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'Rock Closes' Last Prisoners Leave Alcatraz
It's "open house" at Alcatraz as the last of its 1500 prisoners are removed to other Federal penitentiaries. Reporters and cameramen are allowed to roam at will through the corridors and cell blocks of "The Rock" in San Francisco Bay that once confined the nation's most desperate criminals. Looking up at Alcatraz. CUS - Warning Keep Off: Only Government Boats Permitted Within 200 yards. (A warning painted on a huge electrical box). OHMS - The press milling around the halls and corridors of Alcatraz, if only walls can talk, what tales would they tell? MLS - The jail cells with the gates closed, one lonely guard in attendance a watchful eye over nothing. MS - Wearing hand-cuffs and leg irons the last 27 of it prison inmates leave the aging prison. MS - Prison transport buss transporting the prisoners. MS - Alcatraz prisoners walking down a stair case and queuing on to a prisoner passenger boat with many guards as they move across San Francisco Bay. Looking Up - A jail house guard waves to the camera man. MS - Jail house guard walking down the stairs holding a machine gun. MCUS - Jail house guard wearing a bullet proof vest and holding a riffle in his hands. MS - On the prisoner transport boat are the family members of the guards and Alcatraz administration waving adieu to the rock. POVS - Of Alcatraz from the deck of the boat.
Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding New York socialite, Hope Cook, weds the Crown Prince of Sikkim, a tiny Himalayan kingdom and protectorate of India. In an ancient and exotic ceremony the first Westerner to marry into this royal family becomes the future queen of a fairy book realm. Establishing shot - Aerial shots of houses built into the rural country sides of the mountain's of Gangtok. MS - A lovely guard house with a roof as you pass under and enter Sikkim, Gangtok. CUS - Colorful dress of an armed guard holding a riffle at the gates of Gangtok. MCUS - Guest of the wedding party disembarking from a royal bus. MCUS - The Maharajah with his royal assistants entering a Buddhist temple for the marriage of his son to American socialite, Hope Cooke. MCUS - Hope Cooke sitting on the floor next to her groom in the Buddhist temple. MS - The wedding ceremony begins with placing of a scarf around the brides neck and the groom receives his scarf. MS - The bride and groom walking, close up of the groom and the smiling bride, Hope.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
[00.40.45] Senator ERVIN. In other words, Mr. Kalmbach in effect told you he was going to destroy such records as he had and advised you to do the same thing with the records you had. Mr. SLOAN. With the exception, Senator, I do not know whether he had another copy of the record. In the case of the figures I had, I did not feel I was destroying tiny original information because I was handing a report that contained that information to Secretary Stans Senator ERVIN. You had made a compilation in aggregate form of what your original record showed. Mr. SLOAN. That is right and it would include all contributors. Senator ERVIN. Did anyone else beside Mr. Kalmbach talk to you about destroying your original record? Mr. SLOAN. No, sir. Senator ERVIN. They were destroyed on the 23d of June, a few days after the break-in. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. Do you know if there were any records kept or now in existence of what became of the $250,000, approximately, given out of these funds to Mr. Kalmbach? Mr. SLOAN. No , sir; 1 have no knowledge of what he would have used those funds for. I would think if there is a record he would have to be a source of it, [00.41.49] Senator ERVIN. Now, where did Mr. Strachan work at this time? Mr. SLOAN. He, was in the White House working as a political aide, liaison with Mr, Bob Haldeman. Senator ERVIN. In other words, he was political liaison between Mr. Haldeman and the committee, was he not? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, that is correct, Senator ERVIN, And you got the instructions to put $350,000 in the briefcase to be carried to the White House? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, Sir. Senator ERVIN. And that, was taken to the White House in cash? Mr. SLOAN. My understanding is it went to the White House. I did not--- Senator ERVIN. Who transmitted the message that that money was to be sent to the White House? Mr. SLOAN. Mr. Kalmbach. Senator ERVIN. Where, did Mr. Porter work? Mr. SLOAN. He worked at the Committee for the, Re-Election of the President. Senator ERVIN. Do you have any knowledge of whether any record Was Made, or whether any record "has been preserved, in respect not only to the $250,000 given to Mr. Kalmbach and $350,000 carried out of the committee to the White House by Mr. Strachan, In respect to the, $100,000 given to Mr. Porter, the $199,000 given to Mr. Liddy, the, $20,000 given to Mr. Magruder, the $10,000 given to Mr. Nofsiger, the, $15,000 given to Mr. Stone; and the other $8,000 exclusive of the $50,000 given to Mr. Lankler and Mr. Hitt. Is there any record in existence that shows what became of that, money? Mr. SLOAN. Senator, I do not, know if they are in existence, but in the process of preparing this final report-, Secretary Stans had instructed me to sit down with each one of these individuals where there had been multiple distributions to verify the figure that, I had in my records with what they had in theirs. Senator ERVIN. Did you? [00.43.54] Mr. SLOAN. SO presumably at that point, in time, there were records in existence in the hands of these individuals which would indicate, what happened to that money if it, had been spent. Senator ERVIN. But there were no records kept, there, no records that you know of now in existence in the committee offices, which would disclose what had become of these funds? Mr. SLOAN. No, sir, not to my knowledge. Senator ERVIN, You became much concerned about, the disbursement of some of these funds, didn't you, particularly those to Mr. Liddy? Mr. SLOAN. Yes Sir, Senator ERVIN. So when you got. orders to continue these disbursements to Mr. Liddy, which you mentioned were $199,000, you expressed your concern to Mr. Stans? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, that, is correct. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Stans told you to go ahead and continue to disburse them. Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, he Said he would check with Mr. Mitchell and came back and told me to continue Senator ERVIN. And you told Mr. Stans in the course of your conversations with him that you had misgivings about giving so much money to Mr. Liddy without knowing what the money was to be used for? [00.44.56] Mr. SLOAN. The $83,000 was really the trigger. I am not sure I restricted it in my conversation with Secretary Stans to Mr. Liddy. I said, here we have a tremendous sum of money that this committee has no control over or accountability for. I did express that. general concern at that time. Senator ERVIN. That was when you were authorized and directed to give $83,000 in cash at one time to Mr. Liddy? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir. Senator ERVIN. And when you made the statement to Mr. Stans about your misgivings about, the disbursing of money without knowing what it was being used for, Mr- Stans said, I do not Want to know what the money is used for and you do not want to know? [key QUOTE starts@ 00.45.15] Mr. SLOAN. As I recall, sir, it was when he returned from seeing Mr. Mitchell and he said, I do not want to know and you do not, want to know, yes sir. That is correct. Senator ERVIN. As a matter of fact, was not a deliberate effort, made at the committee not only not to report receipt of funds, but to hide the source of those funds? Mr. SLOAN. Senator, I know of no deliberate effort, in that regard. With regard to these funds, I have never had it, suggested to me--- Senator ERVIN. Well, what about the $89,000 in Mexican checks and the Dahlberg check? Mr. SLOAN. They were considered to have, been pre-April 7 funds and were considered not to be covered under the new legislation, [00.46.20]
