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Lawmakers June 21, 1984 - Paul Duke series of brief reports
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 26, 1973
[00.18.53-THOMPSON makes some effort to question DEAN'S motives] Mr. THOMPSON. What, you are saying is that you had no 'concern for your own welfare, but you just wanted to stay on to help out others? Mr. DEAN. Well, as I say, I found myself helping out others without--I was in the process before I began thinking about the process. Mr. THOMPSON. Why did you not tell the Federal prosecutors -when you first. made, contact with them?: I believe it was April 2 of this year when your attorney first made contact with the Federal prosecutors. I am still not quite sure in my own mind why you did not, evidently, relate, to them the nature of the, President's involvement or the fact that the President was involved to some extent. Mr. DEAN. Well, Of course, it -was not my presence at the meetings, so I am not aware of what was discussed. My lawyer and I did discuss it. We were aware of the fact that there, were attorney-client privilege problems, there was executive privilege, there were national security matters and I frankly was hopeful that at some point. when the President returned. I would have a chance to go in and tell the President this is the way I saw it: this is -what I have done, and ask him, based on that, expect him to come forward and explain his involvement the way I thought he -would. Mr. THOMPSON. When were, you terminated at the White House, Mr. Dean? Mr. DEAN. My resignation was requested and accepted on April 30. Mr. THOMPSON. Without your involvement? Mr. DEAN. Without my involvement. Mr. THOMPSON. So you had from April 2 to April 30 in which to do what you are talking 'about, meet the President and try to get him to step forward. Mr. DEAN. Let me get this straight. I am talking about the period from April 2 to April 15. there were no discussions with the President. From April 15 on. I began inferentially, because it was impossible to explain things, explaining the highlights of some of the things that involved the President without getting terribly specific with him. but giving him very broad ideas of some of the areas that were involved. Mr. THOMPSON. If you were interested in his coming forward. Why did you not tell him that you were talking to the prosecutors or that you had made some contact with the prosecutors? Mr. DEAN. Well. I met with him on the 21st. I met with him again on the 22d, called again on the 23d. I had given him what I thought was the most dramatic way I could tell him what the situation was. Nothing happened as a result of that. He then went to California. When he came back from California I noted that there was- well actually, when I came back from Camp David on the 28th before they went to California--he had been in Florida in the interim; there was a very changed attitude about me at that point in time. I -was getting signals from Haldeman in my meetings with him. He directed me to come down, really from Camp David. He said, you just, cannot hole up there. I said I do not want to talk to -Mitchell. He said, I think you have to come down and talk to Mitchell. It was very clear to me Mr. Haldeman wanted me. to come down and talk to Mitchell and -Magruder. I saw a very different Bob Haldeman than I had dealt with over the last year. That was clear to me that there was a new concern and I had become a concern. It was for that. reason that I did not turn over the report I had written at Camp David. The whole atmosphere changed after--really, after I had gone to Camp David. Probably the greatest change occurred in the meeting on the afternoon of the 21st or the 22d, when Ehrlichman, Haldeman and I met with the President, and I said in front of the President for the first time ever that I thought I had kept this agreement, everything was being said, because I said, Ehrlichman Haldeman, and Dean are all indictable. Mr. THOMPSON. Let us consider what your motivations would be at that time. You mentioned first of all the attorney-client privilege, in which, of course. I assume you are talking about conversations that you would have had with the President. Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. But there is an abundance of information that you could have given which would not have involved attorney-client privilege based on what you told us. Mr. DEAN. As I say, we were researching it at the, time and we concluded that there was no attorney-client privilege. Mr. THOMPSON. I am talking about what Ehrlichman told you. According to your testimony, Ehrlichman told you that- the President had approved Executive clemency for Hunt to try to his mouth shut. You talked to Colson telling you that the President approved Executive clemency for Hunt to remain quiet. You have testified that Krogh told you that he got his instructions for the Ellsberg psychiatrist's break-in from the oval office. None of those. things involved communications with the President It could not have possibly involve the attorney-client privilege, could it? Mr. DEAN. They could not involve the attorney--client privilege. none of them involved conversations I had directly with the President, yes. Some of them did not. As I say, there was also the- executive privilege question, there were national security questions. We had resolved that in fact, these did not apply. [00.24.33]
Universal Newsreels - Perfect back contest
TITLE: Sun-tan bathing suits aid chiropractors. Spinal column experts hold perfect back contest at third national convention." Overhead shot of group of women in backless bathing suits (remember, this is 1929) bending over, backsides to camera. Same group of women lined up, chiropractors examining their spines. TITLE: The vertabrae he loves to touch." CU of man running his fingers slong the spine of one woman. Cuts back to previous shot of men examining women, except this time the chiropractor decides to tickle one of the women instead. She giggles and pushes him off. MS of women in line as the chiropractor walks along and writes "OK" on their backs. The women turn around and face the camera. TITLE: Laurie Sherman wins." CU of Ms. Sherman with her trophy, flirting and posing for the camera.
