The Arrogance of Power (130 page)

Rebozo and Watergate:
(name came up) WHT, June 21 [3 times], June 22 [twice];
AOP,
pp. 52, 57, 61, 63, 65; (“Is Rebozo safe?”) ibid., p. 65 and monitored for author; (lines to
Barker/Martinez) Hinckle and Turner, op. cit., pp. 338, 352; ed. Weissman, op. cit., p. 258; eds. Scott, Hoch, and Stetler, op. cit., p. 395; (Ameritas as cover) Watergate Hotel booking records May 26–28, 1972 and refs. to bookings, June 10–19, 1972, police report, June 20, 1972, James Hougan Collection and testimony of Miguel Suarez,
U.S. v. Liddy et al.,
re: Manger Hamilton Hotel booking record, Michael Ewing Collection,
NM,
p. 197–.

“no involvement . . . this particular incident”:
Emery, op. cit., p. 186.

Cover-up:
(get FBI “turned off”) WHT, June 21, 1972;
AOP,
p. 50; (“You can't cover this”) WHT, June 30, 1972;
AOP,
p. 89; (“The worst thing”) WHT, July 19, 1972;
AOP,
p. 93; (“cover-up . . . hurts you”) WHT, Sep. 11, 1972;
AOP,
p. 138; (“A cover-up . . . main ingredient”) WHT, Feb. 14, 1973, conv. no. 855-010.

June 23, 1972 tape:
(FBI one step away) R, Summ. of Inf., p. 39, and Emery, op. cit., p. 186–; (Haldeman offers solution) WHT, June 23, 1972 [2 convs.];
AOP,
p. 67–; (“All right, fine”) ibid., p. 68; (“You call them in”) ibid., p. 69; (“no problem”) ibid., p. 70; (“time bomb”) WHT, June 29, 1972;
AOP,
p. 76.

RN/tape peril:
(“complicates things”) WHT, June 20, 1972;
AOP,
p. 48.

RN needing rest:
(“trying to get rest”) RN address to nation, Apr. 30, 1973,
Historical Documents,
1973, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1974; (time at Key Biscayne, Camp David, San Clemente) June 2–5, June 7–9, June 28–29, July 1–18, 1973;
HD,
CD; (aides blame fatigue) Osborne,
Watch 4,
op. cit., p. 106; (“According to associates”) ibid.; (vist to Capitol) McCarthy with Smith, op. cit., p. 21–; (Campbell) int. Lou Campbell.

RN in control of campaign:
McClendon, op. cit., p. 275; int. Elliot Richardson in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 56; Barry Goldwater with Jack Casserly,
Goldwater,
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1988, p. 261; ed. Miller,
Breaking of the President,
Vol.5, p. 573, citing Robert Mardian.

little public consciousness:
(Gallup) Manchester,
Glory
&
Dream,
op. cit., p. 1287; (Woodward/Bernstein) Barry Sussman,
The Great Cover
-
Up,
Arlington, VA: Seven Locks Press, 1992, p. 59–;
NM,
p. 274; (Nelson)
LAT,
Oct. 5, 1972, with Ron Ostrow, he obtained an early exclusive in interviewing Alfred Baldwin.

RN on popular reaction to Watergate:
(“I think the country”) WHT, June 21, 1972;
AOP,
p. 54; (“don't give a shit about repression”) ibid., p. 59; (“average guy”) WHT, Sep. 8, 1972;
AOP,
p. 136; (“chicken shit”) WHT, May 1, 1973;
AOP,
p. 392.

crimes/plotting continue:
(“There should be rifling”) WHT, July 1, 1972;
AOP,
p. 90;
WP,
Feb. 15, 1997; (Lungren break-in) Dr. John Lungren affidavit, Nov. 2, 1973, E, Bk. 12, p. 5065–; (Haldeman aide called) Felt, op. cit., p. 223, and Acting FBI Director Patrick Gray testimony, May 31, 1973, Inquiry into the Alleged Involvement of the CIA in the Watergate and Ellsberg Matters, Special Subcttee. on Intelligence, Cttee. on Armed Services, U.S. Hse. of Reps., 94th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 239.

