The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It (128 page)

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Authors: John W. Dean

Nichols, Lou,
188

Nixon, Don,
130

Nixon, Donald, Jr.,
302
n

Nixon, Julie,
8
,
63
,
357
–58,
547
,
623
,
683
n9

Nixon, Pat,
6
,
63
,
73
,
77
,
193
,
379
n,
577

Nixon, Richard M.:

bugging of campaign plane of,
205
,
239
,
681
n17

“can’t cover this thing up” phrase of,
93

change of staff and,
540
,
542

Checkers speech of,
413
,
534

chronology of events leading to end of presidency,
636
–46

and collapse of cover-up,
388

cover-up vs. someone at lower level being held accountable as viewed by,
109
–10

Dean as enemy of,
714
n1

Dean attacked by,
551
n

Dean report and,
146
,
151
,
183
–85,
188
,
189
,
240
,
277
–81,
285
–91,
293
,
296
,
297
,
299
–301,
307
,
333
,
339
,
342
,
351
–52,
355
,
378
,
414
,
418
,
421
–23,
431
–32,
435
,
446
,
452
,
468
,
518
,
567
,
675
n12

and Dean’s “cancer on the presidency” warning,
309
,
333
–34,
336
,
484
,
497

Dean’s daily meetings with,
240
–52

Dean’s last conversations with,
429

Dean’s last personal meeting with,
427

Dean’s March
21
conversation with, on Watergate,
308
–27,
393
,
395
–97,
416
,
419
–21,
435
–36,
442
–43,
456
,
497
–502,
504
–6,
508
,
510
–12,
518
,
520
,
538
,
540
–43,
550
,
555
–56,
582
,
584
,
588
,
590
,
591
,
598
,
698
n34,
703
–4
n120,
709
–10
n54

Dean’s statement and,
465

diary of,
11
,
31
,
94
,
97
,
100
,
141
,
177
,
242
,
248
,
335
–36,
344
,
406
–7,
484
,
661
n1,
697
n19,
700
n65

discrediting Dean and,
549
,
550
,
575
–76,
583
–84,
613
,
618
,
622

executive branch reorganization and,
180
–82

ignorance claimed by,
398

impeachment possibility and,
490
,
493
,
501
,
506
,
522
–23,
553
,
569
,
573
–75,
622
,
631
,
634
,
665
n35,
699
n46,
713
n77

Kitchen Cabinet of,
196
,
297

memoir of,
xix
,
xxi
,
7
,
22
,
40
,
61
,
94
–95,
138
,
180
,
483
,
485
,
597
,
618
,
630
,
633
,
674
n17,
675
n12,
690
–91
n15,
697
n27,
703
n120

and news of Watergate break-in,
7
–8

news summaries and,
17
–18,
153
,
177

number of Watergate conversations with Dean,
457
n

peace award given to,
407

pneumonia and hospitalization of,
625
,
627
–29,
635

political crises and,
343

reelection prospects of,
1
,
8
,
120
,
153
,
159

reelection victory of,
179
–80,
196
,
198

at Republican Convention,
143

resignation of,
xviii
,
xix
,
60
,
95
,
366
n,
634
–35

resignation threats and discussions,
460
n,
522
,
538
,
547
,
556
,
575
,
586

Six Crises,
77
,
248
,
250
,
343
,
469

and taking initiative in dealing with Watergate,
347
–48

White House correspondents and,
406
–8

Nixon, Richard M., press conferences of,
355

June
22
, 1972,
46
–52,
53
,
675
n12

August
29
, 1972,
144
–47,
150
,
240
,
249
,
333
,
434
–35,
444
,
455

October
5
, 1972,
161
–62

March
2
, 1973,
252
–54

March
15
, 1973,
274
–76,
277

April
17
, 1973,
443
–45,
455
,
507
,
522

April
30
, 1973,
538
–39,
540
,
543
,
548
,
581
,
707
n7,
713
n81

August
15
, 1973,
551
n

Nixon, Tricia,
8
,
357
–58,
530

Nixon defense,
xvii
–xviii,
xxv
,
179
,
193
,
542
–43,
583

cover-up of cover-up in,
344

Dean and,
xix
,
xxv

and discovery of tapes,
631
–35

Ehrlichman’s investigation and,
453

factual record ignored in,
344

March
21
conversation with Dean in,
420
,
442
–43,
520
,
540
–43,
550
,
555
–56,
582
,
584
,
590
,
591
,
698
n34

and Nixon’s statement on Dean’s investigation,
146
,
151
,
240

Nixon’s testing of, on Kissinger,
450
–51

scenario developed for,
417
–18

“smoking gun” conversation and,
xxi
,
43
,
55
–60

“Statements About the Watergate Investigations” white paper in,
551
,
570
,
573
,
575
–82

Nixon Foundation,
554
–55,
606
–7

Nixon tapes,
xvii
–xxv,
364
–65,
416
,
481
n,
542
–43,
582
,
585
,
589
–90,
593
–94,
597
,
603
–4,
616
,
617
,
626
n,
698
n34

Dean’s March
21
conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts,
308
–27,
393
,
395
–97,
416
,
419
–21,
435
–36,
442
–43,
456
,
497
–502,
504
–6,
508
,
510
–12,
518

destruction considered,
365
–66,
631
–35

Ehrlichman and,
474
n

Haldeman and,
365
–66,
454
,
474
n,
497
–99,
505
–6,
508
,
510
–12,
518
,
541
,
620
,
626
,
629
,
698
n28,
707
n6

18½-minute gap in,
xxiv
,
19
–22,
27
,
413
,
653
–59

missing,
412
–13,
620
n,
698
n28

NARA and,
xix
–xx,
xxii
,
xxiii
,
21
,
77
n,
366
n,
545
n,
693
n33,
715
n37

revelation of,
629
–35,
636

Secret Service and,
365
,
366

transcripts of,
xviii
,
xix
–xxiv,
661
n1

North, Oliver,
706
n160,
711
n30

Novak, Robert,
609
,
683
n9

Nunn, Louie,
11

O’Brien, Larry,
11
–13,
17
,
24
,
32
,
33
,
46
–47,
51
,
67
,
116
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118
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120
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126
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128
,
130
–31,
133
,
138
,
144
,
147
,
149
,
151
–53,
156
,
188
,
282
,
353
,
355
–57,
373
,
392
,
404
,
556
,
615
,
665
n36,
668
–69
n3,
676
nn25,
27
,
697
n19,
713
n82

in Dean’s March
21
conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts,
314
,
318

Dean’s testimony and,
399
,
403

Ehrlichman and,
130
–31,
133
,
137

Hunt’s meeting with, and message to Dean about money,
296
–97,
318
,
419
,
470
–71

O’Brien, Paul,
138
,
139
,
202
,
348
,
349
,
367
,
370
,
385
,
391
,
395
,
458

Ehrlichman’s meeting with,
362
n

obstruction of justice,
95
,
317
,
320
–22,
324
,
331
,
335
,
336
,
344
,
352
,
354
,
388
,
392
,
399
,
400
,
406
,
410
–12,
416
,
419
,
427
,
441
,
449
,
486
,
494
,
507
,
509
,
512
,
631
,
691
n16,
697
n27,
704
n123