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
[00.46.20] Senator ERVIN. But did the checks for the Mexican banks totaling $89,000 come into the committee offices? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, they did. Senator ERVIN. They came into the committee offices, in the form of checks, did they not? Mr. SLOAN. Cashier's checks, both. Senator ERVIN,. Cashier's checks from the Mexico City Bank? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, Senator ERVIN. When did those funds reach the committee office? Mr. SLOAN. On the evening of April 5. Senator ERVIN. How did they get there? Mr. SLOAN. Mr. Roy Winchester brought them to my office, that evening. Senator ERVIN, Who is Mr. Winchester? Mr. SLOAN. Mr. Winchester, I believe, is the vice president of the Pennzoil Corp. Senator ERVIN. I wish you would look at these documents that are marked "Government Exhibit 112C," "Government Exhibit 112D," "Government Exhibit 112B," and "Government Exhibit 112A" and see if you can identify them. Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, I believe these tire. accurate copies of the checks I handled. Senator ERVIN. Let those be marked, numbered as exhibits and received as such. Senator ERVIN. Did Mr. Winchester bring any other cash along with those checks? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, he came in with a briefcase that, to the best of my recollection, in terms of checks, cash, including, these cashier's checks, totaled somewhere in the, neighborhood of $700,000. Senator ERVIN, Do you know, where. he carried that cash and those checks from? Mr. SLOAN. My understanding was that these were a result of fund-raising effort in the Southwest Senator ERVIN. In Texas? Mr. SLOAN. I know Texas, but whether it was just restricted to Texas, I am not sure. senator ERVIN. You do not know from your own knowledge, of course, whether they came from fund raising or whether they came from correspondence? Mr. SLOAN. As I recall, all the checks were individual checks. The cash funds--I might explain. 'There was a listing in the briefcase, the total amount which equaled the, total amount in the briefcase, Individual names were associated -with each of those items. Senator ERVIN. Were am- checks brought at that time in addition to these four Mexican checks? Mr. SLOAN. Oh, Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. I thought that the rest Was in cash Wits I mistaken in that? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. I think a large proportion of it Was in personal checks from contributors. Senator ERVIN. I would like to hand you a check that purports to be drawn on the First, Bank and Trust, Co. of Boca Raton, a cashier's check, to the order of Kenneth H. Dahlberg. I hand that to you and ask if you can identify that? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir; that, appears to be accurate. Senator ERVIN. When did that check reach the office of the Committee To Re-Elect the President? Mr. SLOAN. I did not know when Secretary Stans received it. I believe he turned it over to me sometime in the week following April 7. Senator ERVIN. This cheek was not dated, this cashier's check was not dated until April 10, 1972, 3 days after the new law went into effect. Mr. SLOAN. Secretary Stans in giving that, check to me, told me it, represented pre-April 7 funds. Senator ERVIN. The committee proceeded upon the advice of Mr. Liddy to the, effect that, if somebody promised them money before April 7, or they had agreed to make a disbursement before April 7, that that did not have to be reported--is that, so' Mr. SLOAN. I believe that, is correct, Senator. Senator ERVIN. NOW, what happened to these four Mexican checks? Mr. SLOAN. Senator, excuse me. In response to that other question, presumably Mr. Liddy gave his advice to Secretary Stans. He did not specifically give that advice to me. It, was represented that way to me by Secretary Stans. Senator ERVIN. In other words., Mr. Stans told you that Mr. Dahlberg's check had been received somewhere under some circumstances by somebody before April 7, and, therefore, even. though it had not reached the committee or any person authorized to receive funds on behalf of the committee, that it, was received before April 7? Mr. SLOAN, My understanding riders was that Mr. Kenneth Dahlberg, Who was an authorized representative of the committee, had received it from Mr. Dwayne Andreas. As to the exact circumstance of that arrangement I do not know, Senator ERVIN,. Were not the four -Mexican. checks and the Dahlberg check deposited in a bank in Miami, Fla. Mr. SLOAN. That is what I understood happened to them, Senator. It, -was certainly not Under my instructions. [00.52.16]
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
[00.52.16] Senator ERVIN. Call YOU explain to the committee why the cheeks were transmitted from Washington to Miami and deposited in a bank in Miami to the credit of Bernard L. Barker? Mr. SLOAN.! have no idea, Senator. Senator ERVIN. Would you not infer from those circumstances that somebody that had something to do with the checks did not want anybody to know about receiving the checks and wanted to hide them? Mr. SLOAN. Senator, my understanding when I received them was a judgment had been made that they were pre-April 7 contributions and, therefore, were not required to be reported. I did turn them over to Mr. Liddy to have them converted to cash. He handled them from there. Why he gave them to Mr. Barker, I have no idea. Senator ERVIN. Well, even though they did not, have to be reported, can you inform us why, instead of being put in the safe in the committee office, why they were sent, down to Florida? Mr. SLOAN. I do not know, why they went to Florida, Senator. The reason for the conversion of those checks to cash was to attempt to comply with the spirit, of the old law of distributing an individual's contribution in $3,000 increments among pre-April 7 committees. But as those bank accounts had been closed out, the only way to do this was by converting it to cash and counting that, cash as a transfer as cash on hand in the Media Committee To Re-Elect the President. It was