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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ... I-1

CHAPTER I: WATERGATE BREAKIN AND COVERUP... 1

WATERGATE BREAKIN... 1

The Pre-Watergate Atmosphere at the White House .. 5

The Huston Plan ... 5

The Plumbers ... 15

Project Sandwedge ... 19

The Hiring of G. Gordon Liddy by the Campaign
Committee ... 20

The Committee for the Re-election of the
President as a Political Campaign
Front for the White House ... 22

The Planning of "Gemstone" ... 27

The Break-in ... 44

Prelude to the June 17 Break-in ... 47

THE COVER-UP ... 53

White House and CRP Activity----
First Three Days After Break-in ... 54

The Disposition of the Contents
of Hunt's Safe ... 61

Tracing the Mexican and Dahlberg Checks ... 64

White House use of CIA to restrict
FBI Watergate Investigation ... 65

Action of CRP Officials ... 72

Obstruction of the Grand Jury Investigation ... 79

Payoff to Watergate Defendents ... 96

Executive Clemency ... 115

Obstruction of On-Going Trials,
Hearings and Investigations ... 131

The Beginning of the Unraveling of the Coverup .150

PRESIDENTIAL INVOLVEMENT
(to be supplied in a few days) ... 170

RECOMMENDATIONS
I 1

II 13

III 15

IV 16

V 18

VI 22

VII (to be supplied in a few days) 23