All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings

by George H. W. Bush

  Aga Khan, Sadruddin, 333, 416, 588

  Agee, Philip, 264

  Agnew, M. L., 655

  Agnew, Spiro, 118, 147, 172, 173

  Aiden, A. Reed, 293

  AIDS, 359, 464

  Ailes, Roger, 395

  Aldrich, Bessie Z., 294

  Alexander, Lamar, 525

  Allday, Martin, 313–14

  Allen, Ethan, 114, 287

  Allin, John, 389–90

  Allison, James, Jr., 104, 110–11, 142

  Alsop, John, 166

  Amos, Dan, 660

  Anderson, H. E., 165–66

  Anderson, John B., 288–90

  Anderson, Terry, 462–63

  Andreotti, Giulio, 624

  Andropov, Yuri, 321, 322, 329–30, 332

  Annan, Kofi, 688–89

  Annenberg, Leonore, 520

  Annenberg, Walter, 585–86

  Ansary, Hushang, 694

  Ansary, Shahla, 694

  Antone, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 592–93

  Aquino, Corazon, 446

  Armstrong, Oscar, 224, 228

  Arnett, Peter, 504–5

  Arnold, Robert J., 286

  Arsht, Marjorie, 88

  Ashley, Thomas Ludlow “Lud,” 76, 78, 85, 87–88, 301, 449, 684

  Assad, Haffez al-, 490, 523–24, 630

  Atherton, Flo Kampmann, 214, 285

  Atherton, Holt, 214, 285

  Atwater, Lee, 417, 473–74, 476, 515

  Atwater, Sally, 473–74

  Austin, Paul, 220–21

  Ayatollah, Ruhollah Khomeini, 275, 320

  Aziz, Tariq, 491, 493, 500, 688

  Baker, Howard, 284, 288, 332, 359, 361, 387, 555, 650

  Baker, James A., III, 104–5, 195–96, 207–208, 258n, 271, 276, 313, 321, 372, 392–93, 399, 405, 426, 427–28, 434, 460, 467, 478, 491, 493, 499, 500, 502, 524, 550–51, 565, 567, 570, 571, 594, 667–68, 695

  Baker, Susan, 364

  Baldrige, Malcolm, 371–72

  Baldrige, Midge, 372

  Ballew, W. V., Jr., 171–72

  Bankston, L. W., 281

  Barak, Ehud, 629

  Barco, Virgilio, 460

  Barrett, Bernard M., Jr., 290

  Bartlett, Charles L., 133, 278, 414

  Bartlett, Dan, 670

  Bates, David, 283

  Bayh, Birch, 122

  Beasley, James W., Jr., 285–86

  Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, 630

  Becker, Jean, 590, 619, 633n, 663, 665, 666, 667, 673, 687, 688

  Beckwith, Dave, 366

  Begin, Menachem, 280

  Belknap, USS, 445–47

  Bell, George, 559–60

  Bell, Paul G., Jr., 159

  Bell, Terrell, 308

  Bemiss, FitzGerald “Gerry,” 61–64, 66–68, 70, 71–72, 76–77, 79–80, 93, 95, 210–11, 240–41, 271–72, 306–7, 362, 540–41

