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Claim 62

The lists are part of the public historical record from the Watergate era.

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

Statement
The lists are part of the public historical record from the Watergate era.
Field
status
Value
Historical; documented via Watergate investigations
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