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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
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
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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 [00.26.05--MacNEILL in studio] MacNEILL summarizes first hour of SLOAN'S testimony about approximately $2 million in cash payments, including those to Gordon LIDDY, and the efforts of MAGRUDER and LaRUE to get SLOAN to keep silent Addresses the 70,000 letters received by viewers of the hearings broadcasts [shot of a mailbag with many letters strewn about, titles show quotes from viewer letters] MacNEILL reads from the letters, v.o., notes that 99 percent of letters have been positive in tone, but reads a negative letter for balance, from an Arkansas woman who claims it is "a bunch of lies trying to make the Democrats money" MacNEILL urges viewers to send their responses to their local Public Television station, and urges viewers to give money to those stations [00.28.34-DO NOT USE PBS network ID- 28.56
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
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
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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
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
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
[00.02.00--in LEHRER in studio--PBS station ID--title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES"] [00.04.20--LEHRER in studio] LERHER introduces questioning of Hugh SLOAN by Senator BAKER. [00.04.33--to committee room, wide shot of table at front] AFTERNOON SESSION, WEDNESDAY, June 6, 1973 Senator ERVIN. The committee will come to order. Senator Baker. Senator BAKER: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Sloan, I join in the statement that Senator Talmadge made before the adjournment for lunch, that you have presented the appearance of a man who is fair and who is open and forthcoming in your testimony and we are grateful to you. I have the impression that, from your description and the description of others, your cooperation has been of a similar quality with those who have undertaken the investigation of these affairs. I believe that is my point of departure, if I might. Would you tell me how many inquiries into the Watergate situation have produced an interview or inquiry of you? To recall the situation, the U.S. Attorney's office interviewed you, I believe Mr. LaRue and others for the Committee To Re-Elect the President interviewed you. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, Senator BAKER. The FBI interviewed you. The staff of this committee has interviewed you, I believe, on more than one occasion. Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir; that is correct. Senator BAKER. Is there anyone else who has interviewed you in this case? Mr. SLOAN. There have been probably three or four occasions with the General Accounting Office over a period Of time; the two grand jury appearances referred to earlier; numerous depositions in the various civil cases relating to this matter. I have really lost count, Senator, of the time and the number of occasions to this point. Senator BAKER. But you have been a well-interviewed man in the course of the last several months I do not mean to burden the record with unnecessary repetition, but could you briefly describe to me the subject matter of the several inquiries made of you? I am particularly interested in the scope of the interrogation. Begin, if you will, with the first investigation, When was the first time you were interviewed? Was that by the FBI? Mr. SLOAN-. You are talking of an external investigation? Senator BAKER. I am speaking really of any time subsequent to the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, Mr. SLOAN. I considered initially this investigation began as an internal investigation. My understanding, was that 'Mr, LaRue had that function within the campaign committee, Senator Baker. How did you receive that information? Mr. SLOAN. Whether he imparted that to me, I am not sure. It is situation of general knowledge within the committee that he Was looking into the matter. Senator BAKER. And this was as early as during the day of June 17, 1972? Mr. SLOAN. I do not believe it quite moved that fast, Senator. I believe it was in that early part, or mid-week of the week following the break-in. Senator BAKER. Was that the first, interview you had relative. to the Watergate affair? Mr. SLOAN. I believe so; yes, sir. [00.07.34]
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
[00.28.57--Robert MacNEILL in studio] MacNEILL states that the Senators are hoping that SLOAN'S testimony will lead them into the inner workings of the COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT, and that Senator BAKER'S questions went to the central purpose of the committee, reforming CAMPAIGN FINANCING. Senator ERVIN will question SLOAN next. Solicits viewer response to the coverage, 70,000 letters, 99% in favor of the form of the coverage--suggests sending letters (and donations) to local public TV stations [PBS network ID--Title Screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES"] [00.32.10--MacNEILL in studio] MacNEILL introduces Senator ERVIN'S questioning, stating that ERVIN seems to be looking for clues to possible White House involvement in the Watergate coverup [00.32.33--in to wide shot of committee table] Senator ERVIN. Do you not think this is an area where we need the highest standard of ethics which exceed the requirements of law? Mr. SLOAN. Excuse me, Senator? Senator ERVIN. Don't you think in this area that individuals should have personal ethics whose requirements exceeded the strict letter of the law? Mr. SLOAN, Yes sir. Senator ERVIN. In other words, it is a fundamental principle of ethics that people who handle funds belonging to other people keep records of them, isn't it? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir. Senator ERVIN. And I judge from your testimony that you had many misgivings as an individual about the way matters were being handled in the receipt and disbursement of funds, didn't you? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir, in this transition period. Senator ERVIN. You were not a policymaker were you? Mr. SLOAN. in certain areas but not in this area. Senator ERVIN. You worked primarily or entirely, I would say, if I infer correctly, with Mr. Stans? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir. Senator ERVIN. In other words, your duties were confined entirely to the finance side of the matter and you had nothing to do with the political aspect of it? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir; I would say the only overlap was I was a member of the budget committee that considered the total expenditures for the campaign. The finance committee's role in that essentially would be to say this is all the money we can raise, you have to set your priorities within those limits, We were a restraint factor on the political spending, Senator ERVIN. NOW, you are not a lawyer? Mr. SLOAN. No sir. Senator ERVIN. And in trying to comply with the old law and the new law you were acting upon legal advice given you by others? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir. Senator ERVIN. And Mr. Liddy, was he your legal advisor? Mr. SLOAN. Yes sir; he was the counsel to the committee at that time. Senator ERVIN. Now at times you had approximately $1,777,000 available to the Committee To Re-Elect the President which were not deposited in banks? Mr. SLOAN. Of that figure, Senator, approximately a million was in terms of direct payments to individuals. The balance, the $750,000, Was deposited in bank accounts. [00.35.05]