reported in that figure--- Senator ERVIN. I am a little mystified. How could it comply with the old law with reference to the receipt of $3,000 or less in cash by having $114,000 deposited in the bank account, of Bernard L. Barker in Miami, Fla.? Mr. SLOAN, Senator, I do not know any circumstances surrounding the deposit of the checks in Mr. Barker's account. That was not my intent in turning those checks over to Mr. Liddy. Senator ERVIN. Who instructed you to turn them over to Mr. Liddy? Mr. SLOAN. I believe I took them to Mr. Liddy in response to the conversation of Secretary Stans. He asked me, do we have any problem in handling these? I told him I did not know; I would check with counsel. His recommended way of handling this was a diversion to cash. He offered at that time to handle that, transaction for me. It took him until mid-May to return those. funds to me in cash form, minus roughly $2,500 expenditure, [00.54.42--A VERY FUNNY PART HERE] Senator ERVIN. I hate to make comparisons, but I would have to say on that, Mr. Liddy in one respect, was like the Lord, he moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. [Laughter.] Now as a matter of fact, do you not know that some of the funds that were drawn out, that represented proceeds of these checks which were drawn out of the Miami bank on Mr. Barker, were found in the possession of some of the people who were caught in the ;burglary at the Watergate? Mr. SLOAN. I have since learned that,- yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. How long was it after the break-in before, you learned that? Mr. SLOAN. I believe not that specific reference, but the fact that these men had been found with $100 bills in their Possession came out Probably within 3 days of the first, week. I do not have a direct recollection of when that connection specifically was made to the bank account of Mr. Barker. Senator ERVIN. Well, during the trial, in January, it was brought out that the Miami bank in which Mr. Barker had deposited these funds had, pursuant to law, kept the serial number of $100 bills withdrawn by Barker and that the serial Nos. 043 $100 bills found in the possession of those who burglarized the Watergate bore those serial numbers? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And that came out very early in the newspaper, did it not? Mr. SLOAN. I do not think it took too long. It came out certainly within a, week or two. [00.56.18--more funny stuff] Senator ERVIN. NOW, I do not mean any of these questions to make any reflection on you, because your testimony and your forthrightness have renewed my faith in the old adage that an honest man is the noblest work of God and I am not in any of these expressions meaning to reflect on you in any respect. Senator BAKER. Nor on God? Senator ERVIN. No. Now, there was a good deal of consternation among the officers and employees of the Committee To Re-Elect the President when it was reported on the morning of June 17, 1972, that one of the employees of the committee, Mr. McCord, and four other people had been arrested in an act of burglary during the early morning hours of that, day, was there not? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. [00.57.18] Senator ERVIN. And that was the time that Mr. Liddy made his statement to you to the effect that "some of his boys had been caught in the Watergate" and he had "made a mistake" in letting one of "our people participate" in the matter? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir; that is correct. Excuse me, Senator. He did not say, "My boys were caught last night in the Watergate." He just said, "My boys were caught," with no direct connection to Watergate. Senator ERVIN. You inferred what he was talking about? Mr. SLOAN. Not until after I read the newspapers, Senator. He made that comment to me before I knew of the break-in. [00.57.54]
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973
[00.02.00--in to Sen. ERVIN questioning Hugh SLOAN about the aftermath of the Watergate Break-in] Senator ERVIN. And you got to talk to Mr. Dwight Chapin, the President's appointments secretary? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And you told him that you were very much concerned about what had happened? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Chapin suggested that you take a vacation? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, he did. Senator ERVIN. Mr. Chapin didn't suggest that you talk to Mr. Haldeman? Mr. SLOAN. No, sir. I made the assumption that if lie felt that I was that, overwrought with the information I had given him, presumably he would convey that to Mr. Haldeman. Senator ERVIN. Didn't you think it was time for some honest man to be overwrought? Mr. SLOAN. I was overwrought,, yes, sir, Senator ERVIN. Mr. Chapin tried to impress upon you that it was necessary to take a trip Mr. SLOAN. He made that comment yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. After that, you talked to Mr. John L. Ehrlichman, didn't you? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And you tried to talk to him about it? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And you told Mr. Ehrlichman that it was evident to you that somebody external to the campaign should look into this matter. Mr. SLOAN. I am not sure whether I precisely said that. Certainly, my purpose in being here, which I think 1 conveyed was that there is a tremendous problem over here that somebody needs to take a look at, yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. In other words, the idea you -were trying to impress upon Mr. Ehrlichman was that somebody in the White House or somebody outside of the Committee To Re-Elect the President should make an investigation of this matter? Mr. SLOAN. Whether I put it in quite those strong terms, I was trying to express a, concern that there was a major problem in my judgment at the campaign, yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. Which ought to be investigated by somebody other than the members Of the Committee To Re-Elect the President. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Ehrlichman told you that he didn't want to know anything about it. Mr. SLOAN. When I began to try to get specific as to details, probably in the area of money, I think he interpreted my concerns as being Personal concerns which I did have as well and suggested to me, that since I had worked at the White House, since I had a special relationship with the White House, if I had personal problems he would be, glad to arrange a lawyer for me or see that I had a, lawyer. With regard to his hearing any further information he stated that as far as he was concerned he didn't want; to know the details, that his position personally would he to take executive privilege on this matter until after the election. Senator ERVIN. So Mr. Ehrlichman at that time was what was known as the chief domestic adviser to the President, wasn't he? