Haiphong Mining
Oversees Navy support for mining North Vietnamese harbors
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May
Linebacker I
1st day of Operation Linebacker I, bombing north Vietnam
Mining of Dong Hoi
Nixon orders the mining of Dong Hoi
Mining of Hai Phong
Nixon orders the mining of Hai Phong
Mining of Haiphong
Announces the mining of North Vietnamese harbors
Mining of Vietnam Ports
Orders the mining of major north Vietnamese ports
Linebacker Air Campaign
Oversees Air Force operations as Operation Linebacker begins
Government
An assassination attempt is made on Wallace while campaigning in the Maryland primary
Okinawa Reversion
The US returns Okinawa to Japan
Arthur Bremer Assignment Considered
After the shooting of George Wallace, Hunt examined the feasibility of entering Arthur Bremer's apartment after Charles Colson raised a political operation involving the gunman.
CIA Rejects Reemployment Proposal
CIA General Counsel advised Hunt that returning briefly to service merely to change retirement benefits would violate the spirit of the retirement law.
Greatest Hits
Glen Campbell earns a gold record for his Greatest Hits album
Basic Principles Agreement
Brezhnev & Nixon sign the Basic Principles of Relations. Becomes the 1st US President to visit Russia
Visit to Washington
Arrives in Moscow for talks with Party Secretary Brezhnev
Watergate Team Meeting
Liddy meets with Hunt, McCord and members of the Miami burglary team after they arrive in Washington for the developing campaign intelligence operation.
First DNC Entry Attempt
The intelligence operation supervised by Liddy and Hunt makes an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex.
First Watergate Entry Attempt
Hunt and Virgilio Gonzalez took part in an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.
ABM Treaty
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) is a Treaty between the United States of America and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons
ABM Treaty Signed
Signs the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty limiting strategic missile defence systems.
Monitoring Equipment Inspection
Liddy and Hunt visit Howard Johnson room 419, where James McCord shows them electronic monitoring equipment prepared for the campaign intelligence operation.
SALT I
SALT I Treaty signed
SALT I
first round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I ) ends with President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signing the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty & the SALT Accord and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms
SALT I
1st round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I ) ends with President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signing the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty & the SALT Accord and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms
SALT I
The ABM Treaty provides that the United States and Soviet Union may each have only two ABM deployment areas, which are restricted and located in such a way that they cannot provide the basis for a nationwide ABM defense.
SALT I
The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty enters into force.
SALT I Interim Agreement Signed
Signs the SALT I Interim Agreement limiting specified United States and Soviet strategic ballistic missile launchers.
Second DNC Entry Attempt
The Liddy-Hunt intelligence operation makes another unsuccessful attempt to enter the Democratic National Committee offices before the successful entry the following day.
Second Watergate Entry Attempt
Hunt's team made another unsuccessful effort to gain access to the Democratic National Committee offices before the successful entry the following night.
DNC Wiretap Installation
McCord participates in the first successful Watergate entry and helps install electronic listening devices inside the Democratic National Committee offices.
First Successful DNC Entry
Hunt helped direct the successful entry in which the team photographed Democratic documents and installed electronic listening devices.
First Watergate Break-In
Assists planning and coordination of the first covert entry into Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.
Watergate Command Post
Hunt and Liddy operated from a nearby command location while the burglary team entered the Democratic National Committee offices.
Wiretap Monitoring Begins
The operation Hunt helped organize began monitoring conversations captured by listening equipment installed during the successful Watergate entry.
Lou Reed
Releases his self-titled debut solo album after leaving the Velvet Underground.
June
Gemstone Intelligence Reaches Campaign Leadership
Wiretap material and photographs produced by the Watergate intelligence operation were passed through campaign channels to senior officials.
Gemstone Wiretap Logs
Magruder later testifies that he received Gemstone wiretap logs from Liddy and passed them to John Mitchell; Mitchell disputes Magruder's account.
Final Watergate Briefing
Hunt joined Liddy and the burglary team in final preparations for another entry into the Democratic National Committee offices.
Watergate
Barker is assigned to photograph documents.
Watergate
Bernard Barker is among the men involved in preparations for the Watergate operation against Democratic National Committee offices.
Watergate
Bernard Barker participates in final preparations connected with the planned entry into Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex.
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