TON == 14. [) Fr2d P,uzhar:::1 t let te:r 5 September 1973 Dea!' Nil'. Cox; This is 1.-'1, response to your, letter of August 2,7requesti.Dg the copy of ? '-N. Richard Howa:r'd rnemO:L'a:1c.tJ.l"!J. of :Ma.r,ch 3.0; 1972 to Bruce Kehdi 2nd of August 29 requesting the pass appx'oval form for E" Howard HWlL As I :rrlentioned to you i.n a recent telephone conve:rsation~ ,the fact that a particuJd,l~ dOC'.J.n:J.ent is L.'"1 the physic2-l custody of a'current employee of the \tVhite House does not a.lter the f2.et that such dOC'.llTlents are Presidential P2,pers, of 'W:i::ciCLl. the authority to control is e:x:clu.sivc::ly a matter for Presiee12t"i.2.l decision. Acco:rd ingly, requests for. such docu.m,ents, w'het-:C18l." origL"lating \vith the. 0'> O ..l1.~.cr.'ce /. of '·he'-- _ \0_c.;~e"l·;'l l.J ...... _....a... D:C>O~'""""1~'0"" __ c· '- 1-), k"_ ,.1.. the...... _ r,-"..,,~J ~~ 'l._.J....;...... ' a..JT,,~y. __ J..;. sho"Jdy... ¥' bo.\,...-. addressed to rr'.. e in orcle~, that the reques-:: "222.y be. considered by the Pl'C sident-.. Both documents you reqlu~~ sted are e12clcsed .. " /1 -iJ., r, ~/ l... ..Jv'\...... ?)~'"'.... -4..~- • . ). - \...: ~ B:1.z.':),aro.t COL!..D.sel to the Presideni': Honor2,bleArchibdd Cox Special Prosecutor Wate rg2..te SpeCi2.1 ProSeC-e.tiOI! Force 1,;2S-K Str'eet, N. W. Wc,shicgto Enclosure S [483] \. Archibald Cox lC'.ttor August 27, 1973 J. Fred Buzhardt, Esq. Counsel to the President The Hhi.te House Washington. Da Co Re: Nemor andul":l from H ~ Rich.a.:r.d Bu.. lard to B}:uce Kehrli - 3/~_9.1I2 ,___ ~. _____ ~ __ Dcr'ing the ~ o u:cse of N. RiGhi:U~ d Howard f s a. p pear ance before ':::.. '."1 6 g r a. ~ 1 3. jury on J\ugust;, l.{l, 1 973 .. he ~vas dircct:ea by ·~:.h8 g:t:G'...n d. j u.. ry f o r cma r., to px'oc1ucc the original ca:L'DDn copy (I f a z.J 21 :l' ch 30, 19 '7 3 }'nemo:CQ,.l.!cJ.'::<2i\ \<7hi<:h he wrote to Br.·uce Ko n J:' l i c o nc ~ :c r,j" ng E~ Ho'\.';rard H\..1J:~t. I am informe d that l·'jJ':'. Ho,,.:a_·d f s a t:i.: o}:'ney I ,John lJUo.e.O 1 Donnel.l ~ h2.S been ad"\,"is\?:d ~-:Jy y o u. that yo -~';. arE! p:.t'epared ·t o fULTdsh this dOC1.".r.• men{: to {=...'l.e crr2.nd j u r y on rec e ipt of a :l2tter from this Offica confirm.ing 1:h ;:=. t , ,the grand ji17:'"Y did in fact make suc h l1 requ.8st of ~.L:c " Howard 0 ~.. s you v1ill recall r the ribbDn oxigin.al of. t:J ; is document Has furnish3d t.o '1::.1'1e grand jury by you on July 19, 1973. Please adv"ise us if :.y o u desire any furth·e::" inform::;;.~ tion~ . Very truly yours ~ Archibald Cox Special Prosecutor \. \ \ ------_. . - --.. -- [484] 14.9 Richard Howard memorandum 00015G Mar ch 30, 1972 i\1EMORANDUM FOR BRUCE KEHRLI \¥e would like to accommodate Howard Hunt on the attached and would like to do it ri'ght a~--:;ay .?-nd theI~JE,ol2:pycrropllim as ~ cons l1lt ant~0 5 ,;11~ r-170l c a n pick him up and use him. _../ "-....-- - .- ~ --- --..,.- , Ho~vaTd has been (ery effec tive-for us. but his '- -- - ,.l~t l o g ica.LP12 ce_~1iliLjs consulti n g 1701. The , atta~b~ec: could bel a uBjor pToblem and \;"e would like to Q:; everyt:~~ing VIC: can to accomplLsh this 2.nd help him in ! his way" Please let Tne know. '" j}e.,: ) ~ /'~} ~ 1/ c:;;/ ('>.- '-;#-' ~ W. Richard Howard " , [485] I-J,l.-,( -_ J'> ---- -, 14.10 E. Howard Hunt letter ',' ..~\:~ . ~.: :J) .. ~;!'~: . ,': . ' "\'''V," ' ~.,.' , . D .' i.' • , '\ J )' . ::., ,,", '~" , . ,:. ' - -.~ " .~ , ::~:,'>:::.i.:'-~ r-:~ ' . • t: ~ •. ~. .', ,r .... .;,- , .