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Claim 59

Colson's office sent the initial enemies-list memorandum to John Dean.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Colson's office sent the initial enemies-list memorandum to John Dean.
Field
occurred_on
Value
1971-09-09
About
incident 1971-nixon-white-house-compiles-enemies-list
Source
Nixon's Enemies List archived copy
Publisher
Wikipedia
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current

Quotation from the source

sent in memorandum form to John Dean on September 9, 1971