  Bemiss, Margaret, 93

  Bemiss, Samuel, 68

  Benedi, Tony, 638

  Benedict XVI, Pope, 683

  Benitez, Maurice M., 404

  Bennett, Bill, 419

  Bentson, Lloyd, 125, 128, 393

  Berlusconi, Silvio, 681–82

  Berman, John A., 293–94

  Biddle, Nicolas, Jr., 298

  Biedrzycki, Amanda, 666

  Bin Laden, Osama, 647, 657

  Black September, 160

  Blair, Tony, 603, 630

  Blake, Robert W., 106, 254, 537–38

  Bocskor, David, 243

  Boehlert, Sherwood L., 542

  Boesch, Paul, 368

  Boilard, Bob, 380

  Bonior, David, 627n

  Booth, Robert, 243

  Boren, Dave, 512

  Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 579–80

  Boyle, J. A., 26–27

  Bracken, Eddie, 327

  Bradley, James, 653n, 654, 655–56

  Brady, Jim, 309, 419

  Brady, Nicholas F., 482, 519, 528, 581–82

  Brady, Sarah, 419

  Bremner, Charles, 562–63

  Brewster, Kingman, 181

  Brezhnev, Leonid, 262, 321–22, 324

  Brinker, Norman, 354–55

  Briscoe, Frank, 95

  Brock, William E., III, 151–52, 271

  Broder, David S., 537, 637

  Broder, Samuel, 359

  Brokaw, Tom, 462, 611–14, 644

  Brown, Jerry, 559

  Browning, Edmond L., 348, 504, 507

  Broyles, William, 253

  Bruce, David, 200, 201

  Bryant, Bear, 217

  Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 405

  Buchanan, Pat, 175–76, 548

  Buckley, Chris, 616–17

  Buckley, Elias F., 168

  Buckley, William F., Jr., 364–65, 418

  Burch, Dean, 92, 188–91, 194

  Burch, Pat, 194

  Burton, Alex, 339–40

  Busch, Bill, 663

  Bush, Ashley Walker (granddaughter), 412, 413, 563, 608

  Bush, Barbara (granddaughter), 340, 390, 638–39, 643, 660, 662

  Bush, Barbara Pierce (wife), 24, 25–26, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 37–38, 38–39, 39–40, 42, 43, 44–45, 46, 49, 52–53, 57–59, 62–63, 65, 68, 71, 72, 74–75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 95, 102, 104, 137, 156–57, 162–63, 164, 169, 171, 175, 197, 201, 205, 207, 208, 210–11, 214, 217, 222, 229, 234, 240, 254, 269, 280, 282, 284, 323, 324, 338, 340, 352, 357, 360, 367, 368, 384, 385, 388–89, 394, 403, 409, 414–15, 419, 423–425, 431, 451–52, 459, 466–67, 472, 482, 513, 517–18, 525–27, 546, 559, 566, 568, 572, 583–84, 585, 587, 588, 588, 598, 602, 616–617, 631, 636, 638–43, 646, 649, 667–72, 674, 697

  Bush, Billy (nephew), 239

  Bush, C. Fred (dog), 202, 230, 243, 248–49, 297, 312–13, 338, 358

  Bush, Columba Garnica Gallo “Colu” (daughter-in-law), 208, 226, 272, 274, 331, 368, 634n

  Bush, Dorothy Walker (mother), 23–24, 25–35, 37–38, 39–59, 64–66, 81–82, 95, 136, 152, 159, 160, 161, 162, 205, 208, 211–12, 257, 260, 273, 314, 328, 356, 357–58, 379, 386, 388, 469–70, 576–77, 623

  Bush, Dorothy Walker “Doro” (daughter), see Koch, Dorothy Walker

  Bush, George Prescott (grandson), 272, 274, 344, 346, 359, 363–64, 368, 373, 384

  Bush, George Walker (son), 61, 62, 63, 64–65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 79, 84, 85, 98, 119–20, 143, 152, 169, 179–186, 202–3, 217, 226, 230, 231, 236, 254, 260, 272–73, 277, 282, 284, 287, 313, 322, 325, 341, 353, 363, 368, 390, 455–56, 459, 496–498, 571–72, 615–16, 618, 621–626, 629, 633, 634, 635n, 636–44n, 649, 655–57, 659, 661, 667–71, 673–76n, 681–83, 686–88, 695

  Bush, Georgia Helena Walker, 697

  Bush, Jeb, Jr. (grandson), 344, 620, 634n, 697

  Bush, Jenna (granddaughter), 332, 340, 390, 622, 638–39, 643, 660, 663

  Bush, Jim (uncle), 168

  Bush, John Ellis “Jeb” (son), 75, 79, 98, 120, 143, 152, 169, 179–86, 202–203, 208, 213, 226, 260, 272, 274, 274, 284, 322, 325, 331, 341, 346, 368, 496–98, 558, 571–72, 615–616, 618–19, 621–26, 629, 633, 634n, 635, 646, 656, 668, 695

