The Arrogance of Power (38 page)

23.
A talk with Fidel Castro four months after the revolution. Nixon would soon be White House point man, planning Castro's overthrow.

24.
Debating John F. Kennedy on television—a public relations calamity.

25.
Narrowly defeated by Kennedy. Nixon believed the election had been stolen, and a long-burning resentment of the Kennedys began.

26.
The second defeat, in the election for California governor in 1962. “You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”

27.
The family afterward. Away from the cameras, it is alleged, he got drunk and physically abused Pat.

28.
Climbing back. Nixon became a top-flight New York attorney, but was already planning a political recovery.

29.
During the wilderness years, in Hong Kong with Hilton Hotel hostess Marianna Liu—the only woman, other than Pat, with whom he has been linked.

30, 31.
Howard Hughes. The billionaire loaned $205,000 to Nixon's brother Donald
(right)
. Was he, in fact, buying influence with the vice president?

32, 33.
The toll bridge at Paradise Island— a source of secret income for Nixon? James Crosby
(right),
the mob-linked owner of the island, became a key contributor to the l968 campaign.

34.
At the Raspoutine Restaurant in Paris—the friends included Saudi entrepreneur Adnan Khashoggi. Khashoggi has admitted to having given jewelry worth thousands to Nixon's daughters. Did he also donate $1 million for the l972 campaign?

35.
A contentious
Life
magazine photograph taken in Florida in 1969. Is the man behind Rebozo
(arrowed)
a gold and silver dealer who claimed he made millions for Nixon and the Republican party in an insider dealing scam? Or a Secret Service agent?