Universal Newsreels
TITLE: Pajamas for men fad invades the south. Knights of Columbus members hold novel parade on opening day." Shot of men in pajamas parading down steet directly towards camera. MArching band, boy scouts and other young boys in pajamas too. TITLE: THese members have pledged themselves to wear "sensible apparel" furing hot weather." More shots of marchers in pajamas. Some with yo-yos. TITLE: "The bands play bed-time tunes" Shots of marching band.
Flames Gut Montreal Store
Jumpy, grainy, dull in contrast and imagery DOS Spectacular scenes of a $100,000 fire that destroys a Big Department Store. Hampered by high winds and near-zero temperatures, firemen battle the stubborn blaze for many hours.
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 26, 1973
[00.24.33] Mr. THOMPSON. Did you tell the prosecutors about the Ellsberg break-in? Mr. Dean. Yes, I did. Mr. THOMPSON. So you had resolved that question? Mr. DEAN. NO, I did not tell them the totality of It. What I said was that they had evidence in their files that they should reexamine because it indicated a break-in I did this because there is case law my lawyer told me about,. He said, John, you are. committing another crime if you do not tell and you have to reveal this to them and they are on that case. He said, there is an ongoing prosecution. You must give them enough so that they can look at their files and make the determination. [00.25.05-MORE attempts to dismantle DEAN'S CREDIBILITY] Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Dean, is it your testimony that you were, not in effect bargaining for immunity or seeking immunity? Mr. DEAN-. My lawyers, were very heavily discussing immunity with the prosecutors at that time. Mr. THOMPSON. And you failed at, the U.S. attorney's office in that attempt, did you not? Of course, I might add that that is a very proper thing for attorneys to pursue. The fact is they -were. Mr. DEAN. That, is right. What happened is my lawyers worked out, what they called a phase I with the--- Mr., THOMPSON. Phase, I? Mr. DEAN. Phase, I, in which I would--- Mr. THOMPSON. You did not have any better luck than the other phase I. Mr. DEAN. I -would discuss with the prosecutors everything I could remember. everything I could tell them and the evidence could -not be used against me so they could assess what they wanted to do with that. That was the design of phase 1, which I did. Mr. THOMPSON. All right. And then contact was made -with Mr. Dash. Mr. DEAN. Mr. Dash made contact -with us. Mr. THOMPSON. Well, either way you want to put it, you discussed the matter with Mr. Dash, who very properly, of course, was seeking any information he could get and talked with you about these matters. Then, for the first, time. as far as I know--you correct, me. if I am wrong--after that, some time after that, the stories started appearing quoting sources close to you to the effect, that you had met with Nixon more than 40 times to discuss the coverup, that Nixon had substantial knowledge, about -what the, White, House people were doing and all those things. [00.26.52-THOMPSON challenges DEAN again] Now, I do not want to leave an unfair implication if I am wrong about this, but the obvious question is whether or not you -went to the prosecutors gave them what you thought, might be enough to get immunity, and having failed there, came to this committee and offered a little more in order to get immunity for this committee. Was that or Was that not your strategy? Mr. DEAN,. I believe that is not correct. Mr. THOMPSON. In what, points does that thesis break down? Mr. DEAN. Phase I had effectively gone into' abeyance. Mr. THOMPSON. Were we considered phase II? Mr. DEAN. No, no, I am talking about the off the record discussions with the prosecutors had gone into abeyance by the time Mr. Dash contacted us, because we were giving them so much information so fast and the thing was tumbling so quickly that they were in pursuit of it and it became more and more difficult for me. There -also was the increasing demand for a special prosecutor. The prosecutors didn't know their own status. Meanwhile, Mr. Dash asked to discuss it with my attorney and he said, you are going