The Arrogance of Power (124 page)

Cabinet announcement:
Klein, op. cit., p. 298, Brauer, op. cit., p. 144; (domestic bore/Moynihan) Wicker, op. cit., p. 421; (“I've always thought”)
TW68,
p. 171; (RN intended)
MEM,
p. 340.

Kissinger appointment:
(Humphrey/“clown”) Shawcross, op. cit., p. 79; (“hopeless”) Kissinger to Averell Harriman, Aug. 16, 1968, cited at Kent Seig, “The 1968 Presidential Election and Peace in Vietnam,
Presidential Studies Quarterly,
Vol. XXVI, No. 4, Fall 1996 p. 1078n83; (“most dangerous”)
WP
, Aug. 23, 1972 ; (“not fit”) Marvin Kalb and Bernard Kalb,
Kissinger,
Boston: Little, Brown, 1974, p. 16;
NYT Magazine,
Nov. 14, 1971; (“disaster”) Iassacson, op. cit., p. 127; (gentler) Marvin Kalb and Bernard Kalb, op. cit., p.15; (and Brzezinski) Iassacson, op. cit., p. 133; (“shit” files) ibid. and Hersh,
Price of Power,
op. cit., p. 14; (Kissinger leaked) Iassacson, op. cit., p. 129;
MEM,
p. 340—but see Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 10; (Steinem) Iassacson, op. cit., p. 134; (“Guten Morgen”) Haldeman with DiMona, op. cit., p. 14.

Hoover at Pierre:
(warning) Summers,
Official
&
Confidential,
op. cit., p. 370 and sources; (embellished) DeLoach, op. cit., p. 407; (RN raises on WHT)
AOP,
pp. 75, 92, 147, 168, 175–, 196–, 198, 204, and see
Historical Documents,
1973, pub. by
Congressional Quarterly,
pp. 663, 666, and blind memo, re: Potential Matters for Discussion with Sen. Baker, June 12, 1973, John Dean folder, Wh. Hse. Staff files, NA; (“Little men”) Haldeman with DiMona, op. cit., p. 80, amended in int. H. R. “Bob” Haldeman, 1989.

Nixon worry re: bugs:
(wireman) Wise,
Police State,
op. cit., pp. 4, 10; (“Let's get off”) Louis and Yazijian, op. cit., p. 219; (“shh!”) Hillings with Seelye, op. cit., p. 187; (LBJ “obsessed”) Crowley,
Off the Record,
op. cit., pp. 17, 136; (former presidents' taping) best reported in Doyle,
Inside the Oval Office,
op. cit, and re: Ike, see July 16, 1954 cabinet notes, James Hagerty Papers, DDEL; (JFK bedroom phone) Beschloss,
Crisis Years,
op. cit., p. 346; (LBJ “extensive”) Bill Gulley with Mary Ellen Reese,
Breaking Cover,
New York: Warner, 1980, pp. 19, 95; (“As any tenant”) Haldeman with DiMona, op. cit., p. 80–;
Prologue,
XX, Summer 1988, p. 80 and int. Robert Finch in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 266.

RN state of mind '68:
(“as 1968 came to end”)
MEM,
p. 361–; (“nervousness”) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 11; (“I would call”) Haldeman with DiMona, op. cit., p. 66; (“between midnight & 3
A
.
M
.”) int. Len Garment, Garment, op. cit., p. 143–.

RN alcohol/drugs:
(“like a Spartan”)
Saturday Evening Post,
Feb. 25, 1967; (“couldn't take a drink”) notes of int. Jan. 22, 1969, Nixon folder, Theodore White Papers, Box 40, JFKL; (“pills to ease mind”) int. George Christopher; (“some medication”) int. Edward Nixon for BBC/History Channel.

