Gordon Liddy. This category includes the background, instigation, authorization and disposition of the wiretaps, including the concealment of the wiretap records and their subsequent recovery.

(4) The Dita Beard incident, including the allegation that G. Gordon Liddy was responsible for Mrs. Beard's disappearance from Washington and her seclusion in a Denver hospital, and the report that E. Howard Hunt interviewed her before her public repudiation of the "Dita Beard Memo."

(5) The approach to Judge Byrne during the conduct of the Ellsberg trial, the events surrounding the eventual disclosure to the court of the break-in of Dr. Fielding's office, and the events surrounding the disclosure of electronic surveillance of Morton Halperin.

(6) The "Huston Plan", the Inter-Agency Evaluation Committee and related activities.

Material analyzed and organized in this factual area comes from 12 volumes of the public records of the Senate Select Committee ("SSC"), the closed files and interview files of the SSC, and the weekly compilation of Presidential Documents; depositions, pleadings, briefs and other public records in 10 civil and criminal cases related to the Watergate break-in or involving persons relevant to the inquiry (Halperin v. Kissinger, Democratic National Committee v. McCord, Ellsberg v. Mitchell, People v. Ehrlichman, United States v. Krogh, United States v. Russo, et al., United States v. Segretti, United States v. Chapin, Common Cause v. Finance Committee to Re-Elect the President, and United States v. Mitchell); transcripts of hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the nomination of Henry Kissinger to be Secretary of State; before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nominations of Richard Kleindienst to be Attorney General, and L. Patrick Gray to be Director of the FBI; on the CIA before the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the House Armed Services Committee; before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Special Prosecutor; and before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce on the independence of the SEC; various secondary sources, including the New York Times Index and other news accounts and summaries. Staff members also have conferred with attorneys in the Los Angeles District Attorney's office on the activities of the Plumbers in connection with the Fielding break-in.

Organization and analysis of the evidence by task force attorneys contained in these sources is substantially complete. Requests for various materials have been made to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Armed Services Committee, the Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and the CIA.

The next stage in the inquiry in this area is for senior members of the staff to review the material thus far obtained to determine what inquiries should be pursued fully, what witnesses need to be interviewed and what additional documents in the possession of the White House or other departments of the executive branch need to be examined. Letters from the chairman have been sent to Secretary of State Kissinger, Secretary of Defense Schlesinger, and director of the CIA Colby requesting security clearances required to examine some of these documents.

Arrangements for interviewing witnesses have begun. The staff faces the usual problem of coordinating the interviews.

B. ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY OR AT THE DIRECTION OF THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1972

(1) The employment and supervision of Donald Segretti, allegations concerning campaign "dirty tricks", and the relationship of Mr. Segretti to E. Howard Hunt and Dwight Chapin.

(2) Allegations concerning the cover-up of the activities of Donald Segretti, including discovery by the press and the FBI of the activities of Mr. Segretti, and allegations concerning the concealment of such activities by White House personnel.

(3) The Diem Cables. Allegations that E. Howard Hunt prepared forged diplomatic cables tying the Kennedy Administration to the assassination of President Diem.

(4) Miscellaneous campaign intelligence activities by the Committee to Re-Elect the President, including allegations concerning campaign intelligence and surveillance activities as well as "dirty tricks" allegedly conducted at the instance of the Committee to ReElect the President, such as the two "Sedan Chair" operations and related matters.

Materials examined include the testimony contained in the 12 volumes of the SSC hearings; the closed files and interview files of the SSC; the public documents, depositions, briefs and pleadings files in the cases of Carroll v. Ehrlichman, Caulfield and Ulasewicz; Democratic National Committee v. McCord. et al.; United States v. Segretti; and United States v. Chapin; FBI reports of interviews with relevant witnesses; the logs and diaries of Donald Segretti; relevant memoranda from or to persons allegedly involved in the activities under investigation; the confirmation hearings of L. Patrick Gray III before the Senate Judiciary Committee; the weekly compilation of Presidential Documents, and various media accounts and other secondary

sources.

Review of the preliminary inquiry reports is underway to determine precisely what additional evidence and witness interviews are needed in order to complete these investigations.

C. ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING THE WATERGATE BREAK-IN AND RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ALLEGED EFFORTS BY PERSONS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND OTHERS TO "COVERUP" SUCH ACTIVITIES AND OTHERS

(1) The development of the plan to provide the Committee to Re-Elect the President with an intelligence gathering capability for the 1972 Presidential Campaign, including the presentation of various plans by G. Gordon Liddy.

(2) Destruction of evidence immediately following the Watergate break-in of June 17, 1972.

(3) Allegations concerning the custody, removal and destruction of the files in E. Howard Hunt's safe in the Executive Office Building, and subsequent efforts to conceal those events.

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(4) Allegations concerning the secret delivery of substantial sums of money to the seven Watergate defendants, their attorneys and their agents, as well as assurances respecting executive clemency allegedly made to certain of the defendants.

(5) Allegations concerning attempts by the White House to involve the CIA in an attempt to block or limit the scope of the FBI's investigation of the Watergate break-in.

(6) Jeb Magruder's testimony before the grand jury and at the Watergate trial, including the alleged decision to offer perjured testimony to the Watergate grand jury and at the Watergate trial and steps taken to implement that decision.

(7) The alleged attempts by the White House to have the CIA retrieve materials delivered by it to the Department of Justice following the Watergate break-in, including a packet of photographs containing evidence of the break-in of Dr. Fielding's office.

(8) The Gray Confirmation Hearings. This involves the series of disclosures made during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the confirmation of L. Patrick Gray III.