getting at Democrats/O'Brien persisted:
(“still talking in those terms”) int. Jeb Magruder; eds. Strober,
Nixon,
op. cit., p. 355; Magruder, op. cit., p. 37–; (Fontainebleu bugging?) transcript,
NBC Nightly News,
Oct. 4, 1973, press files, Box 16, WSPF, NA; (groundwork) Schorr, op. cit., p. 14fn; (Gerstein office break-in) Miami
News,
Aug. 28, 1972; (Strauss break-in) AP, June 3, 1973; Robert Strauss deposition, May 29, 1973,
DNC v. McCord et al.,
Civic Action 1233- 72, U.S. District Court., DC; (“Go gung-ho”)
Atlantic Monthly,
June 1989; (“What, if anything?”) WHT, Aug. 3, 1972;
AOP
, p. 113; (“Get everything”) WHT, Sep. 8, 1972;
AOP,
p. 136; (tried hard) Roger Barth testimony, June 6, 1974, E, Bk. 23, p. 11223, Aug. 27, 28, 1972 entries,
HD
CD, R, Bk. VIII, pp. 334, 337, 345; Johnnie Walters affidavit, June 10, 1974, R, Summary Inf., pp. 142, 222; Reston, op. cit., p. 448; (unlawfully) R, Bk. VIII, p. 28; (“send him to jail”) John Ehrlichman testimony, Feb. 8, 1974, R, Bk. VIII, p. 225; (“cleanest campaign”) Pat Buchanan memo, Nov. 15, 1972, President's Office File, Box 90, NP, NA.

Democratic convention:
(disaster)
TW72,
p. 158; Boller, op. cit., 334–.

Eagleton:
(crisis) TW72, p. 193; Schoenbaum, op. cit., p. 178–; ed. Bruce Westley,
Journalism Monographs
, 35, Aug. 1974, p. 1–; (RN letter)
MEM,
p. 663–; (“Supposing”)
TW72,
p. 201; (Deep Throat/Eagleton) Bernstein and Woodward,
Men,
op. cit., pp. 133, 316, Bradlee,
Good Life,
op. cit., p. 333; (CREEP plant)
NM,
pp. 162–, 168; (overheard discussion) St. Louis
Post
-
Dispatch,
June 24, 1973; (Ehrlichman had possession) Bernstein and Woodward,
Men,
op. cit., p. 316– and see WHT, May 17, 1973;
AOP,
p. 521; (“Haldeman once intimated”) int. Alexander Butterfield; in eds. Strober,
Nixon,
op. cit., p. 266; (RN/Haldeman on exploiting) WHT, July 26, 1972;
AOP,
p. 106–; (McGovern on Eagleton drink/sedatives) eds. Strober,
Nixon,
op. cit., p. 265.

Republican Convention:
(background)
TW72,
p. 239; (“Everything was scheduled”) Cannon, op. cit., p. 126; (Ehrlichman praised) Dickerson, op. cit., p. 201; (Movies) ibid., p. 200,
TW72,
p. 244; ibid., p. 200, TW72, p. 244; (podium) Spear, op. cit., p. 181; (“join our majority”)
TW72,
p. 243; (Gallup)
WP,
Aug. 30, 1972.

'72 election:
(results) TW72, p. 341–; (“preoccupied”) WP, Apr. 23, 1994; (tooth snapped)
MEM,
p. 715; (RN/music) ibid.;
PAT,
p. 352; (with Colson) Colson, op. cit., p. 7–; (“good feeling
shattered”) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 1406; (resignations) ibid.; Richard Nathan,
The Plot That Failed
:
Nixon
&
the Administrative Presidency,
New York: Wiley, 1975, p. 63; Hillings, op. cit., p. 163; (“maniacal”) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 1407; (“1984”) Colson, op. cit., p. 79.

