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To: Files

From: Paul R. Michel

Subj: Outline of Examination of Richard Nixon

Question:

Mr. Nixon, I direc t your attention to Exhibi t No.1 ,

the t ranscr ipt of your conversation April 17, 1973 between

5:20 and 7:14 p.m. and the port ion of tha t meeting af ter

William Rogers departed when you were conversing with John

Ehrlichman and H. R. Haldeman. I part icularly direct your

attention to page 52.

Question:

In offering funds for ant icipated legal fees of

Haldeman and Ehrlichman, ~ ~ y referred to money

under the control of Charles RehEo. Did Rebozo have control

of the money you were referr ing to ?

Answer:

Question:

Where was Rebozo keeping the money?

Answer:

Question:

Was the money Rebozo kept in the form of currency?

Answer:



2

Question:

Over what period of years did Rebozo exercise control

over these monies?

Answer:

Question:

Mr. Nixon, you -.errea L 1::0 offer two to three hundred

thousand dollars to Haldeman and Ehrlichman. Did the funds

in Rebozo's possession a t that time to ta l only $300,OOO?

Answer:

Question:

What was the to ta l of the monies in Rebozo's

possession as of April 1973?

Answer:

Question:

Was Rebozo maintaining those funds a t your request?

Answer:



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3

Question:When ha d you f i r s t discussed with him your request?

Answer :

I

Question:

What was your purpose in having Rebozo maintain such

a fund?

Answer:

Question:

At l ine yo u s t a t e d never intended to use the

money a t a l l . " Had you indicated to Rebozo a t an ear l ie r

time tha t you did intend xa ult imately to use the money

yourself?

Question:

Was the $100,000 delivered to Rebozo in 1970 on behalf

of Howard Hughes part of the money Rebozo had?

Answer :

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4

Question:

Who else had contr ibuted XHR money toward this fund

maintained by Rebozo?

Answer:

Question:?

o ~ u ; D i ~ Robert Vesco give Rebozo $100,000 RehzoU C ! A n . J f o { J - < . . v ~

maintainedl las a part of this fund?

A n s w e ~ . j ~ ~ J d ~ ;t; )rw /,{;o,-Question:

Did W. A. "Monty" Moncrief contribute money to the

fund maintained by Mr. Rebozo?L v ~ -

Question:

Did J. Paul Getty contribute to this fund?

Answer:

Question:

Who else contributed?

Answer:



5

Question:

At l ine you stated: "I told Bebe basica l ly be sure

that people . . . who have contributed over the contributing

years are favored and so for th in general ." What favors

What p ' st ruct ions did you?Answer:

Question:

When did you give Rebozo those inst ruct ions?

Answer:



6

Question:

What did you mean by "get t ing things out"?

Answer:

Question:

Did anyone have knowledge of Rebozo's possession

of these monies beside yourself an d Rebozo?

Answer:

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Question:

Did anyone other than yourself have authori ty to

direct expenditure of these funds?

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Question:

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Question: ( ~ / ~ Did persons direct expenditures from the

fund?

Answer:

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6a

b. April 25 Conversation - '7 4 Campaign Money

Question: ~ ) . . . ' + . . t n L < - ~ & u . . . J ~ < , , , , v ~ ~ - t Q..f ~ 6 L + - l..<.du.c.-L_lGJ"S bcr" M(L\bd--s;y ou have jus t read i:n o r t i o n of an April 25,

1973 conversation yo u had with your former a i d e ~ HaldemanbJ<.+wCl.-""-' 1\ 0(,,4<"- ' \ - c'.ss (il,I\. ~ - t . J . . . ~ >

and E h r l i c h m a n you askEfi'i .\,H they eeuld us"pe,.-"arTIln:yr-r""a,-,s::-11TI- ">\

0..,"'<> L - . ) f \ ~ Ov>-- ,Was this offer in anticipation of legal ees tha t

Haldeman and Ehrlichman might incur once they l e f t the i r

posit ions?

Answer:

Question:

From whom did you know tha t $200,000 was avai lable

for the '7 4 campaign?

Answer:

Question:

Who was in charge of this fund?

Answer:

Quest:im:

What was your control over the fund?

Answer:

Quest:im:

Who had contributed to the fund?

Answer:

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6b

Question:

Was the i r purpose to contribute to certain congres-

Question:

Did Rel:ozo have any control over this fund?

