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UNI'l'ED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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JOHN DOE Grand J u r y I n v e s t i g a t i o n
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San Clemente , C a l i f o r n i a
Tuesday, June 2 4 , 1975
The d e p o s i t i o n o f RICHARD M. NIXON wa s reconvened
a t 9:00 o ' c l o c k a . m . , P a c i f i c S ta n da r d Time, June 24 , 1975 ,
i n t h e C o n f e r e n c e Room, U n i t e d S t a t e s C o a s t Guard S t a t i o n ,
San Clemente , C a l i f o r n i a , t h e w i t n e s s having been p r e v i o u s l y
sworn by Th e Ho n o r a b l e Ed ward J . S c h w a r t z , C h i e f Ju dge , Un i t ed
S t a t e s D i s t r i c t C o u r t f o r th e S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t o f C a l i f o r n i a .
ApPEARANCES:
On b e h a l f o f t he Government:
HENRY S . RUTH, E s q . ,S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r
RICHARD J . DAVIS, E s q . ,A s s i s t a n t S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r
JAY HOROTITZ, E s q . ,A s s i s t a n t Spe c i a l P r o s e c u t o r
FRANCIS J . MARTIN , E s q . ,A s s i s t a n t S p e c i a l
P r o s ec u t o r
HENRY L. HECHT, E s q . ,A ~ s i s t a n tS p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r
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3MR. RUTH: Le t me go on t h e r e c o r d .
4T h i s i s a r e m i n d e r t h a t t h i s i s a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f
5y e s t e rda y ' s sworn d e p o s i t i o n , t h a t t h e r e f o r e t h e o a t h co n -
6t i n u e s t o d a y a n d , i n a d d i t i o n , y ou may c o n t i n u e , o f cou r se ,
7a s you d i d y e s t e r d a y , t o c o n s u l t w i t h y o u r a t t o r n e y s who a r e
8h e r e , Mr. M i l l e r and Mr . Mortenson , c o n s u l t w i t h them a t an y
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t i m e y ou w ish .
10Th e a t t o r n e y s h e r e t o d a y, i n a d d i t i o n t o Mr. Davis
and m y s e l f , a r e Mr. H e c h t , a t t h e f a r e nd o f t h e t a b l e , and11
Mr . Horowi tz nwxt t o hi m .12
Whereupon,13
RICHARD M. NIXON,14
h a v i n g b e e n p r e v i o u s l y d u l y sworn , was examin e d an d t e s t i f i e d15
f u r t h e r a s f o l l o w s :]( i
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BY MR . HOROWITZ:18
~ S i r , my name i s J a y Horowi tz and Mr . H e c h t i sHI
nex t t o me, t o my r i g h t .20
We i n t e n d t o a sk you some q u e s t i o n s r e l e v a n t t o21
t h e Grand J u r y ' s i n v e s t i g a t i o n , which i s , s p e c i f i c a l l y , i n t o
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a l l e g a t i o n s t h a t Whi te House a f f i l i a t e d pe r s o ns a t t e mp ted
t o i n f l u e n c e t h e IR S t o a u d i t o r o t h e r w i s e h a r a s s Mr.
24Lawrence F . O ' B r i e n , S r . , and q u e s t i o n s which a r e a l s o
25 Ir e l e v a n t t o t h e Grand J u r y ' s i n v e s t i g a t i o n t h a t t n e White
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~ Could I i n t e r r u p t , p l e a s e ?
4I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h e S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r ' s O f f i c e
5i s o n l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e IR S h a r a s s m e n t a c t i v i t i e s i n s o f a r
6as i t d e a l s w i t h Mr. O ' B r i e n ? I t i s n o t i n t e r e s t e d i n an y
7h a r a s s m ~ n tt h a t t h e IR S may have done o r i s d o i n g o r h a s
8done wi th r e g a r d t o , s a y, me, my f r i e n d s , o r any th ing l i k e
9t h a t ? Am I c l e a r t h a t y o u r s o l e i n t e r e s t i s IR S a c t i v i t y
10w i t h r e g a r d t o O ' B r i e n ?
11~ N ot e x a c t l y . I n t h i s p a r t i c u l a r i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,
12 t h i s p a r t i 9 u l a r Grand J u r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n - -
13 ~ Do you h a v e o t h e r Grand J u r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n
14 which you a r e app ly i n g a s i n g l e s t a n d a r d , i n which you a r e
15 l o o k i n g , s e e i n g w h e t h e r t h e IR S h a s h a r a s s e d o t h e r p e o p l e ?
] (j O We l l , Mr. Nixon , t h i s p a r t i c u l a r i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s
17 d i r e c t e d t o t h e s e a l l e g a t i o n s .
18 ~ I t h i n k you h a v e answered my q u e s t i o n .
19 Go a h e a d .
20 MR. RUTH: Could I j u s t i n t e r r u p t , s i r ?
2 1 THE WITNESS: S u r e , a n y t i m e .
22 MR. RUTH: As you know, s i r , we a r e l i m i t e d by a
23 c h a r t e r t h a t we o p e r a t e u n d e r t h a t l i m i t s o u r j u r i s d i c t i o n
24 t o c e r t a i n f a c t u a l s i t u a t i o n s h a v i n g t o do w i t h White House
25 s t a f f members , p r e s i d e n t i a l a p p o i n t e e s and t h e 1972
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g a t e t h a t which i s w i t h i n o u r c h a r t e r .3
THE WITNESS: Your c h a r t e r , however, Mr. Ruth , a s4
I unde r s t an d i t , i s n o t l i m i t e d s i m p l y t o one p o l i t i c a l
5p a r t y . I t c o ve r s b o t h , does i t no t ?
6MR. RUTH: T h a t i s c o r r e c t .
7THE WITNESS: In o t h e r w o r d s , ha r a s smen t , i f i t
8happened i n t h e o t h e r p o l i t i c a l p a r t y , would a l s o be p a r t o f
9 y o u r c h a r t e r , . would i t not?
10MR. RUTH: Only i f i t were by p r e s i d e n t i a l
11a p p o i n t e e s f rom J a n u a r y 20 , 1 9 6 9 . Th e Depar tment o f J u s t i c e
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ha s t o do the: r e s t . t'le a r e q u i t e l i m i t e d i n w h a t we a r e a b l e
13 t o do .
14 THE WITNESS: Yes . I j u s t wanted t o know, and
15 you have q u i t e enough on y o u r p l a t e w i t h o u t h a v i n g more t o d o .
J( jS o r r y, Mr . Horowi tz . Go a h e a d . I know you have a
17 l o t o f q u e s t i o n s .
18 BY MR. HOROWITZ:
19 0. I t h i n k I i n d i c a t e d , s i r , t h a t one t h r u s t o f t h i s
20 Grand J u r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n r e l a t e s t o e f f o r t s t o g e t t h e IR S
21 t o a u d i t o r o t h e r w i s e h a r a s s Mr. O ' B r i e n .
22 Th e o t h e r l e g o f i t , i f you w i l l , r e l a t e s t o
23 a t t e m p t s t o s e c u r e documents f rom t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue
24 S e r v i c e , a t t e m p t s a l l e g e d l y made by Whi te House a f f i l i a t e d
25 p e r s o n s f o r t h e purpose o f d i s s e m i n a t i n g s u c h documents o r
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d i s t r i b u t i n g them t o un a u t h o r i zed p e r s o n s , t h a t i s , p e r s o n s
wh o would n o t i n t h e o r d i n a r y o r l e g a l c o u r s e have a c c e s s t o\
such i n t e r n a l r e v e n u e S e r v i c e i n f o r m a t i o n .
Now, t h o s e a r e t h e tw o l e g s o f t h i s p a r t i c u l a r
and ve ry s p e c i f i c a l l y , as you p o i n t e d o u t , s p e c i f i c a l l y
l i m i t e d i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
I w i l l f o c u s most o f my q u e s t i o n s upon v a r i o u s
documents which we h a v e , t o a c e r t a i n e x t e n t , b e e n p r o v i d e d
by y o u r cou n se l i n t h e p a s t , and we have p r o v i d e d them p r i o r
t o o u r m e e t i n g h e r e t o d a y, and m o s t o f t h e q u e s t i o n s w i l l b e
by m y s e l f , a l t h o ugh n e a r t h e end p r o bab ly Mr. H e c h t w i l l p u t
some q u ~ s t i o n st o you as w e l l .
Now, one f u r t h e r t h i n g by wa y o f p r e f a t o r y remarks
and b a c k g r o u n d , and h o p e f u l l y we can a s s i s t i n r e f r e s h i n g
y o u r r e c o l l e c t i o n .
Where we a r e f o c u s e d , s i r , i s on t h e summer, and
p r i m a r i l y J u l y , Augus t and September o f 1972 , and d u r i n g t h a t
p e r i o d t h e r e was an e x t e n s i v e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e
i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f Howard Hughes , w h e t h e r p e r s o n a l l y o r h i s
a f f i l i a t e d company, b u t t h a t c o n g l o m e r a t e o f i n t e r e s t s , and
i t w as i n t h e c o u r s e o f t h a t i n v e s t i g a t i o n t h a t t h e I n t e r n a l
Revenue S e r v i c e d e v e l o p e d i n f o r m a t i o n which e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t
Mr. O'Br i en an d tw o a s s o c i a t e s o f h i s , one by t h e name o f
J o s e ph N a p o l i t a n , N - a - p - o - l - i - t - a - n , an d one by t h e name o f
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1A. I t h i n k i t i s n o t Mr. N a p o l i t a n , i t i s N apo l i t an
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A s s o c i a t e s . I t i s a p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s f i r m .3
Q. ( C o n t i n u i n g ) t h a t t h o s e i n d i v i d u a l s ha d
4r e c e i v e d v a r i o u s funds f rom Mr . Hughes back i n 1969 and 1970 .
5Now we a r e g o i n g t o f o c u s s p e c i f i c a l l y , s t a r t i n g
6on a me e t i n g t h a t you had w i t h M e s s r s . Haldeman an d E h r l i c h -
7man on ~ u g u s t3 o f 1972 . But b e f o r e I do t h a t , s i n c e t h i s
8i n f o r m a t i o n d e v e l o p e d p r i o r t o t h a t t i m e i n t h e c o u r se o f t h e
9i n v e s t i g a t i o n , c o u l d you t e l l u s when you f i r s t became aware
10o f t h e f a c t t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n i n d i c a t i n g t h a t O' Br i en and h i s
11a s s o c i a t e s ha d r e c e i v e d funds f rom Hughes o r Hughes a f f i l i -
12 .a t e d compaoies ha d come t o s u r f a c e t h r o u g h t h e IR S i n v e s t i -
13 g a t i o n ?
14A. Well , we a r e t a l k i n g a b o u t tw o d i f f e r e n t problems
15 h e r e , and I w a n t t o be q u i t e p r e c i s e .
]( i F i r s t , i s t h e prob lem i n which you have j u r i s d i c -
17 t i o n , and t h a t i s t h e a l l e g e d harassmen t o f Mr. O ' B r i e n by
18 t h e IR S ; and , s e c o n d , when I became aware o f t h e f a c t t h a t
l ~t h e Hughes Company h ad Mr . O 'B r i e n on r e t a i n e r . I s t h a t y o u r
ZG qu e s t i o n ?
21 Q We l l , n o , I made i t a l i t t l e u n c l e a r , I t h i n k .
22 What I am i n t e r e s t e d i n i s \'1hen you f i r s t became aware t h a t
23 t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e had d e v e l o p e d i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t
24 t h e Hughes Comp any ha d O' Br i en on r e t a i n e r .
25 A. My f i r s t r e c o l l e c t i o n o f h a v i n g knowledge t h a t t h e
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16 I n t e r n a l Revenu e S e r v i c e had i n f o r m a t i o n ~ 1 it h r e g a r d t o t h e
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r e t a i n e r b y Mr. O ' B r i e n was somet ime i n t h e sununer o f 1972 .
3However, I s h o u l d p o i n t o u t t h a t I h ad been
4i n f o r m e d long a g o , and I t h i n k t h i s was p u b l i c knowledge ,
5t h a t O'Br i en w a s , O' Br i en and S e n a t o r H u b e r t Humphrey 's s o n -
6i n - l a w and o t h e r s , were on r e t a i n e r w i t h t h e Hughes o r g a n i z a -
7t i o n . , ~ l e a r ne d t h a t a s e a r l y a s , o h , 1969 o r 1970 . Whether
8t h e IRS knew i t t h e n o r wa s i n t e r e s t e d i n i t t h e n , I do
9 n o t know.
10Q. You s a y i n t h e sununer o f 1 9 7 2 . Ca n y ou t e l l u s
11wh o f i r s t in formed you t h a t t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e wa s
12i n q u i r i n g i n t o t h a t m a t t e r ?
13k No , I c a n ' t remember who s p e c i f i c a l l y in formed me
14 t h a t t h e I n t e r n a l Re v e n u e S e r v i c e was l o o k i n g i n t o t h a t
151 m a t t e r .
HiQ. When you f i r s t h e a r d t h a t t h e y we r e lo o k i n g i n t o
17t h a t m a t t e r , w h a t d id you u n d e r s t a n d t h e y we r e l o o k i n g i n t o ?
18 ~ What I u nde r s to o d t h e y were l o o k i n g i n t o wa s t h e
19f a c t t h a t Mr . Hughes and t h e v a r i o u s o t h e r p e o p l e t h a t t h e
2G r e c o r d e r h a s a l r e a d y p u t i n t o h e r n o t e s were r e c e i v i n g v e r y,
2 1 ve ry s u b s t a n t i a l r e t a i n e r s f rom Mr. Hughes o r from , I s h o u l d
22 s a y, t h e Hughes o r g a n i z a t i o n , and t h e q u e s t i o n wa s w h e t h e r
23 t h o s e r e t a i n e r s were f o r s e r v i c e s r end e red o r w h e t h e r t h o s e
24 r e t a i n e r s m i g h t b e u s e d f o r t h e purpose o f b e i n g f unne l ed
25 \ i n t o p o l i t i c a l campaigns .
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17 o f c o n v e r s a t i o n s , you s e e .
