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Thanks for the information. It does raise the question of why Nixon’s people felt bound to defend the burgulars, but I guess they had used the “plumbers” on other occasions and were afraid of that getting out. I always felt it unlikely that Hunt and McCord would take orders from John Dean.

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I always felt it unlikely that Hunt and McCord would take orders from John Dean.

Howard Baker asked Schlesinger for Howard Hunt's file, but Schlesinger declined, saying it was "too sensitive."

I think Schlesinger gave McCord's file to Baker because he wanted to clear the air on the CIA's role in Watergate. But 50 years later, most people still can't connect the dots.