Answer:

Question:

Was this '74 campaign fund offered in addition to

the money you offered Haldeman and Ehrlichman on April l7?

Answer:

Question:

Was the offer of cash ever

Answer:

Question :

Was an y other offer , such as payment of legal services

through a third party, ever accepted? 4" ~ ~ ' - ' f4 £ u ~ ( nswer:

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6c

c. March 21 Conversation -$1

mill ionQuestion:

Mr. Nixon, I have jus t given you a copy of a tape

t ranscr ip t of a conversation you had with your former

counsel Mr. John Dean on March 21, 1973. This is a

portion of that tape which has been higiy publicized

so I am sure that you are famil iar with i t . After asking

Mr. Dean how much money he n e e ~ and he has responded

"$1 mill ion," you s a y " . . . i f you need the money . . . you

could get the money." You then emphasize your statement

by repeating "you could get a million dollars. And you

could get i t in cash. I know where i t could be gotten."

Was there in existence on March 21, 1973 a fund

under your control tha t amounted to $1 million?

Answer:

Question:

From what source did you expect to receive such a

sum?

Answer:

Question:

Had the source offered you money in the past? Had

you received any?

Answer:



6d

Question:

How could yo u be sure that the money would be

avai lable in cash?

Answer:

Question:

Did Rebozo have authori ty to request money from this

source? Anyone else?



7

Question:

Fo r what purposes?

Answer:

Question:

Were you aware "aE=the tillle that Rebozo and Rose Mary

Woods maintained a safe deposit box at the main off ice of

Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York City from February

1968 through April 1970?

Answer:

Question:

Was the box maintained at your request?

1 1 ; t::t:/1 UZ!rQuestion:

What was deposited into the box?

Question:

What happened to the d e p o s i ~ a f t e r the box was closed

in the spring of 1970?

Answer:



8

Question:

(roNWere you aware a t the time that the monies received

by Rebozo from Hughes in 1969 or 1970 were deposited by

Rebozo in a safe deposit box a t the Key Biscayne Bank?

Answer:

Question :

When did youf i rs t

learn of the fact of the deliveries)1" r/

to , Rebozo of the Hughes money?

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Question:

/ . n ~ Rebozo has tes t i f ied that promptly af te r each delivery

he notif ied Rose Mary Woods of the fact of the delivery.

Question:

7 ) ~ ' V Did Rose Woods ever mention Rebozo's reports in her

conversations with you?

Answer:

Question:

When?

Answer:

Question: lI}t!-

When did Rebozo f i r s t mention his receipt of the f Hughes1\

money in his conversations with you?

Answer:



9

Question:

What did Rebozo t e l l you?j \

Ansve::

Question:

Were you aware a t the time that the Hughes contributions

were made for the purpose of the 1970 congressional races?

Answer:

Question:

Why weren't the Hughes funds used for the 1970 congres-

sional races?

Answer:

Question:

Why weren't the Hughes funds turned over to Kalmbach

or the others whom you had designated to ra ise funds for the

congressional races of 1970?

Answer:

Question:

Why ve:en't the Hughes funds turned over to the Finance

Committee to Re-elect and Maurice Stans when Stans assumed

the c h ~ m a n s h i p in of 1972?

Answer:



10

Question:

Were you aware that from April 1972 through Election Day

Rebozo maintained an account a t the Key Biscayne Bank

~ ~ r b ~ c l and into which he deposited contributions which

various persons forwarded to him?

Answer:

Question:)7w.

Why didn ' t Rebozo deposit the Hughes contribution of1\

1970 into this account?

Answer:

Question: "hWWere you aware tha t in March and April of 1972 Rebozo

had repeated discussions with Richard Danner in w h i c ~ b o z o asked Danner i f Hughes would contribute to the 1972 re-election

campaign?

Answer:

Question:

Since the money contributed by Hughes in 1970 for the

congressioni races had not been spent for that purpose, why

wasn't the money put into the 1972 re-elect ion campaign rather

than requesting separate contributions from Hughes?

Answ:r:



11

Question:

?;wAfter Election Day 1972, Rebozo s t i l l maintained

possession of the Hughes contributions. Wre you aware

tha t he st i l led ha d the money at this time?

Answer:

Question:

I R e b o z o has te t i f ied that he did not see tha t the

1970 contributions were used in the congressional races

of tha t year because of the controversy between different

factions of the Hughes organization, part icularly in Nevada.

