Being Nixon: A Man Divided (69 page)

17.
Ibid., pp. 566–80; Haldeman diary, February 26, 1972, NL.

18.
Ibid., February 27, 1972, NL; James Rosen, “W-Hef-B: Bill Buckley, Playboy, and the Struggle for the Soul of America,” Real Clear Politics, July 30, 2008.

19.
Notes on Cabinet Meeting, February 29, 1972, Safire papers, LOC.

20.
Kissinger,
White House Years
, pp. 1093–4.

21.
Dwight Chapin interview.

22.
RN
, pp. 580–1; RN to H. R. Haldeman, March 13, 1972, SMOF, NL.

23.
Hunt,
American Spy
, pp. 198–9.

24.
Reeves,
President Nixon
, p. 462; Lukas, pp. 112, 138–43; Jonathan Rose interview.

25.
Conversation 734-1, 4:02
P.M
., June 14, 1972, NT.

26.
Emery, pp. 87–8.

27.
Rosen, pp. 262–4; Lukas, pp. 172–4.

28.
Dean,
Blind Ambition
, pp. 93–5.

29.
Emery, pp. 89–92.

30.
Ibid., p. 109.

31.
Liddy,
Will
, pp. 293–4; Magruder, p. 210. For a good account of Mitchell’s role, see Rosen, pp. 262–75.

32.
Henry Cashen interview.

33.
Aitken, p. 419.

34.
Alexander Butterfield to H. R. Haldeman, July 8, 1971, SMOF, NL.

35.
Thomas,
Ike’s Bluff
, pp. 47–8.

36.
RN to H. R. Haldeman and Ron Ziegler, April 14, 1972, SMOF, NL.

37.
Ehrlichman notes, May 9, 1972, Ehrlichman papers, HL; Conversation 722-10, 5:01
P.M.
, May 9, 1972, NT.

38.
Aitken, p. 423.

39.
Reeves,
President Nixon
, p. 466.

40.
Conversation 702-7, 3:45
P.M.
, April 4, 1972, NT.

41.
Conversation 700-5, 10:06
A.M.
, April 3, 1972; Conversation 718-4, 10:06
A.M.
, May 3, 1972, NT.

42.
Conversation 717-19, 12:08
P.M.
, May 2, 1972, NT.

43.
Conversation 721-11, 12:13
P.M.
, May 8, 1972, NT.

44.
RN
, p. 589.

45.
Haldeman diary, April 22, 1972, NL.

46.
Conversation 334-44, 3:04
P.M.
, May 4, 1972, NL.

47.
Conversation 713-1, 3:27
A.M.
, April 19, 1972, NL.

48.
RN
, p. 591.

49.
Ibid., p. 604.

50.
Eisenhower, p. 339.

51.
Kissinger,
White House Years
, pp. 1179, 1175.

Chapter 22: Triumph and Tragedy

1.
RN
, p. 609.

2.
Reeves,
President Nixon
, p. 477; Dobrynin,
In Confidence
, p. 256.

3.
Conversation 332-22, 8:53
A.M.
, April 25, 1972, NT.

4.
Safire, p. 567.

5.
Ibid. p. 571.

6.
RN
, p. 610; Safire, p. 577.

7.
Henry Kissinger to H. R. Haldeman, March 14, 1972, NSF, NL; Aitken, p. 439.

8.
RN
, pp. 609–10.

9.
Strober and Strober, p. 167.

10.
