Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, July 10, 1973
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, July 10, 1973
[00.02.00-John MITCHELL testifying] [00.02.06-MacNEILL in studio] MacNEILL announces a break for station ID [PBS ID-title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES] [00.05.45-MacNEILL] MacNEILL states that Sam DASH is going to compare the testimony received from Maurice STANS to MITCHELL'S version of the payments of money to LIDDY] [00.05.56-DASH] Mr. DASH. Now, shortly--and I think again this is a restatement of what occurred, shortly after the March 30 meeting in Key Biscayne, Mr. Liddy in April did ask for an initial payment from Mr. Sloan on a quarter million dollar budget. Mr. Sloan has so testified that Liddy asked that the initial payment be $83,000. Were you aware of that request of Mr. Liddy's? Mr. MITCHELL. I am not aware Of the, request, Mr. Dash, with respect, to the dollar amount, and I am sure that the committee recalls the, dialogue from Sloan to Stans to -Mitchell to Stans to Sloan with respect to it in which amounts were, not discussed. It was a question of did Magruder have continuing authorization to authorize expenditures and of course. the answer was, yes. [00.06.50] Mr. DASH. Well. It is more in direct disagreement with Mr. Sloan's testimony or Mr. Stans' testimony, but according to Mr. Sloan's testimony, he was quite concerned about the sizable amount, $83,000, and went to Mr. Stans to see if Mr. Magruder had such authority and then Mr. Stans want to you. According to the testimony of Mr. Stans, on page 1644, for the record- just paraphrasing it--Mr. Stans, although not meaning a particular amount. asked whether, if any amount that Mr. Magruder wanted to give Mr. Liddy would be all right, and that, you had Said Yes. Mr. MITCHELL. I said that Magruder had continuing authority to authorize expenditures of money. Up until that time, I guess he, had expended $3 or 3 1/2 million. 0 [00.07.46]