(9) Watergate and aftermath, February 25, 1973, to July 16, 1973, including the response of various individuals to events arising out of the gradual disclosure during this period of the scope of the Watergate incident and related events.

(10) The formation of the Special Prosecutor's Office, the agreements and understandings with respect to that office, and the breakdown of those agreements and understandings.

(11) The removal of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox following his refusal to acquiesce in the White House demands that he desist from further attempts to subpena tapes and documents from the White House.

(12) White House tapes, including an analysis of the information that could reasonably be expected to be contained in the tapes originally subpenaed by the SSC and the Special Prosecutor's Office and a review of the efforts to obtain those tapes, their availability and

current status.

(13) The apparent obliteration of 18%1⁄2 minutes of the tape recording of Presidential conversations on June 20, 1972.

The basic sources for the preliminary phase of this inquiry are the 12 volumes of public SSC testimony, with exhibits; the closed files of the SSC, including executive session testimony; the three volumes of testimony given before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees relating to the Office of the Special Prosecutor; the testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of L. Patrick Gray III, to be Director of the FBI, Richard Kleindienst to be Attorney General, and Elliot Richardson to be Attorney General; the depositions in the Watergate-related civil suits; and the testimony and exhibits in the Watergate-related criminal prosecutions, including proceedings relating to tape recordings of Presidential conversations.

The task force charged with investigating this general area has nearly completed the task of examining and digesting available testimony and other information in the public domain and in the closed files of the SSC and other congressional committees. This information is contained in reports currently being reviewed by senior members of the staff.

Testimony and exhibits sealed by court order in Watergate-related litigation have not yet been obtained.

D. ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING IMPROPRIETIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERSONAL FINANCES OF THE PRESIDENT

Preliminary reports have been completed on the following subjects: the President's gift of private papers; the sale of the President's New York apartment; and the improvements to the Key Biscayne and San Clemente properties. These reports do not include a review of the material in the files of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.

Material from congressional sources examined includes transcripts. of hearings before the Government Activities Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations and the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Other material reviewed includes the Comptroller General's report entitled "Protection of the President at Key Biscayne and San Clemente (with Information on Protection of Past Presidents)," and various accounts in the news media.

For several months the Federal income tax affairs of the President have been the subject of an extensive investigation by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation and its highly qualified staff. The results of that investigation will become available shortly. The inquiry staff is prepared to begin immediately to assimilate the results of the Joint Committee's investigation, as they become available.

Meanwhile, the inquiry staff is preparing tentative lists of witnesses to be interviewed and documents to be sought.

E. ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING EFFORTS BY THE WHITE HOUSE TO USE AGENCIES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, AND ALLEGED WHITE HOUSE INVOLVEMENT WITH ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

(1) Allegations that contributions to support the President's reelection campaign were given for the purpose of purchasing ambassadorships.

(2) Allegations of White House involvement with illegal campaign. contributions exacted from corporations under pressure of threats of governmental retaliation or promises of governmental favors.

(3) Allegations concerning illegal campaign contributions received from foreign nationals in exchange for promises of favorable treatment by Government agencies.

(4) Allegations that illegal campaign contributions were received from labor unions.

(5) Allegations that campaign contributions were received from persons in exchange for business with the Federal Government.

(6) Allegations that in return for a pledge of campaign contributions the President ordered dairy import quotas to be lowered and price support levels to be raised.'

(7) Allegations that, in return for support during the 1972 Presidential campaign, the sentences of various prisoners were commuted.

(8) Allegation that the Comptroller of the Currency granted a bank charter to a Minnesota bank in return for campaign contributions. (9) Allegations that the White House caused friends of the President to be given favored treatment by the Comptroller of the Currency. (10) Allegations that lawsuits were not prosecuted by the Environmental Protection Agency because of campaign contributions on behalf of the corporations involved.

(11) Allegations that attempts were made by the White House to use the Federal Communications Commission to control and retaliate against media criticism.

(12) Allegations of attempts to obtain campaign contributions in return for promises of assistance with the Federal Housing Administration.

(13) Allegations that attempts were made by the White House to use the Internal Revenue Service to harass "enemies" of the administration and to prevail upon the IRS to be lenient toward friends of the President and to take positions on tax matters favorable to various entities for political purposes.

(14) Allegations that the Department of Justice failed to prosecute certain lawsuits as a result of campaign contributions by defendants. (15) Allegations that administration officials caused the Antitrust Division to permit various mergers and acquisitions to go unchallenged because the participants made campaign contributions to or had personal or political connections with the President.

(16) Allegations that the White House attempted to use the Antitrust Division to control or retaliate against media criticism.

(17) Allegations that an antitrust suit against International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation was settled in return for a pledge of financial help toward the cost of conducting the 1972 Republican National Convention in San Diego and that perjury may have been committed by several administration officials during the Senate hearings on the nomination of Richard Kleindienst as Attorney General.

(18) Allegation that the Antitrust Division dropped an investigation of a corporation because its owner was a friend of the President.

(19) Allegations that Attorney General Mitchell caused the Antitrust Division to substitute civil for criminal charges against a defendant because of a pledge of financial assistance to the Republican Party.

(20) Allegations that a corporation obtained permission to increase prices after one of its principals made a substantial campaign contribution.

(21) Allegations that the White House exerted influence on various Federal agencies to direct their efforts in such a manner as to promote improperly the President's re-election.

(22) Allegations that the White House suppressed criminal proceedings against certain recipients of aid from the Small Business Administration for political reasons, and allegations of favoritism in the Small Business Administration and loan program for persons who supported the President's re-election campaign.

(23) Allegations that the White House participated in the solicitation or receipt of campaign contributions made by Robert L. Vesco, involved in the pending criminal action in New York against John Mitchell and Maurice Stans.