CIA • 1973

(EST PUB DATE) FOREWORD

Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01435049 Foreword The basic issues presented by the report of Senator Baker his staff are those of possible CIA implication in the Watergate and Fielding break-ins and the subsequent cover-ups. These issues are presented in the form of unresolved questions that leave the reader with the inference that in some way CIA at least had prior knowledge of, and possibly participated in, the various break-in plans and was similarly involved in the cover-up. The genesis of the investigation of CIA, carried on by Senator Baker independently of the Senate Select Committee, is set out in the Background section of his report...