'pw Rebozo also indicated that for the same reason he didn ' t

put th e money into the 1972 election campaign. I f embarrass-

ment aris ing from the dispute between various factions of

the Hughes organization was the reason for not using or

returning the funds in 1970 and 1974 why were other contributions

sought from Hughes in April of 1972?

AnSYEr:

Question:

On August 6, 1971, in a column in the Washington Post

by Jack Anderson, the allegation was made e b o z o had

received $100,000 from Hughes on your behalf . Were you aware

of that ar t ic le a t the time?

Answer:



12

Question:

In March 1971, Herbert Kalmbach stated to John

Ehrlichman tha t Kalmbach had learned from Edward P. Morgan,

then a Hughes attorney, of the delivery of $100,000 in

Hughes money b o z o in 1970. h r l i c h m a n mention

this to you?

Answer:

Question:

On January 18, 1973, a second Jack Anderson column

repeated with additional detai ls the allegation about

R e b o z o receiving the $100,000 from Hughes in 1970. Didor

you become aware a t the time of this a r t i c l e / i t s substance?

Answer:

Question:

When¥ebozo and})Lv

early 1973, did Rebozo

of the Hughes money?

Answer:

Question:

you discussed the Hughes money in

t e l l you that he had spent some

7wOn April 30, 1973, Rebozo met a t the White House with

Herbert Kalmbach stat ing a t the outset that you had asked7)"",

/7 wRebozo to meet with Kalmbach. Did you ask Rebozo to meet

with Kalmbach?

Answer:

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13

Question:

What was your purpose in asking Rebozo to consult

[-rr; Kalmb ach ?

Answer:

Question:

1twWas one of the purposes to attempt to get Kalmbach

to raise funds to replace the missing Hughes money?

Answer:

Question:

At the same m e e t i n e b o z o told Kalmbach that

Rebozo ha d given somecr the Hughes money to Rose Mary Woods,

F. Donald Nixon, and Edward C. Nixon. Had Rebozo so reportedto you?

Answer:

Question:

On May 1st, Rebozo met again a t the White House early

in them3

morning with Herbert Kalmbach. When Kalmbach began to

repeat his legal advice of the prior day t h a t b o z o report

th e expenditure of the Hughes money to Donald and Edward Nixon

and Rose Mary W O O d S , b o z o i n t e r r q t e t a t i n g that the

problem had been solved. Had you and Rebozo discussed this

matter between the morning of April 30 and -the morning of May 1

ev-hrv I3W :;;if- 4'''UJ );u--, (bet:ween the twe---e Rebozo - .....::::3iith Kalmbach 7"-" 11.

Answer:



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Question:

What was said?

Answer:

Question:

/nt, Rebozo subsequently had a conversation with Kalmbach

on this matter January 8, 1974 at San Clemente. On that

I f ~ V occasion Rebozo told ~ m b a c h tha t the money he(Rebozo) had

given to Donald and Edward Nixon and Rose Mary Woods was

not from the Hughes money, but from other monies which he

had for such purposes. Between May 1, 1973 and January 8,

1974, w h e n b o z o next met wit6lkalmbach, did you and

/hw Rebozo have a discussion as to b o z o should t e l l

"pw Kalmbach?

Answer:

guestion:

Was any of the Hughes money given to or expended on

behalf of Rose Mary Woods, Donald Nixon, or Edward Nixon?

Answer :

Question:Jr--v

Were any other funds controlled by Rebozo given to

any of these persons?

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15

Question:

During the period between the receipt by Rebozo of

the Hughes money and i t s return three years l a te r in June

1973, did you have any communications directly o ~ n d i r e c t 1 y with Howard R. Hughes?

Answer:

Question:

Did Rebozo ever deliver to you any written materials

concerning the ant ibal l i s t ic missi le problem or any other

problem?

Answer:

~ u e s t i o n : Rebozo tes t i f ied before the Senate Select Committee

on Presidential Campaign Activi t ies that the money he received

from Howard Hughes in 1970 was not spent or used in any way

at a l l and the original b i l l s were a l l returned to Hughes

in 1973. Was the money returned to Hughes the same money

wnch was delivered to Rebozo in 1970?

