| Watergate Hearings - Hugh Sloan | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 149 |
| Catalog #: | 446730 | |
| Clip Number: | 446730-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | N/A | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Senate Caucus Room | |
| Year Shot: | 1973 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: Hearings, Watergate | |
| Description: | (04:02:47) Skip in footage - Counsel Majority Leader SAM DASH questions HUGH SLOAN about his relation to the White House and when he joined the Committee for the Re-election of the President - Sloan gives his introduction, he was a White House staff assisstant and history with the Committee, he joined the committee early on as a treasurer, his description is cut short by a skip in the footage (04:03:55) Skip in footage, time code change - Committee Chairman SAM ERVIN praises Sloan for his testimony quoting the old adage: "An honest man is the noblest work of God", Ervin goes on to question Sloan about his reaction to finding out about the Watergate bust, who he first consulted about it and what he determined it's significance was - Sloan said he first heard about it from GORDON LIDDY and then reading about it in the newspaper, he explains he was immediately concerned about how damaging it could potentially be to the Committee and that he did not originally know how high up in the authority chain the connection to Watergate went (04:6:00) Ervin and Sloan begin talking about Attorney General JOHN MITCHELL's relationship to the aftermath of the Watergate bust, Sloan was told by Mitchell upon consulting him as to what was going on: "When the going gets tough the tough get going", Ervin gets a loud laugh out of the hearing room when he asks after this quotation how soon after this did Mitchell leave the Committee (04:9:00) Ervin and Sloan discuss Sloan's consultation of the White House after Watergate - he went there to solicit an investigation of the committee by the White House to find out what was going on (04:11:04) Shot changes to that of TV studio where two anchors have monitor with hearing image behind them (04:12:08) Skip in footage, Time code jump - Dash has Sloan use a chart listing Committee member names and cash amounts given to them by the Committee to discuss Committee cash deposits and disbursements, Sloan says that no receipts were issued for these payments, Sloan links some of this money to the White House (04:19:27) Dash asks who had the authority to issue cash payments - Sloan answers Mr. KALMBACH and then goes on to say how Attorney General Mitchell was also linked in the approval chain to the budget of the Committee | |
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