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Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities May 17,1973 - Testimony of Robert Odle.
Fred Thompson. Mr. Liddy here is under the finance committee, he was at the committee to re-elect I believe previously what December 10? Robert Odle. From sometime in December until approximately April 1st, correct.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities May 17,1973
Fred Thompson. Do you know the reason for his transfer from the committee to re-elect to the finance committee? Robert Odle. I think there were two reasons principally; the first one is that the finance committee found itself a great deal busier in March and April because of this new federal campaign legislation. The record keeping and the work that had to be done in a administrative nature became very great. And Mr. Stans felt that a full time council was needed at that point in the finance committee. Mr. Liddy had found an office on the second floor and was down there working and it was just a kind of a natural thing for him to become this new council. In addition to that I don't think that he and Mr. Magruder were exactly on the best of terms at that point. Fred Thompson. Was the finance committee physically separated from the Committee to Re-Elect? Robert Odle. Initially everyone occupied one suite. Later on the finance committee remained in that suite and everybody else moved to different floors, and so at that, point, in time the finance committee did occupy a separate suite. Fred Thompson. I have no further questions, Mr. Chairman.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities May 17,1973
Senator Sam Ervin. Can you tell me, I think it was stated but I did not quite get it all. How many men came from the White House staff to the Committee to Re-Elect the President? Robert Odle. Initially, sir? Senator Sam Ervin. Yes. Robert Odle. Initially, in May of 1971 there would have been Mr. Magruder, Mr. Flemming, Mr. Sloan, Mr. Porter, myself and two secretaries.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities May 17,1973
Senator Sam Ervin. Who subsequently came from the White House staff to the Committee to Re-Elect the President? Robert Odle. Well, sir, a number of the people we see on those charts did. I could point, them out, for you if..... Senator Sam Ervin. Suppose you go to the chart, and identify the ones who subsequently came from the White House staff to the Committee to Re-Elect the President. [pan Odle walks to chart] Robert Odle. I probably should use this chart, because it's the larger one. Mr. MacGregor had been council. Mr. Sam Dash. Identify that, chart, for us. [closeups of charts] Robert Odle. I am sorry, this is the July 1 chart. Is that, the chart you would like me to review Senator, the second chart? Senator Sam Ervin. Yes, Robert Odle. Mr. MacGregor was counsel to the, President for Congressional Relations, Mr. Flemming, I mentioned before, Mr. LaRue had been a consultant. I had been at the White House. Mr. Faust had been at the scheduling office at the White House. Mr. Timmons was still there, he never was a member of the staff but just exercised sort of supervisory responsibility for the convention. Mr. Shumway had come from the White House. And as we said earlier, Mr. Porter had come from the White House. Mr. Malek had come from the White House. Mr. Chotiner had come from the White House. Senator Sam Ervin. Where does his name appear on the chart? Robert Odle. Pardon? Senator Sam Ervin. The last person. Robert Odle. Mr. Chotiner, he was director of ballot security.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Farm
The Africans: New Conflicts. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edied unmixed program originally shot on film.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Farm
DO NOT USE Color illustrations of African liberation battles, including one of ranks of Muslim soldiers in uniform with their rifles laid down, kneeling and bowing in prayer. VO discussion of divisive effects of Colonialism.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Farm
TLSs white man on horseback in grassland area of Kenya; panoramic shot of grassland at the base of mountains.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Farm
TLS of Black African farmer tilling dry land with tractor. VO discusses British land policies in colonial Kenya.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Farm
MSs cattle being rinsed off at dairy farm, herded into corral as Black African farmers swat them with switches.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mau Mau Rebellion
The Africans: New Conflicts - Mau Mau Rebellion. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edied unmixed program originally shot on film.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mau Mau Rebellion
B&W newsreel announcing the outbreak of the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya: shots of British colonial troops riding armored trucks through Nairobi streets, then getting off in urban square; shots of white woman window shopping with a small pistol strapped to her belt; shot of a piggish white colonialist with a .44 tucked into his belt.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mau Mau Rebellion
B&W Air to air shots of R.A.F. bombers on a raid over Kenyan forests to destroy forest Mau Mau sanctuaries; ground explosions; shots of British ground troops patrolling the forests, light exchange of gunfire. Mau Mau rebellion
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mau Mau Rebellion
Forest area in Kenya. VO says that Mau Mau fused traditional African religious ideas with nationalism. MS/CUs of Mau Mau veterans re-enacting a recruitment ceremony in which a man receives inductory rites from comrades; initiation rites, swearing allegiance; seems to involve the drinking of live cow blood, too.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Mau Mau Rebellion
B&W newsreel of British colonial troops inspecting huts for hidden Mau Mau; shots of Mau Mau rebels being arrested and captured; shots of captured Mau Mau prisoners; VO says only gradually did Mau Mau become a more unified nationalist independence movement; shot of truck hauling away Mau Mau collaborators in Nairobi; shots of ranks of prisoners in an internment camp, barbed wire in FG; VO says that although about 100 whites were killed, more than 40,000 Africans died; shots of corpses, African men killed by British. Mau Mau rebellion
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Kenya Independence.
Host Ali Mazrui standing in front of a mural illustrating anticolonialist leader Jomo Kenyatta.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Kenya Independence
Fireworks display in celebration of Kenya's independence; Jomo Kenyatta dancing with British woman. Shots of African and British people mingling and dancing at celebration; VO says selective memory is a key to moving forward after a liberation.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Kenya Independence - Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta in parade; shots of crowd cheering Kenyatta.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Kenya Independence
Cut to host Ali Mazrui discussing Mr. Kenyatta's plans to make a reconciliation with whites.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts - Kenya Independence - Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta addressing a meeting of Caucasian authorities. "If you want to understand one another, the best thing is to talk together, to exchange views. This is my belief. We must also learn how to forgive one another. We are not angels; we re human beings. And as such, we are bound to make mistakes. If I have done this to you, it is up to you to forgive me. If you have done to me, I say it is for me to forgive you. We want you to cooperate with us, so we can work together to make Kenya a suitable place for human beings to live in."
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
The Africans: New Conflicts. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edied unmixed program originally shot on film.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
TLSs of Somalian soldiers on patrol in a grassland area, Somalia. Panning MS of rusted and damaged tank cannon, stop at soldier in tank turret. MS Somali soldier aiming machine gun, tilt U to TLS several Somali soldiers in red dirt trench, aiming weapons. MSs Somali soldiers and machine gun nests.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
Host Ali Mazrui says the boundaries of colonialism combined some traditional antagonists and separated some traditional allies among African people, leading to conflict that continues today, even independent states struggle to be nations in the true sense of the word.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
Scenic EST shots of the Somali grasslands.
THE AFRICANS: New Conflicts
Graphic shows the way Somalia has been divided by the borders of Colonial states of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya; graphics show the former, borderless patterns of population distribution in pre-colonial Africa, and the superimposed colonial boundaries; it's obvious that the political borders don't correspond well to distributions of major population groups; graphics show this in operation in Nigeria, with Yoruba, Hausa, and Ibo peoples.