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On June 18, 1972, five burglars were arrested by police at the Watergate.
The Watergate burglars were arrested on June 17, 1972, not June 18.
Full reasoning
This sentence is off by one day. Authoritative U.S. government histories place the Watergate arrests on June 17, 1972. The National Archives chronology states: "June 17, 1972 Five men are arrested while attempting to repair the surveillance equipment at Democratic National Committee headquarters." The U.S. Senate’s history of the Watergate Committee likewise says that "Early on the morning of June 17, 1972, five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters" and that police arrested them after a security guard alerted authorities. Those sources directly contradict the article’s date of June 18.
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- Watergate and the Constitution | National Archives
June 17, 1972 Five men are arrested while attempting to repair the surveillance equipment at Democratic National Committee headquarters.
- U.S. Senate: Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
Early on the morning of June 17, 1972, five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel and office complex in Washington, D.C. A security guard discovered the team and alerted the metro police, who arrested the burglars.
John A. McCone, then deputy chief of intelligence at the CIA
McCone was not a 'deputy chief of intelligence' in 1964; he was Director of Central Intelligence.
Full reasoning
This misstates John A. McCone’s position. Official U.S. government records show that McCone was serving as Director of Central Intelligence during this period, not as a deputy. A January 16, 1962 presidential memorandum from John F. Kennedy to McCone addresses his "newly assigned duties as Director of Central Intelligence" and describes his role as the government’s principal intelligence officer and head of the CIA. CIA historical materials likewise identify McCone’s tenure as "Director of Central Intelligence 1961–1965." Since 1964 falls within that term, calling him a "deputy chief of intelligence" is incorrect.
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- Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, Volumes VII, VIII, IX, Document 255
In carrying out your newly assigned duties as Director of Central Intelligence it is my wish that you serve as the Government's principal foreign intelligence officer... As head of the Central Intelligence Agency...
- John McCone As Director of Central Intelligence 1961-1965 - CSI
John McCone As Director of Central Intelligence 1961-1965