Dilantin:
(Dreyfus background)
Life,
Sept. 29, 1967; Jack Dreyfus,
A Remarkable Medicine Has Been Overlooked,
New York: Continuum; 1997, Barry Smith and Jack Dreyfus,
The Broad Range of Clinical Use of Phenytoin,
New York: Dreyfus Medical Foundation, 1992; int. Jack Dreyfus; int. Jack Dreyfus for BBC/History Channel; (Tkach)
LAT,
Dec. 29, 1973; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 326; (compliant doctor?) int. John Ehrlichman; (FDA status of Dilantin) int. Dr. Lawrence McDonald;
Physician's Desk Reference,
1998, p. 2242; (Price) Wicker, op. cit., p. 393; (Korff) int. the late Rabbi Baruch Korff; (Graham) int. Billy Graham in
Esquire,
Apr. 10, 1979.

Pearson/Hutschnecker '68:
(contacts) NY
Post
(?), Nov. 14, 1968;
WP,
Nov. 14, 20, 23, 1968; UPI, Nov. 14, 1968, reporting Pearson address to National Press Club; Pearson handwritten notes, Box G 281, DPP, reprinted at Hutschnecker,
Drive for Power,
op. cit., p. 7–, 311; Woodstone, op. cit., p. 4; (“felt we had to be ready”) Klein, op. cit., p. 413, int. Herb Klein; (Klein call) ibid. and Hutschnecker,
Drive for Power,
op. cit., p. 314; (Ford) Winter-Berger, op. cit., p. 258–; (Klein/Chotiner visits) Klein, op. cit., p. 412–, int. Klein; (Pearson re: “pyschiatric”/“pressure”)
WP,
Nov. 14, 20, 23, 1968; (“untrue”)
WP,
Nov. 20, 1968; (RN “depressed”) int. Herb Klein; (Steinem) int. Steinem and see Hutschnecker,
Drive for Power,
op. cit., p. 8–.

“attract scandal”:
Kleindienst, op. cit., p. 209.

O'Brien:
(Humphrey campaign) Davenport and Eddy, op. cit., p. 132; (Hughes hires) Maheu, op. cit., p. 206–; Drosnin, op. cit., p. 273–; Lawrence O'Brien,
No Final Victories,
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974, p. 255–; (Castro plots hint) Drew Pearson in
SF Chronicle,
Mar. 3, 1967—column not run in some papers; (O'Brien knew re: Pappas) see p. 286, “
supra.;
(O'Brien knew re: Chennault) Lawrence O'Brien oral history int., p. XXVI.13, LBJL; (O'Brien/Edward Kennedy)
TW68,
p. 449–; O'Brien, op. cit., p. 262.

Inauguration:
(ceremony)
MEM,
p. 365–;
PAT,
p. 251; Leon Panetta and Peter Gall,
Bring Us Together,
New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1971, p. 59; (“Oops!”)
WP,
Jan. 21, 1969; (Pat outfit) Lady Bird Johnson,
A White House Diary,
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970, p. 776; (Warren loathed) int. John Rothmann; William Buckley, Jr., in
SF Chronicle
(?), Mar. 25, 1975; Kohlmeier, op. cit., p. 93; (RN's voice) Johnson, op. cit., p. 779; (Isaiah)
MEM,
p. 366; (from RN's pen) Price, op. cit., p. 48; (protesters)
MEM,
p. 366;
PAT,
p. 252;
NYT,
Jan. 21, 1969; (balls) ibid.,
WP,
Jan. 21, 1969;
LAT,
Jan. 20, 1969; St. Petersburg [FL]
Times,
Jan. 21, 1969; (Rebozo)
NYT,
Jan. 20, 1969; (Khashoggi)
NYT,
Jan. 21, 1969; int. Adnan Khashoggi; (Hitt)
LAT,
Jan. 21, 1969; (Lombardo)
NYT,
Jan. 21, 1969; (turning on lights)
PAT,
253–; (exultant) Kissinger,
White House Years,
op. cit., p. 3; (Harlow) Cannon, op. cit., p. 98; (“This is your house”)
WP,
Jan 22, 1969.

“The office neither elevates”:
George Reedy,
The Twilight of the Presidency,
New York: New American Library, 1970, p. 18.

“He was obsessed”:
int. Robert Finch, in eds. Strober,
Nixon,
op. cit., p. 80.