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, he was. Senator ERVIN. And so when you tried to tell the chief domestic. adviser to the President that there should be an investigation of this matter, the chief domestic adviser to the President said he didn't want to know anything about it, and if he did learn anything about it he was going to take executive privilege until after the election was over. Mr. SLOAN. Essentially, that is correct. I don't think I used the word "investigation"; I think it was more implied a problem one would assume he would want to look into. Senator ERVIN. Who did you see first on the visit to the White House which you say occurred on the 23d of June, Mr. Chapin or Mr. Ehrlichman? Mr. SLOAN. My best recollection is I probably saw Mr. Chapin around noon and Mr. Ehrlichman around 2 o'clock. [00.05.17] Senator ERVIN. NOW, was it the same day that Secretary Stans suggested to you that $81,000 which was still left in the safes at the committee should be divided and you should take half home and he would take custody of the other half? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, that is my best recollection. Senator ERVIN. Then, it was as the same day that you had a conversation with Mr. Robert Mardian. Mr. SLOAN. The next day, Senator. Senator ERVIN. That would be the 24th? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Mardian gave you the impression that he had succeeded Mr. LaRue as an investigator on behalf of the committee of these matters. Mr. SLOAN. He was clearly looking into it. Whether I had the direct impression from him or other sources it was clear in my mind he had this authority at that point to talk to and investigate the matter among other staff members. Senator ERVIN. At that time you and your wife had been planning to take a vacation to Bermuda.' Mr. SLOAN, Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And when Mr. 'Mardian asked you something about the financial transactions and about how much money Mr. Porter and Mr. Liddy got, you told him approximately. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. Then he advised you to go on your vacation? Mr. SLOAN. I think when I told him, Senator, at that point I had just completed the summary report the day before, I think I gave him a very precise figure. I indicated to him a concern because of the investigations going on at that point, in time whether I should in fact go on a vacation under these circumstances He did not, give me an answer at that point in time. but called me, at, home later in the day. Senator ERVIN. Pursuant to this advice you did go to Bermuda. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And returned on July 4. Mr. SLOAN. The 3rd. [00.07.16]
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[00.07.16] Senator ERVIN. Well, on July 4 Mr. LaRue obtained from you the $40,000 which you had taken from the committee safes and put in the trunk at, your home. Mr. SLOAN. That, is correct. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Stans gave the. $40,000 that he, had assumed custody of to Mr. LaRue, Mr. SLOAN. That, is what he indicated to Me when I checked on the propriety of having turned that money over to Mr. LaRue. [00.07.44] Senator ERVIN. That same day or same evening Mr. 'Magruder called you and asked you to come to the Black Horse Tavern. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, Sir. Senator ERVIN. And you went, to the Black Horse Tavern and Mr. Magruder suggested to you that you and he go down and talk to the U.S. District Attorney Titus, Mr. SLOAN. Yes, Senator ERVIN. And he wanted you to tell Mr. Titus that, you had given only approximately $40,000 to Mr. Liddy. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. -Now, had you told Mr. Magruder ruder or did you tell him in this conversation that the amounts you had given to Mr. Liddy was $199,000 or thereabouts? Mr. SLOAN. I don't believe I did on that occasion. The next morning, I knew he. knew that that was not a correct figure, which he himself had authorized a figure in the magnitude of $83,000. Senator ERVIN. You told him you Would talk to him the next day about it. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. [00.08.40] Senator ERVIN, You did talk to him the next day and you told him if you went down to see District Attorney Titus dial, you wore going to make a disclosure of the truth in respect to the amounts you gave to Mr. Liddy. Mr. SLOAN, Yes, Sir. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Magruder pursued the subject no further. Mr. SLOAN. That is correct). Senator ERVIN. On the evening of July 6, you met with Mr. Kenneth Parkinson and Mr. Paul O'Brien, Counsel for the Committee To ]Re-Elect the President. Mr. SLOAN. That is correct. Senator ERVIN. And they suggested that, they were afraid you would be called before the grand jury very soon and it would be well for your health, and the committee's health, and somebody's health for you to take a trip to California. Mr. SLOAN-. Senator, I think I expressed the concern about the grand jury. I said I was trying to get information as to what I was Supposed to do. My personnel themselves had been subpenaed that same day and in response to my concerns, they had not talked to me prior to that that point. I reviewed the entire financial disbursements to these key individuals with them. They were shocked by that. They indicated they had been lied to and requested of myself to consider a trip to give them time to confront the officials which they indicated to me had lied to them and they did not identify the officials. Senator ERVIN. Then that night after you got I home you got a from Fred LaRue who urged you to go to California. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, that is right. As a matter of fact, he urged to leave the house that evening. Senator ERVIN. Did he give you any reason why he thought that you ought to go to California? Mr. SLOAN. I just do not recall, Senator. It certainly was in the context, I think, of the grand jury appearance that--- Senator ERVIN. Did anybody, did Mr. LaRue, or anybody else about that time tell you that it would be well for you to be out of town a few days so they could get some stories arranged or anything like that? Mr. SLOAN. No, sir. Senator ERVIN. No reason whatever was given for it being desirable for you going to California. Mr. SLOAN. The reason was they wished time to confront the officials at the committee. My information was new to them. They wanted to confront the committee officials who presumably had given them different information than I had. Senator ERVIN. Now, you did go to California for several days and when you came back I believe it was Friday, the 13th of July. