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AS PARlor Tllr INTO THE WlRrrAI fROJFCT
MiD !HF RFKWAl OF RFCORDS THF JURY IS
ALSO POSSIBLE Ff.RJURY BY
L. UTRICK GRAY DI'RJt\G HIS COf';FIR1-!ATION HFARINGS
JJI,: LATE FeBRUARY AAD FARlY 1973, Jt.l:rro
HF DENIED t:r;OWLEOOE OF Sl:Cl! AJI; Fl FCTROOIC
FROJ[CT.
TIfF FOCl'S OF THIS INVESTIGATION IS ON THE
11M_ PERIOD OF !HE WEEKS BEFORE MR . GRAY"S
HEARI NGS AND TIlE EARLY PORTIOJl,: OF nlE HEARn.;cs
THEMSELVES - lHAT IS, THE LAST T""O WEEKS OF
FEBRnARY, 1973.
BFFORE WE Grr TO THOSE DIRECT HO"'''FVER.
THERE" IS or.T ABOUT ""UCH I WANT TO ASK YOU A
FFW Qll[STJQ";'S RElEVANT TO THE GRAY

SURVEIlLANCE FROJFCT DECEMBER,

iTARTED AS A RESULT II
DO YOU RECALL THE CQtoli'lENm ENT or THIS
PROJECT?
DO YOU RECALL THAT IT WAS HANDLED BY
!'R. [HRLlCHMAN AND, Uf\OER HIt', hR . YOlmG ,
AND THAT THEIR PRHIARY LIAISOO WAS
!'ARK FELT , AT TH E FBI?
FERIOD I
00 YOU RECALL WHETHER THERE WERE ANY
BRIFFINGS OR DISCUSSIOOS or MR .
CONCERNING THIS PROJECT - WAS , or
COURSE, Q.1ITE SENSITIVE?
00 YOU RECALL THAT TilERE
WAS DECISIOf\ NOT TO BRIEF
ABOUT THIS FROJECT?
00 YOU HAVE ANY OOUBT THAT R.
KNEW A8OUl' THE PROJECT?
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KLEINDIENST
STILL WITH REFERENCE to,,-,":::_,, __ ,
ME DIREct

00 YOU RECALL "'llaHER tHERF WERE ANY
BRIEFINGS OR DISCUSSlOOS WItH HR. GRAY
THIS PROJBCT - WHICH WAS StILL
CARRIED ON?
00 YO!! HAVE At.y DOIlBT THAT "'R . GRAY KNEW
ABOIlI THE PROJECT?
WHAT DO YOU BASE THAT OPINION ON?

I r WIIH REFERENCE to tHE RADFORD FROJECT,
I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATtENTION TO THE FFRJOD
or 1972. NOW, THAt OF COURSE .AS
WHEN THE WATERGATE OCCURRED BUT , AT
ABOUT THAT VFRY SM-:E TIl-[ mE SUrRD-:r-COURt
DECIDED THE SO_CAllED KlETII DECISION I<I'IUCH
StRUCK ODiN THE POLICY OF WARRANT lESS NATIONAL
SECURITY lHREtARFS IN l)()MESTIC SItuATIQXS 1<11iFRE
"ItiERE WAS NO SHOWING OF A SUBStANTIA l tIE Wl'IlI
FORFIGN FARtIES.
MW, AS A RFSlIlT OF !HAt DfCISION THE
sel A CERTAIN NUMBER or TAFS
THAT THrY IHEN HAD IN PLACE. ONE OF THESE
WAS THE TAP ON RADFORD.
DO YOU RECALL ANY CONVERSATIONS
OF TIlE ELECTRONIC II
- - OF THE F BI HAD TO BE DIS. CtJUINCE.D
I N VIEW OF THE KIElH DECISION? -
t-10RF SPECIFICALLY, 00 1'011 RECALL ANY
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DISCUSSIOOS Hi l<I'HlOi tHE RADfORD TAr WAS
, ARGUFD TO BE DTSIINGlJISHABIf r ROM THE' OTHFR
TAPS AND, THEREFORE, THE Cot-',FASS
OF THE COURT DECISION?