2Q. A l l r i g h t , I t h i n k i t \vi l l a s s i s t , and p e r h a p s i ,t
3was a b o u t t h e t i m e o f t h e s e f i r s t n o t e s t o r e f e r t hen t o
4n o t e s o f Augus t 3 , 1 9 7 2 , which ,,,e have b e e n p r o v i d e d b y y o u r
5c o u n s e l somet ime a g o , and t h e y r e f e r t o a m e e t i n g be tween
6y o u r s e l f , H r. Haldeman an d X>1r. Ehr l ichman i n t h e morning ,
7and I w i l l mark t h a t 0 -1 , which s e r v e s a s a Grand J u r y
8d e s i g n a t i o n .
9 A. Uh-huh .
10(The document r e f e r r e d t o was
11marked E x h i b i t D -l f o r
12 .i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . )
13THE WITNESS: Where d i d i t t a k e p l a c e ?
14MR. HOROWITZ: T h a t I c a n n o t t e l l y o u .
15THE WITNESS: S o r r y.
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17~ NOw, t h e s e n o t e s , l i k e o t h e r s - -
18A. I \vould have t h o ugh t my c o u n s e l would h a v e
1!1f u r n i s h e d you w i t h t a p e s where i t t o o k p l a c e .
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2 1 Washing ton , o. C.
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23 I was j u s t c u r i o u s w h e t h e r i t was San Clemente .
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9Q. L e t me g i v e you D - l .
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21 t o t a k e t h a t o u t o f c o n t e x t , t o p u t i t i n c o n t e x t , which I
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a p a r t i s a n p o l i t i c a l v i e w p o i n t .
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1 9 5 2 , t h e IRS, I u n d e r s t a n d , and I am n o t s u r e f rom \>lhom t h ey
g o t th e o r d e r s , b u t from v e ry h i g h s o u r c e s , t o o k my income
t a x r e t u r n s and made them a v a i l a b l e t o a Washing ton c o l u m n i s t
Mr . Drew P e a r s o n , and t o t h e S a i n t Louis P o s t D i s p a t c h .
Those r e t u r n s were u s e d i n t h e campaign a g a i n s t me
They were n o t - - o b v i o u s l y, w h o e v e r g o t t h e r e t u r n s o n l y p u t
o u t t h o s e p o r t i o n s o f t h e r e t u r n s t h a t m i g h t b e d e r o g a t o r y.
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t o Look M a 9 a z i n e , and t h e y were p r i n t e d , and t h a t i s when
Look was s t i l l b e i n g p u b l i s h e d .
I n 1 9 6 2 , t h e IR S a g a i n - - I wa s t h e n , o f c o u r s e ,
o u t o f power - - I was n o t i n Washing ton - - I was r u n n i n g f o r
Governor - - t i l e IR S i n s t i t u t e d an i n t e n s i v e i n v e s t i g a t i o n
which wa s a d ry h o l e f o r them.
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us some money. B u t an i n t e n s i v e i n v e s t i g a t i o n w i t h r e g a r d
t o t h e pu r cha s e o f my h o u s e , i n Tr u e s d a l e E s t a t e s , t h e y
l e aked t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n t o t h e p r e s s , i n t h i s i n s t a n c e t o t h e
C a l i f o r n i a p r e s s , t o t h e Lo s Angeles Times and t h e Long
Beach p a p e r , and I have a l e t t e r , i r o n i c a l l y , which I
r e c e i v e d f rom t h e man who was t h e head o f t h e f i e l d o f f i c e
o f t h e IRS, w h i c h I would l i k e t o s u b m i t f o r - -
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been Vi c e P r e s i d e n t , who i s r u n n i n g f o r G o v e r n o r o f C a l i f o r n i a ,
a b o u t h i s r e t u r n s , and I am s u r e t ~ e IR S and t h i s group have
no i n t e r e s t i n t h a t s o r t o f t h i n g . I mean o b v i o u s l y i f you
d i d , you would l o s e y o u r j o b s .
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Miss Woods - - " w i t h t h e h o p e t h a t you \·1i11 h a v e t h e
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c o u s i n o f Edward H a a k i n s o n , and many memb e r s o f my
f ami l y l i v e i n S e b r i n g . I have b e e n t h e r e many
t imes . _o v e r t h e p a s t f i f t y y e a r s and am s o p r o u d
t h a t s u c h a d i s t i n g u i s h e d l ady as y ou came f rom
t h a t t o w n . "
T h a t i s S e b r i n g , Ohio .
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o f 1 2 -3 1 -65 . My p o s i t i o n wa s ' s u p e r s u p e r v i s o r '
i n c h a rg e o f s e n s i t i v e a u d i t s - - on e b e i n g y ou
know who. I i m m e d i a t e l y t o o k c h a rg e and v e r i f i e d
t h e o r i g i n a l a u d i t a s ' n o c h a n g e ' and t h e c a s e
wa s s e n t back t o Washing ton . Wi t h i n a month i t
ca m e back w i t h a l e t t e r s e v e r1 y c r i t i c i z i n g t h e
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base o u r f i n d i n g s on f a c t s . ' T h a t s e t t l e d t h e
c a s e . T h r e e t i m e s i t h a d b e e n s e n t t o Los Angeles
f rom Wa s h i n g t o n . "
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was done w i t h t h e knowledge o f p e o p l e h i g h i n government , i t
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t a c t i c s d u r i n g t h a t campaign .
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we a r e t a l k i n g a b o u t , as f a r a s I was c o n c e r n e d , h a v i n g gone
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o f h i s t o r y , must have i n y o u r m i n d s , t h a t you w i l l b e j u d g e d
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t h ey d r o p him no w b e c a u s e " - - I d o n ' t know w h a t t h e n o t e
means . I t p o s s i b l y means t h a t I s a i d on L a r r y O ' B r i e n ,
d o n ' t go f o r w a r d w i t h hi m no w b e c a u s e i t would be to o
p o l i t i c a l l y h o t t o do s o .
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i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e r e i s a s u g g e s t i o n t h a t we go f o r w a r d .
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f i l e s . " Now t h i s , u n d e r s t a n d , i s Mr. E h r l i ch m an ' s n o t e s . I
s h o u l d p o i n t o u t t h a t I can n e ve r r e c a l l s u g g e s t i n g !-1r.
McGovern, S e n a t o r McGovern 's f i l e s b e c h e c k e d . Nhat I do
r e c a l l i s o n l y a s u g g e s t i o n t h a t t h e McGovern c o n t r i b u t o r s
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t o g e t t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e t o a u d i t Mr . O ' B r i e n ,
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a c t i v i t i e s t h a t i n my view were f a r more i m p o r t a n t t h an t h i s
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w h a t e v e r t h a t means .
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t h a t you d o n ' t r e c a l l t h a t . Do you b e l i e v e t h a t t h a t was a
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t h a t a P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s r u n n i n g f o r r e - e l e c t i o n ,
w i t h a good chance t o b e r e - e l e c t e d , h a s a g r e a t d e a l o f
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4p e r s o n t o t h e IRS?
5A. I \ ' l ou ldn ' t know wh o s u c h a t h i r d p a r t y would b e .
6~ Now, s i r, a t a b o u t t h i s same t i m e , a s I have
7a l l u d e d ; t o , t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e was i n t h e p r o c e s s 0
8i n v e s t i g a t i n g a l l o f t h e s e many Hughes r e l a t e d i t e m s an d
9 t h e y h ad come upon t h e O ' B r i e n b u s i n e s s and t h e y h a d s h o r t l y ,
10p r i o r t o t h e t i m e o f t h i s m e e t i n g t o which we h a v e b e e n
11r e f e r r i n g , s c h e d u l e d an i n t e r v i e w o f Mr. O ' B r i e n and Mr.
12 . O ' B r i e n ha d f a i l e d t o show up f o r t h a t i n t e r v i e w an d t h e r e
13 was c o n s i d e r a b l e d i s c u s s i o n c o n c e r n i n g t h a t f a c t a t t h e h i g h
14 r a n k s o f t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e , and wha t I am a s k i n g
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29 t h i s m e e t i n g , c an y ou t e l l u s w h e t h e r you became aware a t o r
21 a b o u t t h i s t i m e t h a t s u c h an e v e n t h a d o c c u r r e d , i . e . , t h e y
22 h ad gone o u t t o i n t e r v i e w 0 ' B r i e n and h e h a d n ' t shmm up and
23 t h e y were c o n s i d e r i n g w h a t n e x t t o do w i t h him?
24 11. Yo u would have t o r e f r e s h my r e c o l l e c t i o n a s t o
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3i f you would t e l l me, when you s a y t h a t t h e IR S was h a v i n g
4d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h r e g a r d t o w h e t h e r t o go f o r w a r d w i t h t h e
50 ' Br i en i n v e s t i g a t i o n - - i s t h a t \.,rhat you a r e t e l l i n g me?
6~ We l l , e x a c t l y how t o p r o c e e d n e x t i n s o f a r a s Mr.
7O ' B r i e n " was c o n c e r n e d i n t h e c o n t e x t o f t h e i r o v e r a l l Hughes
8i n v e s t i g a t i o n , b e c a u s e t o be s u r e Mr. O ' B r i e n was one o f
9 p r o b a b l y h u n d r e d s o f p e o p l e - -
10A. What w e r e y o u r d i s c u s s i o n s , i s w h a t I am t r y i n g
11t o g e t a t .
12 .Q. J m e n n e x t t o s che d u l e an i n t e r v i e w and t h a t t ype
13 o f t h i n g .
14 A {men o r w h e t h e r, o r b o t h ?
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Q. We l l , I t h i n k we w i l l come back t o t h a t , b u t t h e i r
I n p o l i c y a t t h a t t i m e wa s t o , a s t o a number o f f i g u r e s , b o th
20 R e p u b l i c a n and D e m o c r a t i c , t h a t came up i n t h e Hughes i n v e s t i -
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24 de l ay i t , b u t i f I can go on I t h i n k we w i l l come back t o
25 t h a t .
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4A. We l l , I h a v e spoken t o t h a t .
5Q At t h e same t i m e , and pe r hap s r e l a t e d t o t h e
6n o t a t i o n s on Mr . E h r l i c h m a n ' s n o t e s , and maybe you b e t t e r
7p u l l t h ~ mback i n f r o n t o f y o u , t h e n o t a t i o n " c o n t r i b u t o r s , "
8a b o u t t h e same t i m e a s you a r e h a v i n g t h i s d i s c u s s i o n w i t h
9 Mr. Haldeman an d Mr. E h r l i c h m a n , ev iden ce b e f o r e t h e Grand
10J u r y e s t a b l i s h e s t h a t t h e r e wa s d i s c u s s i o n b e t w e e n Mr .
11Ehr l ichman and Mr. C h o t i n e r a b o u t t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f a l i s t
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~ I n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e same c o n v e r s a t i o n you haa"
s ir , a b o u t Mr. O ' B r i e n , which i s r e f l e c t e d h e r e i n t h e s e
n o t e s o f A u g u s t 3 , and t h e n o t a t i o n i m m e d i a t e l y above t h a t
" c o n t r i b u t o r s , II do you r e c a l l w h e t h e r t h e r e was a d i s c u s s i o n
a b o u t u s i n g you r powers a g a i n s t Democra t ic c o n t r i b u t o r s ?
An d I Sl:lOW you t h a t l i s t b e c a u s e i t was a l i s t , t h e e v i d e n c e
e s t a b l i s h e s , which was p r o d u c e d a t a b o u t t h i s p e r i o d o f t i m e
o r f o l l owing t h i s p e r i o d o f t i m e .
A. A re t h e s e Democra t ic c o n t r i b u t o r s ?
Q. Ye s .
A. -Did you e s t a b l i s h t h a t ?
Q Ye s .
DO you r e c a l l w h e t h e r t h a t was d i s c u s s e d , u s i n g
y o u r powers a g a i n s t c o n t r i b u t o r s ?
A. I d o n ' t und e r s t and t h e q ue s t i o n .
Why d o n ' t you p u t i t more p r e c i s e l y , s o t h a t t h e
Grand J u r y w i l l b e a b l e t o u n d e r s t a n d i t when t h ey read t h e
t r a n s c r i p t ?
Q P e r h a p s I have c o n f u s e d you somewha t b e c a u s e i t i s
a l i t t l e p r e m a t u r e t o show you t h e l i s t .
Th e l i s t was n o t p r o d u c e d u n t i l somewhat l a t e r b u t
a l l I am a s k i n g y ou i s on y o u r n o t e s , r a t h e r Mr. Ehr l i chman ' s
n o t e s o f t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n wi th y o u , which i s r e f l e c t e d i n
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same day a s t h i s m e e t i n g t h e r e wa s a m e e t i n g b e tw een - - Sha l l
I w a i t u n t i l yo u a r e f i n i s h e d c o n s u l t i n g ?
A. We l l , I t h i n k you a r e p u t t i n g an assumpt ion i n
t h e r e t h a t I do n o t s a y, " t o u se o u r powers a g a i n s t t h e
Democra t s . "
What we a r e r e f e r r i n g t o h e r e i s w h a t I r e f e r r e d
t o y e s t e r d a y , and w h a t I r e f e r r e d t o a ga i n t o d a y, r e f e r r e d
t o , Mr. Ruth , a g a i n t o d a y i s someth ing I s t r o n g l y b e l i e v e i n ,
t h a t t h e r e should be a s i n g l e s t a n d a r d where j u s t i c e i s
concerned and a s i n g l e s t a n d a r d where governm e n t g e n e r a l l y
i s c o n c e r n e d , and n o t a d o u b l e s t a n d a r d .
And I was q u i t e aware t h a t t h e IRS wa s h a r a s s i n g ,
i f I may u s e t h a t t e r m , n o t o n l y c o n t r i b u t o r s , b u t o t h e r
f r i e nds on o u r s i d e . I f e l t t h a t t h ey s hou l d s i m p l y h a v e a
s i n g l e s t a n d a r d . T h a t i s what I was t a l k i n g a b o u t .
I d o n ' t r e c a l l a s k ing anybody t o p r e p a r e a l i s t
o f c o n t r i b u t o r s and g ive i t t o t h e IRS. I have no r e c o l l e c -
t i o n o f t h a t . I h a v e no r e c o l l e c t i o n o f s e e i n g t h i s l i s t .
I t h i n k t h i s was shown t o me y e s t e r d a y, maybe on e o f t h e
same l i s t s was shown t o me y e s t e r d a y .
Q. . S i r , i f I m i g h t c o n t i n u e o n .
A. S u r e .
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memorandum which b e a r s t h e he ad i n g , "Hemorandum f o r H. R.