  Bush, Jonathan (brother), 24, 45, 49, 57, 93, 95, 217, 238–39, 368, 578–79

  Bush, Laura Welch (daughter-in-law), 284, 353, 459, 637, 638–43, 668, 681

  Bush, Lauren (granddaughter), 336, 368, 373, 563, 625, 660

  Bush, Margaret Molster (daughter-in-law), 353, 373, 459, 466–67

  Bush, Maria Andrews, 670n

  Bush, Marshall Lloyd (granddaughter), 353, 373, 445, 458–59

  Bush, Marvin Pierce (son), 81n, 120, 153, 169, 179–86, 202–3, 213, 216–17, 227–28, 260, 322, 325, 327, 341, 349–50, 353, 368, 373, 401, 412, 425, 454, 459, 474, 496–98, 531, 577, 592, 601, 621–26, 633, 642, 687, 695

  Bush, Neil Mallon (son), 78, 79, 81, 119, 120, 152–53, 169, 179–86, 202–3, 217, 227–28, 260, 284, 287, 322, 325, 341, 347–48, 353, 368, 412, 427–28, 448–49, 459, 496–98, 571–72, 618, 621–26, 633, 670n, 671, 695

  Bush, Noelle (granddaughter), 274, 323, 344, 358,
368, 373, 563

  Bush, Pauline Robinson “Robin” (daughter), 69, 72, 74, 76–77, 79, 81–82, 85, 96, 102, 368, 449, 592, 633, 635

  Bush, Pierce (grandson), 347–48, 368, 373, 563

  Bush, Prescott S. (father), 23–24, 25, 28–29, 33–34, 35–37, 41–57, 58–59, 66, 70, 71, 74, 75–76, 77, 84, 95, 144, 151, 159, 160–62, 168, 176, 179–80, 182, 233, 257, 356, 496

  Bush, Prescott S., Jr. “Pressy” (brother), 24, 30–31, 46, 57, 161, 238–39

  Bush, Robin, 635

  Bush, Sharon Smith (daughter-in-law), 284, 348, 412

  Bush, Walker (grandson), 333n, 459, 467, 470

  Bush, William T. “Bucky” (brother), 24, 45, 49, 57, 93, 238–39, 445

  Bush-Overbey Oil Development Co., 70–72, 76

  Butterfield, Alexander, 170

  Byrd, Robert, 495–96, 568

  Cahill, Mary Beth, 670

  Caldwell, Kirbyjon, 643

  Campion, Narcissa, 414

  Cannon, Carl, 644

  Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L., 294–95

  Card, Andy, 642, 670

  Carlos the Jackal, 263

  Carlucci, Frank, 359, 361n

  Carrier, Estelle Stacy, 197

  Carson, Johnny, 526

  Carter, Amy, 260

  Carter, Billy, 400

  Carter, Buddy, 474

  Carter, Gary, 345, 349

  Carter, Jimmy, 28, 181n, 259–61, 260, 263–64, 280, 281, 295, 302, 312, 400, 425–26, 627–30, 648

  Carter, Lillian, 260

  Carter, Rosalynn, 260

  Carton, Mrs. Robert Wells, 283

  Carvey, Dana, 577–78, 580

  Carville, James, 571n

  Casey, William, 246n, 306n

  Cassert, Irene, 308–9

  Castro, Fidel, 315, 447, 603

  Catto, Henry E., 355

  Cellucci, Paul, 548

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 160, 200, 233–68, 305–6

  Chafee, John H., 535

  Chambers, C. Fred, 133, 162, 443, 451

  Chambers, Marion, 162, 443

  Champion, George, 269

  Charles, Prince of Wales, 630

  Chase, Chevy, 526, 527

  Cheney, Dick, 416n, 418, 476–77, 478, 492, 504, 511, 516, 638–39, 693

  Cheney, Lynne, 638

  Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich, 332, 342

  Chiang Kai-shek, 231

  Chiao Kuan Hua, 155, 205, 206, 211, 213–14, 221–22, 237

  China, People’s Republic of, 113, 140–41, 149–50, 151–56, 196–234, 318, 405, 416, 428–31, 435–37

  Chirac, Jacques, 630

  Chornyak, John, 243

  Chou En Lai, 206

  Church, Frank, 239

  Civil Rights Act (1964), 88, 89–90, 107

  Clark, William P., 564, 565

  Clement, Margie, 168

  Clement, Stuart, 52

  Clinton, Bill, 419n, 502n, 532, 561, 564, 574, 576, 581, 583, 627–30, 638–39, 641, 644n, 648, 673–80, 681n–82, 686–87n, 690, 692–93