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. [00.11.22] Senator ERVIN. That is an unlucky day, I have always heard. At that time Mr. Fred LaRue met you at the Watergate restaurant and advised you that you ought, to either commit perjury or take the fifth amendment if you went before the grand jury. Mr. SLOAN. No, sir; I don't think he advised me to commit perjury, I think the emphasis in that conversation was he was implying to me that I had campaign law problems and that I should very well consider the option of taking the fifth amendment. It was at that point that I told him of the decisions I had already made and I told him in saying I would not consider the fifth amendment. I would also not consider perjury, I had every intention of telling the truth as I knew it. Senator ERVIN. Had he made any suggestion to you at that time or prior to that time that you ought to minimize in your testimony before the grand jury the amount that you had given to Mr. Liddy? Mr. SLOAN. Not in relation to any particular proceedings but very early in the first week he had suggested to me that the, amount,, and I did not have a precise figure, but I knew the general magnitude, would be very politically sensitive and damaging and there was L need to come in with a lesser figure. Senator ERVIN. Anyway, you drew the inference that Mr. LaRue thought and expressed the thoughts at the meeting at the Watergate restaurant that the only alternatives open for you, as he saw it, was either to minimize the amount that you had given 'Mr. Liddy or to plead the fifth amendment? Mr. SLOAN. By the time of the Watergate meeting, the luncheon, I do not know if we were at that point, even talking the Liddy figure, any longer. I think he was talking about the fifth amendment, to deny, any information on this subject, period. [00.13.19]
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[00.13.19] Senator ERVIN. And you told him you would not take the fifth amendment? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. I believe what I told him at, that, point, in time was I did not wish to consider it, as I understood it, but I would want to have private, separate counsel before I made that kind of decision, Senator ERVIN. Did LaRue in that same conversation suggest, to you that he thought that you ought to resign from the committee? Mr. SLOAN. NO sir; I told him that, is what, I thought I ought to do. Senator ERVIN. And so did he suggest to you that, you call Mr. Stans about that or did you tell him You were going to call "Mr. Stans, about that? Mr. SLOAN. No, sir-; he indicated to me, when we left, that he, would check with the political leadership, without, mentioning names, and he suggested I talk to Secretary Stans, that he would let me know what the political people thought, which he never did. Senator ERVIN. And you did call Mr. Stans, and Mr. Stans told you the next morning that you ought not to discuss this matter over the telephone but, to come up to the office and talk to him there. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, but, he asked me to stay home until after he talked to the investigators from the Federal Bureau and that, I should come in following that interview. Senator ERVIN. You remember what, day of the month that was? Mr, SLOAN. The 14th of July. I am not, sure what day of the week it was. Senator- ERVIN. You talked to the FBI. Had you talked to the FBI at that time? They asked you first, whether you knew Baldwin? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir; that was the only subject matter they covered with me in the one interview I had with them prior to leaving. Senator ERVIN. After that you had a conversation, you talked to the U.S. district, attorney? Mr. SLOAN-. Mr. Silbert. Senator ERVIN. Was U.S. District Attorney Titus there? Mr. SLOAN. NO, sir, I believe [conferring with counsel] Mr. Titus came in at one point during the interview just to say hello. He did not sit in. Senator ERVIN. He did not stay? Mr. SLOAN-. NO, sir; he did not sit in. Senator ERVIN. This was on July 20, preceding the September in which bills of indictment were returned and preceding the January in which the trials of those bills of indictment Mr. SLOAN. Yes, Sir. Senator ERVIN. And on that occasion you told Mr. Silbert about having given Mr. Liddy $199,000 in cash? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir' Senator ERVIN. You told him about the efforts on the part of Mr. Magruder and perhaps others, I believe you said, the next day or a day later, to persuade you to commit perjury in case you went before the grand jury. Mr. SLOAN, Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And you say you told him virtually everything that, You have told this committee today? Mr. SLOAN. I believe so, Senator, There may be some amplifying information that, has developed since then but to the, best of my recollection I related to them the essential facts I have to you here today. Senator ERVIN,. And that was after it, had been stated in the press that $4,300 in $100 bills which came from the campaign funds of the Committee To Re-Elect the President were found in the possession of the people who burglarized the Watergate? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. My attention has been called to the fact that this statement about the cash appeared in the Washington Post on June 24. Mr. SLOAN. it would have been after that. Senator ERVIN. After that you went before the grand jury? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. That -was on the day following your meeting with Mr. Silbert in which you told him virtually everything you have told this committee today? Mr. SLOAN. I saw Mr. Silbert on two occasions prior to the grand jury. My attorney saw him on one and I think I saw him a third time prior to appearing before the grand jury and testified before the grand jury on July 31. Senator ERVIN. Was there any lawyer there representing the prosecution at the time you testified before the grand Jury? Mr. SLOAN. I am not sure I understand the question. Senator ERVIN. Was there any lawyer present in the grand jury when you testified there? Mr. SLOAN. Mr. Silbert and Mr. Campbell. Senator ERVIN. And did they ask you questions? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, they- did. Senator ERVIN. Did they ask you questions about the payment of the $199,000 to Mr. Liddy? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, they did. Senator ERVIN. Did they ask you questions, about the efforts, the advice that you had received from. Mr. Magruder and others to commit perjury? Mr. SLOAN. Yes; I would say roughly, Of an hour's time I spent before the grand jury, I would say half of that time roughly was devoted to the Magruder approach to me. Senator ERVIN. Then I later you testified in the trial of the case before Judge Sirica? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. Who had the primary charge of the case for the Government before Judge Sirica? Mr. SLOAN. Mr. Silbert. Senator ERVIN. Did he question you? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, Senator ERVIN. Did he ask you any questions about your paying $199,000 to Mr. Liddy? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Liddy at that time was on trial? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. [00.19.07]
???? "Quest for Light"
Native - witch doctor - old man
Africa - 2 chiefs
Natives on loose
Natives fighting
Starving People
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE # 210021 "Starving people - missionary." Actually, they don't look like they're starving at all. Setting looks like Southeast Asia. Looks kind of like some Pentecostal prayer service, with a couple of men placing their hands on others, native people lifting their hands in the air. At the end a group of men pose; one Caucasian man is among them, the rest are Asian and some carry what look like spears.
