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1976 JUN 25 01 55

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DE RUEHC #7177 1770012
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TO USDEL SECRETARY PRIORITY 8732
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FOR THE SECRETARY FROM LEIGH

E.O. 11652: N/A

TAGS: ACLM

SUBJECT: COLUMN BY HALDEMAN

1. FIFTH AND LAST IN A SERIES OF COLUMNS BY H.R.
HALDEMAN APPEARED ON FRONT PAGE OF TODAY'S WASHINGTON
STAR UNDER HEADLINE: "HALDEMAN: KISSINGER FULLY AWARE
OF FBI TAPS."

2. DESPITE HEADLINE, ARTICLE PROVIDES NO NEW INFORMATION ON WIRETAPS. HALDEMAN MADE FOLLOWING POINTS:

- THAT YOU WERE "FULLY AWARE" THAT THE NATIONAL SECURITY TAPS WERE BEING PUT ON BY FBI ON MITCHELL'S AUTHORIZATION, AND WITH THE PRESIDENT'S FULL KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABLE DIRECTION.

- THAT YOU, MITCHELL AND NIXON "WERE FULLY INVOLVED AND IN CONCURRENCE ABOUT PLACING THE TAPS."

- THAT HALDEMAN SAW NOTHING THAT LED HIM TO BELIEVE "THAT THERE WAS ANY RELUCTANCE ON KISSINGER'S PART TO HAVE THE TAP PLAN CARRIED OUT."

3. APART FROM THE LOOSE LANGUAGE THAT YOU WERE "FULLY INVOLVED" IN THE PLACING OF THE TAPS, THE FOREGOING IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PRIOR TESTIMONY. YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU WERE "FULLY AWARE" THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD DIRECTED AN INVESTIGATION WHICH INCLUDED WIRETAPPING. YOU HAVE ALSO STATED THAT BECAUSE OF MITCHELL'S OPINION THAT THE TAPS WERE LEGAL AND BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO ESTABLISH THE LOYALTY OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS, YOU DID NOT OPPOSE OR QUESTION THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION.

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4. HALDEMAN DID PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONITORING OF YOUR TELEPHONE CALLS. HALDEMAN REFUTES THE SUGGESTION THAT THIS MONITORING WAS A GUARDED SECRET AND INDICATES THAT IT OCCURRED RATHER OPENLY. HALDEMAN ALSO STATES THAT IT WAS AT HIS SUGGESTION THAT SOME OF YOUR TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS AT SOME POINT BEGAN TO BE TAPE RECORDED AND TRANSCRIBED.

5. JUSTICE ATTORNEYS, IN RESPONSE TO OUR SPECIFIC QUERY, STATE THAT THERE IS NO INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THIS HALDEMAN ARTICLE AND YOUR TESTIMONY, OR BETWEEN THIS ARTICLE AND HALDEMAN'S PRIOR TESTIMONY IN THE HALPERIN CASE -- EXCEPT THAT HALDEMAN'S ARTICLE CONTAINS HEARSAY CONCLUSIONS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPERMISSIBLE IN HIS PRIOR DEPOSITION.

6. BULK OF HALDEMAN ARTICLE CONSISTS OF HIS OFF-HAND AND PERSONAL CHARACTERIZATIONS OF YOU. TEXT OF ARTICLE SENT IN SEPTEL, TOSEC 170200. ROBINSON BT
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