Excess in RN presidency:
(no need?)
U.S. News
&
World Report,
Nov. 8, 1968; (silk) Kessler, op. cit., p. 55, citing Bill Gulley, and see
HD,
pp. 29, 30; (bed) Kessler, op. cit., p. 55; Cheshire with Greenya, op. cit., p. 176; (LBJ/RN airplanes) Manchester,
Glory and Dream,
op. cit., p. 1162; (Air Force One refurbished) Helen Thomas,
Front Row at the White House,
New York: Scribner, 1999, p. 171; (further $750,000) ibid., p. 173 and see higher figure in Kessler, op. cit., p. 57; (in-laws/aides used) Manchester,
Glory and Dream,
op. cit., p. 1162; Gulley with Reese, op. cit., p. 189; (Biscayne/San Clemente/$10.5 million)
NYT,
Dec. 19, 1973; Manchester,
Glory and Dream,
op. cit., p. 1161; (special features cost) Gulley with Reese, op. cit., p. 189; (C. David pool) ibid., p. 179; (nine offices) David, op. cit., p. 71, citing
Fortune,
John Herbers,
No Thank You, Mr. President,
New York: Norton, 1976, p. 64; (household expenses) Manchester,
Glory and Dream,
op. cit., p. 1162.

absences:
Newsweek,
Aug. 24, 1970; Herbers, op. cit., p. 64; (RN word on his work habits)
New York,
May 10, 1976; Small, op. cit., p. 230; (Butterfield)
People,
May 19, 1975 and see Kissinger,
Renewal,
op. cit., p. 70.

coats:
NYT,
Dec. 21, 1968.

Julie bent custom:
Edmondson and Cohen, op. cit., p. 157.

nicknames:
Parade
magazine,
WP,
undated, 1967.

Tricia:
(in room/figurines) Edmondson and Cohen, op. cit., pp. 106–, 114; Ehrlichman, op. cit., p. 42; (“Louis XV”) Edmondson and Cohen, op. cit., p. 111; (“tough-and-troubled”) Ehrlichman, op. cit., p. 42; (embassy party) ibid., p. 43; (steward staring) Kessler, op. cit., p. 43; (hassock) Bryant with Leighton, op. cit., p. 323; (“Goody-Two-Shoes”) int. Lou Campbell, former agent with executive protection service; (agents urinating) Rush, op. cit., p. 192, citing former agent Marty Venker; (Tricia/Charles) UPI, Aug. 16, 1979, citing Prince Charles, Cheshire with Greenya, op. cit., p. 117, Bryant with Leighton, op. cit., p. 291; (Cox background)
WP,
Apr. 19, 1970,
NYT,
Mar. 17, 1971; (
60 Minutes
viewers/Rather) Troy, op. cit., p. 193.

uniforms:
(Brussels) Dan Rather with Mickey Herskowitz,
The Camera Never Blinks,
New York: William Morrow, 1977, p. 221; (India) Dickerson, op. cit., p. 164; (Ruritanian) E. J. Applewhite,
Washington Itself,
Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 1993, p. 88; (“cross between”) Bryant with Leighton, op. cit., p. 283; (RN & caps)
Newsweek,
Dec. 19, 1977; (dieting) Dickerson, op. cit., p. 164; (Iowa bands)
SF Chronicle,
May 16, June 18, UPI, Nov. 10, 1980; (Alice Cooper)
SF Chronicle,
June 18, 1980; (“something more formal”) Magruder,
American Life,
op. cit., p. 60; (“stupid”) int. Peter Flanigan.

RN style:
(memo four days after) ed. Oudes, op. cit., p. 11; (“He saves everything”) E, 22, p. 10267–; (“Things got regal”) Bryant with Leighton, op. cit., p. 239; (“Problems with signals”)
HD,
p. 29; (white tie)
U.S. News
&
World Report,
Feb. 24, Aug. 11, 1969; (“above salt”) ibid.; (higher chair) Joseph Califano, Jr.,
Governing America,
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981, p. 429; (Sidey)
Life,
Mar. 10, 1972.

