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· On.,!·f,.;.y 2"1, 1972, BALD\·?IN stated that he s1~pt the majority Of tlle (1 ~\T. f7~ I. · ,.,~ Q • t'- .)n • 1'" ( ·• +-h t-~T-7\';".:"r"' ' ~_.. ;~ .-: :\-- ,...r~ -1· ... ~"Y'''\~ ·•- A.t."t>f"). .. . • tl.~v•.-"~ cl ~- "' ··.;: . ·. l'-" .1~ d.'R ._.- -p. .1n .(_ .. __ O;.J. .~. ,. , . ......,. a.. . .. . , •• -•l ........ ·--t:-..,... \.1_,.,_-.-..<:.:l.J.. .. ,.l •. O.c.·.: l-·~--~....,..o•· -~ r -~
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either th0 cvei1ing of l!ay _2?.~;:6:~·: ??, 1972, t1C CORD 1-:as ''fiddling" Hith one of these .. instniritebts. ;· ·nALJY.HN described it as a· C.E. 1.. Gc;n:mluni~ati~n. Slec.troni.cs Incorporated, Eockvi1le, t·1aryland, Rcceivin~.~ · ·Syst2~ Ty?li- R. S .. :-:·lll"-·li3-:-l2,-30-1000i:·lG1 ar:d .th::t.t cur:in_;;
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. . 135 megacycles, apparently attempting to pic:k up an addi tionD.l conversation b\.1 t a 11 th:'l t could be heard by him or BALD;HN v.ra s a radio station. BALDWIN stated that there was another receiving sy.c;tem, li1anufactured by the }Jason Engineering Company of Connecticut, i.n a brmm a ttnche case. HC COH.D described this[ unit as a .
-_ debugging unit as -...;ell as n recei.v0r. At ·thi~ tiime then~ \·:as ctlso one tape recorder in Room Lfl9 but the i:ecor~er could not be <ndecpted to th<:! C.E. I. recci ·~.ririg system. Duribg this time NC COl~D made the comment tho. t "He 1 11 have to move to n. highet· leveL n
-· BALD'ilH~ s t:n ted that som:-~ time that \•Teekend he traveled to the Rt=~gistration Desk of the Hoi,!itrd Johnson's J:1oteJ. p1...1.tting in a r(~q1.wst for a room on the seventh floor of the Howard Johnson; s No tel and tho t c .t-:.:h:::r on th2 afte:cnoon of l'iay 29 or on the morning
·.· · .. ·_of Hay 30 r 1.972, he moved to Roor:1 723 > taking- the prevlou sly clescr:l.bed e.l'ectronJ.c ·eq-v.ipn!ent '~'ithhim. · Tite C.E·.r. n;;·ceiving ~;yst(;m _
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· · p~r Mr. MCCORD'~ instructions fro~ 8:00 a.~. to 6:00 o.m. ·cverv . ' clay and uas told. by HC COlW that if he \·;:as in the room after hours,
_ he- should conttnue to monitor. B/~T ... DHIN w1s to keep daily logs of the convm:-~2tions on thts line, described as having .the d<::.tc, time and conversational activity. B!J..DHH~ .ste.t:ed that he be gn.n ·
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of the Democratic Natior.aJ. lleadqu. <:d.-t.ers, .. loc.:'l. ted in the ~-JatE~rg.::tt:.:;, across from 'the~ Ho·Hard Johnson's l·~ptel, l;c;re being monitored.
·11c CORD told Bi\J ... D~1IN to ascertain th2 identi·L:y of the 5.r:dividual whose telephone lines ;;;;;re being t~;onitored. B.-'\.1.~\]IN st~~ t~~d th01 t the identity of th:i.s individual 1ms asce.rtain2d ill the first on::~ "' . ' . ~~ ' .
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