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Watergate Command Post

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

3Records
1972Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1972

Everette Howard Hunt28 May 1972

Watergate · Politics / Watergate

Hunt and Liddy operated from a nearby command location while the burglary team entered the Democratic National Committee offices.

E. Howard Hunt17 June 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Helps coordinate the second Watergate entry from nearby and leaves after learning that police have arrested the burglars.

G. Gordon Liddy17 June 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Monitors the second Watergate operation from a nearby command post and escapes arrest when police seize the burglary team.

Names involved

E. Howard HuntEverette Howard HuntG. Gordon Liddy

Provenance

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