•.J- .'" ~f"''-' 1 '; 1.. '...... "~ ...... ; , i " " : , ~i" ." ~ -- ~ .... ~: . ~•. "!';.'. . '''- '': ." ~I .. : ... .. ~'- : : ~-,; ":' .. ... ~ . ,: , ~ \ • J " ;.~ .. • f •• ~- ; -.~ .;,;. -:. i . ~' . ., . .~ '~ ' .,.--. ... r-7" . ~...... : .~ . "'" ~\ ... : ~tr."':"~~S-.:-: :.· ~~~.~~~ · "- ·:·~~1 " \ .:. ,.- ~ L :~ .. ..;...: -. :... ~ ~.:.-.~;:--~:"~ . ~-...-:~ - - ~", .....-~ .~:.....- . ~ CIA. Materla.l Furnished To Mr. Fred D. Thompson, Minority Counsel Sena.te 'Select Cornmittee on Pl'esideutial Cam.paign A.ctivi tie s for Vice Chairm.an .. Howard H. Baker 1001GJ [486] , . " . 'THE WHI/;::: HOUSi: , ' 'WASHINGTON 14,10 E. Howard Hunt letter ADMli\TISTRATIVELY CONFIDEl\'TIP~L . ". : . •• 'It • . . :. , , , f' • .:.' "'.'\ ", ... . . '."': . "AI" ,.. 19'~1"") . , , ,J.na'l ::J 11 ... . , ' .. Dea:<: Li:l.rl'y~ ,.' .. 'With :reference to your letter. to me oEMay 6~ 1971 concerrrcn;r chango in D."l.y annuity' survivoTshi,p benefits .. Lhe 'Nhite House; legal stair has e.xamined "t:hc Co 1. A. Rethcl"1'lcnt Act of 196(~ fo-::: c_,er· t'aln .'E D1 p 1oyees .• \Yl.\..LI.. L ! paTI,.).cuL • 13.J.< re,£. erCi1ce t 0 S ec t"10ns ."--_:0r) '~ r, and 271.(b) of that Acto, In their opinion, the Director haS the .. autho:dty to ;t<':call me to duty", then pcr:D:J.it :r.ne to l'eVeb"(; to .' retir8G. status c-;.,t whIch time I eQuId elect l'eoucocl an,nui~:1'witll " , . su,:cvivo:c (J hip beneiits • J:n. Bho:rc p it v/ot:tld appea.l,' tha"~ V/(::/:O tho DiZ'QctO:i;' wnl~.~·"rt,i he could :r.'8 call rne iol' :- say, II clay ox a wGekt a£toX' wh~ch I coulC:~ L v(;'"l,.""n LfQ_~. .~ ,.,.\..A.S':t.,.., . :: '. Howard Hunt '.' "0 ,. CQ:w.sulJ,;;:;.~t to th0 I);l_'c'sidcn"t , '0' .. ):'" ~ ;:.:.:~':'~.'.: . ,':'. : . ".' . ~ .. . .. ' . .' .:.. ~ . ". " ". ;', Mr. Lawrence R •. Houston • •• •. . .:: ·.I~ ~. " ••• :. :.~.~~ • .' ." .' r. .. • • • "~. . General CaUDS el .~ . Ccn,..., ...... :ro, l -Ln~' t,C 1'119'CI:1CC.o.g' 1\ cr.cy : :::.' .. ', ", . ),' ~::\ .;>.',; ,'~',>~,' , ~ ~.'. .. ~VlaDhi.ngton; Do> G~ 29505 . . . '. '.' ". ,.~: ~: ; : . .' . .' •• ' • •. 01,:,:. : •• to • i'.. : ~ . . ... ',' .', I~ I· : :' " . I' . '. ' . [487] -14.11 Jeb Magruder testimony PRESIDENTIAL CA171PAIGN ACTIVITIES OF 1972 SENATE RESOLUTION 60 . " HEARINGS IlEFORE THE SELECT C01fMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES '. OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-TillRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION WATERGATE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES Phase I: Watergate Investigation WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 5,6,7,12.13, A.!.'l'D 14, ln73 Book 2 e. Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign .o\ctiyities U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 96-2%0 WASHINGTOl'l : 1913 For sale br the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. (;o<'emroont I'rintillg Oille" Washington. D.C. '.'0-10"2 - Pric~ $3 Stoc),: Nwnber 5~;(}-()1\J62 l [488] 791 :\11'. )hCRUDER. Yes. I think that is correct. :\lr. D.\SH. ~OW, ;Incr this meeting, ~Ir. :\fagruder, did you report to anyone nhollt the meeting? :\11'. :\LH;HCVF:R. Yes, I sent the docllments that ~fr. Liddy had given us itt· the meeting- t.o )h. Strachan. :\fr. D.\SH .•\.ncl again, »us this in yom normal COllrse of llsing ~1l". Stl' [489] 792 Mr.l'vL<\GHUDEr:. 1Vell, I simply put my hanel on.\fr. Liddy's shouldet", and he asked me to l'emo\·e it anll ind i~,1tecl that if I d iJ not, serious consequences could occur. Mr. D,\SH. 