IN Ar\Y EVTh'T . DO YOO RECALL DISCUSSIl\G
ITH Al\Y0JI,'E, rIIHER MR. OR FFRHAFS
MR . rLFINDID<ST OR GRAY ntE FACT TIiAT THE
RADFORD PROJECT HAD TO BF BY
BY VIRTUE or K1JTH?
TIlAT THIS ,",'AS fREl"ATIJRE?
l\OW, I WAf'I''T TO SUF AHEAD IN TO THF I"ORE
DIRECTLY RELEVMi PERIOD OF TWE - lEADIl\G UF TO ,"'R . GRAY"S
NOHNATION. or; ITBRUi\RY 14, 1913, YOU HAD A !-'EFfING
WITH I'R . EHRLIOiJoAl' WHICH COl\CERNED YOUR TIiROOGHTS
AS TO WHETHrn loR. GRAY WOULD BE THE ..
POSlTI(\l\. ""r SUFFLIED WITH
THAT IT

t'n\ D'D DAYS lATER, YOO mn HL
I-;!fll I>R. GRAY FOR YOl" If' nISCI'SS hIS IH"JNFl\T
l"OQl"AlION 1'1 1. Yfll' BFGH If-A HFl JI\G _ ,.
1R,AJ\SCRIF'T nF 'l!IC:, ''F !!AVF i\GAlf' BFFI" 51 FflIFD "IlI1
PY YOI'R A1TOR1'FYS - BY MYrlr-:G FOR foR. GRAY lhAl Ynl
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F"ORFSA, T ,: SI'BSum 1'1 1 WHJOI COOLO SF RAISED
AT HIS ONE OF IbrSF WAS;9jFSTJONS ABOUT
TH SFCot\O WAS ouES1'iffis BOW wIREiAFf]l\G
}-ClLI FS.
NOW, CAl' XOO TFU liS J:lI:: XQJ! AT FMniIl..Y
BFLIMO THAT rilE .... 'IRF.:tAF IS5t;E TlD BE
A CONTROVERSIAL GNF AT GRAY 'S
1\'1.5 ANY PART OF YOUR CMCERr...: YOUR BflIFj,V
THAT GRAY Wct'LD BE QUESTIOKED ABOur CHE
SECURITY TAPS AND/OR THE RADFORD
PROJECT?
NOW, CONTINUING WITH tHAT FF8RUARY 16, 1973,
"'FETING WlnI GRAY _fiERE YOU DISCUSS HIS NOl':INATlOO 11iERE
ARE SEVERAL OTHER Cot-""Th-rs !-ADE nlERE WHICH I WISH TO
ASK YOU ABCtn' .
FBI
FIRST, THE TRANSCRIPT INDICATES THAT
n'FHASTZED TO GRAy yOl IR CDNCERN WITH IHF
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FACT THAT WERE HAD Uib' So hAt.ly J fAbS FROt:
'tI.l.....U1 _ PARTIC!!I ART Y TO rUlE.
_ YOU SFF1'lD ALOT or--ntr or...: nilS
_ YOU DIRECT THAT LlE_DETECTOR
TESTS BE GIVEN I Ir...:CLUDThG ON MR FFLI
00 you RECALL fl'FhASIZlr...:G YOUR \'o'lW
LEAkS TO GRAY?
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FBI AT THE
ELEC!RONIC
NFWsrAFEJUo'FN ANDWHITE HOUSE STAFFFRS.
ALSO BEeAI-!E KNOWN TO YOU THAT IN THIS STORY TIME WAS
HANNING IT WAS GOING TO INDJCATF tHAT MR. HOOVl"R HAD
THREATENED TO DISCLOSE THE WIRETAP RECORDS AND INDICATr
ALSO THAT GRAY KNEW ABOUT THE WIRETAPS DB HAD SOME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THFM.
ljQW. !HE BECAME AWARE OF TIMF ' S
IHa"I1ot<S BOlH BY KLEINDI sf HElNe ASkFb FOR HIS- -
- IT WAS ALLEGED THAT HE WAS tHE ONE
WHO HOOVER tHREATENED IN REGARD TO DISCLOSURE OF THE RECCRDS I
AND BY THE WHITE HOUSE BEING ASKED FOR ITS RESPONSE .