Bare breasted women on knees
African Rituals
African Rituals MS group of African women with long sticks standing in circle, they listen to man at the center. Brief action shot of women w/ sticks. MCU woman grabbing another woman by the throat as if to choke her.
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic
African Woman Gives Birth at Clinic - Footage seems to suggest Islamic practices surrounding childbirth.
Ceremonial Cow Sacrifice
African council meeting - cow's blood Cow has a cinch put around its neck and a hole is made in its neck to release blood. Blood pours into a bowl. Color and b/w film interspersed. ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 98048 00:08:29:05 --00:18:38:20
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973
[00.19.07] Senator ERVIN. Did he ask you anything about any efforts of -Mr. Magruder or others to persuade you to commit perjury? Mr. SLOAN. No, sir; he did not. Senator ERVIN. Were there any questions asked by him concerning' the activities of officers or employees of the Committee To Re-Elect the President? Mr. SLOAN. I do not believe so. I am not positive of that. Senator ERVIN, Were you present when Mr. Magruder was interrogated by counsel in the criminal prosecution? Mr. SLOAN. NO, sir; I have never been present when 'Mr. Magruder has been interrogated. Senator ERVIN. Were you present, when Mr. Silbert made his argument to the jury? Mr. SLOAN. No, sir. Senator ERVIN. Did you hear any statement, made by any counsel in the case that there was no evidence anybody was implicated in the Watergate affair except, the seven men on trial? Mr. SLOAN. I am not sure, Senator. The only period of my appearance at, the trial was just my own testimony. Senator ERVIN. Do you recall the prosecution of Bernard L. Barker in Miami in connection with an allegation about which he had falsely notarized a signature. of Kenneth Dahlberg? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir; I testified at, that trial. Senator ERVIN. Did you have. a conversation with anyone, with John Dean- did you have a conversation with anyone concerning the trial in Miami, Fla.? [00.20.38--DEAN is President's hitman on the coverup] Mr. SLOAN. I did not. I had one conversation with John Dean myself not specifically with regard to the trial but, in terms of the extradition proceedings in Virginia where he expressed a hope that my attorneys would oppose extradition. Following that, one of my attorneys, Mr. Treese, received a direct phone call from Mr. Dean. Senator ERVIN. Mr. James T. Treese, was your attorney and he is the gentleman sitting right behind your counsel there? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir; he is. Senator ERVIN. What did -Mr. Treese tell you that had occurred? Mr. SLOAN. He related to me that -Mr. Dean had called him and indicated that Hugh Sloan would be a real hero over here if he took the fifth amendment. Senator ERVIN. That is in Florida. You would be a real hero. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. Did Mr. Dean talk to you yourself about resisting extradition to testify in the Florida case?' Mr. SLOAN, Yes, sir. Senator ERVIN. And he advised you to oppose extradition? Mr. SLOAN. He expressed the hope that my attorneys would, yes, sir, Senator ERVIN. Mr. Treese, I wonder if you would mind testifying a moment. Just stand up and take the oath. Do you swear that the evidence that you shall give to the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. TREESE. I do. Senator ERVIN. You were attorney for 'Mr. Hugh W. Sloan? Mr. TREESE. That, is correct. Senator ERVIN. And did you receive a call on or about October 21, 1972, in which you received you a suggestion about what Mr. Sloan should do about his testimony in Florida? Mr. TREESE. Senator, I received a call on October 31 on that subject. Senator ERVIN. Do You know who the call was from? Mr. TREESE. Yes, it, was from John Dean. Senator ERVIN. what conversation did you have with him? Mr. TREESE. Mr. Dean called trying to locate Mr. Sloan. That happened to be the day that Mr. Sloan and Mr. Stoner departed for Florida in order to participate in the trial in Miami. As a matter of fact , Mr. Dean had just missed Mr. Sloan, who had left, about a half hour before the call. he called to discuss the case very briefly with me and he said are you prepared to advise your client to take the fifth amendment? I laughed. I would like to explain that. I did not think it was particularly comical as I look back at it now, but taking it in the context of the events at that time, to invoke the fifth amendment on that kind of case, knowing Hugh Sloan as I did and knowing about the, case, what I did, was probably like swatting flies with sledge hammers. It was just so out of place and inappropriate that it did cause me to laugh. He pursued the matter and said Hugh could be a real hero around here if the took the fifth. [00.24.15--shot of SLOAN'S wife listening to testimony, SLOAN is out of frame, holds her hand] And I said, John, relax. Hugh is with Jim Stoner, he is fully protected, This case has absolutely nothing to do with the Watergate, it just happens to be a case that has come up involving one of the participants in the Watergate, he is going to draw an amount of publicity and attention and quite frankly, Senator, I believe at that time he was reacting in terms of public relations considerations rather than legal analysis of the case. I did make a promise to him to try to get hold of Hugh and Jim Stoner at National Airport by having them paged at the Eastern Airline counter and I signed off with him at that, point. I tried -to get them, it was about 15 minutes before their flight time and missed them. I called Mr. Dean back and said you have absolutely nothing to worry about, Mr. Dean, Hugh Sloan is not, going to take the fifth amendment. It, is totally inappropriate in a case of this nature. Senator ERVIN. Thank you very much. Mr. Sloan can come back to the stand. [00.25.34]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973
