Folder 9/14: #3 Exhibits furnished to Herbert Miller - mostly used in deposition

8/3/2019 Folder 9/14: #3 Exhibits furnished to Herbert Miller - mostly used in deposition

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS1 . Tr ansc r i p t of t ape of conversa t ion on Apr i l 17 , 1973,from 5 : 20 to 7 :1 4 p . m. , among Richa rd M. Nixon, H. R .Haldeman and John D. Ehrl ichman. (pp. 52 , 53)

H. R . Haldeman's no tes o f conversa t ion on ~ u g u s t 20,1970, commencing 9 a . m. aboard Air Force 1 , b e t . eenRichard M. Nixon and H. R. Haldeman. (C-85a)o 3 . Newspaper column "Washington Nerry-Go-Round" from

\>lashington Pos t , August 6, 1971 .4 . Newspaper co l umn "Was h i ngton Merry-Go-Round " fromWashington Pos t , January 18 , 1973.5. Transc r ip t o f t ape o f conversa t ion on Apr i l 25 , from4:40 to 5 : 30 p . m. , between Richard M. Nixon and H. R.Haldeman . (p . 31 )6. Transc r ip t o f t ape of conversa t ion on Apr i l 25 , 1973,from 11:06 a .m. to 1:55 p.m. , bebmen Richard M. Nixonand H. R. Haldeman. (p . 1 02)7 . Tr ansc r i p t of t ape o f conversa t ion on !-farch 21, 1973,from 10 :12 to 11 : 55 a . m. , bet\'1een Richard 1-1 . Nixon andJohn W. Dean. (p. 33 )

Hemorandum to Hr. Ehrlichman from H. R. Haldeman datedFebruary 17, 1969 (concerning J . P . Get ty) .Le t t e r to Herber t W. Kalmbach from Char les G. Rebozo ,dated April 28, 1969 (concerning "Adminis t ra t ion-connectedcos t s " ) .


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APRIL 17. 1973 , FRU"I 5;20 TO 7:14 P.H .

PRESIDENT :

EHRLICElMAN :

PRESIDENT:

IIRLIClil-1/tN :PRESIDENT:

HALDEMAN:

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HJl.LDEH1\N :

Let me ask you th in , uh , (pause). Legal feeswil l be substant ia l (unin te l l ig ib le ) . I t i snot important , it (unintel l igib l cl--John Deanis a lawyer (unintel l igible) (tape noise)funds for, uh , basica l ly (tape noise) thereare (unin te l l ig ib le) . (Tape noise)

ere's a wa we can e t it to OU anduh - two or three hundrc thousand dol lars .( U n i n t e ~ T 1 9 T h 1 . e l Huh? No , no. NOW' , l e tme t e l l you now. I know the problems withf ~ l i e s and a l l the res t . Ju s t l e t mehandle i t . Now how could we do i t?Let ' s , l e t ' s wait and see i f i ts necessary .t h i s - - that whole th ing . t , I . it may not beoe c- - , This guy is l ike he ' s doing apublic service coming over here r ightnow and he ' d probably be Let say, it would be invest igat ions,legal , tha t wi l l l ead , - - you wil l find t ha tYOU, YOU have to do it in cash .Yeah.That you got a civ ic , you got , you got agovernment duty. (Unintel l ig ible) importantth ing .(Unintel l ig ible)

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-"The Washington Merry-Go-Round"TilE I.;rASHINGTON POSTAugust 6, 1971

Hughes directed his for -mer factotum, Robert Maheu,to help Richard Nixon win thepresidency "under our spon -sorship an d supervision . "Maheu allegedly siphoned off$100,000 from the Silver Slipper, A Hughes gamblingporiw:l , for Nixon's campaign.Tl'ie money wa s del ivered by'"Richard Danner. a Hughes

~ x c c to Bche P ~ b o Z Q aNixon confidant . Hughes ' s t a r ~ n 9 strategywas to help e lec t Nixon asPresident in 1968, then togroom Nevada ' 6 ar t icu la te andat t rac t iVe Gov. Paul Laxalt forth e White IlOUSt!. Th e f abu-lously r ich recluse saw II Ken-nedy-l ike quality in Laxaltwho gave up the governorship

th is year .On March 14 , 1968 , Hughesinstructed Maheu: "I want youto go to see Nixon as my spec ia l confidential emissary. I

feel there is a really valid pos-s ibi l i ty of a Republican victory th is year .