DERN AND l1R. EHRLla-n'AN HANDLED THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE _
"''HIeH WAS A FlAT DENIAL ALSO, AT THE SM'E TIME, THAt
DEAN WAS TALKING WITH BiRLIOII>'.AN ABOUI PUI'TING our A
RESPC1\SE TO THE STORY DEAN WAS CHECKING INTO hliO
HAVE LEAKED THE STORY _ AND HE SPOKE WIlli ,"'R. FELT M'O
SULLIVAN IN 1HI S REGARD.
NOW THE stemy WAS AClJ!Al ' Y PUBL1SH[D ON
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EEl'RUARY 26 . 1973. BUT I WANT TO FIRST FOCUS yOU ON IAls
PRF_fUBLlCA1ION PFRIOD.

DO YOU RECALL DISCUSSI(1oiS ABOUT U}>IE ' S
PLAN TO PUBLISH A STORY?
WITH DEAN OR WITH I'LEINDIFNST?
PERHAPS IT UGHT HELPS TO REFRESH YOUR
COLLECTION mAT ON TIlE WEEKEND ll'.MEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE PUBLICATION OF THE STORY - BUT AFiER THF WHITE
HOUSE, TIlROOOH MR . DEftN AND [HRLlCHf.'AN HAD AUTHORIZED
A DENIAL - YOU WERE AT CAI-'P DAVID AND "iR . EJiRLI<:mIAN
WAS THERE AS WELL. NOW IT APPEARS THAT YOU DID
THEN DISCUSS THE "'ATTR WITH "'.E. DiRLlCHfo:AN BECAUSE
NarES or A CONVERSATION YOU HAVE WIn! "'-R . HALDD!AN
ON nus SUBJECT QUar[ YOU AS SAYING ThF FOLLOWING.
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-TAUE'D IO E'HRLIOll-'AN RF T!J-'.E ' S LASTJ
nUNG ON FBI SUFF. HAD NAl-'ES OF BRANOON
AND SAFIRE. TOLD ZIEGLAR
JUST STONEWALL IT.
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DO YOU RECALL THIS Cct-iVERSATION
WITH EHRUc:ID<AN - APPARENTLY FOCUSED
DIRECTLY UPON WHAT TItoLE HAD AND WHAT
TIlF WHITE hOUSE MAS R[SPOO'Dlt-;G?
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00 YOU RECALL ('ft DJSCIJSSIt\G
{'!Ti ANYOtiF TIlAT Tn E .11..0 rUE t\ANES OF
loR. BRANOON AND AS r,'o SI'BJECTS
(IF THE TATS?
IN THAt REGARD. DO YOU RECALL ANY
FRF- Fl'Bl rCATIOt\ DJSCI1SSJON OR srrC!'lATI0N
Cm;CFRNING WI- FT FR THT FlANNFO TA !'SF
T OSF rARTICPLAR NAfJ'S'?
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00 YI) U RFCAll M"Y I)]SC"SSl' 'S en
n fR 1 WHITE HOUSE SHOULD ACKl\OWl.[OOE
THE PROGRAM? HhJ ""..,PlF,r-
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_TR[ YOU CONSULTED ON THIS?
NOW, ON THAT WEEK-END WHEN YOU ARE AT CAfo'P DAVID AND
HAVE THAT CCliVFRSAXIQN "'1m EHRLIOOlAN, HR.
GRAY IS IN FLORIDA RESTING AND PRERIRING FOR HIS
CONF1RNATION HEARINGS -wltICH ARE to START IN SEVERAL
DAYS.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THESE ALLEGATIQKS OF WIREe TAPPING
WILL FROBABLY BE RAISED AT HIS HEARINGS . -
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NOW, CAN YOU TELL US BEARING IN MIN
IHE It-'MINEl\CE OF HIS HFARINGS , At-.'D YOUR PREVIOUSLY
EXPRESSED CONCERNS TO GRAY ABOUT LEAI<S
FRO!>I THE FBI AND mE NECESSITY FOR HIM TO
HAVE TO DD';Y CERTAIN FACTS, WHETHER YOU CALOO
HI M . OR SFOJ<E WlTH HIl- BY TELEPHONE _ COM::FRNING
THIS HArrER?