RN and Royalty:
(Windsors) int. Robert K. Gray;
HD,
p. 146; (Pat “statistics”) int. Jessamyn West by FB, FBP; (jewels) Cheshire with Greenya, op. cit., pp. 87–, 116–, 128–, 174;
WP,
May 14, 15, 16, Sep. 22, 23, 24, 1974; Paul Michel to Henry Ruth, Hughes-Rebozo closing memo, Oct. 16, 1975, WSPF, NA; Howe and Trott, op. cit., p. 500; Knight News Service, Apr. 4, 1979; ints. Fred Graboske, Donald Nixon, Jr.; (royal lineage) UPI, Apr. 10, 1975; (“I often felt”) Klein, op. cit., p. 323; (RN denied)
MEM,
p. 771; (“aloof & imperial”) O'Neill and Novak, op. cit., p. 240–; (Burns) int. Arthur Burns in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 160; (“He just doesn't listen”) Smith,
Dewey
, op. cit., p. 633; (“like Naploeon”) int. Arnholt Smith, and see San Diego
Reader,
Mar. 19, 1992; (“regal”) int. Leonard Hall by FB, FBP.

RN and cabinet:
(initial intent) agenda for cabinet mtg., Jan. 22, 1969, Box 40, Theodore White Papers, JFKL; (RN “never intended”) eds. Strober,
Nixon
, op. cit., p. 88, and see
HD,
p. 100; (Schlesinger) ibid., p. 89; (“We began to get”) int. John Ehrlichman in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 130–; (RN “never trusted”) int. Richard Helms by Stanley Kutler, Kutler Collection kindly provided to author; (“Screw the Cabinet”) WHT, April 1971 revealed in court case
Justice Dept. v. Nixon Estate,
reported in
WP,
Dec. 27, 1998.

RN and Congress:
(“He simply didn't want”) int. John Ehrlichman in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 133 and see Robert Dole in
WP,
July 29, 1973; (Timmons) cited in Reichley, op. cit., p. 87; (blocking bills, etc.) Smith,
Events Leading Up to My Death,
op. cit., p. 352; Paul Clancy,
Just a Country Lawyer,
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1974, p. 252–; Dick Dabney,
A Good Man
:
The Life of Sam Ervin,
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1976, p. 250: Thomas Cronin cited in
NYT,
Apr. 24, 1994; (Phillips) Arthur Pearl,
Landslide,
Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, 1973, p. 226; (“Divine Right”)
NYT,
Apr. 3, 1973.

RN presidency and press:
(“that fucking bunch”) Theodore White notes of conv. with RN, Nov. 23, 1968, Box 40, Theodore White papers, LBJL; (“Why don't we all get”) Wise,
Politics of Lying,
op. cit., p. 316—the aide was Roy Goodearle; (cutoff
NYT, WP,
etc.)
HD,
p. 60; Safire, op. cit., p. 345; (moon rocks) Wise,
Politics of Lying,
op. cit., p. 315–; (grander quarters) ibid., p. 342, Thomas,
Dateline,
op. cit., p. 126; (press conferences) Wise,
Politics of Lying,
op. cit., p. 359; (RN claimed/Agnew) ibid., pp. 336, 339;
MEM,
p. 411; (Sidey on “non-news”) Wise,
Politics of Lying,
op. cit., p. 360.

Vietnam and first presidency:
(“Without the V. War”) Haldeman with DiMona, op. cit., p. 79; (safe)
MEM,
pp. 336, 369; (“Who knows”) T. White notes of conv. RN, Dec. 2, 1968,
supra.;
(“Peace cannot”) Nixon address, May 14, 1969, as reprinted by U.S.I.S.; (RN/Thieu meeting) Hung and Schecter, op. cit., pp. 32–, 40; (RN withheld) ibid., p. 41; (tigers) ibid., p. 109; (Vietnamization) ibid., p. 34;
MEM,
pp. 395; (Critics claimed) e.g., eds. The Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars,
The Indochina Story,
New York: Pantheon, 1970, pp. 132, 136.