Safire, pp. 580–4; Kissinger,
White House Years
, p. 1233.

11.
RN
, p. 616.

12.
Emery, pp. 119–37; Hougan, pp. 110–204.

13.
RN
, p. 626.

14.
Ibid., pp. 629, 637.

15.
Conversation 342-16, 11:26
A.M.
, June 20, 1972, NT.

16.
RN
, pp. 625–9.

17.
Charles Colson oral history, NL.

18.
Conversation 342-27, 2:20
P.M.
, June 20, 1972, NT.

19.
Conversation 344-6, 4:35
P.M.
, June 20, 1972, NT.

20.
Conversation 739-4, 9:30
A.M.
, June 21, 1972, NT.

21.
Haldeman, pp. 20–40.

22.
John Dean interview.

23.
Dean,
Blind Ambition
, p. 125.

24.
Strober and Strober, p. 357.

25.
Emery, p. 180.

26.
John Dean oral history, NL.

27.
Haldeman, p. 40; Lukas, pp. 226–7; Dean,
Blind Ambition
, p. 9; Emery, pp. 76–7, 93–4, 163, 167, 174, 321; Haldeman diary, April 14,15, 1973; Dean,
Nixon Defense
, p. 312, footnotes 5–6, pp. 689–90.

28.
See Colodny and Gettlin; Hougan; Rosen, pp. 276–96.

29.
See Strober and Strober, pp. 318–62; Dean,
Nixon Defense
, pp. 649–51.

30.
RN
, p. 635.

31.
Conversation 739-4, 9:30
A.M.
, June 21, 1972, NL. The tape is very hard to decipher. Another version is: “Hell, he may have said, ‘don’t tell me about it but you go ahead and do what you want.’ But that doesn’t cover the rap, you know.” Kutler,
Abuse of Power
, pp. 50, 51, 55.

32.
Ibid.; Conversation 344-7, 7:52
P.M.
, June 20, 1972.

33.
RN
, p. 648.

34.
Haldeman diary, June 29, 1972, NL.

35.
RN
, p. 636.

36.
Rosen, p. 470. See Rosen’s argument that Mitchell was framed.

37.
Conversation 197-17, 3:05
P.M.
, July 22, 1972, NT.

38.
Holland,
Leak
, pp. 21–2.

39.
Conversation 741-2, 9:41
A.M.
, June 23, 1972, NT.

40.
Dean,
Nixon Defense
, p. 56; Geoff Shepard interview.

41.
Conversation 741-2, 9:41
A.M.
, June 23, 1972, NT;
RN
, pp. 640–4.

42.
Weiner,
Legacy of Ashes
, pp. 320–1; Helms,
Intriguing Life
, pp. 114, 121; Strober and Strober, p. 351; Cynthia Helms interview.

43.
RN
, p. 650.

44.
Emery, p. 207.

45.
Conversation 747-14, 12:44
P.M.
, July 19, 1972, NT.

46.
See Black, pp. 824–51.

47.
Conversation 747-14, 12:44
P.M.
, July 19, 1972, NT.

48.
Magruder, pp. 228–30, 250–76.

49.
RN
, p. 662.

50.
Conversation 747-14, 12:44
P.M.
, July 19, 1972, NT.

51.
Conversation 748-7, 11:52
A.M.
, July 20, 1972, NT.

Chapter 23: “An Exciting Prospect”

