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Type: Investigative report excerpt / exhibit (house oversight committee)
File Size: 1.29 MB
Summary

This document page appears to be an exhibit from a House Oversight investigation (indicated by the Bates stamp). It contains text analyzing the relationship between the JFK assassination, the CIA, and the Watergate scandal. Specifically, it quotes Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis (via a 1977 Houston Post article) claiming the CIA orchestrated Watergate to prevent Richard Nixon from uncovering the truth about Kennedy's murder.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Richard Nixon Former US President
Subject of the text; alleged to be investigating the JFK assassination and targeted by the CIA via Watergate.
John Kennedy Former US President
Subject of assassination discussed in the text.
Haldeman Nixon Administration Official (implied)
Quoted regarding Nixon's terminology for the JFK assassination.
Frank Sturgis Watergate Burglar
Quoted extensively from a UPI dispatch claiming the CIA set up Watergate to stop Nixon.
Richard Helms CIA Director
Allegedly refused direct orders from Nixon to release JFK assassination files.
Tricky Dick Nickname for Richard Nixon
Mentioned in relation to a television interview making claims about Watergate.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency; accused by Sturgis of planning the Watergate break-in.
Houston Post
Newspaper that published the UPI dispatch.
UPI
United Press International; source of the dispatch quoted.
House Oversight Committee
Bates stamp indicates this document is part of a House Oversight investigation.

Timeline (2 events)

1976
Publication of 'A Sneak Preview of Richard Nixon's Memoir'.
Unknown
May 5, 1977
Houston Post publishes UPI dispatch quoting Frank Sturgis.
Houston

Relationships (2)

Richard Nixon Adversarial / Insubordination Richard Helms
Helms refused a direct order from the President to give him JFK files.
Frank Sturgis Commentator / Defender Richard Nixon
Sturgis claims Nixon was the victim of a CIA plot.

Key Quotes (4)

"Nixon always referred to the assassination as 'the Bay of Pigs.'"
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"Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis said Wednesday that the CIA planned the break-in because high officials felt Richard Nixon was becoming too powerful and was overly interested in the assassination of John Kennedy"
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"Several times the President asked CIA director Richard Helms for the files on the Kennedy assassination, but Helms refused to give them to him"
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"Nixon was lucky he wasn't killed—assassinated like President Kennedy."
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