Haldeman from Th e P r e s i d e n t . "
I would l i k e t o a sk you some q u e s t i o n s a b o u t t h a t .
THE WITNESS: S u r e .
MR. HOROWITZ: T h a t i s E x h i b i t D-4 .
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Q. Yo u have t ake n t h e t i m e t o r e a d t h i s and I t h i n k
q u e s t i o n s a b o u t s e v e r a l o f t h e r e f e r e n c e s t h e r e , t o w h a t
a p p e a r s t o have been a c o n v e r s a t i o n be tween y o u r s e l f and t h e n
f o r m e r S e c r e t a r y C o n n a l l y. I t h i n k h e a l r e a d y ha d l e f t h i s
p o s i t i o n as S e c r e t a r y o f t h e Tr e a s u r y.
The n o t e s r e a d , s i r , and I am t a k i n g p o r t i o n s o f
them, b u t by r e f e r e n c e t o y o u r c o n v e r s a t i o n a b o u t H r. O ' B r i e n
t h a t , q u o t e , "Conna l ly f e e l s v e r y s t r o n g l y t h a t any i n f o r m a -
t i o n we g e t i n t h i s m a t t e r s h o u l d n o t b e h e l d b u t s h o u l d pop
o u t j u s t a s q u i c k l y as p o s s i b l e . "
An d i n t h e same v e i n you r e f e r t o , q u o t e ,
" C o n n a l l y ' s v e ry s t r o n g c o n v i c t i o n i s t h a t d r o p p i n g someth ing
on O ' B r i e n w i l l have f a r more e f f e c t no w t h a n a t a l a t e r
t i m e , " c l o s e q u o t e .
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4I r e a d t h i s memorandum, w h a t f o r m e r S e c r e t a r y C o n n a l l y h a d
5u rg e d i n t e r m s o f t h e ha n d l i ng o f t h i s m a t t e r .
6Q Did you ag r ee wi t h h i s u r g i n g a t t h e t i m e ?
7A. L e t us speak v e r y p r e c i s e . In t e r m s o f a p o l i t i c a l
8campaign , t h e r e a r e t h o s e wh o u s e b r o a d and sweeping t e r m s
9 which may mean one t h i n g t o them and s o m e t h i n g e l s e t o some-
10body e l s e .
11As f a r a s I was c o n c e r n e d , and obv i ous ly you w i l l
12 .p u t t h i s i ~ t h e r e c o r d , I wanted t h e m a t t e r t o be h a n d l e d i n
13an evenhanded way.
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]l js u b m i t t o a v o l u n t a r y IRS i n t e r r o g a t i o n , t h a t he b e subpoena e d
17 I t h i n k t h i s s hou l d n o t b e h a n d l e d on t h a t b a s i s u n t i l a t
18 l e a s t a t e l e p h o n e c a l l i s made by t h e head o f th e IR S t o
1!l O ' B r i e n and b e f o r e he s t o n e w a l l s i t , a subpoena s h o u l d
20 f o l l ow. "
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22 t h e Democra t ic P a r t y , r a t h e r t h a n t h e wa y t h a t Mr . Stans i s
23 be ing h a n d l e d by some o f h i s o p p o n e n t s .
24 Q I am s o r r y , i f I m i g h t j u s t ask a few more
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paragraph on the f i r s t page, yo u " i ' : ~ e r't o "" ', Connally s t rongly
urged t h a t i n add i t i on to fo l lowing '~ '~ ~ \ i ' g h,,:; ~""~ h e [ ! ; 5)t h a t wa s paid to O'Br ien an d a s s o c i a t e s , an d ~ h'e 'r Jt h a t wa s pa id t o Joe Napol i tan , we should fo l low on the
Napoli ti,an r e tu rns i n 1968 an d 0 ' Br ien ' s as w e l l , " c l o se
quo t e .
Can you t e l l us whether Mr. Connal ly gave yo u
t h a t s p e c i f i c in format ion o r \ ' lhether yo u gave i t t o him?
A. I knew nothing about Mr . Napoli ta n o r what had
happened i n the '68 campaign.
Back the re , Connally, Mr. Connally wa s on th e
o the r s i d e i n ' 68 , as yo u may r e c a l l , an d he \'las suppor t ing
Mr. Humphrey and t he re fo re what he po in t s ou t , an d i f yo u
read t h i s memorandum, i t says accord ing t o Connally t he re
was approximate ly nine mi l l ion d o l l a r s i n unpa id b i l l s a f t e r
Humphrey's u nsuc ces s f u l campaign. A ll of t he b i l l s submi t ted
to Napol i tan were pa id . The o the r s were no t , a p pa ren t l y.
O'Br ien a t t h a t t ime was making a g r e a t deal ou t
o f the f a c t he was an unpaid N a t i o n a l Chairman. Of course ,
Connally ,was point ing up, I assume, from h i s exper ience on
the Democrat ic s ide some o f the ma t t e r s t h a t were popping up
i n the Hughes i nves t iga t ion t h a t , i f they proved t o be t r u e ,
should be pub l i c ly exposed.
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t h i n g ~i n t o one i 'ri "'m:f ques t ion t o you.
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i n fo rma t ion , do yo u r e c a l l whether yo u conveyed t h a t to Mr .
Connally o r whether he conveyed t h a t t o you?
~ . I have no r e c o l l e c t i o n . I th ink t h a t i t was th e
o t h e r way around, t h a t Mr. Connally knew about i t .
~ Do you r e c a l l l earn ing where Mr. Connally found
t h a t ou t from?
~ No, I d o n ' t know where he could have l earned i t .
I t could h ~ v every wel l been pub l i c knowledge a t th e t ime
o f th e Hughes i n v e s t i g a t i o n . In f ~ c t , be su re to check Jack
Anderson's column. Your s t a f f seems t o be very i n t e r e s t e d
i n t h a t , an d t h a t i s always a good s ou r c e .
Q.S i r , i f I ca n cont inue on with t h i s mat t e r - -
~ I won ' t ever s top you.
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p r i o r t o th e t ime o f what appears t o have been an August 9 ,
',7 2 , conversa t ion?
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4Q E i t h e r t e l e p h o n i c o r i n a m e e t i n g ?
5A No. No .
6Oh , I would h a v e t o q u a l i f y t h a t t o t h i s e x t e n t :
7 When n q ~ h i n g ,a s I h a d e x p e c t e d , d e v e l o p e d o u t o f t h e O ' B r i e n
8 i n v e s t i g a t i o n , an d i n s t e a d o f c o n d u c t i n g tw o y e a r s o f
9h a r a s s m e n t a g a i n s t h i m , as t h e y h a v e a g a i n s t M r. Rebozo , f o r
10exam p l e , t h e y s i m p l y d r o p p e d t h e m a t t e r .
11 I remember t h a t on o n e o c c a s i o n - - t h a t was
12 s h o r t l y b e ~ o r et h e e l e c t i o n - - C o n n a l l y s a i d t h a t IRS, h e
13 s a y s t h a t i s w h a t yo u h a v e t o ex p e c t , I d i d n ' t e x p e c t t h e y
14 would do a n y t h i n g . He s a i d t h e y a r e r i g h t i n t h e p o c k e t , a t
15 t h a t t im e a t l e a s t , i n t h e pock e t o f t h e Democra t ic l ' a r t y .
]( j I would s a y t h e t o p l e a d e r s h i p was a l l su p p o r t e r s
17 o f 11:cGovern . I t h i n k t h a t wa s t h e o t h e r p o i n t h e made . I
18 am n o t r e f e r r i n g t o t h e ma n a t t h e v e ~J t o p b e caus e , a s y ou
I!) I know, t h e r e a r e o n l y tw o p e o p l e a p p o i n t e d b y t h e P r e s i d e n t ,
20 w i t h t h e a d v i c e o f t h e S e c r e t a r y o f T r e a s u r y.
21 A l l o f t h e r e s t i s a s e l f - p e r p e t u a t i n g b u r e a u c r a c y
22 and i t wa s t h a t b u r e a u c r a c y t h a t C o n n a l l y, even as S e c r e t a r y
2;3 o f T r e a s u r y, was u n a b l e t o c o n t r o l , and I d o n ' t mean c o n t r o l
24 f o r i m p r o p e r p u r p o s e s b u t t o c o n t r o l them t o g e t them t o h a v e
25 a s i n g l e s t a n d a r d , t h e same t h i n g I am u r g i n g u p on a l l o f y o u
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which ev idenc e b e f o r e t h e Grand J u r y h a s e s t a b l i s h e d .
4I n m i d - A u g u s t , i n f a c t , t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue
5s e r v i c e a r r a nge d an i n t e r v i e w w i t h Mr . O ' B r i e n , and t h e y d i d
6i n t e r v i e w Mr. O ' B r i e n , and i t i s o f i n t e r e s t t o t h e Grand
7J u r y wh e :t h e r y o u r e c e i v e d , p e r s o n a l l y r e c e i v e d , any memorandum
8p r e p a r e d by t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e , one o r a n o t h e r o f
9 t h e i r a g e n t s , co n ce r n in g o r summar iz ing t h a t i n t e r v i e w.
10A. I d o n ' t r e c a l l p e r s o n a l l y r e c e i v i n g any memoranda.
11 I do r e c a l l r e c e i v i n g a r e p o r t t h a t t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n wa s a
.12 . d r y h o l e an d t h a t t h e whole m a t t e r was b e i n g dropped a t some
13 p o i n t . I d o n ' t know ' ' 'ho gave i t t o me.
14Q. We w i l l g e t t o t h a t i n a m i n u t e , s i r , b u t j u s t f o r
15 t h e t i m e be i ng i f we can d i s t i n g u i s h be tween j u s t a memorandum
] (j o f an i n t e r v i e w o f O ' B r i e n , an d you i n d i c a t e d you d o n ' t
17 r e c a l l r e c e i v i n g such a memorandum - -
18 A. I s a y I d o n ' t r e c a l l r e c e i v i n g an y memoranda on
1!1 t h e m a t t e r . I am t e l l i n g you ' ' ' ha t I do r e c a l l and w h a t I
20 know t h e Grand J u r y i s m o s t i n t e r e s t e d i n i s what happened i n
21 a l l o f t h i s c a s e , and wha t happened wa s t h a t t h e IR S c o n d u c t e d
22 a c u r s o r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n an d d r o p p e d t h e m a t t e r and we d i d
23 n o t h i n g f u r t h e r .
M I n c i d e n t a l l y , we p u t n o t h i n g o u t p u b l i c l y on i t .
25 Q, As f a r a s t h e memorandum o f t h e i n t e r v i e w, you
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d o n ' t r e c a l l h a v i n g s e e n o n e . Do yo u r e c a l l Mr . Ehr l ichman2
o r anyone e l s e b r i e f i n g you o r d i s c u s s i n g w i t h yo u t h o s e3
t h i n g s t h a t Mr. O' B r i e n h a d s a i d d u r i n g h i s i n t e r v i e w ?
4A. I d o n ' t have any r e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h a t . I t h i n k
5i t , , ,ould depend on t h e t i m e , Mr. H o r o w i t z . I f I w e r e b u s y
6w i t h , you know, p r e p a r i n g a s p e e c h o r s o m e t h i n g o f t h a t s o r t ,
7t h ey w o ~ l d n ' th a v e b r i e f e d me on a m a t t e r o f t h i s s o r t .
8Normal ly, even though t h i s was t h e campaign
9 p e r i o d , a t t h a t t i m e we, as you know, were r a t h e r b u s y i n
10i n t e r n a t i o n a l a f f a i r s , and I s i m p l y w a s n ' t p a y i n g much
11a t t e n t i o n t o t h e campaign , and I l e f t i t t o my t o p a p p o i n t e e s
.12 '. t o h a n d l e m a t t e r s o f t h i s s o r t . B u t I am n o t s a y i n g t h a t h e
13 ma y n o t have b r i e f e d me. He m i g h t h a v e .
14~ NOW, t h e i n t e r v i e w and any c o n v e r s a t i o n s a b o u t
15 t h e i n t e r v i e w would h a v e o c c u r r e d i n m i d - A u g u s t , an d o f
]l j c o u r s e t h e c o n v e n t i o n a t \ ' lhich you were nomina ted a g a i n ' ' las
17 Augus t 21 o r 23 - - someth ing i n t h a t n e i g h b o r h o o d .
18 Nm'l, t h e r e a f t e r , c e r t a i n r e p o r t s , i n l a t e Augus t
, 1!-l and e a r l y S e p t e m b e r, , ' lere p r e p a r e d by t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue
20 S e r v i c e w h i c h d i s c u s s and a n a l y z e Mr . O ' B r i e n ' s s i t u a t i o n .
21 Now, you h a v e a l l u d e d t o o n e , and I \-lQuld l i k e
22 t o mark as t h e n e x t Grand J u r y - -
2,') & I h a v e n ' t a l l u d e d t o any w r i t t e n r e p o r t t h a t I
24 h a v e s e e n . I h a v e t o l d y o u , Mr. Horowi tz " t h a t I h a v e no
25 r e c o l l e c t i o n o f h a v i n g s e e n a w r i t t e n r e p o r t on t h i s , no
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r e c o l l e c t i o n . I may have - - I ma y h a v e . I t may h a v e c r o s s e d
my d e s k . I do r e c a l l h a v i n g r e c e i v e d i n s u b s t a n c e a r e p o r t
t h a t n o t h i n g wa s d e v e l o p e d on t h e O 'B r i e n i n v e s t i g a t i o n , i t
h a s b e e n d r o p p e d .
HR. HOROWITZ: I f I m i g h t , s i r , l e t me mark a s
D-5 , a r e p o r t which was p r e p a r e d by t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue
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THE WITNESS: F o r whom?
HR. HORmlITZ: I w i l l g i v e t h a t t o you.
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THE WITNESS: I have s c a n n e d t h e r e p o r t .
BY MR. HOROWITZ:
~ Yo u h a v e s c a n n e d t h a t , and do yo u r e c a l l t h a t o r
a n y t h i n g s u b s t a n t i a l l y s i m i l a r t o t h a t , r e c a l l h a v i n g s een
i t , H r. Nixon?