  Clinton, Hillary, 630

  CNN, 477, 504–5

  Coffin, William Sloan, 319–20

  Colby, William, 241, 242, 245, 246, 247

  Colson, Chuck, 132n, 174, 175, 182

  Committee for the Re-Election of the President, 163n, 183n, 199n

  Conable, Barber, 191, 340

  Connally, John, 125, 131, 174, 187, 271, 695

  Connell, Bill, 654

  Connery, Bob, 80, 117–18

  Contras, see Iran-Contra scandal

  Costner, Kevin, 625

  Cox, Archibald, 166, 172, 186

  Craig, Earle M., Jr., 561

  Craig, Reverend Mark, 638

  Crawford, J. T., 664

  Crawford, William, Jr., 254

  Crow, Trammell, 366–67, 554, 575

  Crowe, Colin, 139

  Cuba, 446, 447

  Cuomo, Mario, 382, 528, 532, 547

  Danforth, Jack, 529, 531–32

  Daniels, Bush, 46, 55

  Dannenhauer, Michael, 620

  Darman, Dick, 420, 482, 528, 568

  Darman, Kathleen, 482

  Davidson, Mrs. Sidney W., Jr., 315

  Davidson, Ralph P., 311–12

  Davis, Glenn, 512

  Dean, John, 166, 167, 182

  Deaver, Mike, 343

  DeClementi, Deke, 573–74

  Defense Department, U.S., 252

  DeFrank, Thomas M., 397–99

  de Gaulle, Charles, 106

  de Guzman, Ariel, 664n, 666, 693

  Delahanty, Tom, 309

  Deland, Michael, 475

  Delaney, John, 49–52, 55, 59, 396, 650, 652, 654

  Delaney, Mary J., 55

  Delors, Jacques, 488

  Demarest, David, 519, 522–23

  Demirel, Süleyman, 630

  DeMint, Senator Jim, 696

  DeMoss, Harold R., Jr., 369–70

  Deng Xiaoping, 206, 209, 300, 405, 428–31, 435–37

  Dent, Fred, 181

  Denver, John, 218–19, 229

  Derwinski, Ed, 519

  Deutch, John, 589–90

  Devine, Thomas, 94–95, 255

  Devroy, Ann, 557, 594–95

  Dewey, Thomas E., 48, 56, 404, 573

  Dewire, Evan, 243

  Diana, Princess of Wales, 531

  Dirksen, Everett, 108

  Dixon, Mrs. William S., 127

  Dixon, Robert L., 288

  Dixon, Tom, 88n

  Dobrynin, Anatoly, 371, 444

  Dole, Bob, 288, 377–78, 381, 470, 574, 596

  Donahue, Phil, 562

  Dormann, Henry O., 662

  Dorsey, Paul, 99–104

  Doubleday, Nelson, 345

  Doubleday, Sandy, 345

  Dowd, Maureen, 454–55

  Dresser Industries, 62, 63, 66–71

  Duberstein, Ken, 380

  Dugger, Ronnie, 408

  Dukakis, Kitty, 394

  Dukakis, Michael, 385, 389–90, 393–95, 399, 404, 417

  Eagleburger, Larry, 258, 431, 435, 519

  East Valley High School, 178–79

  Eastwood, Clint, 526

  Edwards, John, 670

  Ehrlichman, John, 163, 166, 167, 174, 182, 188

  Eisenhower, David, 242

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 74

  Eisenhower, Julie Nixon, 242

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 520

  Ellis, Hap, 689n

  Ellis, John P., 515, 547, 689

  Ellis, Mrs. Alexander E., 385–86

  Ellis, Nancy Bush (sister), 24, 30, 57, 86, 238–39, 338–39, 358–59, 675, 689

  Ellis, Susan, 689

  Ellsberg, Daniel, 148–49

  Endara, Guillermo, 450

  Ervin, Sam, 167, 176

  Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, King, 476–477, 484, 489–90

