ENTRY INTO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

"104-10256-10268 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 era 4017 3/ LYtS UNLY I. ENTRY INTO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS A. BACKGROUND Five men were arrested by the Washington Metropolitan Police at 2:10 a. m. on 17 June 1972, after having been discovered breaking into the Democratic National Head- quarters at the Watergate in Washington, D. C. The five men had cameras and rather sophisticated bugging equip-' ment. Although the suspects initially used aliases during the police interrogation, they were identified as Messrs. James Walter McCord, Jr.; Bernard L. Barker; Frank Anthony Sturgis; Eugenio Rolando Martinez Careaga; and Virgilio Ramon Gonzales-Rosabel. The Watergate incident has continued to receive extensive publicity, and there is suspicion that, a sixth person was directly involved in the illegal entry. B. PRIMARY FIGURES 1. James Walter McCord, Jr. Mr. James W. McCord, Jr., a former Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, served as a Staff Employee of the Agency from 22 August 1951 until his retirement on 31 August 1970. At the time of his ■retirement,- he was a GS-15, Security"