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Sunday, June 27, 1971

Donald Segretti meets with Alex Shipley and asks if he'd be interested in working with him to help sabotage the Democrats in the upcoming primaries.

Wednesday, June 27, 1973

Dean testifies about the existence of Nixon's political enemies list. The goal of this list is find ways to make the lives of Nixon's enemies more difficult.

Thursday, June 27, 1974

St. Clair begins his response to the House committee findings saying that transcribing the tapes was complicated and could be interpreted different ways depending on who was listening to them.

"The Post story is not only fiction but a collection of absurdities."

Response by the Committee to Re-Elect the President