'Vas he more specific than serions consecJllences? '\Ir. M.\GRtiDF.R. 1Vell, he indicated that he "ould kill me. But I "ant to make it clear th,lt Idid not, I do not regrlrd thrlt and I do not now regard that as a specific threat. It was simply '\Ir. Liddy's mannerism. I think he "as indicrlting to me that he did not care for his relationship with me. That was all. '\1r. D.-\sH. "'"here, actually, did this .particular meeting with you and '\fr. Liddy occur? '\1r. JL-\GRUDER. The altercation or the meeting? '\1r. DASH. The altercation. '\1r. .\L-\GRUDER. In the lobby of the third fioor, the reception area of the committee. '\1r. DASH . .And thereafter, there was a meeting with .\Ir. Liddy, and .\11'. La Rue came up? .\11'. ).L-\GRUDEH. Yes. .\11'. D.-\SH. 1Vhere did that happen? ~Ir. MAGRUDER. In my office. ';\Ir. D.\SH. What happened at that time? :.'IIr. MAGRUDER. 'Vell, at first we agreed, Mr. Liddy and r. that he would terminate from the committee a 11 acti \·i ties. Then "e discussed the intelligence gatherin§t. and he indicrlted at one point that possibly .\Ir. Hunt could become involved directly in this area, or that \"\e could cease am' consideration of that. .At that time. as I recall, :.'III'. LaRue indicated that it would be best if we retained '\1r. Liddy, at least in that area. But he WrlS not overly specific. He just thought it was best that We keep things cool and not get too excited abont the situation. What we then agreed to "as to terminrlte him from our committee as lZeneral cOllnsel. but 1'etrlill him in the area of intellifOence fOathering. Mr. D,\sH. 1Vell. now. nt the time. ~1r. I..,aRue "as anxious to han you keep Mr. Liddy in the intelligence gathering, did )(1'. LaRue know what ~lr. Liddy was planning to do? Mr. .\L\GRUDER. I think in-a~ain. ~Ir. LaRue sat in on mr\,ny of onr meetings. ancl he and I hacl al\d are still very close frienc1s, and we discussed. I am sure. in gen<:>ml terms, )fr. Licldy's proposal. I could not recall a specific time. sitting clown with \11'. LaRue. though, telling "...,__ lim exactl~' "hat .\11'. Licldy's proposrll were. '\[r. DASH. Bv the WilY, c1id VOIl h.-now at that time that ~1r. Hunt was working \vith -:\Ir. Li·ddv1 ' \[1'. M,\G·RC.DER. At that.' time-I think by that time. T had been encouraged by cPltain staff members at the'\\l1ite House to be slIre that -:\1r. Hunt W:1:3 not employed by 11S directly, but employed by '\1r. Lidel\·. So I think I "as a"are at that time that he was. .\[1". D.\~H. "ll,tt Shlff 1l\<:>mL>ers at th<:> "11it<:> HOllse made sneh en COl! ragement. 1, ~[r. -:\I.\(;R"rm:R. ~rl·. HO\\rlrd. Richard Howard. )fr. D,\>-IL Who is ~fr. Richard Ho"ard? ~rl·. :\f.\(;R('l)F.rt. H<:> was ~rr. ('olsou's assistant. ~rr. D,\SIl. 'Vhat. if an\·thillg. did he say to you? "Wllr\,t kind of (,Ilcolll'ng('nwnt dic1 lll' g-i~'e you? .~-.:. [490] 793 Mr. i\L\CRu""DER. He indicated that :\11'. Hunt had completed his assignments at the ,Yhite House. and since we were now engaged in illtelligC/lce ncti,·ities, he thought I would find :\lr. Hunt. very valu able. I only met :\Ir. Hnnt once, so I was not really quite sure in what terms he would be ,·aluable. So I indicated to :\Ir. Howard that he should refer :\[1'. Hunt tD ;\II'. Liddv and that :\1r. Liddv would employ him. I did /lOt. blOW at that time that he and J1r. Li"ddy had worked tDgether before. L J1r. DASH. :N" ow, also concerning this altercation you had with )11'. Liddy and your decision to terminate his employment, did you receive any commllniC [491]