O I d o n ' t r e c a l l . I t i s p o s s i b l e i n t h e mass o f
m a t e r i a l t h a t comes a c r o s s a p r e s i d e n t ' s desk t h a t i t m i g h t
have b e e n s e n t t o me, i f i t ' lias a v a i l a b l e t o u s . And,
i n c i d e n t a l l y , s o t h a t we can b e p e r f e c t l y c a n d i d , t h i s was
on e o f t h O s e s e n s i t i v e c a s e r e p o r t s where i t would have. b e e n
a v a i l a b l e t o u s , so I assume i t ,lias a v a i l a b l e t o somebody.
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2in forming you around t h i s per iod o f t ime t h a t he had h imse ff
3p e r s o n a l l y, an d n o t y o u r s e l f , t h a t he had r e c e i v e d r e p o r t s
4s i m i l a r t o t h a t ?
5A. No , I only r e c a l l t h a t Mr . Ehr l ichman wa s fo l l ow-
6ing the O'Brien m a t t e r . He d i d n ' t i n d i c a t e t o me t h a t I can
7r e c a l l ' ~ h a t r e p o r t s , i f any, he \"as r ece iv ing i n w r i t t e n
8form o r o r a l form. And he c e r t a i n l y \"ouldn ' t have wasted my
9 t ime by going i n t o g r e a t d e t a i l about a m a t t e r o f t h i s s o r t .
10A ll t h a t I r e c a l l wi th r ega rd t o Mr . Ehr l ichman,
11my conve r sa t ion wi th him about t h i s m a t t e r a t t h a t t ime , i s
12, , ,hat I a l r e a d y t e s t i f i e d t o , t h a t th e I n t e r n a l Revenue
13Serv ice has comple ted i t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f O'Br i en , an d have
14found no th ing . And I s a i d , w e l l , t h a t i s what I expec t ed ,
15 drop i t , t hey w o n ' t t r y t o f i nd any th ing .
1/iQ. S i r , some evidence b e f o r e t h e Grand Ju ry
17 e s t a b l i s h e s t h a t Mr . Ehr l ichman was , dur ing t h i s p e r i o d o f
18 t ime , i n c o n t a c t wi th a Mr . Roger Bar th , who wa s a gent leman
HI who ,,,as t hen employed by t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue Serv ice as
20 A s s i s t a n t t o th e Commissioner, an d t h a t a t one t ime o r
21 ano the r dur ing t h i s per iod th e tw o o f them d i s c u s s e d t h i s
22 m a t t e r.
2,'3 Do yo u r e c a l l be ing a,,,are o f Mr . Barth and /o r
24 aware o f Mr . Ehr l i chman ' s c o n t a c t wi th Mr . Ba r th on t h e
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him w e l l , I wa s aware t h a t he was work ing i n IRS, and from '.
t h e documents t h a t you h a v e shown me i t a p p e a r s t h a t Mr. Bar th
and Mr. Ehr l ichman were i n c o n t a c t , b u t I h a v e no r e c o l l e c t i o n
o f i t i n d e p e n d e n t o f t h o s e documents .
~ A l l r i g h t , t h a t wa s my q u e s t i o n .
A. So r ry f o r such a long a n s w e r.
. ~ Nor do you r e c a l l w h e t h e r Mr. B a r t h - - L e t me
r e p h r a s e t h a t .
Do you r e c a l l u n d e r s t an d in g o r h e a r i n g a t t h a t
p o i n t o f t i m e t h a t Mr. B a r t h ha d p r e p a r e d some r e p o r t ?
A. I d o n ' t r e c a l l t h a t . I t i s p o s s i b l e t h a t I m i g h t
have been s o t o l d •
~ NOW, s i r , I have a s k e d you a b o u t r e p o r t s . T h e r e
i s a n o t a t i o n on a n o t h e r document I t h i n k I can j u s t
h a n d l e t h i s w i t h one q u e s t i o n r e a l l y - - which l e a d s me t o ask
you w h e t h e r you d u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d o f t i m e , you y o u r s e l f sa w
Mr. O ' B r i e n ' s t a x r e t u r n s ?
A. T h a t I sa w h i s t a x r e t u r n s ?
Q. Or a s k e d t o s e e h i s t a x r e t u r n s , y e s .
A. I can s a y c a t e g o r i c a l l y t h a t I d i d n o t s e e h i s t a x
r e t u r n s , an d a s f a r a s a s k i n g t o s e e h i s t a x r e t u r n s , I c a n ' t
r e c a l l a sk i n g t o s e e h i s t a x r e t u r n s .
I d i d n ' t even t a k e , a s I p o i n t e d o u t y e s t e r d a y,
enough t im e l o o k i n g a t my own r e t u r n s , l e t a l o n e l o o k i n g a t
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2MR. HOROWITZ: Now i f I m i g h t mark a s D-6, w h a t
3a r e h a n d w r i t t e n n o t e s , a g a i n Mr . Ehr l ichman i s t h e a u t h o r o f
4t h e n o t e s , and t h e y a r e d a t e d , a l t h o u g h t h e d a t e i s n o t
5c o m p l e t e h e r e b u t "I e have e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t t h e d a t e i s
6September 5 , 1 9 7 2 , and they r e l a t e t o a c o n v e r s a t i o n aboard
7A ir F o r c e One be tween y o u r s e l f and Mr. Ehr l ichman and t h e r e
8a r e some n o t a t i o n s t h e r e , and I would l i k e t o ask you a b o u t
9 t h o s e .
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11 was marked E x h i b i t D-6
12 f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . )
13 THE WITNESS: Have you p r e v i o u s l y shown us t h i s
14 document o r i s t h i s a new one?
15 MR. HOROWITZ: No , n o , you have s e en a l l o f t h e s e .
H i These were a l l f u r n i s h e d t o you.
17 THE WITNESS: When t h ey a r e ne" , , i f you , " i l l l e t
18 me know, I w i l l r e ad them more c a r e f u l l y .
HI MR. HOROWITZ: We l l , t h ey h a v e n ' t b e e n .
20 THE WITNESS: T h a t i s p e r f e c t l y a l l r i g h t f o r you
21 t o have an y you have g o t .
22 Go ahead wi th y o u r q u e s t i o n .
23 BY MR. HOROWITZ:
24 Q. NOw, s i r , a t t h e bot tom o f t h i s f i r s t page i t
25 r e a d s , " 6 • Anonymous t o H a r t r e Hughes and 0 ' B r i e n , warn
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S e n a t o r McGovern," and McGovern i s a b b r e v i a t e d .
Now, do yo u r e c a l l h a v i n g a c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h Mr .
E h r l i c h m a n o r t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h Mr. E h r l i c h m a n a b o u t
w a r n i n g S e n a t o r McGovern a b o u t t h e O ' B r i e n - H u g h e s b u s i n e s s ?
~ T h i s i s w h a t d a t e ?
Q T h i s i s S e p t e m b e r 5 , 1972 .
A. I h a v e no r e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n an d i t
i s v e r y h a r d f o r me t o d e c i p h e r !-1r. E h r l i c h m a n ' s n o t e s due
t o t h e f a c t t h a t h e , l i k e many n o t e - t a k e r s , h a s a p r a c t i c e
o f w r i t i n g n o t e s t o h i m s e l f a s w e l l a s r e c o r d i n g what he i s
h e a r i n g . A l l t h a t I s a y i s t h a t I d o n ' t r e c a l l any c o n v e r -
s a t i o n o f t h i s k i n d .
Q Mere ly i n an e f f o r t t o r e f r e s h y o u r r e c o l l e c t i o n ,
do y o u have a r e c o l l e c t i o n o f a c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h Mr .
E h r l i c h m a n t h a t McGovern s h o u l d b e i n f o r m e d t h a t t h e r e was
t h i s m a t e r i a l p e r t a i n i n g t o O ' B r i e n ' s t a x s i t u a t i o n which
c o u l d p r o v e t o b e e m b a r r a s s i n g t o McGovern o r t o t h e
Democra t s?
A. No, I do n o t have a r e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h i s , a p a r t
f rom w h a t t h e s e n o t e s show.
I , f r a n k l y , ,.,ou1d b e v e r y s u r p r i s e d , v e r y s u r -
p r i s e d , if I i n d i c a t e d t h a t we were g o i n g t o t r y t o warn
S e n a t o r McGovern - - a p p a r e n t l y t h e H a r t r e f e r r e d t o i s no w
t h e young man wh o i s now a S e n a t o r f rom C o l o r a d o , and Miss
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What d i f f e r e n c e would i t have made? I d o n ' t3
unde r s t and w h a t t h i s i s a bou t .4
Q. On e f i n a l q u e s t i o n on t h a t . I p h r a s e d my q u e s t i o n5
i n t e r m s o f Mr. E h r l i c h m a n .6
Do you r e c a l l any c o n v e r s a t i o n s vl i th anyone a r o u n d7
t h a t p e r i o d o f t i m e which p e r t a i n t o t h a t t y p e o f s u b j e c t ,
8t h a t i s , i n f o r m i n g t h e Democra t s o f t h i s ?
9~ I d o n ' t r e c a l l any c o n v e r s a t i o n s o f t h i s n a t u r e
10a t t l1a t t ime . I c a n n o t a f f i r m o r deny t h a t p eop l e working
11i n t h e campaign , l i k e Mr. E h r l i c h m a n , may have b r o u g h t up
12SUbjec t s , some o f them a s f a r o u t a s t h i s o n e . I t seems f a r
13o u t t o d a y.
14 ~ B u t you d o n ' t remember him b r i n g i n g up t h a t f a r -
15 o u t - t y p e t h i n g ?
]( ;A. No . I t s u r e wasn ' t my i d e a . I t h i n k i t was a
17s t u p i d i d e a , f r a n k l y.
18Q. On t h e second p a g e , s i r , t h e r e a r e t h e tw o
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20 which a p p e a r t h e r e : "Get someone i n Las Ve g a s . Do i t .
21 As k ho w much h e g o t . "
22 An d t h e r e i s o t h e r ev ide n ce , s i r , t h a t Mr . E h r l i c h
2;1 man a n d / o r Mr . B a r t h had someone from t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue
24 S e r v i c e s i t u a t e d i n La s Vegas , a p p a r e n t l y, t o g e t i n f o r m a -
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DO you r e c a l l h e a r i n g any th i ng l i k e t h a t o r knowing
a n y t h i n g a b o u t t h a t ?
A. U n t i l t h e s e p a p e r s were p u t i n f r o n t o f me , I ha d
no r e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h a t . Having r e ad t h e s e n o t e s and a l s o
t h e t r a n s c r i p t o f a t e l eph o ne c a l l t h a t Mr. Ehr l ichman ha d
wi th Mr . S h u l t z and I t h i n k t h e t h e n h e a d o f th e I n t e r n a l
Revenue S e r v i c e , a p p a r e n t l y t h e r e was somebody, t h e y ha d
somebody i n Las Vegas , b u t I am n o t t e s t i f y i n g t o t h a t on
f i r s t h a n d knowledge . T h a t i s s i m p l y h e a r s a y.
Q. I u nde r s t a n d t h a t .
Did you know t h a t Mr. Ehr l ichman h a d anyone f rom
t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e who w a s , i n e f f e c t , a c t i n g o u t
o f c h a n n e l s f o r him i n t h e f a s h i o n t h a t i s s u g g e s t e d by
t h o s e n o t e s , t h a t he had someone i n Las Vegas?
A. No. What I know i s \ .h a t h i s n o t e s show.
Q. Now,
A. As f a r a s h i s n o t e s a r e c o n c e r n e d , I am n o t g o i n g
t o t e s t i f y t o t h e i r v e r a c i t y and I am n o t g o i n g t o t e s t i f y a s
t o t h e i r i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , b e c a u s e I d o n ' t know w h a t h e m e a n t
by them.
Q. Now, f i n a l l y , Mr . Nixon , I t h i n k we a r e a t t h e en d
o f o u r documents and drawing t o a c l o s e h e r e , b u t l e t me show
you w h a t we w i l l mark as 0 -7 , which a r e , a g a i n , Mr. E h r l i c h -
m a n ' s h a n d w r i t t e n n o t e s o f a m e e t i n g be tween y o u r s e l f and h im,
and aga in p a r t o f t h e d a t e a p p e a r s t o have been c u t o f f , b u t
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I would l i k e you t o - - This aga in i s s o m e t h i n g
you have seen b e f o r e , b u t I w i l l p l a c e i t b e f o r e y o u .
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wa s marked E x h i b i t D- 7
f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . )
THE WITNESS: You a l s o h a v e - - Would you p l e a s e
g ive me t h e memoranda I wro te t o Haldeman? You w a n t t o p u t
t hose tw o i n e v i d e n c e , d o n ' t you?
MR. HOROWITZ: I b e l i e v e t h a t i s i n e v i d e n c e , s i r .
THE WITNESS: I do n ' t se e them. I have o n e .
There a r e tw o t o Haldeman. Could I s e e t h e s e c o n d on e o r
t h e f i r s t one?
MR. HOROWITZ: We can g e t i n t o t h a t .
THE WITNESS: No , I want t o s e e t h e m . I mean I
shou ld b e a b l e t o s e e them. You f u r n i s h e d them t o us e a r l i e r
MR. HOROWITZ: L e t ' s mark t h a t D-8, and t h a t i s a
one-page t y p e w r i t t e n memorandum f o r H. R. Haldeman from The
P r e s i d e n t , d a t e d Augus t 9 , 1972 .
THE WITNESS: Could I s e e t h a t t o o , b e c a u s e i t
may r e f r e s h my r e c o l l e c t i o n .
(The document r e f e r r e d t o
wa s marked E x h i b i t D- 8
f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . )
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th e memorandum t o H r. Haldeman on Augus t 9 , wi th r e g a r d t o
t h i s whole m a t t e r , and which c o unse l ha s n o t q u e s t i o n e d me
On y e t , s a y s on b o t h t h e O' Br i en and Kimmelman m a t t e r s - -
Kimmelman, i n c i d e n t a l l y , wa s t h e f i n a n c e s e c r e t a r y o f t h e
McGovern campaign - - " I want you p e r s o n a l l y t o f o l l ow up
an d keep me p o s t e d on wha t h a s d e v e l o p e d . Of cou r se i f
no th ing t u r n s u p , drop t h e w h o l e m a t t e r . But l e t ' s b e s u r e
we have gone t h e e x t r a mi le and d e v e l o p e d m a t e r i a l b e f o r e
we drop t h e m a t t e r . "
I t h i n k , Mr . R u t h , i t i s p r o p e r t o have t h a t
i n and be q u e s t i o n e d on t h a t a s w e l l as m a t t e r s t h a t a r e
d e r o g a t o ~ J ,do y ou no t ?
