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Police Alert

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

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1972

Frank Wills17 June 1972

Watergate Complex · Politics / Watergate

Calls police after discovering that door locks he had cleared of tape were taped again, helping officers catch the burglars inside Democratic National Committee offices.

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Frank Wills

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