Word: concealment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...After making their initial $100,000 peace offering to Nixon's campaign committee, AMPI officials discovered that it was illegal because it came from AMPI corporate funds. In an elaborate effort to conceal the contribution, they directed Bob A. Lilly, assistant to AMPI General Manager Nelson, to replace the gift with an equal amount borrowed personally from the Citizens National Bank of Austin; such a personal contribution could be legally arranged. Then, to repay Lilly, AMPI asked attorneys and public relations firms with whom they had previous friendly business dealings for interest-free loans ranging from...
...witness who caused the biggest stir among spectators last week was Rose Mary Woods, Nixon's personal secretary. She testified that Stans left Vesco's name off one list of campaign contributors-thus raising the possibility that he might have been trying to conceal the gift. But she noted that the financier's name appeared on a second list in the impeccable company of the four Rockefeller brothers...
...main question of the impeachment inquiry, of course, is whether Nixon not only knew of such acts but participated in them as part of a conspiracy to conceal the origins of the June 17, 1972 wiretapping and burglary of Democratic national headquarters. An event
Kissinger did little to conceal his anger, complaining to both reporters and Congress about the EEC'S perfidy. Then Nixon wrote to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, who is currently spokesman for the EEC countries. Employing blunter language than is normally used by allies, Nixon complained that the U.S. had a right to expect closer consultation with the EEC on relations with the Arabs. Kissinger surely had a hand in drafting the letter...
...presidential candidate and $9,000 to a congressional candidate. The President would prohibit cash contributions of more than $50 and any loans or gifts of stock to candidates, and would permit candidates to have only one political committee each, to prevent them from using dummy committees to conceal the size and source of donations...