MR. RUTH: I t h i n k Mr . Horowi tz i n t e n d e d t o .
THE WITNESS: We l l , Mr . Horowi tz d i d n ' t i n t e n d
t o p u t t h i s i n t ho r o ugh l y and I h a v e .
MR. RUTH: I t h i n k he i n t e n d e d t o p u t i t i n .
THE WITNESS: I d o n ' t q u e s t i o n Mr . H o r o w i t z '
e t h i c s . I am s u r e he wa s going t o p u t i t i n .
Now, w h a t do you want t o know a b o u t t h i s one?
BY MR. HOROWITZ:
Q. By t h i s one - - I t h i n k we have c o n f u s e d some
p i e c e s o f p a p e r i n
A. This i s September 30 , ' 7 2 .
~ On t h e bot tom o f t h e s e c o n d p a g e , we have t h e
n o t e s , " L a r r y O'Br i en - worry him. "
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What wa s t h a t a r e f e r e n c e t o ?
A. Ivhat i s t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n , p l e a s e ?
Q. T h i s i s a c o n v e r s a t i o n be tween Ehr l ichman and
y o u r s e l f .
A. We l l , as I s a y, t h r e e y e a r s l a t e r a l l I can
imagine i s t h a t L a r r y O ' B r i e n was w o r r y i n g Mr. Stan s w i t h a
l avvsui t . He was c e r t a i n l y b e in g a very e f f e c t i v e - - Mr .
McGovern made a g r e a t m i s t a k e i n n o t u s i n g him. He vias t h e
o n l y e f f e c t i v e p r o t h a t McGovern had work ing f o r him and was
w o r r y i n g u s . So I t h i n k t h e r e must have b e e n some d i s c u s s i o n
o f w o r r y i n g Mr. O' B r i e n w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e f a c t t h a t h e ,
h a v i n g c l a i m e d t h a t he was an u n p a i d cha i rman no w a p a r t f rom
t h e IR S i n v e s t i g a t i o n , h ad r e c e i v e d i n t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d o f
tw o h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s a y e a r f rom t h e Howard Hughes
o r g a n i z a t i o n .
I t h o ugh t t h a t would worry him, and I t h o u g h t i t
was p e r f e c t l y p r o p e r t o p u t t h a t o u t .
~ Yo u unde r s t o od , s i r , d i d you n o t , t h a t ~ ~ o s e
funds had b e e n p a i d , a t l e a s t a s f a r a s t h e IR S i n v e s t i g a t i o n
ha d been e s t a b l i s h e d , ha d b e e n p a i d f o r h i s s e r v i c e s . They
w e r e n ' t p a i d a s a s a l a r y f o r t h e Democra t ic N a t i o n a l Commit-
t e e .
A. As f a r as t h e IR S i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s c o n c e r n e d - -
j u s t a moment .
Mr. O' B r i e n , you u n d e r s t a n d , ha d made a p o i n t
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o f t h e N a t i o n a l Commit t e e . By " u n p a i d N a t i o n a l Chai rm an , "3
t h a t me ans t o me and i t would mean t o members o f t h e Grand4
J u r y t h a t he i s n o t g o i n g t o b e p a i d t h e r e and t h ey d o n ' t
5t h i n k h e would b e t a k i n g someth ing on t h e s i d e .
6And t h e p o i n t wa s t h a t t h e Howard Hughes o r g a n i z a -
7t i o n a t t h a t t i m e wa s u n d e r ~ n t e n s i v ep u b l i c i n v e s t i g a t i o n
8a s w e l l a s p r i v a t e , wi th r e g a r d t o p a y o f f s . T h a t i s ho w
9t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n s began . An d h e r e L a r r y O ' B r i e n had h i s
10hand i n t h e t i l l t h e r e .
11Now, I am p u t t i n g no w a c o n n o t a t i o n on i t w h i c h
12 .I do n o t w a n t t o be l e f t i n t h e r e c o r d a s b e i n g u n f a i r t o
13O'Br i en . I t i s ve r y p o s s i b l e t h a t h i s s t o r y a b o u t i t i s
14c o r r e c t , t h a t he r ende red enormous s e r v i c e s f o r t h e Howard
15Hughes o r g a n i z a t i o n even though h e d i d n ' t r e g i s t e r as a
Hi l o b b y i s t a p p a r e n t l y f o r them, i n d o i n g t h e t h i n g s t h a t t h e y
17wanted t o have d o n e . And i f he d i d , he was e n t i t l e d t o b e
18p a i d , t h a t was a l l .
I!l Q So l e t me u n d e r s t a n d .
20 Those f a c t s you f e l t , i n view o f h i s p u f f i n g h i s
2 1 u n p a i d s t a t u s , s hou l d be b r o u g h t o u t t o i n d i c a t e t h a t p e r h a p s
22 he ha d n o t been unp a id , i s t h a t i t ?
A. You know, you hav e t o t h i n k o f t h e campa ign . I n
M t h e one s ens e o u r campaign , we were t h e campa ign o f t h e r i c h ,
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wa s t h e campa ign o f t h e p e o p l e , you know, l i k e Hr. S t r a u s s ,
t h e Democra t ic N a t i o n a l Chairman t o o k f i f t y t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s
i n cash f rom Ashland O i l , an d a p p a r e n t l y s o l d somebody on
t h e i d e a t h a t he d i d n ' t r e p o r t i t b e c a u s e he t hough t t h e s e
were f i v e - d o l l a r c o n t r i b u t i o n s f rom p e o p l e wh o worked f o r
Ashland O i l t h a t were a g a i n s t t h e w a r.
You c o u l d n ' t f i n d t h a t many p e o p l e i n Kentucky
t h a t \ ' lere a g a i n s t t h e w ar a t t h a t t i m e . And y e t , i t was
a c c e p t e d .
I n t h e c a s e o f O ' B r i e n , t h i s p u r i s t image o f no
connec t i on w i t h b i g b u s i n e s s , which t h e McGovern campa ign
o f c o u r s e wa s t r y i n g t o d o , a n d , i n c i d e n t a l l y , no c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h t h e m i l k i n t e r e s t s , and we r e c e i v e d t w i c e a s many
l e t t e r s from Democra t i c S e n a t o r s , i n c l u d i n g one from McGovern
and one from Humphrey, a s k in g f o r n i n e t y p e r c e n t p a r i t y on
m i l k a s we d i d f rom R e p u b l i c a n S e n a t o r s , an d t h r e e t i m e s as
many f rom Democra t ic Congressmen a s we d i d f rom R e p u b l i c a n s ,
and , i n c i d e n t a l l y , t h e y were a l l p r o p e r , a l l p r o p e r .
Q. I am s o r r y , s i r , c o u l d I j u s t t u r n b a c k t o t h e
O ' B r i e n mat te . r?
A. Oh, a l l r i g h t .
Q. On t h e f o l l owi n g page., you s t a t e - - I am s o r r y ,
Mr . Ehr l i ch m an ' s n o t e s s t a t e , "Get i t t o O ' B r i e n . Don ' t
p u b l i s h . "
Does t h a t r e f r e s h you r r e c o l l e c t i o n as t o a
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c o n v e r s a t i o n i n which t h e p u r p o s e was n o t t o make p u b l i c
t h e s e f a c t s b u t r a t h e r t o convey t h e i n f o r m a t i o n t o O ' B r i e n ,
i n d i c a t i n g t h a t he d i d p o s s i b l y f a c e t a x problems?
A No , i t d o e s n ' t r e f r e s h my r e c o l l e c t i o n . I d o n ' t
re m e mber t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n s , t h e s p e c i f i c s o f i t .
I o n l y remember, a s I have i n d i c a t e d , my gen e r a l
i n t e r e s t i n t h e O ' B r i e n m a t t e r due t o t h e f a c t t h a t he wa s
g i v i n g us a rough t i m e , and I f e l t t h a t we h a d , a t l e a s t ,
a s I p o i n t e d o u t o n l y i f t h e f a c t s bo r e i t o u t , and we
shou ld emphas ize t h i s . I s a i d i f n o t h i n g t u r n s u p , d ro p t h e
m a t t e r .
NOw , t h a t o u g h t t o be t h e r e - - t h e Grand J u r y I
t h i n k i s i n t e r e s t e d i n a m a t t e r l i k e t h a t , as w e l l a s some-
t h i n g which s a y s i f someth ing d o e s n ' t t u r n u p , go a f t e r
hi m anyway.
T h a t i s what I am t r y i n g t o s a y, and I t h i n k y ou
shou ld emphas ize t h a t t o t h e Grand J u r y t o o .
~ I n t h e same c o n v e r s a t i o n Mr. E h r l i ch ma n ' s n o t e s
r e a d , and j u s t f o r y ou r r e f e r e n c e I am on page 3 , r e a d s ,
qu o t e , "Bobby Baker b lowing w h i s t l e on L a r r y O'B r i e n and
o t h e r s , " c l o s e q u o t e . And i n u n e d i a t e l y above t h a t you ha v e
"Goss ip" - - I am s o r r y , I m i s s p o k e , Mr. Ehr l ichman h a s
" Goss ip - p l a n t , J a c k A n d e r s o n , " and J a c k Anderson ~ . , a s
u n d e r l i n e d .
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o f p l a n t i n g t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n wi t h r e p o r t e r s ?
~ S i n c e you have p u t i n t h e r e c o r d t h e name o f
Bobby B a k e r, l e t me j u s t be s u r e t h a t a f t e r a l l o f t h e a b u s e
t h a t p o o r ma n h a s t ~ < e n ,and a p p a r e n t l y some o f i t d e s e r v e d ,
b u t Bobby B a k e r h ad a p p a r e n t l y t a l k e d t o p e o p l e i n o u r
campaign , and when h e sa w t h a t \'1e were t h e v i c t im s o f t h e
r o u g h e s t campa ign p h y s i c a l l y - - and i n c i d e n t a l l y , \'1hen we d o
g e t i n t o t h i s b u s i n e s s o f w i r e t a p p i n g and so f o r t h , I w a n t t o
be s u r e t h a t t h e S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r t e l l s us \oThat h e h a s
done w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e bombing o f o u r P h o e n i x h e a d q u a r t e r s ,
w h a t he h a s done w i t h r e g a r d t o t w e n t y - f i v e t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s
i n damage d i r e c t l y o r d e r e d by t h e McGovern Campaign - -
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A. A l l r i g h t , no w we \ '1 i l l come back t o t h i s .
Bobby B a k e r came i n an d s a i d , l o o k , h e s a y s I
have enough o n O ' B r i e n t o s i n k him. He p u t t h a t i n .
Q. Wh o d i d he t e l l t h a t t o ?
A. Who d i d he t e l l t h a t t o ? He t o l d i t t o somebody
and t h e y r e p o r t e d i t t o me. I d o n ' t r e c a l l .
Q Do you remember wh o r e p o r t e d i t t o you?
A. Who r e p o r t e d i t t o me? I t h i n k i t c o u l d h a v e
been Haldeman, t h a t Bobby B a k e r \'1as t a l k i n g .
O On t h e s e same n o t e s , s i r , on t h e l a s t p age t h e r e
i s t h e n o t a t i o n , q u o t e , "Via A n d r e a s , d a s h "
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3B a k e r, p e r s o n a l l y h ad d e l i v e r e d cash t o .
4A p p a r e n t l y Bobby Baker had been a bagman f o r
5Hughes a t one t i m e , as w e l l , o r a t l e a s t a t r a n s m i t t a l v a l v e
6f o r many o t h e r s , a s w e l l , and he s a i d t h e r e were a number o f
7Democra t ic S e n a t o r s , t e c h n i c a l l y t h o s e on t h e L e f t , t h a t
8were t a k i n g a s a n c t i m o n i o u s a t t i t u d e and t h a t he wanted
9a l l o f t h i s b r o u g h t o u t .
10I n c i d e n t a l l y , n o t h i n g came o f t h a t . He would n o t
11have b e e n a c r e d i b l e man t o u s e i n a campaign , and t h a t
12 ,k i n d o f g o s s i p I d i d n ' t f r a n k l y f e e l was p r o p e r .
13 ~ In o t h e r words , you do r e c a l l d i s c u s s i n g u s i n g
14 t h e Bobby B a k e r i n f o r m a t i o n ? I s t h a t i t ?
15 ~ We d i d n ' t u s e i t . T h a t i s t h e whole p o i n t .
]( jQ. You r e c a l l d i s c u s s i n g i t and d e c i d i n g n o t t o , i s
17 t h a t i t ?
18 A. I r e c a l l t h a t i t wa s b r o u g h t t o my a t t e n t i o n , and
HI i t seemed t o me t o b e so wa y o u t t h a t w i t h Bobby Baker j u s t
20 h a v i n g f i n i s h e d a p r i s o n t e r m , t h a t i t would be n o t r i g h t
21 t o u se i t , and a l s o I f e l t t h a t 'ole s h o u l d j u s t go on and
22 c o n d u c t o u r own campaign .
23 We were doing a l l r i g h t w i t h o u t t h a t k ind o f
24 s t u f f . We a l l o w e d them t o engage i n t h a t k in d o f t h i n g , b u t
25 ,,,e w e n t on and d i d o u r campa ign w i t h o u t i t .
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1Q On t h e l a s t page t h e r e a r e t h e n o t a t i o n s , q u o t e ,
2 "Via Andreas - wor ry O ' B r i e n - work t h r o u g h Dean ," and o t h e r
3 e v i d e n c e b e f o r e t h e Grand J u r J e s t a b l i s h e s t h a t t h e r e was
4 an a t t e mpt t o have Mr . Andreas make an o v e r t u r e t o Mr .
5 O ' B r i e n , i n d i c a t i n g t h a t Mr. O ' B r i e n wa s i n t a x t r o u b l e .
6 Do you r e c a l l a d i s c u s s i o n a b o u t t h a t , s i r ?
7A. I d o n ' t have an i n d e p e n d e n t r e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h a t .
8 I have s e e n t h e s e n o t e s and I have b e e n t r y i n g t o t h i n k w h a t
9i t must mean .