II OR DIRECTIl\G THAT SOMEONE ELSE - PERHAPS
1/ !>fR. EHRLICHto'.AN OR MR. fLEINDIENST _ CALL GRAY?
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DO YOU RECALL BEIM CXl\CERNED THAT , UNLESS
/, OTHERt.'ISE DIRECTED, R. GRAY M.IGHT AI:- IT THAI
II THE WERE SUBSTANTIALLY TRUE?
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NOW, LATER THE NEXT Ir.'EEK , MR . DEAN
TELLS YOU THAT GRAY WILL BE
THF STORY , BUT DO YDU RECALL HEARING THIS
FIRSt FR()loI MR. EHRLICHMAN'l OR MR. GRAY?
IS Q-vr
WHITE _r"
DISCUSSED THE l-;ATIER WITH l-iR . EHRLICHl-' AN - AND FERHAFS
OTHERS THAT WEEKEND.
l.. __ ..,o.."",,,,,.-.. IN THE COL'RSE OF A COr-.VERSATICN

TIIr WfE}:F1\D
SURYEIll..M\CE
"OF COl'RSr. liE
AND SAY NOTHING
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ARE YOU THERE REFERRING TO
OVER TIlE \.iEE- END _ OR , BEFORE , AS TO TIlt:
INITIAL DECI SI ON TO DENY THE STORY?
OR , ARE YOU REFERRI NG TO SOl- E" FARlIER
OCCASION WHEN SIl-llLAR ALLEGATlOl\S HAD BEEN
RAISED?
NOW, ON SUNDAY YOU HAD THE TEU'PHONE CONVERSATION WIlli
I>'R . TO WHICH I HAVE ALLUDED AND Ir." WHICH YOU
TElL HIf.' ABOUT YOUR Ccr;VFRSATIQN WIlli MR. FHRLICffi.'AN.
t-'R . HAlDfloIAN ' S NOTES ALSO INDICATE WE FOLLOWING,
"EVERYTHING HANDLED BY DEAN, HEINDIlNSt
ETC ...
00 YOU RECALL ' 2 L
IT WAS THAT HAD TO BE
THE FRESS RESPQNSF?
HOW ABatrr FREPARING GRAY ' S TESTn,ONY?
ELSE WAS IT, BESIDES DEAN
AND KLElt;'DIENST. 11'110 WAS TO 00 THE I
HANDLI NG? YR. RICHARD t-OORE? I
THE NOTES ALSO INDICATE,
.. ..E (DlRllClft.iAN) AND I STAY OCT OF IT"
t.'HY?
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aEBRUARY 26 , 1973, thF ARIIClE IISLFr OUT .
DO YOU. REGAl I IT? -
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DQ xm! RECAIT crnrobSATTm.:S AT WAT II"E
VT 1\ TIl-:r H.4,Q f:jOI FIISIISHED TIlE NAt FS
1Y S . " SFFCIFICALlY THE
f','Al'ES OF BRMroN AND SAF RE.

DC YOC RECAll HOW Ill"r HAD GOTIa
ITS FACTS ' .. 'RCl\G AND t.1iETHER THERF "'AS At,Y
DISCL'SSION CF Wl!ITHER THIS IT
A.sIER TO DEl>Y ThE STORY?
6OW, ON FEBRDllRY il7 , 1973, YOU HAD A FAIRLY I.ENU.Y
HFrIl\G WITll t';R. DrAA IN THF WE' HAVE THE
TRANSCRIrT OF THAT t-iEITIr-G AND I WANT 'f0 ADDRESS SEVFRAl
QUESIIor-;S .0 YOU WHIOi ARISE FROM IT. BUT , BEFORE I DO
1FT !-IF NOTE THAT THERE IS SUBSIANTIAL DISCUSSION ThEN
ABOtn' SEVERAL SUBJECTS WITH WHICrl I At- NOT IIFRE CONCFRNFD -
1HUS , IN WHAT I BELIEVE WAS YOUR FIRST t-EETING ALONE
WITh ,.,R. DEAN OF ANY SUBSTANCE , T1IERE \>JAS A FAIR At-OUNT
OF C(MIFRSATlON ABOtrr THE ERVIN oot-.t-nUEF AND QUESTIONS
ABOUT EXECUTIVE PRIVELEGE.
