THE HEARINGS: Tales from the Men Who Took Orders

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In the weeks that followed, Sloan said, he was repeatedly pressured to commit perjury. Jeb Stuart Magruder, then deputy chief of the C.R.P., insisted that they agree on a low figure for the amount of money that had been given to Liddy. Sloan told Magruder: "I have no intention to perjure myself." Replied Magruder: "You may have to." Finally, Sloan went to Stans to offer his resignation, but Stans had beat him to it. "I have already talked to the FBI," said Stans, "and told them that you resigned."

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