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Watergate Response

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

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1972Date range
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Chronological records

1972

Ron Ziegler19 June 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Publicly characterizes the Watergate burglary as a third-rate burglary attempt while the political connections of the arrested men are beginning to emerge.

Names involved

Ron Ziegler

Provenance

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