PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES OF 1972 SENATE RESOLUTION 60

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

OF THE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

WATERGATE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Phase I: Watergate Investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 26, 27, AND 30, 1973

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SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

(Established by S. Res. 60, 93d Congress, 1st Session)

SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina, Chairman
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee, Vice Chairman

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii
JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico

EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida
LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., Connecticut

SAMUEL DASH, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
FRED D. THOMPSON, Minority Counsel
RUFUS L. EDMISTEN, Deputy Chief Counsel

ARTHUR S. MILLER, Chief Consultant
DAVID M. DORSEN, Assistant Chief Counsel
TERRY F. LENZNER, Assistant Chief Counsel
JAMES HAMILTON, Assistant Chief Counsel
CARMINE S. BELLINO, Chief Investigator
WAYNE H. BISHOP, Chief Field Investigator
EUGENE BOYCE, Hearings Record Counsel
R. PHILLIP HAIRE, Assistant Counsel
MARC LACKRITZ, Assistant Counsel
WILLIAM T. MAYTON, Assistant Counsel
RONALD D. ROTUNDA, Assistant Counsel
DONALD G. SANDERS, Deputy Minority Counsel
HOWARD S. LIEBENGOOD, Assistant Minority Counsel
H. WILLIAM SHURE, Assistant Minority Counsel
ROBERT SILVERSTEIN, Assistant Minority Counsel
LAURA MATZ, Administrative Assistant
CAROLYN ANDRADE, Office Manager
JOAN C. COLE, Secretary to the Minority

(II)

Ehrlichman, John, former chief domestic adviser to the President, accompanied by John J. Wilson and Frank H. Strickler, counsels...

FRIDAY JULY 27, 1973

Ehrlichman, John, testimony resumed............

MONDAY, JULY 30, 1973

Ehrlichman, John, testimony resumed..

Haldeman, H. R., former assistant to the President, accompanied by
John J. Wilson and Frank H. Strickler, counsels

INTERROGATION OF WITNESSES BY MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND COUNSELS

Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr

2663

2729

2795

2866

Ehrlichman: 2664-2666,

2689-2701, 2790-2793, 2797-2799, 2814, 2815, 2862, 2863. Haldeman: 2866, 2894–2896, 2906. Ehrlichman: 2665,

Baker, Hon. Howard H., Jr..

2666, 2701-2710, 2797, 2800, 2863, 2864. Haldeman: 2895, 2905.

Talmadge, Hon. Herman E..
Inouye, Hon. Daniel K..

Montoya, Hon. Joseph M..

Ehrlichman: 2711-2718.

Ehrlichman: 2727-2737,

2800-2805. Haldeman: 2896.

Ehrlichman: 2679-2690,

2759-2773, 2810, 2811. Haldeman: 2896.

Gurney, Hon. Edward J.

Ehrlichman: 2718-2727,

2737-2758, 2807-2810. Haldeman: 2895, 2896.

Ehrlichman: 2663-2679,

2773-2790, 2811-2814, 2861-2863.

Ehrlichman: 2815-2860.
Ehrlichman: 2863.

Weicker, Hon. Lowell P., Jr.

Dash, Samuel, Chief Counsel and Staff Director... -
Thompson, Fred D., Minority Counsel....

EXHIBITS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

No. 94A-(2658) Letter from President Nixon to Senator Ervin dated
July 25, 1973, concerning subpenas issued on behalf of the
Select Committee for certain tapes and records of the White
House

No.

95-(2684) IRS cover sheet dated September 1972 entitled "Sta-
tistics-Requests for Inspection of Income Tax Returns or
Data From Returns by Federal Agencies for the 6-Month
Period Jan. 1-June 30, 1972", with attachment_----

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2909

NOTE.-Figures in parentheses indicate page that exhibit was officially made part of the record.

No.

No.

No.

IV

96—(2684) IRS cover sheet dated April 1973 entitled "Statistics-
Requests for Inspection of Income Tax Returns or Data
From Returns by Federal Agencies for the 6-Month Period
July 1-December 31, 1972", with attachment___
97-(2713) Memo randum for the record of Gen. Vernon A. Walters
(CIA) dated July 6, 1972, re: Meeting with Acting FBI
Director L. Patrick Gray at 1005 hours on July 6, concerning
Watergate matter..

98-(2730) Ehrlichman's handwritten notes re: His investigation
into Watergate affair.

No. 99 (2748) Ehrlichman/Kleindienst taped telephone conversation
No.
100 (2773) Notes of meeting with Herb Kalmbach, April 6, 1973,
in San Clemente, Calif..

No.

101-(2786) Memorandum for the record of Gen. Vernon A. Walters
(CIA) dated June 28, 1972, re: Walters and Helms meetings
with Ehrlichman and Haldeman on June 23, 1972, at 1300,
in Ehrlichman's office at the White House...
102-(2786) Ehrlichman taped telephone conversation with Pat

Gray, March 7 or 8, 1973; also taped telephone conversation
with John Dean immediately following Gray conversation.
103-(2786) Ehrlichman taped telephone conversation with Pat
Gray. (No date shown.)....

No.

No.

No.

No. 104A

104-(2796) Letter from Robert W. Barker to Senator Ervin con-
cerning "Million Dollar Secret Fund" allegation, with
attachments..

No. 105

(2796) Letter to Vice Chairman Howard H. Baker, Jr., from
Robert W. Barker, dated August 3, 1973, with attachments.
(2800) Congressional Record insert (pages S5911-S5924) re:
"Practice by Executive Branch of Examining Individual Tax
Returns".

No. 106 (2813) White House "Eyes Only" memorandum dated October 2,
1972, from John Ehrlichman to John Dean re: Herbert
Kalmbach written retainer arrangement enclosing hand-
written draft letter___

Page

2911

2913

2915

2944

2947

2948

2950

2952

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No.

No. 107 (2815) Ehrlichman taped telephone conversation with Clark
MacGregor...

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3007

Clawson

108-(2827) Ehrlichman taped telephone conversation with Ken

(2906) Sworn statement of Bernard Fensterwald, Jr.

No. 109 (2828) Ehrlichman taped telephone conversation with Charles
Colson on April 17, 1973.

No. 109A

NOTE. Figures in parentheses indicate page that exhibit was officially made part of the record.

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