Founder Robert R. Mullen | Founded 1952 | |
Robert Mullen Company is a public relations company in Washington DC. The firm was founded in 1952 by Robert R. Mullen, who was a campaign press secretary for Dwight D. Eisenhower and information director for the Marshall Plan. A Watergate committee report and a CIA document revealed that the Robert Mullen Company has in at least two instances been a front for CIA operations abroad.
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In 1971 the Robert Mullen Company was purchased by Robert Foster Bennett, son of U.S. Senator Wallace Foster Bennett.
Watergate
In 1972 the company received public attention in relation to the Watergate scandal.
Howard Hunt Jr, a former official of the CIA and Robert Mullen Company employee, was convicted of conspiracy and served time in prison after a check with his name on it found at the scene of the break-in connected him to one of the burglars. Hunt had obtained a Covert Security Approval to handle the firm's affairs during Mullen's absence from Washington.
CIA relationship
A report by Howard Baker, the Republican vice-chairman for the Watergate committee: