Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 5, 1973
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 5, 1973
[00.41.54] Senator GURNEY. Did Mr. Liddy spend a great deal of time with Mr. Magruder? Mr. REISNER. No- he, would have met with him, on several occasions, but not a great deal of time. Senator GURNEY. Did anybody from the White House contact YOU at any time after June, 17 and counsel you about any testimony You might be giving? Mr. REISNER. No, sir; I was never contacted by anybody in the Committee, or at the White House. Senator GURNEY. There were FBI interviews, as I understand, of Many personnel of the Committee To Re-Elect the President after June 17. Were you interviewed by the, FBI? Mr. REISNER. No, sir; I wasn't. Senator GURNEY. Are you aware of such interviews? Mr. REISNER. Oh, yes, There would sometimes be 10 or 15 FBI agents that would come to the office simultaneously. Senator GURNEY. There have been charges made, by some that the committee To Re-Elect, the President, did not cooperate with the FBI. can you shed any light on that? Mr. REISNER. No, sir. I think that there has been a news story saying that some of the agents may have resented the presence foreign Counsel at those interviews. I was aware that there was counsel sitting in on the interviews. But I testified as to anything else, I am not aware of anything else there, Senator GURNEY, But it would be your recollection that there was cooperation? Mr. REISNER. There was an extraordinary number or interviews, that was my impression. But I don't know anything more than that. Senator GURNEY. You mentioned reports and memos that went to the White House from your office. Did Mr. Magruder report directly at all to anybody in the White House regularly? Mr. REISNER. Well, concerning certain activities that took place in the campaign, there were individuals at the White House who were primarily concerned with those and Mr. Magruder would have unquestionably discussed things with those people just because they were the ones who were responsible for them. As to whether he reported to him, Mr. Magruder worked for Mr. Mitchell and Mr. MacGregor and the reporting relationship was one of coordination rather than reporting. Senator GURNEY. You mentioned a phone call in some detail That you had with Mr. Magruder on June 17. Did you have any other phone calls with anybody in California on that date? Mr. REISNER. No, sir. Senator GURNEY. That was the only one? Mr. REISNER. Yes, sir. [00.44.35--LEHRER in studio] LEHRER states there will be more questions for REISNER about operations of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP) [PBS Network ID] [title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES"] [LEHRER introduces Sen. MONTOYA'S questions for REISNER.] [00.47.26--in to committee room] Senator ERVIN. Senator Montoya. Senator MONTOYA. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to apologize for not being here during the course of the testimony, but we did have two rollcall votes and I had to be at two other meetings. Mr. Reisner, as administrative assistant to Mr. Jeb Magruder, you, of course, knew who he was going to meet everyday while you were there; is that correct? Mr. REISNER. I would say approximately, yes, sir. [00.47.58]