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Chappaquiddick Incident

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1971Date range
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Chronological records

1971

Everette Howard HuntJuly 1971

Government / Republican Party Government

Colson authorized Hunt to travel to New England to seek potentially scandalous information on Senator Edward Kennedy, specifically pertaining to the Chappaquiddick incident and to Kennedy's possible extramarital affairs. Hunt sought and used CIA disguises and other equipment for the project. This mission eventually proved unsuccessful, with little if any useful information uncovered by Hunt

Names involved

Everette Howard Hunt

Provenance

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