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Chapin Sabotage Contact

United States of America · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1972Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1972

Carl Bernstein15 October 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Bernstein and Woodward report that presidential appointments secretary Dwight Chapin was identified as a contact in a political spying and sabotage operation against Democrats.

Robert "Bob" Woodward15 October 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Woodward and Bernstein report that presidential appointments secretary Dwight Chapin was identified as a contact in a political spying and sabotage operation.

Names involved

Carl BernsteinRobert "Bob" Woodward

Provenance

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