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Richard Nixon attempted to use the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the FBI's investigation into the Watergate burglary as described in [1], [2], and [3], while also managing the agency's leadership and public perception during his presidency as noted in [4].
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accountIn a recorded conversation, President Richard Nixon ordered his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman, to instruct the CIA to impede the FBI's investigation into the Watergate burglary by suggesting that the investigation would expose CIA activities related to the Bay of Pigs.
accountDuring the beginning of Richard Nixon's presidency, Henry Kissinger managed the Central Intelligence Agency, though Nixon instructed James Schlesinger to appear to Congress as the person in charge to avoid suspicion regarding Kissinger's involvement.
accountRichard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman instructed Central Intelligence Agency officials Richard Helms and Vernon Walters to communicate to FBI Director L. Patrick Gray that the FBI should not follow the money trail from the Watergate burglars to the Committee to Re-elect the President, because it would uncover CIA informants in Mexico.
claimThe CIA's reputation was damaged by the involvement of former CIA officers in the burglary of the Democratic Party's Watergate headquarters and President Richard Nixon's subsequent attempt to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's investigation into the burglary.