Answer:

Quetion:

In October 1973 General Alexander Haig stated to

Kenneth Gemmill, according to Mr. Gemmill's testimony before

the Senate Select Committee, that analysis of the notes

returned to Hughes from Rebozo proved that i t was not the

or ig ina l money. Did you at that time received such a report

from General Haig or anyone else?

Answer:



16

Question:

When f i r s t interrogated about the Hughes money by

Internal Revenue Service agents May 10, 1973, Mr. Rebozo

stated that he had not told anyone about the money and

that no one knew abut the money except the agents andhis

himself. In the early fa l l of 1973,/at torney Kenneth

Gemmill not i f ied the Internal Revenue Service agents

that Rebozo then recalled having told Rose Mary Woods

shortly after each of the two deliveries . In March 1974

in his testimony before the Senate Select Committee,

Rebozo stated that sometime af ter the 1972 eection he

told you about the Hughes money. Between May 1973

when Rebozo was f i rs t interviewed by the agents and

October 1973 when Gemmill advised the IRS that Rebozo

ha d reported the deliveries to Rose Mary Woods, did you

have any discussion with Charles Rebozo relat ing to

whether he had contemporaneously advised anyone such

as Rose Woods of the fact xxax of the deliveries?

Answer :

Question:

In his testimony before the Senate Select Committee

in March of 1974, Rebozo stated that in addit ion to

receiving $100,000 in cash in the form of hundred dollar

bi l l s from Richard Danner on behalf of Howard Hughes in 1970,

he also received $50,000 in cash in hundred dollar bi l l s

from A. D. Davis on or about April 5, 1972. Was the recert

of the Davis money reported to you by Rebozo or anyone else

a t the time?

Answer:



17

Question:

From April _____ through Election Day 1972, Rebozo

maintained a campaign account a t the Key Biscayne Bank

and Trust Company into which he deposited various checks

an d monies received from contr ibutors . Were you aware

at the time tha t he had such an account?

Answer:

Question:

Had you asked him to maintain such an account?

Answer:

Question:

Why didn' t Rebozo d e p ~ t the $50,000 from A. D. Davis

into th is account?

Answer:

Question:

In April 1972 Rebozo had a conversation with Marice

Stans, who by then was the Chairman of the Finance Committee

to Re-elect the President. In th is conversation, Rebozo

mentioned to Stans tha t he ha d a bundle and tha t he would

give Stans the deta i ls on the occasion of their next meeting.

Did you ask Rebozo to report to Stans on his possession of

the Davis or other such monies?

Answer:

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Question:

In the period April through October 10, 1972, Rebozo,

despite h is assurance to Stans, in fact did not give Stans

the part iculars such as the amount and source of the "bundle"told

which Rebozo had/Stans Rebozo was holding. Did you ask

Rebozo not to give the detai ls to Stans?

Answer:

Question:

In October 1972 Fred LaRue was dispatched by John

Mitchell or Maurice Stans to Key Biscayne to pick up from

Rebozo the $50,000 in cash which Rebozo had been holding

since receiving i t from A. D. Davis in April . Were you

aware a t about this time of the decision to have Rebozoas

del iver tha t money for use/designated by John Mitchell?

Answer:

Question:

In a le t te r dated April 28, 1969 to Herbert Kalmbach,

Charles Rebozo wrote in part as follows: "Over the weekend

I spoke with John Ehrlichman and explained to him that i t

had been decided that the larger balance which I mentioned

to you wil l be kept here in order to take of frequent

Administration-connected costs which arise from time to time."

Had i t been decided between you and Rebozo?

Answer:

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Questim:

What funds were referenced by the term in the le t te r

"larger balance"?

Answer:

Question:

Had you and Rebozo discussed his financing "Adm:ini.stration-

connected costs"?

Answer:

Question:

Did Rebozo in fact subsequently pay for such costs?

Answer:

Question:

What were they?

Answer:

Question:

What was the to ta l amount of the funds being held

by Rebozo at th i s time for the purpose indicated in the

le t ter?

Answer:



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Question:

Where did Rebozo keep the money?

Answr:

Question:

Who had provided these funds?

Answer:

Question:

Did any of these funds come from the safe deposit

box at the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company in

New York City?

Answer:

Question:

In 1970 when Rebozo received the Hughes money,

did you t e l l him to hold it for the same kind of "Administration

connected costs"?