[00.25.34] Mr. Sloan, do you know Lee Nunn? Mr. SLOAN. Yes. Senator ERVIN. What position did he have with respect to the Committee To Re-Elect the President? Mr. SLOAN. He. was vice chairman of the Finance Committee To Re-Elect the President. Senator ERVIN. Did he give you any advice as to what you should do in respect to testifying about any' of the matters that are being investigated? Mr. SLOAN. He personally never suggested anything to me except to tell the truth. He relayed to me a telephone conversation, the fact that an individual whom he refused to name to me from the political committee upstairs had come to his office with the suggestion use Mr. Nunn's friendship with me to pressure me to take the amendment. I understood him to undertake that conversation with me on the basis of friendship. He told me essentially to tell the gentleman, whoever he was, that he would in no way advise whoever was in my position to take orders in this situation to take the fifth amendment. He just conveyed the fact, he wanted me to know that there Were pressures, external pressures, that might well be brought to bear on me and hurt my testimony as the case developed. Senator ERVIN. The only identification he gave to you about that certain person who had called him was that it was an official. of the Committee To Re-Elect, the President? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. I bad the distinct impression that it staff member of the political committee. Senator ERVIN. Yes; but he. told you that he was conveying the, message to you, but that he would advise, you to tell the truth? Mr. SLOAN. No; he was not conveying that that individual's request to me. He told the gentleman that he would in no way ever advise me to take that course of action. He called me just to let me know the fact that someone had approached him with that kind of request. It was purely to inform me, to alert me, that pressures might be brought to bear on me over a period of time. Senator ERVIN. Well, I still repeat what, I said earlier in my interrogation of you; I think you have strengthened my faith in the old adage that, an honest man is the noblest work of God. [00.28.05--classic ERVIN] I will also meditate for a, moment, on the old saying, "What a tangled web we, weave when first we practice to deceive.," That is all. Senator Gurney. Senator GURNEY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You have certainly been very full in your information to the committee, Mr. Sloan. I think you have covered about all that you know about it. There are one or two little loose ends I would like to clean up this afternoon, myself. On the interrogation Just recently by the chairman, let us go back to that Mexican-Dahlberg transaction. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator GURNEY. When did you give the checks, to Liddy? Mr. SLOAN. Essentially what happened here, Senator, 'the four Mexican checks had come in the night of April 5'. They were drawn on a foreign bank. I had no knowledge of whether they were even legal or whether they could be accepted 'into the campaign. We were so busy in that period of time, I essentially set aside anything that was a problem area, to get through this transition period. Probably sometime during that following week, I addressed myself to the problem areas It. was in this case clear by the dates and the checks that they had been issued prior to April 7. Senator GURNEY. I must say I am really not interested in retracing ground we, covered before. I' am just curious about the date you gave them to Mr. Liddy. Mr. SLOAN. I would 'think it was probably sometime in the week following April 7--probably within a 10-day period. Senator GURNEY. And he said he would take, care of cashing them. Mr. SLOAN. If I could correct that, Senator, thinking of the Dahlberg check that, I gave to him immediately after I received it, from Secretary Stans, I would say I probably gave it to him within a day or two after the 7th. Senator GURNEY. Now, then, you have testified that he returned the cash to you when? Mr. SLOAN. My best recollection was in the two installments, probably separated by a week or two in mid-May. [00.30.20] Senator GURNEY. And how much was involved, in cash? Mr. SLOAN. What went out was $114,000, I think. It, came back $25,000 short, Senator GURNEY Did you ever inquire in that. intervening time-I think nearly a month went by--what happened to the money? After all, he was simply to cash these checks and bring back the money, Was he not? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, I did question him on that. He said, "I have given them to people in different places- in the country and it takes a while; I will get them back as soon as I can. Senator GURNEY. Did he ever explain the brokerage fee of $2,500? Mr. SLOAN. I asked him that question, Senator. He indicated that there were expenses involved. He never gave me a detailed breakdown, At that point in time, it was an accomplished fact. I essentially broke it off, but I believe I told Secretary Stans of the fact that it had been short, by that amount. [00.31.16]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973
[00.31.16] Senator GURNEY. Weren't you rather surprised that it came back that short? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir; that is a pretty large fee. Senator GURNEY. I judge, of course , from what we have learned in the testimony here, that the money was used for the Watergate operation, Mr. SLOAN. Evidently. What happened here, Senator, I think is that I did receive back $112,000 that, went into this safe where the funds were commingled and what I suspect probably happened was that some of those same physical $100 bills were paid out again to Mr. Liddy in either that $63,000, but probably in the later two $12,000's. Senator GURNEY. That was going to be my question. Where do' you think he got the money to return to you? Do you think he got it out of some of those first, payments out his $250,000 budget? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. I think time-wise, I think it must, have been part of the two $12,000 disbursements or distributions I made to him in late May or even early June. Senator GURNEY. By the way, on this fifth amendment advice of Mr. Dean's did you tell the committee about that before? Mr. SLOAN. This committee? Senator GURNEY. Yes. Mr. SLOAN. We told the staff investigators, yes, sir. Senator GURNEY. As a little bit of background, it is my under standing that you worked in the White House before you went to the Committee To Re-Elect the President? