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Secret Taping System Disclosure

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

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1973

Alexander Butterfield13 July 1973

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Privately confirms to Senate Watergate investigators that Nixon's White House used an automatic recording system, creating a new source of potential evidence.

Alexander Butterfield13 July 1973

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Privately tells Senate committee investigators that Nixon's White House used an automatic recording system, creating a new source of potential evidence.

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Alexander Butterfield

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