"If tha t could be real izedunder our sponsorship and supervision every inch of theway . then we would be readyto f o l l o ~ 1 with LI1xalt as ournext c a n d i d a t e .

lIughes owned the Si lverSlipper as a personal holding,therefore the money didn ' tpass through his corporatebooks.The par t ic ipants won ' t talkabout the transaction . Re-sponded l ~ h e u tersely: -Ihave made it a matter of policy never to discuss pol i t ica lcontributions on behalf of anyc l ien t unless I have speci f icauthorization in writing. Inth is case, I doubt \1hether theauthorization would be forth -coming ...Danner, who now runs theSands Hotel-Casino forHughes , rEifuscd to comment.And Reboz9 wouldn ' t take ourca l ls .

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r - --"The Washington P.e rry-Go-Round"THE l'IASHINGTON POSTJanuary 18 , 1973

The Internal Revenue Service has turned up evidencetha t $100 , 000 was siphonedfrom the Si lver Sl ippe r , aHughes gambling emporiumfo r Richard Nixon ' s 1968 campaign . ...The s tory of the $100 , 000contribution was f i r s t publ ished in this space on Aug. 6.1971. We reported that the

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9arnhling money was deliveredby Richard Danner, a Hughesexec. to Babe Rebozo , a Nixonconfidant .

Treasury agents came acrossthe mysterious contribution aspar t of an invest igat ion intoHughes ' operatiOnS. They arelooking in to every financialdeal and every expendituret ha t can be t raced back to thebil l ionaire .Sources close to the invest i gation report that the Treas-ury men have questioned Dan-ner, who now runs th e Sandshotel-casino in Las Vegas f o ~ Hughes. Danner acknowledgeddelivering the $100,000 to Re bozo but claimed the moneywas intended for the GOP ~ gressional c ampaign , say our

sources. l ~ e also talked toDanner, but he refused a l lcomment. Rebozo never takes 'our ca l l s .


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lIPJUI. 25, 1973 , FRO!-! 4;40 " .M. TO 5 : 30 P.N.

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PHESIDBNT:

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I IALDI::I:'\N :

(Unin t e l l i g ib l e) you can ' t move in on imr.1cdiatec l emency . You probilbly In."l}' not be bIe to doi t . But in clemency there cnn be c O l ' r u ~ ~ i o nno t , not concern 11i th, vlith cover-up .1Il so l;l;;lY , 1"0 C;;lll Gay we t1l1k('o ."loout ,--snid ( l ln intc : a i 9 i b l c ) j t jus t . l>'On't I'lork.(Uninte l l i


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Let n..., nsF. you t i l i" , to lJa qui te cilndid .If ) t l lcre ilny '"1), you Cili l \ l ~ O c a ~ h ? I don ' t thin!: ~ o . I don ' t think. !;o .

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]I." I !",1.id, th,,;,:c ' rc i l f c ' ~ , not r : ' . ' : c ~ (Un i l l t : r . 1 Jl ig ib1c1 ounds the problc!Ti . ThClt rc 11ydoes .That ' s v.'h"t I thin! : . O!:ilY . I ' d j l ) ~ t 1il:eyou to kno.,' thaI;..

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UARC" 21 , 1973, FROM 10:12 TO 11:55 A.H.

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PRESIDENT :DEAN :

PRESIDENT :DEAN :PRESIDENT :

DEAN:PRESIDENT :

DEAN :

That ' s r ight . I t ' s a real problem as towhether we could even do it . Plus there ' sa real problem in raising money. un ,lolitchell has been working on r ais ing somelOOney . Uh , feeling ho ' s got , you kno .. , he ' sgot one, he ' s one of the ones with the mostto lose . Uh, but there ' s no denying thefact that the White House, and uh , Ehrlichman,Ualdeman, Dean are involved in 50me of thecarly money decision5.How much money do you need?I would say these people are going to cost .uh , a million dollars over tho next , uh ,tloo"O years.(Pause)\1e could gct that .Uh, huh .You , on tho money , i f you need the money, Imean , uh, you could get the money . Let ' ssa y- -Well, I think that we're going--\fl}at I mean is , you could . you could get a ]million dol lars . And you could sct 1t Incash. I , I know whore i t co u i d e gotten .Uh, huh.


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. -CONFlD?ll lALFebruary 17. 1969

MEMORANDUM FOR: MR.. EHRLICH MAN

BeSe Rebozo baa been asked by the PreeideQ!: to contact :1. PaulGetty in London regarding major contributions.Bel3e would l ike advice Crom yon o r someODO alii to how thi3 canlegally and technically be handled . The funds should go to so=eoperating eDtity other than the NatioDal Com.mittee so that we r e taiD fu l l cOD..trol of thei r nse.BeBe would apprecia.te your call ing h im with this advice as SOODas po.eible duee the President has askcod him to move quick ly .

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