10 I can o n l y s u r m i s e t h a t w h a t i t may mean i s t h a t
11 Andreas f i r s t was a v e r y b i g f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t e r o f t h e
12 Democra t ic P a r t y .
13 He was a l s o one o f o u r s u p p o r t e r s i n t h i s campaign
14 and i t was f e l t t h a t A n d r e a s , wh o a l s o a p p a r e n t l y was a
15 p r e t t y good p o l i t i c a l o p e r a t o r , c o u ld have some i n f l u e n c e
Hi on O ' B r i e n i n t e rms o f t h e v i o l e n c e and v i c i o u s n e s s - - s t r i k e
17 t h e word " v i o l e n c e " i n t e r m s o f t h e word " v i c i o u s n e s s " o f
18 t h e a t t a c k s t h a t O ' B r i e n was making , n o t o n l y on Mr. S t a n s ,
In b u t on me.
20 Q. Was i t d i s c u s s e d t h a t h e would have more i n f l u -
21 e n c e i f O ' B r i e n was t o l d t h a t O 'B r i e n f a ced t a x p r o b l e m s
22 o the rw i se?
23 A. I d on ' t r e c a l l t h a t we t a l k e d a b o u t O ' B r i e n - - I
M d o n ' t r e c a l l any c o n v e r s a t i o n a b o u t O ' B r i e n ' s t a x p r o b l e m s .
25 Q I n o t h e r words , was Andreas t o be a c o u r i e r t o
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A. I t h i n k p r o b a b l y t h i s n o t a t i o n i s more i n t e r e s t -
i n g h e r e , . ,here i t s a y s " O f f e r hi m a r e t a i n e r . "
MR. HOROWITZ: A l l r i g h t , s i r , j u s t h.,o o r t h r e e
more q u e s t i o n s f rom Mr . H e c h t .
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~ Aside f rom Mr . O ' B r i e n ' s r e c e i p t o f income from
t h e Hughes Tool Company, were you aware t h a t a f t e r t h e '6 8
campa ign he had t ake n employment as an o f f i c e r i n a Wal l
S t r e e t b ro k e ra ge f i r m ?
k No , I r e a l l y w a s n ' t , n o t u n t i l i t wa s b r ough t t o
my a t t e n t i o n i n t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
~ Were you aware t h a t , jumping ahead i n t i m e , n o t
t h e summer o f '72 b u t i n t h e s p r i n g o f 1973, t h a t Mr.
O ' B r i e n was a u d i t e d , o r an a u d i t was begun as t o t h e h a n d l i n g
o f some s t o c k s t h a t he had owned i n t h a t b r o k e r a g e f i rm t h a t
he had been o f f i c e r o f and t h a t he had t a ken a l o s s on t h o s e
s t o c k s ?
k No . I am l e a r n i n g t h a t , I t h i n k , f o r t h e f i r s t
t i m e r i g h t nm.,.
A l l t h a t I am a\-lare o f i s t h a t I u nde r s tood f rom
t h e p a p e r s t h a t y ou have p r o v i d e d s o r r y, t h a t we have p r o -
v i d e d you and you have p r o v i d e d me, t h a t O ' B r i e n a f t e r t h e ' 6
campaign , . ,anted employment .
He w e n t w i t h a b r o k e r a g e f i rm . Th e b r o k e r a g e
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1f i r m w e n t b r o k e and t h a t a f t e r t h a t h e w e n t w i t h Hugh e s , e v e n
2 t h o u g h Hughes , I t h i n k , h ad o f f e r e d him a r a t h e r good jo b
3b e f o r e h e w e n t w i t h t h e b r o k e r a g e f i r m . He t h e n d e c i d e d t o
4 go w i t h t h e Hughes f i r m , which p r o v e d t o be a v e r y good
5 c h o i c e f o r him.
6 Q. NOw, as t o t h e r e c e i p t o f f u n d s by Mr. O ' B r i e n
7 from t h e Hughes Tool Compan y o r t h e s t o c k l o s s i s s u e o r an y
8 o t h e r i s s u e s on Mr. O ' B r i e n ' s r e t u r n s , d i d you h a v e any
9 c o n v e r s a t i o n s d i r e c t l y w i t h Mr. S h u l t z , who, d u r i n g t h e
10 r e l e v a n t p e r i o d o f t i m e , was S e c r e t a r y o f t h e Tr e a s u r y ?
11 A. I h a v e no r e c o l l e c t i o n o f any s u c h c o n v e r s a t i o n s .
12 . I d o n ' t b e l i e v e Mr . S h u l t z would b r i n g s u c h t e c h n i c a l , and
13 what t o me would be p i c a y u n e , m a t t e r s t o my a t t e n t i o n . I
14 b e l i e v e t h a t a l l t h a t would b e b r o u g h t t o my a t t e n t i on b y
15 Mr . S h u l t z o r M r . Ehr l i chrnan , whoever was f a m i l i a r \v i th t h i s ,
]( j t h e b i g i s s u e , w h e t h e r o r n o t Mr . 0 ' B r i e n was o r was n o t
17 v u l n e r a b l e t o a m a j o r income t a x v i o l a t i o n . I f h e w a s , I
18 w a n t e d t o know.
IH Q Did you h a v e o c c a s i o n t o d i s c u s s t h a t q u e s t i o n
20 d i r e c t l y w i t h Mr. S h u l t z t h a t you r e c a l l ?
21 A. No , n o t w i t h Mr . S h u l t z t h a t I can r e c a l l .
22 Q. Did you h a v e o c c a s i o n t o d i s c u s s t h a t m a t t e r w i t ~
23 t h e t h e n C o m m i s s i o n e r o f t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e ,
24 J o h n n i e Wa l t a r s ?
25 A. Not t h a t I can r e c a l l . I d o n ' t t h i n k I saw him
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2 MR. HECHT: I t h i n k t h a t c o ve r s ou r q u e s t i o n s , b u t
3 we a r e going t o t ake a s h o r t r e c e s s t o i n q u i r e o f t h e r e p r e -
4 s e n t a t i v e s o f th e Grand Ju ry w he t he r they have an y f u r t h e r
5 q u e s t i o n s .
6 THE ~ H T N E S S :I should have t a l k e d t o Mr. Wa l t e r s ,
7 I gues s .
8 (Sho r t r e c e s s . )
9MR . HOROWITZ: S i r , we have no f u r t h e r q u e s t i o n s
10 f o r you.
11 Thank you.
12 . THE ~ H T N E S S :L e t me s a y, Mr. Horm·1i t z , and Mr. - -
13 MR. HECHT: Hecht .
14 THE WITNESS: I t hough t i t was . H - e - c - -
15 MR. HECHT: - - h - t .
Hi THE WITNESS: I t hough t s o .
17 T h a t i s th e s t o r e i n Washington?
18 MR. HECHT: Yes , s i r . No r e l a t i o n .
HI THE WITNESS: Do you have a p a r t
20 MR. HECHT: Unfo r tuna t e ly n o t .
21 THE WITNESS: They do w e l l , I t h i n k . We bough t
22 a d in ing room s e t t h e r e once .
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24 t o Mr. Horm·l i tz an d Mr . H e c h t , I know you have been l i v i n g
2 ~ wi th t h i s O'Br i en i n v e s t i g a t i o n and you have gone t h rough a
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7S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r , When h e f i l e s h i s f i n a l r e p o r t , w i l l h a v e
8one p a r a g r a p h i n f o r h i s t o r y , i t i s t i m e f o r u s t o r e c o g n i z e
9t h a t i n p o l i t i c s i n Amer ica , a nd t h i s i s n o t e x c u s a b l e , b u t
10i t does e x p l a i n i t t o an e x t e n t , p a r t i c u l a r l y where t h e
11h i g h e s t o f f i c e i n t h e l a n d i s i n v o l v e d , an d e v e n i n some
12i n s t a n c e s where campa igns f o r g o v e r n o r i n m a j o r s t a t e s o r
13s e n a t o r s a r e i n v o l v e d , t h a t i n p o l i t i c s some p r e t t y rough
14t a c t i c s a r e u s e d . We d e p l o r e them a l l .
15 I am v e r y p r o u d o f t h e f a c t t h a t as a r e s u l t o f
]( ;my o r d e r s , and I gave them d i r e c t l y , t h a t n e v e r t o my
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18 Mr. r-1cGovern o r s h o u t i n g him down. Somet imes h e was h e c k l e d ,
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20 NOw, a c t u a l l y my d e c i s i o n was n o t a l l t h a t
21 a l t r u i s t i c , t o be q u i t e h o n e s t . My d e c i s i o n was b a s e d on
22 t h e f a c t t h a t I d i d n I t t h i n k i t would do an y good . Why
23 m a r t y r t h ~ p o o r f e l l o w ? He was h a v i n g enough t r o u b l e .
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o f v o i c e h e c k l i n g t h r o u g h l o u d s p e a k e r s and t h e r e s t . T h a t
i s \vhy I g o t al i t t l e
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s p e e c h e s b u t a l s o o f v i o l e n c e and t h r e a t s o f v i o l e n c e ,
v i o l e n c e i n San F r a n c i s c o , f o r example , wh i c h I am s u r e y o u
have i n v e s t i g a t e d o r w i l l . And i f y ou a r e g o i n g b a c k a f e w
y e a r s , you can p i c k up t h e v i o l e n c e i n San J o s e when a
d i r e c t a s s a u l t was made on o u r c a r , and so f o r t h .
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campaign was p u r e ; w h a t I am p o i n t i n g o u t a l s o i s n o t t h a t
t h e i r s was a l l t h a t b a d , b u t w h a t I am s a y i n g i s t h a t h a v i n g
been i n p o l i t i c s f o r t h e l a s t t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s , t h a t p o l i t i c
i s a r o u g h game, and i n 1952 , as I s a i d , I wa s s u b j e c t e d
t o some o f t h e m o s t b r u t a l a s s a u l t s , n o t on l y by t h e IR S an d
p o l i t i c a l opp o nen t s , b u t p a r t i c u l a r l y by some e l e m e n t s o f
t h e p r e s s .
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h o n e s t I am sp eak ing no w o f s p e e c h e s and t h a t s o r t o f
t h i n g .
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t i o n i n power, and t h ey were p r e t t y s m a r t , I g u e s s , r a t h e r
t h a n u s i n g a group o f a m a t e u r NatE: rga te b u g g 1 e r s - - b u r g l a r s
- - w e l l , t h e y were b u n g l e r s - - u s e d t h e FBI, u s e d t h e IRS,
and u s e d i t d i r e c t l y by t h e i r own o r d e r s a g a i n s t , i n one
i n s t a n c e , a man wh o had been Vice P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i t e d
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4p l ane o f t h e P r e s i d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e .
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6u n d e r no i l l u s i o n s a b o u t what happens i n p o l i t i c s i n
7Amer ica . I d o n ' t condone i t .
8 I se e memoranda which I have long f o r g o t t e n .
9 What r e a l l y c o un t s i n th e long ru n i s what happens , and when
10 I see t h i s long l i s t - - t h i s i s w h a t they c a l l t h e enemy
11l i s t - - what happened? N o t h i n g .
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I would say t h a t ou r campaigns i n '6 8 and i n 1972,
i n te rms o f "'That we d i d , \'lere c l e a n campaigns. I t'lould say
as f a r as t h e i r campaigns were concerned, t h e r e wa s some
v io lence , t h e r e was some rough heck l ing , bu t we took i t .
And I am conf iden t t h a t Hr. HcG overn , who I
under s t and i s a r a t h e r gen t le man, probably wouldn ' t have
approved i t , j u s t as I w o u l d n ' t have approved an y v i o l e n c e ,
b u t i t happened.
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when yo u conduct t h i s ex tens ive i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f whether o r
no t Hr. Larry O'Br ien wa s being per secu ted by th e Adminis t ra-
t i o n i n pm'ler, I t h i n k , and I d o n ' t urge you t o do t h i s
because now he has a sp lend id p o s i t i o n and I th ink he i s th e
Baske tba l l Commissioner, an d he deserves i t . He d o e s n ' t
have an y money an d he has a b ig f ami ly, an d I t h ink he i s a
decent gu y a c t u a l l y, b u t he p lays p o l i t i c s tough.
But i f you were to l ook , as Bobby Baker sugges ted ,
i n t o Larry O ' B r i e n ' s a c t i v i t i e s p o l i t i c a l l y over the years ,
an d i n t o the a c t i v i t i e s o f some of the Democratic Sena to r s
an d o t h e r s , i nc lud ing some Republ icans who a re t ak ing t h i s
sanct imonious a t t i t u d e about the c l e a n l i n e s s o f t h e i r
campaigns, i f yo u vlOuld pu t them t o the same t e s t yo u have
pu t us , you would f ind t h a t we come o u t r a t h e r w e l l .
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2i t . I r e g r e t i t . An d I am p a y i n g a p r i c e f o r i t .
3An d a s f a r a s you gent lemen a r e c once rne d , you have
4 y o u r jo b t o do, and I r e s p e c t you f o r doing i t . F o r tw o y e a r s
5you have been on t h i s j o b ; f o r b m y e a r s , and you have been
6working v e r y, ve r y ha rd t o expose a ny t h in g t h a t we d i d t h a t
7 wa s wrong .
8And I do n o t , i n what I am w r i t i n g a t t h e p r e s e n t
9t i m e , my memoirs , which I hope w i l l come o u t b e f o r e y ou d i e
10 -o r b e f o r e I d i e , I am n o t going t o be c r i t i c a l o f t h e f a c t
11 t h a t you a r e doing t h e jo b yo u a r e h i r e d t o do .
12 B u t I am going t o come down h a r d , and y o u , I would
13 u rg e , t h i n k i n g n o t o f y o u r s e l v e s b e c a u s e a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e ,
14 i f I cou ld g ive one l a s t b i t o f a d v i c e , t a k i n g t h e double
15 s t a n d a r d i s g o in g t o make you much more p o p u l a r wi th t h e
II i Washing ton p r e s s c o r p s , w i t h t h e Georgetown s o c i a l s e t , i f you
1'7 e v e r go t o George town, w i t h t h e power e l i t e i n t h i s c o u n t r y,
18 b u t ., on t h e o t h e r hand, t h i n k o f y o u r c h i l d r e n t h e y a r e
19 going t o judge you i n t h e p a g e s o f h i s t o r y and a s t h e y l o o k
20 a t y o u , t h e y a r e going t o s a y , w e l l , now, you d id a p r e t t y
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e i g h t p e r c e n t o f t h e p e o p l e i n t h e c o u n t r y. I r e s p e c t
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s u p p o r t me.
