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Tuesday April 24, 1973
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This Day In 1970's History: Tuesday April 24, 1973
  • The U.S. lodged a formal complaint against North Vietnam for violating the truce, specifically charging North Vietnam with massive infiltrations of troops and equipment into South Vietnam. The U.S. says it is keeping 9,000 "advisers" in South Vietnam. [CBS]

  • The United States conducted heavy bombing raids in Cambodia again today. The U.S. is training Cambodian pilots in Thailand. [CBS]

  • The Viet Cong now says that the International Control Commission can examine the ICC helicopter that "crashed" in Communist territory on April 7. [CBS]

  • James McCord reportedly testified that he was offered executive clemency if he would keep quiet and go to prison for a year. Mrs. E. Howard Hunt is said to have told McCord of the offer on behalf of President Nixon; the White House denies this.

    Watergate Judge John Sirica ordered attorney Peter Wolf to tell the name of the client who brought him Watergate records. Wolf claims that the day after the June 17 break-in, a White House employee, on orders from a White House official, brought him several boxes of documents regarding the Watergate bugging including the contents of E. Howard Hunt's safe. The documents were being removed before the FBI could get at them. Wolf said that he told Watergate prosecutor Earl Silbert about the documents, but Silber wasn't interested; Silbert denies this. Today Wolf stated that he revealed his client's name to the grand jury, but can't yet tell the public. Wolf's attorney, Monroe Freedman, earlier accused prosecutor Earl Silbert himself of being part of the cover-up. Freedman said that Silbert was very vigorous in questioning Wolf, but was less than enthusiastic about prosecuting the Watergate case.

    John Wilson, an attorney for H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, was present at court today. President Nixon was in communication with Ehrlichman and Haldeman and with John Dean over the Easter weekend. [CBS]

  • The probe into President's Nixon campaign finance organization continues. Common Cause is suing for the disclosure of campaign contributors. [CBS]
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