BUT, THEN WERE IS A SUBSTAI\TIAl At-IOUNT OF
OOOVtRSATION ALSO ABOUT THE FBI , THE DfllOCRATS" NISUSE
OR. ABIiSF or It, AND THEN THE QUESTIOOS or LEAt::S .
"OST IHORTAA'T tlERF WAS THE roUOWn-iG DIA10GtFl
DEAN I THE WAY IS ' S POSTURED NOW, US, "'''F
CAN STONEWALL IT , Ali, GRAY GO ur
THERF IN HIS COr-.TIR"ATICN hEARIMS
AND HE ' S NOT GO"NA HAVE TO BOTHER ,",'ITIl
IT, BFCAUSE THEY' D ACCUSED HI" IN THE
THE ARTlCU OF BEIl\'G . SIrrHiG or.; TOF or
THE BUGS
PRESIDENT YEAH
DEAN. IT WAS lliERE Ql\CF tiE CAt-:F. IN,
WERFN " ANY
DEAt\ H_lIi'A ThERE WERE NONE THERE ,",liEN
HE CAl- rII\
WELL, THREE YEARS AGO TI-IAT
ThI S HAPPENED.
DEAN THAT S RIGHT .
FRFSIon.-! AND THERF HASN ' T BEEN A
GOD-IJAI.'.NED rHING Sn.:CE."
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RECALL THIS CONVERSATION?
r ileALL ANY ABOUT HOW GRAY WAS
PI.AN?\u\G TO "STONE. WALl" TH I S MITER?
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RECALL ANY CONVERSATION ABOOt HOW GRAY COUlD
S!C1\F- WALL THE STORY TEsrIFY
TRUTHF1lLLY IN A LITERAL SENSE THAT THERE
fm"fLY WERE NOT ANY RECORDS OF THE FR08ECT?
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DO YOU RECALL I>N{ OOh'VER1lTlON 1N t.'HICH GRAY ' S
PLANNED STRATEGY OF TESTIMONY ,",'AS DISCUSSED AND
IT WAS OPINED tHAt hE WOOLD HAVE DIFFICULTY
BECAUSE tHE Ca-"MITIEE _ WI TH VERY PAQ'ISAN
DEl'!OCRATS - WOtn..D PRESS
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NOW. THERE ARE TIm OTHER r-lATIFRS DISCUSSED BF'IWEEN
YOURSELF' Al':D fo'.R. DEAN WRING THIS SAMF COr.VERSAlION WHICH
ARE RELEVANT HERE.


NOW, 00 YOU RECALL DISCUSSIN:IDlRE PARTICULAR
ONES WITH . DEAN?
00 YOU RECALL DISCUSS:WG WITH AlfiONF ELSF -
A.,. ABOUT- TI.IS POll\'T Tn E - THESE PARTICULAR
SUruECI'S _ FRa- TIlE STAND-POINT THAT THEY
it.'ER PEOPLE h'HO SHOOLD HAVE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO SURVEILLANCE?
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DO YOll RECALL, DISCUSSING FROt-', THE SAI-'E
POINT OF VIEW ANY OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE
SURYEILL4.NCF, WHO FERHAPS WFRE NOT AS
RFASOOABLE TO TAP FOR FOREIGN FOLICY REAS(t;S?
II SAFJRF?
I{ SEARS?
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it' YHWAY DID YOU CONSIDER THAT THE
E'LECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE WAS ALL ONE FROJECT
SO TO SPEAK - NOT ONLY THE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL PEorLE - BUT
THESE WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS?