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you would have a m o t i v e t o go a f t e r me and my a s s o c i a t e s
and t o i g n o r e o t h e r s , b u t I a l s o sa y I j u s t t r u s t i n t h e
f u t u r ~a s you go o n , a f t e r you l e ave t h e s e p o s i t i o n s , have
a s i n g l e s t a n d a r d . T h a t i s what t h e c o u n t r y n e e d s .
I am s o r r y t o t a k e s o much t i m e .
HR. RUTH: I wonder i f we co u ld r e c e s s a second
b e c a u s e t h e P r o s e c u t o r s a r e n o t a l lowed t o r e s p o n d t o t h e
c h a rg e o f be ing p a r t i s a n ; we a r e n o t going t o r e spond , and
we w i l l p i c k up i n t h e a r e a o f q u e s t i o n i n g h a v i n g t o do
wi th t h e w i r e t a p s i n a c o u p l e o f m in u te s .
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5q u e s t i o n s and Mr. F r a n k M a r t i n , who i s t o my r i g h t , w i l l b e
6a s k i n g you some q u e s t i o n s .
7A R i g h t .
8Q More s p e c i f i c a l l y , i f I m i g h t i n d i c a t e t o you , t h e
9Grand J u r y ' s i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n s o f a r a s t h i s e l e c t r o n i c s u r -
10v e i l l a n c e p r o j e c t i s c o n c e r n e d i s f o c u s e d upon two p r i m a r y i n -
11 c i d e n t s : F i r s t , t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s i n t h e summer and e a r l y
12 . f a l l o f 1971 when t h e w i r e t a p p r o j e c t i t s e l f had e n d e d , and
13 t h e r e c o r d s o f t h e w i r e t a p p r o j e c t were removed u l t i m a t e l y
14 f rom th e FB I t o t h e Whi te House , so t h e y a r e f o c u s e d on t h a t
15 a s one l e g o f t h e i r i n q u i r y , a n d , s e c o n d , t h e y a r e f o c u s e d upon
16 a l l e g a t i o n s t h a t M r. L. P a t r i c k G r a y, i n F e b r u a r y and March o f
17 1 9 7 3 , d u r i n g h i s c o n f i r m a t i o n h e a r i n g s , c o m m i t t e d p e r j u r y " ' h i l e
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21 Q B e f o r e we g e t i n t o remova l o f t h e r e c o r d s , s i r , j u s t
22 so t h a t i t i s c l e a r when we a r e r e f e r r i n g t o t h e e l e c t r o n i c
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1971 .
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s t a n c e s , which were i n t h e summer o f ' 7 1 , d u r i n g t h e p r o j e c t
i t s e l f , c an you t e l l u s w h e t h e r you p e r s o n a l l y r e c e i v e d t h e
summary l e t t e r s which Mr . Hoover wr o te , which summarized t h e
i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t was coming o f f t h e s e w i r e t a p s ?I
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l e t t e r t h a t I r e c e i v e d , and i t i s t h e on l y one t h a t I ca n r e -
c a l l r e c e i v i n g , wa s one w i t h i n tw o o r t h r e e d a y s a f t e r I was
i n a u g u r a t e d p r e s i d e n t i n 1969. I t was a r e p o r t on Mr . Henr y
Brandon , t h e c o r r e s pond en t o f t h e London Times , an d I , be ing
ne w a t t h e j o b , wondered what i t was a l l a b o u t .
I asked Mr. Hoover, when we had o u r f i r s t m e e t i n g ,
which was s h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r w a r d s p e r h a p s w i t h i n a week
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" I have t o have a d i r e c t r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h you and t h e A t t o r n y
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2A But you u nde r s t a nd th e Brandon name was on t h a t l i s t
3Q T h a t i s r i g h t , he was on t h a t l i s t .
4A My p o i n t i s i t was t h e r e , i t h a s been t h e r e fo r
5y e a r s , long b e f o r e we came i n .
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8 from May o f '69 t o May o f ' 7 0 , th e f i r s t h a l f o f t h a t p e r i o d ,
9 l e t t e r s were add re s s e d by Mr. Hoover i n d u p l i c a t e o r i g i n a l
10 form, one t o D r. K i s s i n g e r and one t o Mr . E h r l i c h m a n . Now my
11 q u e s t i o n a t t h i s p o i n t , b r i e f l y and l i m i t e d , i s d i d you r e -
12 ce ive t hose l e t t e r s , d id Mr. Ehr l ichman b r i n g t h o se l e t t e r s
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o f c o u r s e , have a p p r o v e d them.
Q Did h e , dur ing t h a t p e r i o d , r o u t e h i s own memoranda
t o t h e P r e s i d e n t , which would rev iew th e l e t t e r s t h a t he had
r e c e i v e d from Mr . Hoover ? Do yo u remember t h a t ?
A You mean rev iew t h e f r u i t s o f th e t aps?
Q T h a t i s r i g h t .
A Yes , I d o n ' t r e c a l l t h a t he d i d . I t i s p o s s i b l e
t h a t he d i d .
Q The r e a s on I am r a i s i n g t h e s e q u e s t i o n s aga in i s
b e c a u s e we a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n w h a t r e c o r d s t h e r e were t h a t
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A S u r e . L e t me p o i n t o u t , so t h e Grand J u r o r s would
n o t t h i n k t h a t I wa s b e i n g d e r e l i c t i n my d u t i e s , when I sa w
t h i s Brandon r e p o r t , i t wa s such a bunch o f g a r b a g e andI
i r r e l e v a n t t h ~ t I t o l d K i s s i n g e r , I b e l i e v e , a t t h e t i m e I :
s a i d , " I d o n ' t want t o s ee an y o f t h i s c r a p . " Pardon t h e
e x p r e s s i o n , b u t t h a t i s what I t h o u g h t i t was . I s a i d , "Have
i t e v a l u a t e d and i f t h e r e i s a n y t h i n g we need t o know i n -
v o l v i n g o u r n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y , l e t me know, b u t I d o n ' t want
9 t o s ee any FB I ra w f i l e s o r FBI r e p o r t s . T h a t wa s my p o l i c y .
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o f t h e s e summary r e p o r t s , yo u know, w i t h t h e u s u a l l a n g u a g e ,
"a h i g h l y s e n s i t i v e s o u r c e h a s i n f o r m e d u s t h a t " , and so on ,
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5h a l f o f t h a t w i r e t a p p r o j e c t , which would have b e e n f rom Ha y
6'70 u n t i l F e b r u a r y ' 7 1 , t h e l e t t e r s f rom H r. Hoover which
7s u n ~ a r i z e dt h i s w i r e t a p b u s i n e s s , an d you have a c c u r a t e l y
8d e s c r i b e d t h e wa y t h e y s t a r t e d , t h e y were n o t s e n t i n d u a l
9o r i g i n a l s . They w e r e , d u r i n g t h a t p e r i o d o f t i m e , d i r e c t e d
10t o y o u , b u t s e n t t o M r. Haldeman , and my n e x t q u e s t i o n was
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12 , i n t o you o r make c o p i e s f o r you?
13 A No. On t h e c o n t r a r y . Th e r e a s o n t h a t d ev e l o ped
14 ' va s t h a t Mr . Hoover d i d n o t want t o have so much p r o l i f e r a t i o n
15 o f h i s r e p o r t s . He came t o be v e r y s u s p i c i o u s i n h i s l a t e r I]( j y e a r s o f many p e o p l e i n t h e b u r e a u c r a c y, i n c l u d i n g p e o p l e
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t o t h e s e p a p e r s and wh e t h e r o r n o t y ou r e c a l l l e a r n i n g v e r y
e a r l y on t h a t t h e s e pape r s had been p r e p a r e d , i n p a r t , by
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damage t o t h e n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y , b u t , a s I p o i n t e d o u t y e s t e r -
d a y, i t t a k e s o n l y tw o o r t h r e e words f o r an e x p e r t t o b r e a k
a c o d e ; i t t a k e s o n l y tw o o r t h r e e r e f e r e n c e s f o r a n i n -
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o r FB I o r w h a t have y o u , o r even i n F o r e i g n S e r v i c e , f o r h i s
w i f e t o become e n d a n g e r e d i f i t i s known he i s a c t i n g i n t h i s
way, an d t h e r e l e a s e o f t h e P e n t a g o n P a p e r s t h e r e b y j e o p a r d i z e
t h e l i f e o f Amer icans wh o m i g h t be e n g a g e d i n s u c h a c t i v i t i e s .
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i n t h e minds o f f o r e i g n l e a d e r s wh o came t o s e e me i n g r e a t
numbers , and I \>lent t o s ee them i n c o n s i d e r a b l e numbers - -
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e s s e n t i a l i f we were t o r e a c h a g r e e m e n t on s e n s i t i v e m a t t e r s .
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q u e s t i o n a s t o what we w i t h i n t h e c l o s e c i r c l e s i n t h e Wh i t e
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o f S t a f f a nd t h e S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t c o u l d d i s c u s s i n c o n f i d e n c e
b e c a u s e we h ad a number o f i n i t i a t i v e s a t t h a t t i m e b e g i n n i n g ,
t h e S o v i e t i n i t i a t i v e , t h e China i n i t i a t i v e , t h e i n i t i a t i v e
w i t h r e g a r d t o Vi e t n a m , and a l s o w i t h r e g a r d t o a c e a s e f i r e
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3 some members o f my s t a f f , p a r t i c u l a r l y on t h e p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s
4 s i d e , t h a t s a i d , l o o k , t h i s i s no s k i n o f f o u r b a c k . Th e
5 Pentagon P a p e r s , a s you know, d id n o t i nvo lve w h a t hap pe ned
6 du r ing t h i s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ; t h e y on ly i nvo lve d what had happen
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p o l i t i c a l s t a n d p o i n t i t would have been much t o o u r a d v a n t a g e
t o have t h e Pentagon P a p e r s r e v e a l e d , t o th row o f f , i f we
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v o l v e d i n a c o n f l i c t , even though i t i s one t h a t many peop l e
d i s app roved o f , t h e r e i s o n l y one P r e s i d e n t - - I d o n ' t c a r e
w h e t h e r he i s a Democra t o r R e p u b l i c a n , wh e t h e r he i s f o r me
o r a g a i n s t me, b u t I s a i d , "As f a r a s t h e s e pap e r s a r e c o n -
c e r n e d , we have t o p r o t e c t t h e c o n f i d e n t i a l i t y o f p r e s i d e n t i a l
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , a n d un l e s s we s t a n d h e re t h e r e i s n o t g o i n g t o
be any chance f o r n o t o n l y t h i s P r e s i d e n t , b u t f u t u r e
p r e s i d e n t s , t o be a b l e t o c o n d u c t t h e i r f o r e i g n p o l i c y
s u c c e s s f u l l y . "
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th e p e o p l e p r i n c i p a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f
t h i s s tudy and t h a t Mr . H a lp e r i n wa s one o f t h e p e o p l e who
had g iven a c c e s s t o t h a t s t udy t o H r. E l l s b e r g , who,
o b v i o u s l y, wa s th e p e r s o n who d i d l e a k t h e p a p e r s . Do you
r e c a l l b e i n g i n f o r m e d o f t h a t ?
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H r. Halpe r in gave acc e s s t o th e p ape r s t o Mr . E l l s b e r g . I c a n
o n l y be in formed - - I can o n l y t e l l you t h a t th e s u s p i c i o n s
a s to who m i g h t have g i v e n a c c e s s t o E l l s berg were rampant
an d H a l p e r i n ' s name was among many o t h e r s t h a t were i n c l u d e d .
Q Given y o u r s t a t emen t t h a t t h e s u s p i c i o n f o c u s e d
on one , as y ou s a y, o f many p eop l e , b u t one o f them was Mr.
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a1>-Tare t h a t anyone i n th e Whi te House o r e l s e w h e r e wa s r ev i ewin
t h e s e wire t a p r e c o r d s t h a t had been on f o r some 21 months on
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2Halpe r in had l e a k ed t h e s e documents o r had been i nvo lved i n
3l e a k i n g t h e s e documents?
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7t o go back and s e p a r a t e o u t t i m e s , b u t i t a p pea r s t h a t very
8s h o r t l y a f t e r t h a t you were aware o f Mr . H a l p e r i n ' s i nvo lve -
9ment?
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11 Q But t h a t yo u would have d i r e c t e d o r a t l e a s t been
12 aware o f p e o p l e g o i n g back and c h e c k i n g th e w i r e t a p o f Mr.
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17 t o s e e i f he , 'TaS one o f t ho s e who wa s a l e a k e r . I do have
~ a r e c o l l e c t i o n t h a t D r. K i s s i n g e r t o l d me, when he s e p a r a t e d
19 ! Mr . H a l p e r i ~from h i s NSC s t a f f , t h a t he f e l t he had made a
20 mis t ake i n t a k i n g him on b e c a u s e t h e y c ons i de r e d him t o be
21 a l e a k e r . T h a t i s why t h e s u s p i c i o n wa s r a i s e d , b u t many
22 p e o p l e were l e a k e r s , so t h a t wa s no th i n g new.
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3d r u g s ? Do you r e c a l l b e i n g i n f o r m e d t h a t Hr . E l l s b e r g u s e d
4d r u g s ?
5A Th e f a c t t h a t H r. - - I me a n t h e c h a rg e o r t he
6a l l e g a t i o n t h a t Hr . E l l s b e r g u s e d d r u g s I have no r e c o l l e c t i o n
7o f . A l l t h a t I do r e c a l l i s t h a t D r. K i s s i n g e r p o i n t e d o u t
8t o me t h a t Hr . E l l s b e r g a p p a r e n t l y had bee n on e o f t h i s
9s t u d e n t s a nd t h e r e f o r e he knew him.
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12 , day, so I w o n ' t r e p e a t i t t o d a y - - an d t h e n t u r n e d i n t o a dove
13 and t h a t h i s , du r i ng t h e t ime he vlas a hawk" a p p a r e n t l y he wa s
14 \vorking w i t h t h e JCS, and t h e n , a l s o , D r. K i s s i n g e r ' s
15 e v a l u a t i o n o f hi m a s a man and D r. K i s s i n g e r and I ha d ve ry
]( j f r a nk d i s c u s s i o n s , and I hope a l l f u t u r e p r e s i d e n t s can have
17 such d i s c u s s i o n s wi t h t h e i r to p n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y a d v i s o r s an d
18 t h e i r s e c r e t a r i e s o f S t a t e , and t h a t wi l l o n l y happen i n t he
19 e v e n t t h a t Hr . Mi l l e r and Mr . Ma r t e n s o n a r e s u c c e s s f u l i n
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7n o t r e f r e s h my r e c o l l e c t i o n , and I t h i n k t h a t by t h i s t i m e ,
8S e p t e m b e r 3 , 1969 , t h e p o l i c y had been i n s t i t u t e d , which I
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HI I n t h e summer o f ' 7 1 c o n c e r n i n g Mr . E l l s b e r g ?
