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
Samuel Dash, attorney. On that same day, did you receive a telephone call from Mr. Mardian? Hugh Sloan. That would be the next day I believe, the 24th, a, Saturday. Samuel Dash, attorney. On Saturday, the 24th, did you receive a call from Mr. Mardian? Hugh Sloan. Yes, sir. Samuel Dash, attorney. Would you tell us what Mr. Mardian said to you on the telephone? Hugh Sloan. I was at home. I had not planned to go in that day. It was a Saturday. He called me and asked if I would come in to see him and I believe it was around 11 o'clock. I had trouble finding him. I believe I went down and found there was a meeting going on in John Mitchell's office. I talked with Mr. Mitchell's secretary, I believe Lee Jablonski at that time, and asked whether Mr. Mardian was there. She went in and got him. Mr. Mardian and I went back to Mr. Mardian's office. He asked me, he said that we really have to get into this money thing now. He said where did all the money go? At that point in time, I had just prepared the permanent record for Mr. Stans, so I had it very good fix in my own mind as to what the magnitude of the distributions were. I started, I don t know whether we went through the entire list. The focus was very much in the Liddy-Porter area. When he got to Mr. Liddy he blew up, staggered by the amount. And he said, "God damn, Magruder lied to John Mitchell. He told him it was only $40,000. We continued on beyond that point and covered the ground, the information requested from me. I indicated to him, asked him whether under these circumstances, with known investigations underway, whether I should proceed with my plans to take a vacation. I had promised my wife, who was pregnant at that point, it had been longstanding. He said, well, I do not know. Why don't you go home and pack as if you were prepared to go and I will give you a call tonight. He gave me a call later that night, probably you around 6 o'clock, and said why don't you go ahead.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
Samuel Dash, attorney. Now, you did go to Bermuda. Hugh Sloan. Yes, Yes. sir. Samuel Dash, attorney. Was that on June 25th? Hugh Sloan. Yes, sir. Samuel Dash, attorney. When did you return? Hugh Sloan. It would be on July 3. Samuel Dash, attorney. On or about July 4, did there come a time that you did something with the $40,000 that you had taken home with you? Hugh Sloan. Yes, sir. I was at home and got a call from Fred LaRue who indicated to me that he was aware that I had this cash in my possession and would I bring it in to him, which I did and returned home. Samuel Dash, attorney. And did you learn from Mr. Stans whether he did likewise? Hugh Sloan. Yes, sir. I believe, I m not sure what his travel schedule was, but I believe the first opportunity, probably the next day, I indicated to Mr. Stans that I had had this call. I assumed he must have talked to Mr. Stans to know that I had it. I asked Mr. Stans was this in fact what he wanted me to do with it? He said yes, that is precisely right, that is what I did with mine as well.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 6, 1973 Testimony of Hugh Sloan
Samuel Dash, attorney. On the next day, July 5, did Mr. Magruder get in touch with you again? Hugh Sloan. Yes sir. Samuel Dash, attorney. Could you tell us briefly what he wanted to talk to you about and the circumstances of that conversation? Hugh Sloan. If I can go back for a minute to the earlier Mardian meeting before I went to Bermuda it s pertinent to this particular item. On that occasion had indicated to Mr. Mardian that Mr. Magruder had made this suggestion to me that it might be necessary to perjure myself and I d indicated to Mr. Mardian at that point in time, I understood Mr. Mardian essentially to have taken over the investigation from Mr. LaRue at that point. I said I just did not want to have any further dealings with Mr. Magruder if things are going to be done that way. By way of background, during the period of time I was in Bermuda Mr. Mitchell's resignation was announced, Mr. Liddy's resignation had been announced. My reaction to that announcement, particularly to Mr. Mitchell's was that well, somebody was taking action and we re probably cleaning out the committee and starting over, as should be done.