PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES OF 1972

SENATE RESOLUTION 60

EXECUTIVE SESSION HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

OF THE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

WATERGATE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation and Related Matters
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 10, 11, 12, AND 14, 1974

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SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

(Established by S. Res. 60, 93d Congress, 1st Session)

SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina, Chairman
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee, Vice Chairman

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii

JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico

EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida
LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., Connecticut

SAMUEL DASH, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
FRED D. THOMPSON, Minority Counsel
RUFUS L. EDMISTEN, Deputy Chief Counsel

ARTHUR S. MILLER, Chief Consultant
DAVID M. DORSEN, Assistant Chief Counsel
TERRY F. LENZNER, Assistant Chief Counsel
JAMES HAMILTON, Assistant Chief Counsel
CARMINE S. BELLINO, Chief Investigator

MARC LACKRITZ, Assistant Counsel
JAMES C. MOORE, Assistant Counsel
RONALD D. ROTUNDA, Assistant Counsel
BARRY SCHOCHET, Assistant Counsel
W. DENNIS SUMMERS, Assistant Counsel
ALAN S. WEITZ, Assistant Counsel
ROBERT F. MUSE, Jr., Assistant Counsel
MARK J. BIROS, Assistant Counsel
WAYNE H. BISHOP, Chief Field Investigator
R. SCOTT ARMSTRONG, Investigator
MICHAEL J. HERSHMAN, Investigator

DONALD G. SANDERS, Deputy Minority Counsel
HOWARD S. LIEBENGOOD, Assistant Minority Counsel
MICHAEL J. MADIGAN, Assistant Minority Counsel
RICHARD L. SCHULTZ, Assistant Minority Counsel
ROBERT SILVERSTEIN, Assistant Minority Counsel
CAROLYN M. ANDRADE, Administrative Assistant
CAROLYN E. COHEN, Office Manager
JOAN C. COLE, Secretary to the Minority

[Executive session hearings released to the public after the filing of the final report of the Senate Select Committee.]

Wakefield, Thomas H., counsel to President Nixon and Charles B. Rebozo, accompanied by Marion Sibley and Robert C. Ward, counsel

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1974

Danner, Richard G., employee of the Hughes Tool Co., accompanied by Chester C. Davis, Solomon Freedman, and Lawrence S. Burstein, counsel...

11279

11387

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1974

Danner, Richard G., testimony resumed.
Davis, Chester C., counsel to Richard G. Danner, accompanied by Solomon
Freedman and Lawrence Burstein, counsel__

11539

11567

FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1974

Walters, Johnnie M., former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Service, accompanied by Stephen Sachs, counsel...

EXHIBITS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

11621

WAKEFIELD EXHIBITS:

No. 1-A-(11281) Check No. 265 dated October 17, 1972, from
Thomas H. Wakefield to the Finance Committee

To Re-Elect the President in the amount of $15. 11346
No. 1-B (11281) Check No. 266 dated October 17, 1972, from
Thomas H. Wakefield to the Finance Committee
To Re-Elect the President in the amount of
$250

No. 1-C-(11281) Check No. 434 dated September 5, 1972, from

Thomas H. Wakefield to the Florida Finance
Committee To Re-Elect the President in the
amount of $1,000____

No. 2—(11281) Receipts for checks accompanied by various corre

spondence and form letters

11346

11346

11347

No. 3-(11285)
No. 4 (11297)
No. 5-A-(11312) Check No. 167 dated November 20, 1972, from
Thomas H. Wakefield to Catalina Pools, Inc.,
for $1,000, with endorsement....

Safe-deposit box records, lease, and visitation card. 11370
Signature card for Mr. Thomas H. Wakefield special
account, dated April 16, 1968.

No. 5-B-(11312) Check No. 171 dated December 18, 1972, from
Thomas H. Wakefield to Catalina Pools, Inc.,
for $1,165.06, with endorsement__

No. 5-C-(11312) Check No. 169 from Thomas H. Wakefield to
Catalina Pools, Inc. Amount and date not

legible ___

No. 5-D-(11316) Check No. 170 dated November 28, 1972, from
Robert Hewitt to Catalina Pools, Inc., for
$2,000, and endorsement ---.

NOTE.-Figures in parentheses indicate page that exhibit was made part of the record.

(III)

11371

11372

11373

11374

11375

No. 6-(11316) Check from Thomas H. Wakefield to Falls Carpet, Page amount and date not legible.............

No. 7—(11317) Check No. 2917 dated February 20, 1973, from Thomas H. Wakefield to the Belcher Oil Co. for $1,727.26, with endorsement...

11376

11377

No. 8 (11317)

No. 9 (11317)

Check No. 172 from Thomas H. Wakefield to Clima-
trol Corp. for $1,500, with endorsement...
Letter from Thomas H. Wakefield to Climatrol Corp.
dated December 28, 1972__

11378

11379

No. 15 (11323)

Deposit slip dated August 17, 1973, to the First
National Bank of Miami for a total of $28,383.15. 11385

DANNER EXHIBITS:

Nos. 1 through 15—Entered in previous testimony. See Book 20.
No. 16 (11389) Letter from Chester Davis to Senator Ervin dated
March 20, 1974, questioning the legality of some of
the staff's activities..

No. 18-(11391)

No. 17 (11389) Letter from Senator Ervin replying to Chester
Davis, dated May 10, 1974__.
Letter to Paul R. Michel dated May 31, 1974, de-
scribing material forwarded to Department of
Justice pursuant to subpena.-

No. 19—(11391) Document listing 160 items to be produced for the

Watergate Special Prosecution Force...

No. 20 (11392) List of items not to be produced on grounds of

privilege.

No. 21-(11392) Interdepartmental correspondence from Richard Danner to Chick Hirsch dated October 21, 1971, re expense account for July, August, and September, 1971.--.

11479

11488

11492

11494

11501

11502

11503

11504

11505

No. 22 (11392) Letter to R. G. Danner from C. G. Rebozo dated
May 19, 1969__.

No. 23-(11392) Letter from Mr. Danner to Mr. Rebozo dated

November 11, 1969

No. 25-(11392) Letter from Mr. Danner to Mr. Rebozo, dated
November 19, 1969__

No. 24-(11392) Letter from Mr. Rebozo to Mr. Danner, dated
November 17, 1969...

11506

No. 26 (11392)

Letter from Mr. Danner to Mr. Rebozo dated
March 3, 1970_

11507

No. 27 (11392) Letter from Mr. Danner to Mr. Rebozo dated
March 17, 1970....

11508

No. 28 (11393) Letter from Mr. Rebozo to Mr. Danner dated May 19, 1971, with newspaper clipping entitled, "Hoover Took All the Credit."

No. 29 (11393) Letter from Mr. Danner to Eugene McGrath dated
January 18, 1972, with attachment__

11509

11512

No. 30 (11393) Letter from Mr. Danner to Mr. Rebozo dated

March 1, 1972.

11519

No. 31 (11393) Letter from Mr. Rebozo to Mr. Danner dated
April 19, 1973, with attachment..

11523

No. 32-(11393) Retained in committee files.
No. 33-(11393) Retained in committee files.
No. 34-(11393) Retained in committee files.

NOTE.-Figures in parentheses indicate page that exhibit was made part of the record.