WATERGATE INCIDENT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01482443
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: May 4, 1973

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4 May 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Watergate Incident
1. Mr. Houston and the undersigned met with Mr. Henry
E. Petersen, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice and Mr. Kevin T. Maroney, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Internal Security Division, Department of Ju"stice
at their request. They asked us to read a portion of Howard Hunt's
testimony before the grand jury which was being made available later
in the day to the defense by Judge Byrne in the Ellsberg case. They
pointed out that undoubtedly this testimony would be made public
during the course of the day.
2. The testimony gives reasonably accurate details of Hunt's
securing support from CIA and describes the burglary of the office of
Dr. Fielding, Ellsberg's psychiatrist. In view of this, Mr. Petersen
stated he felt that a substantial portion of the material previously given
to the Attorney General by the Director's memorandum of 18 October
1972 and to Mr. Petersen by John S. Warner's memorandum of 21
December 1972 would also have to be furnished the Judge including
Xerox copies of the film which had been developed by the Agency for
Hunt. Mr. Petersen pointed out that in the as yet unpublished
testimony by Ehrlichman before the grand jury, Ehrlichman states
that once he learned of the burglary of Fielding's office he informed
Mr. Petersen. Mr. Petersen does not recall this but the pictures
in the film clearly show Fielding's office and these have been in Mr.
Petersen's possession since 3 January 1973.
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3. We then identified the items e. through h. attached to
the Director's memorandum which were deemed relevant and also
eliminated certain items attached to the Warner memorandum. Mr.
Houston indicated that he thought the material desired by Justice
could be declassified and we undertook to retype the documents with
no classification and agreed to furnish them to Justice first thing
Monday morning.
4. Subsequently, Messrs. Houston and Warner met with the
Director and advise4 him of all of the above. He agreed that we had
no choice but to declassify the requested material.
eputy General Counsel
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