DID YOU EVER DIRECT ANYONE ELSE TO BRIEF
SRAY ABOUT THE PROJECT FROM TIlE STAND- POINT
OF USING CERTAIN OF THE SUBJECTS SUCH AS
BRANDON AS TO JUSTIFY THE fROJECI?
II BUT AT THE SAME TIH NOT INEORI= Ir:G
1/ OF .. OTHFR SUBJFCTS - SU., CH AS JAr-"IE t'CLAJliF.
TIlE SECClf';D f.iATIER DISCUSSED oti FEBRUARY
27TH t'ITH DEAN WAS THE QUESTIct\' OF WHO THE SOURCE OF
TilE LEAK WAS - lI'lTH SHeIFIC REFEREl'CE TO H . FELT AND
foR. Sl'LLIVAN AS POSSIBILITIES.
OlD xml DIRECT AID' SrFCIFIC INYFSTIGATICfI<
OF 1IH0 THE LEAt:: WAS?
DI 0 YO!! HEAR t HAT ANY Ir..'VFSIIGAlION
HAD OONf?
OlD 'lOU IlEAR THAI GRAY HAD RECF'IVFD
REFORTS INDIQT1NG HAD ACCESS TO IHFSF
PROJECTS AND TIlE RrCORns OF rHF
PROJECTS THAT lHESE REPORTS HAD
BEEN GlVTh BY GRAY 10. KLEI!\DIEl'>SI OR
TO EHRLICl-IMAA?
,I WANT TO SHOW YOIl S['Ctl A REPORT .
OlD YOU EVER SEE ThIS OR
ANYTHING SUBSTAhl!ALLY
eii 28 IOD
YOI! "AlIE ANQlJiElij;;;;rc iiiIihJJiK Hi flAK. HERf AGSIN
UQi OF Y(XJR CctNERSATION CONCERNED "'ATIERS t\01 OF RELEVANCE
TO THIS INVESTIGATION. sum AS THE ERVIN C(1}iITIEEE AND
TIlE WATERGAT[ CASE. AGAIN, HOWEVER THERE ARE REFERENCES)
TO THE WIRFTAP ISSUE, THE Tll1F ARTICLE, AND TO ,,:rSSRS. ,tJf
SULLIIAN AND FELT.
WITHOUT REPEAUr-;C THIS I WILL NOTE' 'f1I
ONLY THAT DEAN INDICATED FIRST - WITH REFERENCE to GRAY'S v AAi1
TESTII-'ONY - AND THE CONFIRl-!ATlOO HEARINGS WERE TO START ThAT (lehflll'
DAY THAT GRAY VERY COOFORTABLE IN ALL OF THE
CEeIS-IONS hE HAS "'ADE AND I THINJ( HE ' ll BE GOOD '. AND THEN
(p. 15). AND THffi. TIlAT "THIS CURRENT TH'r l'.AGAZllNE STORY
;,lHCH WE' ARE STOH_WAlLING TOTALLY." PRESIDENT _ "ABSOltrrFLY"
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NOW, DO YOU RECALL KNOWING THAT GRAY JI
;"A5 GOII\G TO LIE - IF l\EC[SSARY. eN rtD s
ISSUE, AT HIS
ON MARCH i , 1973, KENNEDY ASKS GRAY ABOUT THIS
MTr[R MD VIRTIJAlLY CROSS- EXAt-'INFS HIl-' I GRAY DOES
SCJloiE WAll IN ThE SENSE THAT HE PARRIES ALL QUESTIONS
BY INDICATIl\C Tl-'.AT HE HAD HAD THE RECORDS SEARCHED ARD
THERE WERE M RECORDS OF THE PROJECT .
ti!RE YOU TOLD ABOUT HIS
HIS TESTIMONY IN THIS REGARD REVIFWFD?
WAS THERE M\y DISCUSSION OR SPFCIJLATION AS
TO 1\'HFrHFR JrEBNEDY ""'OtlLD PROBF F1JRTHFR _
'PERHAPS RAISING THE NAl-'ES OF THE SltBJFCI'S?
