John   D.    L'firli'clxv.an   fnat  Mr.    G.    Gordon   Liddy  be
-eirployed  by  the   special  unit   as    an   investigator   and
staff   assistant,    and  Mr.    Ehrl  ichjr.an   subsequently
ciuth,orized' the   emploi'Tr.ent   of  lir.    Liddy;

■•10.    that  llr.    E.    liov/ard  Hunt  v;aG   reccr.'jnended   to   affiant

for   assists^nce   on   the    Pentagon   Papers    investigation,
such   recciiiii-endati.on  '..-as   made   to   affiant,  over"   the
•   •  tr.lc'phcne   by  :ir.    Charles    C.    Colson,    Special   Counsel
to  the   President;

11.  that  Mr.    Colson 's   recorrjT'.endation  of  Mr.    Hunt  was   oased
.    cn'IIr.  .Hunt's   investigative   experience   as    an   agent

■for  ■the   Central   Intelligence   Agency;

12.  that   Mr.    Hunt  v;as    at    that   tii?.e   cmployad  as   a  part
fcims  ^J}iite  "House   consultant  by  llr.    Colson  on  matters
not  kiiov.'n   to  me ;  ."

13.  that   information  obtained  by  the   special  unit  made   it
imperative   to   ascertain"  v.'he-ch.er   the   unauthorized
disclosure   of   the   Pentagon   Papers  v/as    (a)    an   individual

■act,     (b)    the    act  of  a   small   group,    or    (c)    the   result

■  of  a  v;iuor-  conspiracy  to   eng?;ge    in  espioriage;

14.  that   during  the   early  stagr^s   of   the   investigation,

■  affiant   received   infonv.ation   suggesting   that
Dr.    Ellsberg   did   not   act   alone;

15.  that   the   affiant  v/as    infoiT.;ed  by  the    Federal   Bureau
of   Investigation    that   the   so-called   J'entagon  Papers
v.'sre    in    the   por..':cs;;ion   of   th.e    Soviet   Embassy,
V7ashinyton,    D.    C. ,    prior   to  their   publication  by
t.h'j   >.'-3v.-  -/cr):   Tiir.f.'S   nc.vspapj.'r    suggesting   an  effort   to
aid   i'lid   ;ib^!t   an  cnc-T>y  of  tViu   United  Stater,   through
an    ally;  '.