Christmas bombing:
(background)
Historical Documents,
1973, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1974, p. 115, and see Karnow, op. cit., p. 65, 651–; (“peace at hand”) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 1399; (Nixon wanted resolution) Karnow, op. cit., p. 666; (“any terms”) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 1446–; (“The P said . . . rather bomb Monday”) Dec. 15, 1972 entry,
HD,
p. 556; (offensive described) Hersh,
Price of Power,
op. cit., p. 621; Karnow, op. cit., p. 667–,
U.S. News
&
World Report,
Feb. 5, 1973; (“win war”)
MEM,
p. 734; (“Brutality nothing”) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 1469; (“peace with honor”) address to the nation, Jan. 23, 1973,
Historical Documents,
1973, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1974, p. 117; (“have it break with a year”)
MEM,
citing RN diary, p. 734; (N. Viet. troops remained) Nixon,
Real Peace,
op. cit., p. 284; (“biggest flaw”) Crowley,
Winter,
op. cit., p. 256; (RN would insist) Nixon,
Real Peace,
op. cit., p. 278; Crowley,
Winter,
op. cit., pp. 256, 261–; (“stupid”) ibid., p. 256; (“won war”) ibid. and Nixon,
Real Peace,
op. cit., p. 278.

RN state of mind during bombing:
(Churchill on mind)
MEM,
p. 736; (“most difficult/heartrending”)
MEM,
pp. 734, 735; (“This is Dec. 24”) ibid., p. 739; (“terrible personal ordeal”) transcript of RN Apr. 30, 1973 address, in ed. Edward Knappman,
Watergate
&
the White House,
New York: Facts on File, 1973, Apr.–May, 1973, p. 37; (ordeal in private)
PAT,
p. 354, Dec. 20, 1972–Jan. 1, 1973 entries,
HD,
CD; Hersh,
Price of Power,
op. cit., p. 629; (“into hiding”) Thomas,
Dateline,
op. cit., p. 145; (“withdrawn/hostility”) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 1149; (press views)
MEM,
p. 738; (Saxbe) ed. Schoenebaum, op. cit., p. 569; (“throwing stuff”) Hersh,
Price of Power,
op. cit., p. 622; (“did not care”) Richard Wilson note, cited in Thomas Hughes article,
Atlantic Monthly,
Oct. 1974.

“awesome power”:
Oct. 16, 1972 entry,
HD,
CD.

“I want the most comprehensive”:
WHT, Sep. 15, 1972, conv. 779-002, WSPF, NA.

extend presidency?:
(getting brother, etc. to run) Dec. 10, 1972 entry,
HD
, p. 552; (Dean/Zeifman) Zeifman, op. cit., p. 49; (“to mountaintop”)
Life,
Dec. 1979; (“intended to control”) Magruder,
Power to Peace,
op. cit., p. 31; (choice as successor) Goldwater,
Apologies,
op. cit., p. 248; Lee Edwards,
Goldwater,
Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1995, p. 389; Cannon, op. cit., pp. 124–, 136–, 182–, 210–; ints. Charles Young and John Galbraith by FB, FBP.

RN state of mind late '72:
(“troubled man”) int. James Keogh in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 207; (“strange shudder”) Ehrlichman, op. cit., p. 331; (“strange dream”) WHT, July 20, 1972;
AOP,
p. 101.

“We kept one step . . .”:
WHT, Apr. 26, 1973, transcribed for author.

'73 inaugural:
(events)
MEM,
p. 751;
LAT, WP,
Jan. 20, 1973;
NYT, LAT, WP,
Jan. 21, 1973;
Radical History Review,
fall 1994, p. 138; Dickerson, op. cit., p. 199; (Bork) int. Robert Bork by FB, FBP; (“some jerk”)
Rolling Stone,
Sep. 8, 1994 and see
MEM,
p. 753; (jurors watch)
NYT,
Jan. 21, 1973.

hush money:
(payments method) R, Summary of Information, p. 52, E, Final Report, p. 51; Ben-Veniste and Frampton, op. cit., p. 53–; (RN re: “myth”)
Time,
Apr. 2, 1990; (RN stated flatly) RN statement, May 22, 1973, R, Hearings, Bk. I, p. 39 and see RN statement, Aug. 15, 1973; Evan Drossman and Edward Knappman, eds.,
Watergate & the White House,
Vol. 2, New York: Facts on File, 1974, p. 40– and RN address, transcript, Apr. 29, 1974; eds. Drossman and Knappman,
supra.,
Vol. 3, p. 101; (“It's worth it”) WHT, Aug. 1, 1972, transcribed for author; (“Goddamn hush money”) WHT, Jan. 8, 1973, in Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong article,
WP,
May 1, 1977; (“We could get that”) WHT, Mar. 21, 1973, prepared by R, Rec. Grp. 460, WSPF, NA, pp. 62–, 93; (Pappas/tapes) WHT, Mar. 2, 7, 21, 1973 May 23, June 6, 1973;
AOP,
pp. 217–, 225–, 544–, 580–, Apr. 26, 1973, Conv. No. 905–008 & 905–009, WSPF, NA.