1.
Haldeman diary, April 18, 1972, NL;
RN
, p. 674.

2.
Ibid., pp. 653–4.

3.
Ibid., pp. 663–9.

4.
Conversation, 9:12
A.M.
, August 3, 1972, NT; Edward Nixon interview.

5.
RN
, p. 677.

6.
Conversation 760, 9:12
A.M.
, August 3, 1972, NT; Ehrlichman notes, August 3, 1972, HL.

7.
RN
, pp. 680, 679, 685, 673, 665.

8.
Ibid., p. 674.

9.
Garment, p. 249.

10.
Emery, pp. 200, 220, 230.

11.
Magruder, p. 276.

12.
RN
, p. 681.

13.
Conversation 779-2, Dean enters at 5:27
P.M.
, September 15, 1972, NT.

14.
RN
, p. 684.

15.
RN to H. R. Haldeman, April 21, 1970, SMOF, NL; Conversation 359-15, 2:50
P.M.
, September 14, 1972, NT.

16.
Rosen, p. 335.

17.
Dean,
Nixon Defense
, p. 172.

18.
Holland, pp. 99–126.

19.
Holland, pp. 89–98; Dean,
Nixon Defense
, p. 167; Lukas, pp. 156–8.

20.
Dwight Chapin interview.

21.
RN
, pp. 710–1.

22.
Eisenhower, pp. 345–9.

23.
Steve Bull interview.

24.
Kissinger,
White House Years
, p. 1360.

25.
Conversation 366-6, 6:10
P.M.
, October 12, 1972, NT.

26.
Haig, p. 300.

27.
Haldeman diary, October 12, 1972, NL.

28.
Haldeman notes, October 14, 1972, NL.

29.
Reeves,
President Nixon
, p. 536.

30.
Isaacson, pp. 453, 456.

31.
RN
, p. 697.

32.
Isaacson, p. 441.

33.
RN
, pp. 701–4.

34.
Ibid., p. 705; Haig, p. 302; Kissinger,
White House Years
, p. 1400. See “Memoirs v. Tapes: President Reagan & the December Bombings,”
www.nixonlibrary.gov/exhibits/decbomb/chapter-ii-audio.xhtml
.

35.
Isaacson, pp. 458–9.

36.
Haldeman diary, October 17, 1972, NL.

37.
Ibid., October 26, 1972, NL.

38.
Conversation 220-12, 9:16
A.M.
, October 15, 1972, NT.

39.
Halberstam, pp. 655–61.

40.
Haldeman diary, October 28, 1972, NL.

41.
RN
, pp. 713–4.

Chapter 24: Peace at Last

1.
RN
, p. 717; Reeves, p. 541.

2.
Ron Walker interview; Theodore White 1972 campaign notebooks, November 7, 1972, White papers, HU.

3.
White,
Breach of Faith
, p. 170.

4.
Eisenhower, p. 352; For Nixon’s dissatisfied mood, see his 30-page memo analyzing the 1970 election, RN to H. R. Haldeman, November 22, 1970, SMOF, NL.

5.
RN
, p. 715.

6.
Lawrence Higby interview.

7.
Colson, p. 21.

8.
RN
, p. 717.

9.
Haldeman, p. 223.

10.
Kissinger,
White House Years
, pp. 1406–7; Minutes of staff meeting, November 8, 1972, Safire papers, LOC.

11.
Klein, pp. 377–8.

12.
Haldeman, p. 224. Haldeman actually gave them two days, until November 10. Minutes of staff meeting, November 8, 1972, Safire papers, LOC.

13.
Peter Flanigan interview.

14.
RN
, p. 769.

15.
White,
Breach of Faith
, p. 176.

16.
Small, p. 269. See Haldeman notes, September 20, 1972, NL.

17.
Haldeman, p. 232.

18.
Ehrlichman notes, December 8, 1972, HL.

19.
Fred Malek interview.

20.
Ehrlichman, pp. 174–81.

21.
Ehrlichman notes, November 20, 1972, HL.

22.
RN
, p. 731.

23.
Riland diary, December 13, 1973, RA.

24.
Ehrlichman, p. 286; Colson, p. 87.

25.
RN
, p. 733.

26.
Haldeman diary, December 4, 10, 1972, NL. Cox never considered running for Congress.

27.
Herken, p. 377.

28.
Isaacson, p. 478; Ehrlichman, p. 285.

29.
Ibid., November 18, 1972, NL.

30.
Ibid., November 28, December 8, 1972, NL.

31.
Charles Colson oral history, NL; Haldeman diary, November 21, 1972, NL.

32.
Kissinger,
White House Years
, pp. 1450–1.

33.
RN
, p. 738.

34.
Ibid., p. 734; Isaacson, pp. 471–3.

35.
RN
, p. 739.

36.
Eisenhower, p. 354.

37.
RN
, p. 740.

38.
Ibid., p. 744, 776.