20 A A f t e r Mr . E l l s b e r g wa s i n d i c t e d , you mean?
21 QNot n e c e s s a r i l y a f t e r he wa s i n d i c t e d , b u t a f t e r
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1i n e r r a t i c a c t i v i t i e s . I d o n ' t r e c a l l any s p e c i f i c d i s -
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7 ano the r i n d i v i d u a l t h a t he l e f t a s a t c h e l f i l l e d ,,,i t h s t u f f
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11 a l t hough i t wa s d i s o r i e n t i n g .
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20 t h a t my r e c o l l e c t i o n a t t h i s t ime wa s t h a t t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n
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o r s t o p p e d t h e e f f o r t s t h a t someone had t o make t o p r o s e c u t e
th e p u b l i s h e r s , who were e q u a l l y g u i l t y , f o r r e a s o n s t h a t I
t h o u g h t were v e r y good r e a s o n s , and i n t h e E l l s b e r g c a s e I
d i d n ' t t h i n k o r I d i d n ' t know o r d i d n ' t b e l i e v e - - I mean ,
when I say t h a t , many o f my a s s o c i a t e s d i d n o t b e l i e v e i t
was wor th \vh i le t o go ahead and p r o s e c u t e him, b u t e v e n t a u l l y
th e d e c i s i o n wa s made t o go f o r w a r d on t h e p r o s e c u t i o n .
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5 p o o r Mr . Hears t , even though h i s dau g h t e r he knew was a l i t t l e
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7 i n t o t h e E l l s b e r g t h i n g b e c a u s e o f th e embar rassment t h a t i t
8 would c a u s e t o them.
9 I n c i d e n t a l l y , he d i d n ' t t e l l me t h a t s p e c i f i c a l l y ,
10 b u t t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n wa s conveyed t o me , I b e l i e v e , by t h e
11 A t t o r n e y G ene r a l .
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14 h as r e f e r r e d t o e a r l i e r , i n A p r i l o f 1973 , on t h a t day you
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s e n s i t i v e c a s e t h a t I , o f c o u r s e , w i l l answer q u e s t i o n s on i f
t h e S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r i s i n t e r e s t e d i n i t , i n v o l v i n g Yoeman
R a d f o r d , b u t t h e r e was no w i r e t a p p i n g a f t e r F e b r u a r y o f 1971 .
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i n g and have no r e c o l l e c t i o n o f s e e i n g an y w i r e t a p s t h a t H a y.
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which i s p o s s i b l e :....- t h a t i s Mr. Hoover ' s p r a c t i c e q u i t e
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be i m p o r t a n t t o t h e p r o s e c u t i o n .
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w i t h Mr . M i t c h e l l , Mr. E h r l i c h m a n , Hr . Haldeman , a f t e r Mr.
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7f o r t h e ABA A s s o c i a t i o n , I b e l i e v e .
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9 m e e t i n g i n London?
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3 a t t h a t t i me , b u t w h a t we a r e s p e c i f i c a l ly i n t e r e s t e d i n i s
4 t h e r e f e r e n c e s b e g i n n i n g on page 8 , \'There r.1r . Haldem an r a i s e s
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8 Hr . r.1 i t che l l s t a t e s t h a t he i s h a v i n g them r e v i e w e d i n t h e
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t o l d me , b e c a u s e i t i s n o t a s u b j e c t t h a t I c o n s i d e r t o be - -
I f e a r a t t h a t t ime I had v e r y much on my mind .
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5o u t t h e p e r i o d o f J u l y , u n t i l th e announcement wa s made on
6J u l y 15 t h a t t h e t r i p wa s going t o be t aken , and f o r some
7 t ime t h e r e a f t e r , I wa s t h i n k i n g o f t h e China i n i t i a t i v e . Con-
8 s e q u e n t l y my r e c o l l e c t i o n o f a c o n v e r s a t i o n o f t h i s s o r t i s ,
9f r a n k l y, a s I s t a t e d . I s i m p l y d o n ' t r e c o l l e c t i t , b u t i f
10 you were t o q u e s t i o n me today abou t t h e m ee t i n g s I had w i t h
11 K i s s i n g e r , t h e c a b l e s t h a t h e s e n t t o me 'IThile he wa s o n t h e
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A No , you w o u l d n ' t .
Q I would l i k e t o t u r n t o - -
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s t o o l , and t h a t i s why, you s e e , my co n c e r n a b o u t l e a k s was
so g r e a t , my c o n c e r n a b o u t t h e P e n t a g o n P a p e r s wa s so g r e a t .
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t h e P e n t a g o n P a p e r s came o u t and t h e y d r i e d up b e c a u s e t h e y
d i d n ' t t h i n k t h e y c o u l d t a l k t o somebody f rom t h e U n i t e d
S t a t e s v l i t h o u t f e a r i n g - - I am s p e a k i n g o f f o r e i g n s o u r c e s
w i t h o u t f e a r i n g , w i t h o u t b e i n g a s s u r e d t h a t t h a t would be
i n c o n f i d e n c e , so I would s a y t h a t a s a r e s u l t o f , , ,hat
Mr . E l l s b e r g d i d and what t h e New York Times , a n d , i n my
o p i n i o n , one o f t h e m o s t i r r e s p o n s i b l e a c t i o n s by a g r e a t
ne\vspaper o f t h i s n a t i o n d i d , t h e e n d i n g o f a . . a r and t h e
k i l l i n g o f Am e r i c a n s wa s d e l a y e d .I n i t i a t i v e s would have
come much s o o n e r had t h a t n o t happened .
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1Th e c u r r e n t t h i n k i n g i s t h a t E l l s b e r g and th e New York T imes
2s h o u l d be he roe s f o r e x p o s i n g and p u t t i n g o u t a l l o f t h i s
3c o n f i d e n t i a l i n f o r m a t i o n .
4L e t me sa y wh e n c o n f i d e n t i a l i n f o r m a t i o n i s pu t
5o u t t h a t c o s t s one American l i f e , I t h i n k th e one t h a t p u t s
6i t o u t should go t o j a i l f o r i t .
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9A ~ ~y I t h i n k y ou a g ree wi t h t h a t , d o n ' t you?
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11 A I am s o r r y , i t i s n o t my r i g h t t o q u e s t i o n y o u . I
12 . am s o r r y .
13 Q Given t h i s concern , an d g iven yo ur c o n c e r n abo u t
14 th e f a c t t h a t Mr . E l l s b e r g , i n o r d e r t o minimize t he damage
15 t h a t had a l r e a d y been done , he should be p r o s e c u t e d so t h a t
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focus on th e even t s i n v o l v i n g Mr . E l l s b e r g d u r i n g t h i s p e r i od .
HI I wou ld l i k e t o t u r n t o a m e e t i n g t h a t y ou h ad i n San Clemente
20 vd t h Mr . Eh r l i chm a n and Mr . Haldeman. Th e no t e s t h a t \ve
21 have i n d i c a t e d t h a t Mi s s Noods wa s t h e r e a t th e beginning o f
22 th e mee t i ng , b u t I b e l i e v e t h a t po r t i o n o f t h e conv e r s a t i o n
23 dea l t wi t h th e Nixon L i b r a r y and i t i s n o t r e l e v a n t t o u s .
24 A f t e r t h a t p o r t i o n o f the conve r sa t i on , th e
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r e a l l y j u s t tw o b r i e f r e f e r e n c e s : One, t h e r e i s a s t a t e m e n t ,
2 which a p p a r e n t l y would have b e e n made by y o u , s t a t i n g t h a t
3R o g e r s , meaning S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e R o g e r s , s h o u l d be t a p p i n g
4m o r e . Do you r e c a l l making s u c h a s t a t e m e n t ?
5 A I don ' t r e c a l l making such a s t a t e m e n t , b u t I do
6r e c a l l t h a t Dr . K i s s i n g e r , a n d , i n c i d e n t a l l y , I t h i n k i n -
7c o r r e c t l y i n t h i s i n s t a n c e , f e l t t h a t t h e S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t
8 b u r e a u c r a c y \.;ras pO '1 ! e n t i a l l y more v u l n e r a b l e i n t e n u s o f
9l e a k i n g and l e s s t r u s t , v o r t h y t h a n an y o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e
10 b u r e a u r a c r a c y, an d t h a t we s h o u l d make some e f f o r t t o do
11 someth ing a b o u t t h e S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t p e o p l e .
12 , Now, a s f a r a s Hr . R o g e r s was c o n c e r n e d , he ,.;ras t h e
13 S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e . He c o u l d n ' t d o any t a p p i n g . I t had t o
14 be d o n e , a s I have a l s o s a i d , t h r o u g h t h e u s u a l ways : The
15 A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l h ad t o a p p r o v e them o r I h ad t o a p p r o v e
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18 would approve them, b u t a s f a r a s t h e S t a t e D e p a r t m e n ~p e r -
19 s o n n e l were c o n c e r n e d , a s you know, none o f them were t a p p ed .
20 Q B e i n g i t a p p e a r s t h a t t h e s u b j e c t o f w i r e t a p p i n g
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1 i t t o me , b u t I have f o r g o t t e n which one i t i s .
2 HR. HARTIN: I have marked as E x h i b i t E-2 H r.
3 Ehr l i chman ' s n o t e s o f a m e e t i n g on J u l y 10 , 1971 .
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5 wa s marked E x h i b i t No . E-2
6 f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . )
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8 q u e s t i o n . I can l i s t e n whi l e I r ead i t .
9 BY HR. HARTIN:
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p a g e , no t e 9 t u r n s t o t h e s u b j e c t o f E l l s b e r g , n o t e 10 i s
th e n o t e I r e a d p r e v i o u s l y concern ing H r. Rogers and t h en
t h e r e i s t h i s note I j u s t r e a d c o n c e r n i n g t h e Grand J u r y . Do
you r e c a l l any such r e f e r e n c e b e i n g made t o wi r e t a p s some-
how be ing d i s c o v e r e d o r d i s c o v e r y m o t i o n s r e l a t i n g t o w i r e
t app ing i n th e Grand J u ry i n v e s t i g a t i o n o r i n any a s p e c t o f
t h e Pentagon P a p e r s ?
A No ., I d o n ' t r e c a l l . I d o n ' t know what g r a n d ,j u ry
t h a t cou ld have been he i s r e f e r r i n g t o . These a r e h i s
n o t e s , o f c o u r s e .
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and I t o l d Dr. K i s s i n g e r , I t o l d s e v e r a l o f them t h a t we shou l
n o t be d e f e n s i v e w i t h r e g a r d t o wire t a pping f o r n a t i o n a l
s e c u r i t y p u rpo s e s , t h a t we c o u ld d e f e n d them. I d id n o t want
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1t o d i s c l o s e t h a t we were doing i t b e c a u s e t h a t would , o f
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d e f e n s i v e , and ob v io u s ly if t h e r e was a g r a n d j u r y p roceed -
4i n g , s i n c e g r a n d j u r y p ro c eed ing s a r e t o t a l l y o f f t h e r e c o r d ,
5t h a t i s one a r e a where t h e r e would be no c o n c e r n if w i r e
6 t app ing wa s d i s c l o s e d .
7Q S p e c i f i c a l l y , t h e wa y t h a t c o n c e r n c ou ld a r i s e i s
8t h a t if a Grand J u r y w i t n e s s wa s h o s t i l e and r e f u s e d to
9t e s t i f y a nd even a f t e r g r a n t e d immunity r e f u s e d t o t e s t i f y
10 and t h e government went i n t o c o u r t t o have him h e l d i n c o n -
11 t emp t , he c o u l d r a i s e t h e i s s u e o f w h e t h e r o r n o t he had been
12 w i r e t a p p e d . This would have happened , p e r h a p s , a l t hough
13 i t d i d no t happen , b u t i t c o u l d have happened ",i t h Mr .
14 Halpe r in i f he wa s c a l l e d b e f o r e a g r a n d j u r y , and i t c ou ld
W have happened wi th v a r i o u s r e p o r t e r s i f t h e y were c a l l e d b e -
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18 j u r y p roceed ing s t h e s e w i r e t a p s m i g h t have t o be d i s c l o s e d ?
HI A What p roc eed ing s \ 'l e r e going on a t t h a t t i m e i n
20 t h e g r a n d j u ry?
21 Q There wa s th e Bos ton Grand J u ry a t t h a t t i m e .
22 A What were t h e y i n v e s t i g a t i n g ?
23Q They vlere i n v e s t i g a t i n g th e a s p e c t s more r e l a t e d
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4s p e c i f i c a l l y . I r e c a l l g e n e r a l l y what I have t o l d you a l r e a d y
5Q Do you r e c a l l i n t h i s d i s c u s s i o n o r a t o r abou t
6t h i s t ime b e i n g t o l d t h a t Mr. Mardian would come o u t h e r e
7to Sa n Clemente t o d i s c u s s t h e s e wi r e t a p s wi th y o u , t h a t
8t h e r e wa s some p ro b l e m \ vi t h o r e g a r d t o t h e wire t a p s ?
9A Yes , I know Hr . Mard ian d i d come o u t t o t a l k t o me
10a b o u t i t .
11Q Do you r e c a l l t h e c i r cum s t an ces under which you
12 \-,ere t o l d he \-,as coming, vJhether a t a l k i n g p a p e r o r some
p r e l i m i n a r y m e e t i n g s were h e l d , o r any t h i n g o f t h a t n a t u r e ?
14 A No, an d I d o n ' t have a ny p a p e r s . As yo u k now,
15 you have t h o s e , so I w o u l d n ' t have any op p o r t u n i t y t o r e v i e w
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17 o v e r t o you . You d o n ' t have them un le s s we t u r n e d them o v e r
18 to you .
IH T h a t i s n o t a f a i r s t a t e m e n t . But y o u r a c t i o n s
20 have made i t imp o ss i b l e f o r me t o have my pa pe r s h e r e .