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...William O. Bittman, once the attorney for Watergate Burglar E. Howard Hunt, may be indicted for his repeated denials to Watergate prosecutors that he had received a memo from Hunt that stated the Watergate burglars' belief that they would receive pardons and support money in return for "maintaining silence...
...Parkinson is in greatest difficulty over a Nov. 14, 1972 memo that Howard Hunt, one of the original defendants, sent to Hunt's former lawyer, William Bittman, and which Hunt claims Bittman read to Parkinson. Among other things, it baldly stated that all the defendants had received assurances of pardons and support money in return for "maintaining silence." Bittman, who had repeatedly denied ever seeing such a memo, reluctantly produced a copy one day after his former law partners advised him that they would reveal its existence to the prosecutors. That vindicated Hunt's testimony and makes Bittman...
Omitted from the list but cited as potential witnesses were four men also requested by St. Clair: former Attorney General John Mitchell; former White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman; William O. Bittman, former lawyer for convicted Watergate Conspirator E. Howard Hunt; and Paul L. O'Brien, a lawyer for Nixon's re-election committee. The fifth member of the backup list is Charles W. Colson, who has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the Ellsberg burglary case (see following stories). He is not one of the witnesses whom St. Clair wants the committee to call. Although...
Early December. LaRue arranged for the delivery of about $40,000 in cash to Bittman, Hunt's attorney...
March 21. LaRue arranged to deliver about $75,000 in cash to Bittman...