| Watergate Hearings - H.R. Haldeman | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 166 |
| Catalog #: | 446741 | |
| Clip Number: | 446741-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | N/A | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Senate Caucus Room | |
| Year Shot: | 1973 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: Hearings, Watergate | |
| Description: | (09:52:29) Opens to Personal Assistant STAACHAN being questioned by Majority Counsel SAM DASH, Dash confirms that Staachan's boss, Presidential Advisor HAUDERMAN, wanted to be on top of what was going on
(09:53:54) Skip in footage - Dash questions Hauderman about the Whitehouse 1970 desire to step up domestic intelligence activities in order to combat the violent actions of subversive groups (09:56:10) Hauderman explains the inception of the Houston Plan in detail, a big part of the plan's call to get more interaction/cooperation between intelligence agencies was the belief that subversive groups within the U.S. had foreign influences and financial backing behind them (10:00:47) Dash and Hauderman discuss the Houston Plan's preliminary reports, in particular Dash asks Hauderman if he knew the reports called for intelligence gathering through breaking and entering and wire tapping - Dash also asks about J EDGAR HOOVER's reaction to the reports (10:03:30) Dash submits for review by Hauderman a memorandum from White House Staffer HOUSTON articulating his frustrations with Hoover's refusal of his plan - Hauderman says that he vaguely remembers the memorandum (10:05:45) Dash asks Hauderman about the Houston Plan's reception after it was approved by Nixon - Hauderman explains that the plan was never implemented because Hoover refused it - Dash asks Hauderman if he knew that then Attorney General JOHN MITCHELL also opposed the plan (10:06:37) Skip in footage, back a second (10:07:30) Dash asks Haldeman about further Whitehouse attempts to beef up domestic intelligence - Haldeman responds that they put forth plans for an internal inter-departmental evaluation team of intelligence agencies (10:08:19) Skip in footage (10:08:42) Skip in footage - Dash and Haldeman discuss in detail how Hauderman listened to a tape of a significant and unidentified Whitehouse meeting | |
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