  Falwell, Jerry, 657–58

  Fang Lizhi, 415–16, 430

  Farish, Will, 133, 142

  Fascell, Dante, 475

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 362, 438, 591

  Federal Reserve Board, 278n

  Ferraro, Geraldine A., 337, 338–39, 340, 347, 406

  Field, Sally, 526

  Finback, USS, 52–55, 56, 652

  Fitzwater, Marlin, 426, 454, 462, 477, 628, 671

  Fletcher, Art, 486

  Fletcher, Eleanor Langley, 288

  Flynn, Vivian, 129

  Foley, Thomas S., 470, 477, 501–2, 578

  Fonteno, John, 261

  Ford, Gerald, 97–98, 126n, 173, 191–92, 193–97, 200, 201, 226–27, 228, 233–34, 236–38, 242–43, 245–48, 246, 248, 249–50, 257–59, 261, 263, 292, 299, 390, 399, 596, 627–30

  France, Ann Redington, 396–97

  Frechette, Tom, 666, 688

  Freeh, Louis, 591

  Friedrich, Otto, 311–12

  Frobish, Nestle J., 572

  Fulbright, William, 138

  Fuller, Craig, 341, 375–76, 405

  Gambatesa, Linda, 6
68

  Gandhi, Indira, 334–35

  Gantt, Florence, 513

  Gates, Bob, 246n, 446, 477, 494

  Gates, Daryl, 387

  Gayler, Noel, 292

  Gayoom, President, 679

  Gemayel, Amin, 330–31

  Gephardt, Richard, 529

  Germany, Nazi, 49, 59

  Geyer, Georgie Anne, 352

  GH Walker & Co., 62

  Giamatti, A. Bartlett, 319–20

  Gibbons, Marilyn, 363

  Giebler, Wendy, 421–22

  Gilman, Ben, 627n

  Gingrich, Newt, 418, 471n

  Gipson, Larry, 633

  Glennon, Joe, 160

  Gleysteen, William H., Jr., 223

  Gold, Vic, 351, 614

  Goldberg, Arthur, 132, 135, 147

  Goldwater, Barry, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 169, 318

  Gonzalez, Al, 669n

  Gonzalez, Henry B., 122

  Gooden, Dwight, 349

  Goodling, Bill, 556

  Goodman, Ray G., 287

  Goodman, Roy, 375

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 342–44, 370–71, 405, 408, 416, 418, 428, 433–34, 440, 441, 442, 444–45, 446–48, 457–58, 467–69, 471–73, 488, 507–9, 521–22, 530, 533–34, 536, 540, 542–43, 684

  Gorbachev, Raisa, 371

  Gore, Al, 528, 564, 621, 636

  Gorog, William F., 296

  Graham, Billy, 147, 320, 501, 504, 639

  Graham, Franklin, 639, 643

  Graham, Kay, 398

  Gramm-Rudman Bill, 420

  Grasich, Mia, 292

  Gray, Al, 510–11

  Gray, Boyden, 479–80, 491–92

  Greenberg, Morris, 594

  Greene, Danny, 598

  Greenspan, Alan, 278–79

  Greenwood, Lee, 342

  Gregg, Hugh, 319, 362, 367n, 378, 564

  Gregg, Judd, 367–68, 379

  Griffin (dog), 595

  Gromyko, Andrei, 322, 343, 371

  G-7 Economic Summit, 432–33, 435

  Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), 336, 351, 476

  Gun Control Act of 1968, 125–26

  Guy, Charles A., 277

  Guy, Jack, 55

  Haggard, Merle, 438

  Hagin, Joe, 669n

  Haig, Alexander, 143, 167–68, 174–75, 186–91, 192, 193, 196, 316, 378

  Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,” 131–33, 149, 162, 164, 166, 167, 174, 182, 183, 186

  Halsey, Admiral Bull, 649

  Hamilton, Lee, 121, 512

  Hamilton, Milo, 368

  Hampton, Lionel, 266, 327, 345, 368

  Hanauer, Gary, 282

  Haney, George, 474

  Hardegree, Verta, 169

  Hardie, Thornton, Jr., 171

  Hardman, Roy E., 281

  Harlow, Bryce, 144, 169, 170, 184

  Harrigan, Frederick J., 312–13

  Harriman, W. Averell, 256–57

  Harrington, Walt, 352

  Harris, George G., Sr., 407–8

  Hart, Gary, 172, 371

  Hassan, Crown Prince, 350

  Hataway, Jim, 346

  Hawn, Goldie, 525–26, 526

  Helms, Jesse, 413