WAS THFR ANY DISCHSSION OR srrCllLATJON
AS TO lI'HFTHER TIH IfOULD FRESS THE
Ft.JRIH[R?- -
hfJ'( MUlR ax ItBi'!S @fil:iB L{IiLK GO .. fell 'Fe I ;lEtor?
WILL AS THE GRAND JURY IF THEY HAVE'
ADDITICtiAl QUESTI(l;Si

Chronology of Events -- Gray Perjury
December 18, 1971 : Anderson publiohes the Indin-Pakistan
leak .
December 20, 1971 : l1itchell meets with !tardion, Kleindienst,
and Young re Radford .
December 22, 1971: Mitchell meet!; Felt, probably re
Radford.
May 2, 1972: Hoover dies a nd Gray is appointed .
May J , 1972: Gray meets with Nixon , Haldeman, Ehrlichman
and Kl eindienst . Notes and memoranda indicatoR that
June
June
June
June
there is only a geneJ;:al discussion during this meeting
nnd that after the moeting. Gray's appointment is
announced.
17, 1972 : break-in
19, 1972: l<ieth decision
20 , 1972 : Radford taps ended .
Ehrlichman with
Nixon
not Watergate-related.
Haldeman meets with
Nixon 18 1(2 minute gap tape.
21, 1972 : Gray meets with Felt, Kunkel , Bates
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liatergate theories including "leak theory.'I
October, 1972 : High volume of with regard to
.....
nod Felt is considered as possible source.
Mid-December, 1972 : and Bernstein stOl::Y re
aecl::et Hunt phone billed to Kathy Chanow.
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January 8-9, 1973 : Krogh confirmation hearingfl and Sutcl iffe
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inquiry to Gray concerning wiretaps eo the Plumbers .
According to Krogh , Gray spoke to Erhlichman about
this inquiry.
Also, Haldeman notcs of January 8 ,
1973, indicate decision not to nominate Gray as permanent
Director .
February 14 , 1973: Nixon r.eets with F.hrlichman and
discusses Gray ' s nomination. Di!:leusf>ioll basically
,.
centers on Watergate and Ehrliclunan notes that
he nnd Dean gave the lIunt files to Gray and that
Gray will never testify to those events. There
is also a discussion of Hitchell nnd Magruder perjury
and a discussion of that day's NOQdwnrd and Bernstein
story concerning tliretap informatioll being given
to the Plumbers . regard to that story , Ehrlichrnan
states that only Haldeman and he received any of that
"domestic tap stuff." There is also a discussion of
Young, but it does not seem clear that Young received
,0
wiretap material far as the matter is discussed
in this meeting .
February 15 , 1973 , Nixon again meets with Ehrlichman and
.ft-r th'
... ........-... .... '" r.,eeting Ehrlichman calls Gray and
tells him to be at the House to meet with the
President the following morning .
February 16, 1973 : Niy.on meets with Gray an<l Ehrlichrum.
Major points in this discussion are Gray's health,
how Gray will handle questions on that
Gray should not be defensive about wiretapping,
that there E a need for a direct relationship between
the President and the Director, nnd that if Nixon
instructs Gray to do something, Gray should later be
prepared to go out and deny on a stack of Bibles
thnt it ever occurred , that has been
Bureau and that the trail leads to !lark FeU- ' I and
then there is also a brief exchange when Nixon asks
Gray ' s opinion of Sullivan and Sullivan says that he
is against Gray getting back into the 8ureau. r After
the meeting Gray ' s nomination is announced.
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Februa ry 22 , 1973: Kleindienst has lunch with Dean
Fi!:hcr and lJayes Gorey and is informed of the
magazine allegations concerning wiretapping
as well as the Hoover threat to Kleindienst.
February 23, 1973: Dean's recollection of an:;
basically is as follows. Late in the afternoon
Dean receives a call from saying that
has a
magazine I story that the FBI , at the direction of
the House , tapped newsmen and IThite House staff
people. Dean then talks to Ehrlichman and suggests
tha t they try track down the Dean calls
Gray . Gray is in Florida so Dean talks to Felt .