to be called. you are going 'called soon and I want to know what it is all about. So he was given the story, Mr. THOMPSON. Of course, you did get immunity from this committee, use immunity. One last question, Mr. Dean. The reason I ask this, of course. is that your statement is replete with references about your desire to uncover the coverup and your desire to tell the truth in all these matters. Before you were, forced out of the White House--as you stated, you started making contact with the prosecutors on April of this year, you had substantial difficulty with Mr. Haldeman and Mr. Ehrlichman concerning their desire, to get Mitchell to take the rap and get them off the hook. Why didn't, you resign, call a press conference, and tell the, entire truth about the matter if you wanted it to come out, substantially, before you--- Mr. DEAN. When I was at Camp David-I went up on the 23d. On the 25th, I talked to a lawyer, and I told him I wanted to take some steps. He cautioned me, saying, for gosh sakes. don't do anything until you do talk to a lawyer. So it, was when I came back from Camp David on the 28th that I again began calling to obtain a criminal lawyer. He told me--he said, John, he said, I know you want to get the truth out, and that was the first thing we told the prosecutors. He said, you don't have to run in a machinegun to do it. You have a Constitution, you can protect your rights, YOU can go forward, and I am going to represent you, I am going to represent you the best way I know as a member of the bar and I will give you the best counsel I can. I have tried to follow his counsel and simultaneously get the truth out. [00.29.54]
Universal Newsreels
TITLE: Use airplane in football practice. Soldiers of 9th corps area pop up muscles with novel tug-of-war on (rest of title blocked by time code window). " Team members drag airplane. TITLE: "Bucking the line". Shot of players trying t tackle each other, pressed shoulder to shoulder, hand and feet on the ground and they try to push each other over. TITLE: "Lambasting a dummy opponent" Players attack padded targets.
Universal Newsreels
A parade of women in formal and everyday dresses from bygone eras march past the camera. A shot of several women in old-fashioned long dresses stand spaced apart on a lawn. From behind them step younger women in modern dresses cut up to the knee. They step in front of the older women. A funny scene with one older woman in the old-fashioned dress and a young, modern woman. The younger one smokes a cigarette while the older one takes it from her mouth and throws it to the ground. They both giggle. This is great fashion/feminism footage.
Amsterdam Rebuilds
Amsterdam Rebuilds Portion of a newsreel about Amsterdam digging out from the rubble caused by the Nazi blitzkrieg in 1940. Aerial views of devastation. Traveling TLS people digging out rubble. MSs people restoring buildings. MS pedestrians, including a nun in habit, walking along sidewalk. MS small blond child kneeling by grass. TLS man in suit pushing baby carriage (pram). VO: "...first major city to fall prey to the Nazi blitz counts its wounds and after 6 ghastly years digs out of the havoc caused by the Luftwaffe which put the torch to the defenseless city. The task of rebuilding this great capital is a staggering one. But little by little life returns to the shattered city. These children have known little but the din and brutality of war but to a brave people existence must go on and they face it with smiling courage."
The Cotton Bowl
Jumpy, grainy, dull in contrast and imagery DOS Dock Walker and Kyle Rote of S.M.U. Spark the Mustangs to a thrilling victory, as 68,000 fans see southern Methodist upset the Oregon Webfoot s by a score of 21-13.
Cabinet: Marshall Turns Over Portfolio To Acheson
Jumpy, grainy, dull in contrast and imagery Pinehurst, North Carolina, George C. Marshall, wartime Army Chief and of late the U.S. Secretary of State, poses with Mrs. Marshall following his resignation. He is recuperating from a recent operation. In Washington, Dean Acheson, the present Undersecretary of State has been named by President Truman to replace Mr. Marshall. James E. Webb moves up into Acheson's present post.