Answer:

QuestioIl:

In February or March 1971, Dwayne Andreas told

the late Thomas E. Dewey tha t Andreas would contribute

$200,000 toward the re-elect ion effor t of 1972. Pursuant

to Dewey's suggestion, Andreas decided to contribute $100,000

before the primary and, unless Hubert Humphrey became the

Democratic candidate, a second $100,000 af te r the convention.

Did Thomas Dewey relate this decision to you?

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Question:

In the fa l l of 1971, Dwayne Andreas requested Hobart

Lewis to obtain for him an appointment with Rose Mary Woods

for the purpose of Andreas delivering $100,000. Lewis did

so. Rose Mary Woods has tes t i f ied tha t prior to the arr ival

in her office of Mr. Andreas, she ha d received instructions

possibly from you to take custody of the package Mr. Andreas

would bring and to deposit i t in your personal f i les in the

basement of the White House. Did you give Rose Mary Woods

such instruct ions?

Answer:

Question:

Subsequently, Rose Mary Woods did receive from

Dwayne Andreas in her office a t the White House a legal

folder containing $100,000 in cash and a l l in one hundred

dollar bi l l s . Wre you aware at abut the time of the

delivery of the contents of th is package?

Answer:

Question:

Rose Mary Woods has tes t i f ied that pursuant to your

instructions she placed the Andreas package in a combination

safe in a room used for safe storage of your personal f i les .

She further tes t i f ied that as fa r as ffie knows i t remained

there for several years. Was any of the Andreas money ever

expended?

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Question:

Why wasn't the $100,000 from Andreas used during the

1972 re-election E m a ~ X g R campaign?

Answer:

Question:

Since Mr. Andreas had indicated his intention that

the money be so used, why wasn' t he advised when the

campaign ended without the money being ut i l ized as he

intended?

Answer:

Question:

Once the elect ion was over, without the money having

been used, why wasn' t i t promptly returned to Mr. Andreas?

Answer:

Question:

Rose Mary Woods has test i f ied tha t sometime probably

in the spring of 1973 you asked her how much money was in

the Andreas package and that she thennfter went to the f i l e ,

brief ly counted the money, and reported her count to you

on a sl ip of paper indicating $100,000. Did you receive such

a report from Miss Woods?

Answer:



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Question:

What prompted you to request that she report the

amount of money in the package?

Answer:

Question:

In a conversation on April 25, 1973, between 4:40

and 5:30 p.m. between you and Mr. Haldeman, there was a

discussion concerning an ear l ie r conversation. This con-

versation apparently occurred af te r March 15, but before

April 25, 1973. In the conversation on April 25 , you said

in par t the following: "Remember I told you l a te r tha t

I can get $lOO,OOO?" Mr. Haldeman repl ied: "That rings

a bel l because you talked about Rose having some money."

Had you considered using the Andreas money to finance

payments to the men arrested inside the Democratic National

Committee headquarters in June of 1972 or theOC superiors?

A n s ~ :

Question:

What potent ial use had you considered for this money?

Answer:

Question:

Did you have possession through yourself or an

aide such as Miss Woods of any other substantial amount

of currency of this sor t during the period January 20, 1969

through August 1974?

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Question:

In a meeting with H. R. Haldeman on____

1972,

you apparently indicated that Mr. Andreas should be asked

i f he wouldn't pay the gi f t tax on certain money . Has the

money referred to the $100,000 that he had delivered to

Rose Mary Hoods?

Answer:

Quetion:

Has Mr . Andreas asked to pay gi f t tax on this money?

Answer :

Question:

Hhy (not)?

Answer:

Question:

Did Mr. Andreas pay a gif t tax with regard to that

par t icu lar $100,000?

Answer:

Question:

Mr. Stans has stated that he was never informed

about the delivery of the $100,000 tQRose Hoods of the

Andreas money. Hhy wasn't Stans told?

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Question:

Was anyone else a t the White House, in the Administration

or connected with re-election ef fo r t told about the Andreas

money?

Answer:

Question:

On April 25, 1973, between 11 :06 a.m. and 1 :55 p.m . ,

you had a conversation with John Ehrlichman and H. R.

Haldeman as indicated in Exhibit No.3 . You asked them,

"Is there any way you can use cash?" He then stated, "As

I said , "There're a few, not much (unintel l igible) as much

I think as two hundred there 's available in the '7 4 campaign

already." Were you referring to $100,000 from Hughes or

the $100,000 from Andreas?

