Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 5, 1973
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 5, 1973
[00.36.56] Mr. THOMPSON. On the Monday following the break-in at the Democratic National Committee, the Watergate, did you not shred a file yourself? Mr. REISNER. Yes. I did. The nature of that as I think just to understand the idea of shredding a file would I go through my mind, I think- you have to go into the nature of why files were shredded, there was a tremendous amount of paper in our committee. Part of my responsibility, giving Mr. Mitchell papers, documents, was to make five copies of each document that went to the campaign director. Senator ERVIN. I regret to say there is a signal for a vote in the Senate. 'We will come back as quickly as we can. [00.37.53--MacNEILL in studio] MacNEILL states that the while the Senators vote on an energy bill, there is time to mull over more information about a cash fund in Porter's Safe, much of which went to LIDDY. Solicits viewer response. NETWORK ID [Title Screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES"] MacNEILL introduces more questioning about the CRP cash fund [00.41.32--in to shot of Sen. ERVIN] Senator ERVIN. The committee will come to order. I do not know whether Mr. Thompson finished his examination or not. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I just have one other question. I have already exceeded my time and I apologize, but I do have one question. If I remember Mrs. Harmony's testimony correctly, she referred to a belief, I believe, that there were possible plants inside the Committee To Re-Elect. Do you have any knowledge or belief, was there any opinion as to that at of fact? Mr. REISNER. No, I did not. I know that there was a great deal of effort expended on finding such plants and we never found any. [00.42.44]