Dean tries to smoke Felt out as to whether he is the
leak. Felt tells him he doesn't know where the leak
carne from, but the story is true , and that Dean should
talk to Sullivan . Dean talks to l1itchell and Mitchell
aayn that he has been called on the story and has
told ther.l that it E a "pipe dream" and that he is
coordinating his story with the Justice Department.
Dean then again speaks to Ehrlichman and is instructed
to tell Ziegler to deny the story and also get)approval
for talking liith Sullivan. Dcan calls Sullivan and
Sullivan comes over and tells Dean about the wiretaps
anCkothe r abuses of the FBI by Johnson.
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- 'It Ehrlichman departs for Camp David.
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, Fcb uar 24. 1913 : 2 : 00 p.m. Ehrlichman departs
DilVid.
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9:00 p . m. Nixon departs
talks to Gray in Florida .
Camp David. Felt
February 25, 1913: 2 : 00 p . m. -2:30 p . m. Nixon talks to
Haldeman re Time magazine. Haldeman notes indicate that
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Nixon has talked to Ehrlichman about the Time
magazine article and that magazine has the
names of Brandon and Safire as subjects of wire taps .
There is a further indication that Ehrlichman told
Ziegl er to stonewall the and thgt cveryth1ng
is ..t:,ing handled by Dean and Kleindienst nnd tha t
Ehrlichman and Haldeman are to stAy out of it .
February 26 , 1973 : Ehr lichman is out of town in Detroit
and New York al l day .
Dean tal ks to Gray and Gray says he ' ll have no trouble
with wiretap allegations because he can give true
testifflOny that there are no records .
February 27 , 1973 : 12 : 57 p . m. Ehrlichman talks to
Gray . probably i n part about Hauge .
2 : 30 p . m. Dean with Kl eindiens t . According
to Dean, they discussed executive privilcge , t-:i!ttergate,
and Connolly and then discussed to rni!tg4zine .
Dean tells Kleindienst t hat he has heard from petersen)
&ftd- that Petersen has hearc from a lawyer from Time
magazine / that Felt is the source of leaks to Time.
Kleindienst cal l s Petersen into his office and Petersen
repeats t his al l egation . Kl eindienst then calls
Gray i nto his of fice a nd Gray defends Felt . After
the meeting , Dean wa l ks back to Gray ' r. offi ce and
in a brief conVersation , Gray continues to defend Felt ,
ll .. k.,
suggests that Tom may be the and further
states that once he is conf i rmed he can give all the
top people i n the FBI a lie detector test to deternine
who is l eaking .
3 : 55 p . m. Dean with Nixon and discusses
bftc executive privilege and the magazine
Nixon . on his own . asks whcthnr or not
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disclIssing the wiretaps. in partiC\lh flrandon Nt';"",
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that of course we did it, but nof course
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earlier conversation with once Gray is
settled in at the FBI he can give everyone a lie
detector test.
February 26 , 1973 , 9: 12 a . m. Nixon again mecto with Dean
and agai n discusses the Time magazine article and the
possibility that Felt is the leak.
March 1 , 1973: Gray testifies that there arc no records
of any such wiretapping as alleged by Time and later
boasts to Dean how well he had handled the questiDning
on the subject .
(From various notes it appears that 28,
the main i n was his offer
to let anyone on the Coror.dttee have access to FBI
files as well as his responses to questions on
6 , 1973 : Gray his nama from
from the
April 19 , 1973 : Nixon meets separately with and
Petersen.
lJl. tjffi Nixon indicates
that there was wiretapping done in connectioll with
the Pentagon Pape r s case .
April 27, 1973 : Gray Ruckelshaus appointed.
Also , Fielding burglary revealed to J udge Byrne .
May 3. 1973: Woodward and Bernstein story allege3 that there
was wiretapping done in connection with the Pentagon
case and this was part of the wiretap
program involving newsmen and mlite 1I0use staff peopl e .
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They further a lleged that apparently
destroyed this
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Nixon meets with lI<lldc", JIl _.",1 11,' I ,
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approximately noon .
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Byrne is dismiss i ng the Ell:;berg Cil!J\'
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May 14 , 1973 : Ruckelshaus pres!;; confcrcne, I'
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Kissinger wiretaps .
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