Answer:

Question:

Rose Wads has tes t i f ied that she overheard a conversation

between you and Charles Rebozo in the spring of 1973 concerning

the return of money to certain donors. Did you discuss with

Rebozo a t that time the possibUity of his returning the $100,000

to Howard Hughes?

Answer:

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Quetion:

Did you favor the return of the money?

Answer:

Question:

Why?

Answer:

Question:

Did you discuss with Rebozo the p o s s i ~ i t y of your

causing the return to Andreas of the $100,000 he had given?

Answer:

Question:

According to the records an d testimony of Hobart Lewis,

he obtained the Andreas money from Rose Mary Woods at the

White House on June 19, 1973, on behalf of Mr. Andreas.

On June 18, 1973, Mr. Rebozo in the presence of witnesses

counted the Hughes m o n e ~ preparing i t for return to Hughes

representatives which was achieved on June 27, 1973. Who made

the f inal decision on the return of the Hughes money?

Answer :



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Question:

Who made the f inal decision on the return of the

Andreas money?

Answer:

Question:

What were the reasons for returning this money

under these circumstances?

Answer:

Question:

Were unreported cash funds received from any other

persons returned in 19737

Answer:

Question:

On May 15 , 1972 IRS agents interrogated Richard Go

Danner. Danner revealed tha t he had delivered $100,000

in 1969 and 1970 to Charles Rebozo on behalf of

Howard Hughes. The resul ts of th is in terrogat ion were

promptly reported verbally to the nat ional off ice ,

Intel l igence DivisXn of the Internal Revenue ServUe. Between

May 1972 and Election Day did you learn from D a n n e ~ from

Rebozo or from memeers of your White House s taff in the

Administration of the al legat ion or anyone else of thein

al legat ion which Danner had made XiXR interview with

IRS agents in May?

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Question:

Did you indicate to anyone tha t you did not want

Rebozo interviwed unt i l af te r the election?

Answer:

Question:

On February 23, 1973, then C o m m i s s i o n e ~ f the

Internal Revenue Service Johnnie M. Walters revealed to

then Deputy Treasury Secretary William Simon that the

f ield agents were pressing vigorously for permission to

interview Rebozo about the $100,000 from Hughes. Mr . Simon

asked Mr. Walters to draft a memo for Secretary Shultz,

which was done in a memo and delivered the same day.

Former Secretary Shultz has stated that he probably gave

acopy of

th is memo

to John Ehrlichman an d tha t hebriefed Ehrlichman on the substance of the memo in

any event . Did E h r l i c h m a n ~ any other aide discuss th is

matter with you at tha t time?

Answer:

Question :

The requested permission to interview Rebozo was

not received by the IRS urtil April 7, 1973. In the interim,

John Ehrlichman had meetings with Charles Rebozo in Washington

on March 5 an d in San Clemente on April 6 . In addit ion, John

Ehriichman telephoned Rebozo concerning the contemplated

interview by IRS agents and had Roger Barth contact Mr. RehEo.

Did you have any discussions on this matter with John Ehrlichman

and the period February, March, April 1973?

Answer:



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Question:During this period did you have any discussions with

Charles Rebozo concerning the requested interview?

Answer:

Question:

On April 26, the agents contacted Mr. Rebozo to

schedule the interview, which ultimately was held on

May 10. In the interim Mr. Rebozo conferred on

the matter of the Hughes money with William E. Griffin and

Herbert Kalmbach. Were you aware a t the time that Mr. Rebozo

was discussing this matter with Mr. Griffin?

Answer:

Question:

Had yo u urged him to do so?

Answer:

Question:

At the end of May 1973 as indicated in the memorandum

from Commissioner Donald Alexander to Treasury Secretry William

Simon, the IRS opened a formal criminal invest igat ion intoof

Mr. Rebozo' s receipt DO the Hughes money. On or .about

June 10 Mr. Rebozo contacted Kenneth W. Gemmill concerning

possible representation . Mr. Gemmill thereaf ter did represent

Mr. Rebozo in th is matter. During the summer and fa l l of



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1973, according to his testimony, Mr. Gemmill had numerous

conversations with General Haig concerning the developments

in the invest igat ion of Charles Rebozo. Did General Haig

discuss these reports with you?

Answer:

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