Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 14, 1973
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 14, 1973
[00.53.59] Senator ERVIN. Let me. read those questions and answers to you. [quoting transcript] Yes, On June 24 were you in a meeting with Mitchell and Stans? Mr. MAGRUDER. yes, Question. what was that meeting about? Mr. MAGRUDER. About what happened. Question. Is that when Mr. Stans asked you about that? Mr. MAGRUDER. Well, he did not ask me. He asked Mr. Mitchell what had happened. Question. That's when they made you a quote., Mr., Mitchell did. Did you tell Mr. Stans what happened? Mr. MAGRUDER. Mr. Mitchell told. Question. What did he, say? Mr. MAGRUDER. That we had had this operation and ended up with Mr.--- And then there, is a dash indicating interruption Question. Mr. Mitchell in fact did on June 24 make that statement to Mr. Stans? Mr. MAGRUDER. Yes. Question. Did you corroborate that statement at that time? Did you make any statements? Mr. MAGRUDER. Yes. I was a participant but primarily between the, two principals. Question. Did a discussion come out with Mr. Stans that is where your money went? Mr., MAGRUDER. In effect, what was going on. Question,. What happened with our money? Mr. MAGRUDER. Yes. Question. Actually, he was sitting on top of the money. Mr. MAGRUDER. At that point, he was sitting on the bottom. Question. Did he say anything? What did Stans say at that point? Mr. MAGRUDER. I think he was satisfied that he knew what had happened. He, therefore then was able to go back I guess and try to determine how to handle the problem through the money It was Mainly in relation to Mr. Sloan as to how we were handling--they would handle Mr. Sloan. [end quoted section] Senator ERVIN. Is that a substantially correct transcript? Mr., MAGRUDER. Yes, I think that fits. Senator, with just what I have said, that, Mr. Sloan was not forthcoming with us about how much money had been disbursed to Mr. Liddy and we were, interested to know what the dollars, were and he said he could not tell us and we went, through this scenario into July, Senator. Senator ERVIN. But this transcript of your testimony says that Mr. Mitchell told Mr. Stans and that this is what Mr. Mitchell said, "That, we had this operation." Mr. MAGRUDER. That is correct. I think 1 just repeated that before, Senator ERVIN. Who were the "we"? Mr. MAGRUDER. "We" was us, I think I just said. Senator ERVIN. And the operation they were talking about was the Watergate burglary. Mr. MAGRUDER. That is correct Senator ERVIN. Yes. And Mr. Mitchell told Mr. Stans that that was where his money had gone Mr. MAGRUDER. That is correct. Senator ERVIN. In this operation -which we--that is, Mr. Mitchell and you--had this? Mr. MAGRUDER. That is correct But in fairness to -Mr. Stans, Mr. Mitchell and I did not say we led this operation. We said it was one of Our operations which had been fouled up, In effect. Senator ERVIN. But you said it Was your operation? Mr. MAGRUDER. Yes, Senator ERVIN. And the operation you were talking about was the burglary at the Watergate? Mr. MAGRUDER. That is correct. Senator ERVIN. Senator Weicker. Senator WEICKER. Mr. Magruder. just ONE very brief question. Did John Dean prepare you for your grand jury testimony on August 16? Mr. MAGRUDER. Yes. Senator WEICKER. Before the grand jury? Mr. MAGRUDER. Yes. Senator WEICKER. When did that preparation take place? Mr. MAGRUDER. We had discussed it over the weeks 1 had worked with the attorneys and I worked with Mr. Mitchell but we had spent, hours on the morning before I had the formalization with the prosecutors where he interrogated me. Senator WEICKER. He interrogated you in other words what-- Mr. MAGRUDER. In the same nature he expected them to interrogate me. Senator WEICKER. Sort of a mock trial, with Mr. Dean as prosecutor? Mr. MAGRUDER. That is correct. Senator WEICKER. Where did this take, place? Mr. MAGRUDER At his office. in the White House. Senator WIECKER. In the White House? Mr. MAGRUDER. That is correct. [00.58.16]