Florida's Governor Inaugural
Jumpy, grainy, dull in contrast & imagery-flashing & over exposed Governor Fuller Warren, poor boy who made good, is sworn in as Florida's 30th Governor. Following the inaugural, 35,000 eaten, a parade with beauty queens and ending up with a monster barbecue. Fuller Warren, noted for his oratory. Warren is remembered primarily as the one-term governor (1949-1953) who had fences put up to keep cows off the highway.
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 26, 1973
[00.29.54] Mr. THOMPSON. Fine. Just one small matter. I don't want to leave any inferences from the story I quoted a minute ago concerning your meeting with Mr. Dash. I don't know the source, and this is not the proper time to find out The source. The only thing I am sure of is that it was not Mr. Dash. I just want to put that on the record. I have no further questions. Senator ERVIN. Senator Talmadge. [00.30.20] Senator TALMADGE. Thank You, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Dean, you realize, of course that You have made very strong charges against the President, of the United States that involves him in criminal offenses, do you not ? Mr. DEAN. Yes, sir, I do. Senator TALMADGE. What makes you think that your credibility is, greater than that of the President, who denies what you have said? Mr. DEAN. Well, Senator, I have been asked to come up here, and tell the, truth. I have told it exactly the way I know it. I don't say that I--you are asking me a public relations questions really, in a sense, why I would have greater credibility than the President of the United States. I am telling you what I know. I am telling you just as I know it. Senator TALMADGE. Now, you are testifying, I believe, under immunity that this committee has granted to you. Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Senator TALMADGE. You would not be here testifying today, had we not granted that use immunity, would you? Mr. DEAN. I would probably be before the prosecutors downtown. Senator TALMADGE. 'NOW, you refused to testify before the grand jury, I believe, did you not? Mr. DEAN,. That is correct. Senator TALMADGE. You pled the fifth amendment there? Mr. DEAN. That is correct, Senator TALMADGE. You have been bargaining With them for immunity -which has not, yet been granted. Is that an accurate statement? Mr. DEAN. that at is correct, Senator. Senator TALMADGE. NOW, there have been various reports in the press; I know nothing whatever about their credence. Did you see an article in one of the Washington papers that you were kicked out of a law, firm here for violation of the canon of ethics? Mr. DEAN. I did, sir. Senator TALMADGE. Would you like to comment on that? Mr. sometime DEAN. Yes, I Would. To explain that is that I learned about that sometime after it had occurred. That was -when I had left--I had been on the hill working with the House Judiciary Committee. I had gone to a newly formed commission that was working on a revision of the Federal criminal laws and the Civil Service ran a normal civil service examination. As a result of that, they -went to a former employer, the employer indicated he had dismissed me for unethical reasons. The Deputy Director of the Commission brought this to my attention and said, is this true? I said, I am -flabbergasted to see this. I called a friend who had been in the firm at, the time, Who is another lawyer. I asked him if 'he would go to The person who had made the charge and if he could find out what in the -world this is all about. I explained to him the entire set, of facts and circumstances that had occurred. As a result of this man going to see the former partner who had dismissed me,, the statement was retracted in my civil service record. Also. I should note one of the reasons that I was prepared to go to the ethics committee at that point in time is because I was operating on the advice of counsel when I was involved in this investment, while I was still at this law firm. and I believe we had really a question of Personalities rather than a question of ethics involved. I would be happy to submit to the committee for its record the letter of counsel that I was operating on at the time this incident occurred, that I had sought legal advice as to whether this Was proper or improper because I did not Want to engage in it if it Was improper. Senator TALMADGE. If you will submit that for the record, we -will appreciate it. I judge from your statement that that was an unfair and unfounded attack on your professional ethics. Senator ERVIN. I would suggest that he read it. [00.34.00]
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Big Four Meet To Fashion World Peace
Big Four Meet To Fashion World Peace Washed-out, overexposed imagery. Delegates arrive at Luxembourg Palace for peace talks. MS French First Minister GEORGE BIDAULT arriving. MS United States Secretary of State JAMES BYRNES arriving. MS Soviet Foreign Minister VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV arriving. MS British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ERNEST BEVIN arriving. MSs diplomats entering hall, shaking hands. CUs pen & ink, water glasses at diplomatic table settings. VO: Hitler's conquerors try again for a mutually satisfactory European peace foundation after failing in London last fall. The parleys begin under unusually favorable circumstances. The US supports the stand of Great Britain on Mediterranean matters. Russia seeks greater influence in that zone.
First Pictures Nazi Rocket Tests in U.S.
First Pictures Nazi Rocket Tests in U.S. TLSs of German V-2 rocket on U.S. Army flatbed truck in transit through desert (White Sands Proving Grounds). TLS numerous newsreel cameramen filming event, cameras on tripods. TLS/MSs American military officers observing assembly & preparation. TLS erect V2 rocket. LS/TLSs officers entering concrete blockhouse. MSs officers manning controls. Officer gives go ahead signal. Tilting TLS V-2 rocket launch. Top speed 3,000 MPH.
Mangrum Cops LA Open In Golf
Jumpy, grainy, dull in contrast and imagery Lloyd Mangrum picks up the marbles with a sparkling 284 in the Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament. To do it, he breaks a four way tie with a final round one-under-par 70. Last shot on this clip is Lloyd Mangrum kissing his winning golf ball.
Aviation In The News - Bell X-1
Jumpy, grainy, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS The air force's X-1 rocket plane, first to exceed speed of sound, goes aloft under own steam. Stubby craft takes off and climbs to 23,000 feet in less than two minutes. Turbocharged Supersonic, Bell X-1 Rocket Plane that soared to 63,000 feet. Piloted by Frank Everest a new American Hero.
N.I.B - Thank You Train At Capital.
Shaky, blurry and dull in contrast and imagery The Freedom Train comes to Washington DC for all Americans can see her. Moving down the track many Americans come to see and pay homage to this well know train.
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 26, 1973
[00.34.00] Mr. DEAN Would you like me to read the letter? This is a letter to the man who investigated the matter. It is from Earl Stanley of the firm of Dow. Lohnes & Albertson: DEAR. Mr. TAPITCH: This will confirm and supplement my recent conversations with you concerning events preceding and to some degree 'surrounding the resignation in early February 1966 of 'Mr. John Dean from the law firm of Welch & Morgan, Washington, D.C. As you know, Mr. Boyd Fellows approached me in October of 1965 about the possibility of representing an applicant for a construction permit for a new television station in St. Louis, Mo. At that time. Mr. Fellows was, in essence, considering various law firms in Washington as communications counsel for a group which he was putting together to apply for a St. Louis Television Authorization. I had known _Mr. Fellows for some time before he approached me and as a result of our initial contact, I told him I would he pleased to. represent his group and to assist them in any way that I could in the filing and prosecution of their application at the Federal Communications Commission. At that time, -Mr. Fellows' plans appeared to be very much in the Preliminary stages. No corporation had been organized, specific program plans had not been formulated, and few if any of the other necessary investigations and work preliminary to the preparation of the application had been completed. At our initial conference, Mr. Fellows pointed out that he was then employed as a television management expert at Welch & Morgan and that his name had appeared in other a applications for television authorizations which have been filed by that firm, including one in St. Louis, Mo. It was my understanding that the firm of Welch & Morgan would probably eventually own approximately 30 percent of that, St. Louis television operation consistent with -the pattern followed by the firm in connection with other television authorizations. I told Mr. Fellows that insofar as he was concerned, there was no problem of ethics involved since he was not a practicing attorney. My recollection is that Mr. Fellows had already made known his plans and proposals to one or more partners of Welch & Morgan. I did advise 'Mr. Fellows that when, if and shortly before the application for his group was filed, due to Commission requirements he would have to sever connections with the other St. Louis television group. At our conference, in October, Mr. Fellows also discussed with me the possibility of 'Mr. John Dean becoming a part of the group. 'Mr. Dean was then a recent associate at 'Welch & Morgan, but according to my recollection was contemplating the possibility of a change in positions. I was- told that 'Mr. Dean's participation in the group was to be largely that of an investor, that he did not desire, plan or feel qualified to advise the applicant corporation in any way as to the preparation of its application. and that I would be relied upon for such advice and guidance. I advised Mr. Fellows that, in my opinion, it would not be unethical or improper in any respect for Mr. Dean to become a part of the group recognizing that if and when the application was filed at the Commission, he should plan to resign from Welch & Morgan because of that firm's interest in another St. Louis group. The subject of Mr. Dean's participation in the St. Louis group was also mentioned at a luncheon meeting which I had with 'Mr. Fellows and 'Mr. Dean in November of 1965 at Costin's Restaurant in Washington, D.C. 