RN tried to use Johnson '68 bugging:
WHT, June 17, July 1, 1972, transcribed for author, Sep. 15, Oct. 17, Nov. 3, 1973 and Jan. 8, 11, Feb. 6, 1973;
AOP,
also WHT, Mar. 1, 1973, Conv. No. 866-003, WSPF, NA, p. 8, Nov. 2, 3, 4, 1972, Jan. 8, 11, 12, 1973,
HD,
CD, and Haldeman testimony, Aug. 1, 1973, E, Bk. 8, p. 3204–, and John Dean testimony, June 25, 1973; (Haldeman note) H. R. “Bob” Haldeman note, Jan. 12, 1973, Haldeman Papers, NP, NA; (diary entry) Jan. 12, 1973 entry,
HD,
CD; (returned to idea) WHT, Feb. 6, 1973 (two convs.),
AOP,
p. 207–.

Patman:
(probe) int. Jake Lewis,
Washington Monthly,
Apr. 1973;
WP,
June 13, 1982; (“very smart fellow”/“get off asses”) WHT, Sep. 15, 1972, Conv. No. 779-002, WSPF, NA, pp. 30, 38–.

Post
:
(“damnable problems”) WHT, Sept. 15, 1972,
supra.
, p. 35; (TV licenses) Miami
Herald,
Jan. 6, 1970; ints. Sloan McCrae, Cromwell Anderson, WHT, Aug. 9, 1972;
AOP,
p. 126; Katharine Graham,
Personal History,
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1997, pp. 387, 479–, 497; int. Ben Bradlee in “Watergate: The Secret Story,” June 17, 1992, transcript p. 17; Spear, op. cit., p. 133; (“tit in wringer”) Bernstein and Woodward,
Men,
op. cit., p. 105; (wringer/breast on neck) Bradlee,
Life,
op. cit., p. 330fn.

Kennedy “holding action”:
Bernstein and Woodward, op. cit., p. 247; (“thugs”) ibid., p. 260.

Decision on Sen. Probe:
Sam Ervin,
Preserving the Constitution,
Charlottesville, VA: Michie, 1984, p. 318; Dabney, op. cit., p. 261.

RN and Ervin Committee:
(“I don't see”) WHT, Feb. 6, 1973;
AOP,
p. 207; (“old fart”) WHT, May 29, 1973,
AOP,
p. 559; (“old shit”/“unpatriotic”) WHT, June 2, 1973;
AOP,
p. 565; (“asshole”/“ass”) WHT, July 12, 1973;
AOP,
pp. 629, 635; (Baker “off reservation”) WHT, Mar. 16, 1973;
AOP,
p. 231; (“destroy . . . chances”) ibid., p. 232; (“flaw”) ibid., p. 232; (“simpering”) WHT, July 12, 1973;
AOP,
p. 631; (“never W. Hse. Again”) WHT, ibid.;
AOP,
p. 633–; (“hotshots”) WHT, Mar. 16, 1973;
AOP,
p. 231; (Weicker & higher-ups) Mar. 25, 26, 27, 1973 entries,
HD,
CD; (“We've got to play”) WHT, Mar. 30, 1973;
AOP,
p. 290; (RN raging) Apr. 1, 2, 4, 17, 18, 19, 1973,
HD,
CD; (break-in) “The Unsolved Break-Ins,” by Robert Fink,
Congressional Record,
Oct. 9, 1974; (“only friend”) WHT, July 12, 1973,
AOP,
p. 631; (Gurney supporters) Miami
Herald,
July 2, 1973,
WP,
July 3, 1973; Colson friend was Charles Morin; (Gurney posture) “Nixon's Man on the Watergate Panel: Sen. Edward Gurney of Florida,”
Today's Speech,
Fall, 1975, p. 7–; (“If the many allegations”) E, Bk. 1, p. 1–.