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...Phase III. In fact, Shultz and Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, left for a bankers' meeting in Paris on June 5 with the understanding that Nixon had decided on a program far less drastic than the freeze. The next morning, Nixon sent a memo to his advisers through Chief of Staff Alexander Haig asking for new information on a variety of economic matters. Administration aides speculated that the President was persuaded to change course by Melvin Laird, who had just signed on as Nixon's domestic affairs chief and promptly advocated bold economic moves...
Continued the Walters memo: "Director Helms said he had talked to Gray on the previous day and made plain to him that ... none of his investigations was touching any covert projects of the agency, current or ongoing...
...despite the fact that Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Gray had now been informed by the highest CIA authority that no FBI investigation could harm the CIA, the matter was not dropped. Declared the Walters memo: "Haldeman then stated that I could tell Gray that I had talked to the White House and suggested that the investigation not be pushed further." Walters agreed to do so the very same...
...Walters memo on his meeting with Gray shows that Gray was aware of the political stakes. "Gray said that this was a most awkward matter to come up during an election year and he would see what he could...
...federal agents delved into Falcone's activities, they discovered that he had a sideline: a fictitious trucking firm that allegedly billed Columbia Records for services that were never performed. Among Falcone's papers, investigators found the name of David Wynshaw, director of artist relations at Columbia. A memo in Wynshaw's desk detailed-among other things-cover-ups for personal expenses of President Clive Davis. Both Davis and Wynshaw were fired for "misuse of funds," along with Anthony Rubino, director of marketing administration, who had initialed expense vouchers...