'My recollection of the details is quite vague but I am certain that I told 'Mr. Dean the same thing that I had earlier told Mr. Fellows,. I might say in conclusion that I have always regarded Mr. John Dean is an extremely honorable, conscientious, careful and able man. His honesty and his integrity, in my opinion, are both beyond question, His care and his conduct in connection with his participation in the application for a television authorization in St- Louis demonstrated these very qualifications. As to what occurred between Mr. Dean and 'Mr. Welch of Welch & Morgan at the time Mr. Dean resigned in February of 1966. 1 have no personal knowledge. I do know that at the time application of 'Mr. Fellows' group, Greater St. Louis Television, Inc., was filed in March, 1906. 'Mr. Dean was no longer an associate with Welch & Morgan. The above is according to my best recollection and knowledge.. If you have any questions or need some further details, please let me know. With kindest regards, Cordially yours. Senator TALMADGE. I believe you testified that you met with the President in March of this year and informed him fully about your participation and the your of others in the participation in the coverup of the Watergate incident and, at that time, as I recall. you told the President that both you, Mr. Ehrlichman, and Mr. Haldeman were indictable is that correct? Mr. DEAN. That was in an ,It afternoon meeting when I met with him -which I believe, was on the afternoon of the 21st. Senator TALMADGE. Was anyone there besides you and the President? Mr. DEAN. Initially Mr. Ziegler was in--at the meeting in the morning it was only the President and I initially. At the end of the conversation he called Mr. Haldeman in to request that Mr. Haldeman get ahold of Mr. Mitchell to get Mr. Mitchell down there for a meeting the next day. In the, afternoon, Mr. Ziegler was in the office for a very short period of time, and then left as the, meeting commenced with Ehrlichman, Haldeman, the President, and myself. So there was no other person than those involved. [00.39.22]
XB-35 Flying Wing Test
XB-35 Flying Wing Test TLSs experimental Jack Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing parked on tarmac; four propeller flying wing bomber eerily similar in design to the modern B-2. TLS/MSs pilot Max Stanley and crew boarding strange, huge plane. TLS/MSs propellers starting, spinning. Panning TLS/LSs XB-35 Flying Wing taking off. MS flight engineer at controls (huge wall of dials, meters and switches). Air to air shots of bomber in flight.
Hughes Plane Crash
Image quality not very good. Hughes Plane Crash MS millionaire aviator HOWARD HUGHES posing for camera by plane. TLSs wreckage of experimental XF-11 photoreconnaissance plane & damage to two homes in Beverly Hills, California. TLSs interior damage to home. MS actor DENNIS O'KEEFE inspecting damage to home of Lt. Colonel Meyers, chief interpreter at the Nuremberg war trial. This near-fatal crash left Howard Hughes seriously addicted to morphine and codeine.
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 26, 1973
[00.39.22] Senator TALMADGE. What was the President's reaction when you told him about the complicity of the, individuals in the, White House? Mr. DEAN. Well, I felt he had not gotten the. message that I -was trying to convey through to the President, and I think that the subsequent meeting that afternoon and the meeting the. next day with the President indicated to me that there was more concern about this committee and its hearings than doing anything- affirmative about What I told the President. In fact the strategy was then developing that John Mitchell should step forward and if he did that there would be lack of concern and interest in the postactivity as opposed to the preactivity and hopefully they would all go away. Senator TALMADGE. What did the President say -when you told him about these individuals? Mr. DEAN. About which individuals, Senator? Senator TALMADGE. 