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Wednesday, September 01, 1971
- Krogh tells Hunt and Liddy they have approval for the burglary of Fielding's office. Hunt has already recruited Bernard Barker and Eugenio Martinez to join them. Both of them previously worked with Hunt during his work with the CIA and the Bay of Pigs ten years earlier.
Friday, September 01, 1972
- US Attorney Earl Silbert asks the FBI to sweep his office and the grand jury room for bugs due to stories that have been appearing in the Post.
"[Regarding payoffs for the Watergate burglars) You could get a million dollars, and you could get it in cash. I know where it could be gotten."
Richard Nixon | President of the United States