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir that is correct. Senator GURNEY. For whom did you work? Mr. SLOAN. Dwight Chapin. Senator GURNEY. How long? Mr. SLOAN. Two and a half years. Senator GURNEY. And did you know in the White House Haldeman, Mr. Ehrlichman and Mr. Dean? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir, I knew all of them quite well. Senator GURNEY. You knew them. quite well? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator GURNEY. You used to see a, good deal of them? Mr. SLOAN. I would not say I saw them regularly. I was at a different staff level than they were. Most of the work went through somebody else, but I was certainly on a friendly, working-type relationship with them. Senator GURNEY. On the $20,000 payment to Mr. 'Magruder did you seek Mr. Stans' approval on that? Mr, SLOAN. I really do not precisely recall. I think that I accepted that on his own authority, since he was in a position to give blanket authority to other individuals within the campaign. Senator GURNEY. Do you know what he used it for? Mr. SLOAN. I have no direct knowledge. I just by rumor heard that it went to pay for a book by Mr. Victor Laskey. The, reason I am aware of that, is that I was talking to Mr. Vance Shumway, who was a press spokesman for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. At the time, he had a press inquiry to the effect, that Mr. Laskey had identified the Committee for the Re-Election of the President as the source of money for a book he had written. Mr. Vance Shumway asked me whether that was the $20,000 I had given to Mr. Magruder. I said I did not factually know. Senator GURNEY. What was the book? Mr. SLOAN. I have forgotten the title. Senator GURNEY. Was it used in the campaign? Mr. SLOAN. I think it, was. Senator GURNEY. We have gone over this before, but I am curious. How many people advised you to leave town from time to time? I am just interested in the number and who they are. Mr. SLOAN. I think the only occasion where, I was specifically requested to consider a trip was the occasion of going to California. This was a request by Mr. Parkinson and Mr. 0 O'Brien. Although they said they obviously could not essentially ask me to do it, they said would I consider it. The reason they gave me at, that time was that that they felt they had been lied to by other officials and the Information I was giving them for the first time---- Senator GURNEY. I recall that. I am just, again, interested in names now, not, what has been testified before as to why they told you to leave town. Did others sort of make that suggestion now? Mr. SLOAN. I think only the telephone conversations with Mr. LaRue that night, he emphasized the urgency of my departing. Senator GURNEY. Going back to the $350,000 to the White House through Mr. Strachan, weren't you curious about that, sum of money and what it was going to be used for? Mr. SLOAN, Senator, after having been through essentially 2 years in this Campaign, where there was a very clear separation of a decision as to What money is use for resting with the political campaign, I think my curiosity had really run out by that point, in time. So much money had, in a similar way, been distributed by me without, knowledge was beyond the point of really asking questions. Senator GURNEY. Did you ever hear Mr. Stans, Mr. Magruder, or anybody give any reason for this large disbursement" Mr. SLOAN. No, sir. Senator GURNEY. You testified that you talked to John Dean on many occasions. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator GURNEY. Why was that? He was counsel for the President, he did not have anything to do with the Committee To Re-Elect. did he? Mr. SLOAN. This was essentially after I had left the committee. I am not sure precisely the time--it was at a time-- [00.36.50]
NATO Farewell? Sweeping Changes Would Mark Exit
The sweeping effects on life in France which could be caused by NATO's exit on the requested date of April 1, 1967. De Gaulle demands NATO forces and bases leave. The social and economic impact would be great. A panorama of the probable changes in the life of Frenchmen. US solider directing traffic out of NATO base. "Headquarters" U.S. Army - Communications - Zone Europe. High Angle Shot - NATO base, a three-dimensional map of France with little American Flags. Aerial shot - NATO base showing all the buildings, parking lots and Army barracks. Ground to air shot - Plane and then a close up shot inside the air control tower. Air Force planes parked on the tarmac, US Air Force trucks and a shot of Chateauroux Air Base tower. French men reporting to work on the US air base. US military man and his wife walking out of their apartment. American Air Force man and his family. Profile of a little boy smiling and buying candy. American officer and his wife looking at silverware. Woman trying on a hat. 78 rpm record on turn table / record player. Military radio station. A marching band in a parade. Low Angle Shot - American flag being lowered. American flag folded and carried by military MP. A little distortion at 00.16.03-00.16.05.
Circus Wedding
A dancer and acrobat exchange marital vows in the center ring at Madison Square Garden before a matinee performance of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Clowns and fellow-performers are witnesses...along with 15,000 invited wedding guests...the audience! Aerial of Elephants on parade, showgirls standing and sitting on the backs of these elephants. Miss Joyce McDougal of England is dressed in mouse ears and tail, she is standing on the elephants back waving to the people. Off the elephant she is standing in the center ring doing the frug and behind her an elephant is standing on his head. In the center ring Ms. McDougal is going to get married, Prince Paul the tiny clown is the ring bearer. Miss McDougal is in her wedding gown and she is escorted down the aisle by Henry Ringling North and the groom walks up to her side, he is an acrobat and production man. In attendance is their fellow circus performers all dressed in their circus costumes. CU of the couple as they exchange their vows and seal it with a kiss in front of matinee audience of 15,000 guests. Miss McDougal kisses the clowns as she thanks them for being there with them on their wedding day before the couple kisses again.