'Of you and Ehrlichman and Haldeman all being subject to indictment. Mr. DEAN. I don't recall the President's reaction as much as I recall Mr. Ehrlichman's reaction when he expressed displeasure. There was a general discussion, and I was at Just amazed at the discussion going on and I just kept shaking my head because, the President -would say to me "Do you agree with this?" And I would say "No, I don't," and finally I said "the reason I don't agree with this is because I think that Mr. Haldeman, Mr. Ehrlichman, and I are indictable for obstruction of justice,." Senator TALMADGE. Did the President seem surprised when you gave him this information ? Mr. DEAN. No, Sir, he did not. Senator TALMADGE. I believe at the same time he discussed with -you that he should not have, talked -with Mr. Colson about Executive clemency did he not ? Mr. DEAN. No, sir, that, -was a meeting--that occurred on two times. On March 13 when -he had asked me where, the pressure, was coming from for the money he told me about the fact that Colson had come. to see him despite Ehrlichman's instructions that 'he not do so, and be expressed an annoyance at that occasion. Then, on April 15 of this year at the very end of the conversation I remember very vividly the President getting, up out of his chair, walking behind 'the chair to the, corner and in a very audible, almost inaudible tone, turned to me and said, "I was probably foolish to talk to Colson about clemency for Hunt, wasn't I?" That, -was his statement. Senator TALMADGE. Now, to turn to another matter. Do you have any idea, why it -was you that Mr. Ehrlichman asked to check into the after the Watergate entrance? Mr. DEAN. I Would only assume because I had become the White House firefighter at that time, and I was given assignments of this nature whether It was the, as I say, the Lithuanian defector or any conflict of interest problem that came up. I investigated a lot of those. I dealt with all of the Presidential appointees before they were appointed to clear them for conflict, problems or any problem that came up, ,in any improprieties that had come, to our attention was sent to my office so -we could investigate them and find out. if they could be embarrassing to the President so it was very natural, of course, for it to come to me. Senator TALMADGE. Did you really believe Mr. Liddy when he told you that no one in the White House -was involved? Mr. DEAN. Well. given the nature of my statement, in reflecting back that time he did not, even mention to me Hunt's involvement, and how much Mr. Liddy would know about White House involvement in this I do not know. I think that he would only have probably hearsay knowledge from Mr. Magruder in his dealings with Magruder as to who in the White, House. would or would not be involved. I do not know what, dealings he had with the White House other than the dealings he had had with me. Senator TALMADGE. Let us see if I have the sequence on the immediate aftermath of the break-in correct now. Immediately upon your return to Washington after the break-in in June., you saw Mr. Liddy, whom you knew had provided massive intelligence plans to Mr. Mitchell, is that correct? Mr. DEAN. Well. Sir, I will give you the sequence. As I arrived back on Sunday night the 18th. I was informed by my assistant that McCord had been arrested, one of the individuals arrested and that one of the Cubans had a check from 'Mr. Hunt. The next morning I had a conversation -with Mr. Caulfield. who repeated the same thing to me. I then had a call from Mr. Ehrlichman or I had a call from Mr. Magruder who told me that this whole thing is Liddy's fault and I should look into it. I then had a call from Mr. Ehrlichman who, I reported to him that this was, had been, told me and he said "I think you ought to meet with Liddy." I then -met with Mr. Liddy about noon and he gave, me his report. It was in that afternoon that 'Mr. Strachan came into my office and told me that he had been instructed by Haldeman to destroy documents. [00.44.32]
Hiroshima One Year Later
Hiroshima One Year Later Newsreel about the effects of the atom bomb on Hiroshima. MS/CUs Japanese engineers measuring radiation. MSs burn victims, child getting head bandaged by nurse. This is NOT the gruesome stuff seen in other documentaries that depict the total devastation & torturous physical condition that so many people were left in. TLS/MSs Japanese students in classroom one year after the blast.TLS/MSs hordes of people riding a trolley. Most of this footage is overexposed or just poorly transferred. VO: "...it's message of doom to an empire. Heat traveling at the speed of light cast a shadow over Hiroshima and over the land of the rising sun. These films, taken by the Japs & confiscated after the armistace tell a dramatic story of destruction & terror that followed in the wake of the first atom bomb loosed over a military target. 30% of the city's population was killed, some by radioactive gamma rays & others by the heat of radiation that showed its intensity in many freakish ways. And this is Hiroshima one year after (children at work in schoolroom). The release of these films by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey coincides with anniversary of the blast which hastened the end of the war. They show Hiroshima bearing the scars of atomic energy, still a city of rubble and destruction. A life of bare essentials is the lot of the little men who dreamed of world rule & ended up as host to Uncle Sam's occupation army. The trolleys are running but a year later it's still a city of the dead. First victim of the atom bomb."