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Betancourt, Romulo, 223
Bewley, Tom, 98
Blaik, Earl, 417
Blair, William, 150
Bliss, Ray, 322
Bobst, Elmer, 418
Bolivia, Nixon’s trip to, 192
Bowles, Chester, 348, 408
Brashear, Ernest, 74
Bricker, John, 233, 318
Bridges, Styles, 149
Brinkley, Dave, 382, 384, 391
Brown, Edmund (Pat), 383
Brownell, Herbert, 75, 89, 177;
and Nixon’s visit with Rockefeller, 314
Buchanan, Frank, 298
Bullitt, William C., 53
Bunche, Ralph, 350
Burma, Nixon’s trip to, 201 n.
Burns, Arthur E., 309–10
Burroughs, Charles R., 212
Bykov, Colonel, 57–58
Byrnes, James F., 369, 415
Campbell, Alex, 47, 60
Captive Nations Resolution, 247, 250–52, 253
Carpenters Union, 337
Carroll, Peter, 142 Castro, Fidel, see Cuba
Catholic University (Peru), 197, 203
Catledge, Turner, 238
Central Intelligence Agency, 210;
and Cuba, 352, 354;
Nixon’s evaluation of, 408; see also Dulles, Allen
Chambers, David Whittaker, 2–63;
attempts suicide, 56;
confronts Hiss, 31–37, 41–44;
dies, 61;
documents produced by, 47–56;
his last letter to Nixon, 425;
Hiss denies charges by, 5–9, 23–29;
indictment threatened, 58–59;
on “Meet the Press,” 44;
visited by Nixon, 21–23, 46–47;
as witness, 2–5, 8, 15–18, 57–58
Chambers, Mrs. David Whittaker, 28, 50
Chancellor, John, 380–82
Checkers (Nixon’s dog), 103, 115, 125
China, Khrushchev on, 265;
Nixon-Kennedy debates on, 345–48;
recognition of Red China, 408
Chotiner, Murray, 78–80, 82, 84–87, 90, 92–96, 99, 109–12, 121, 123
Civil rights, 325, 362–63; see also Negroes
Clay, Lucius, 89;
wants Eisenhower to run for re-election, 162–63
Cole, Sterling, 48
Collingwood, Charles, 382–83
Collins, Henry, 4, 39
Colombia, Nixon’s trip to, 185, 208–9
Communism: in Argentina, 189–90;
Communist methods should not be used to fight Communism, 65–66;
exposed by Hiss case, 61–69;
“liberalists” and, 67;
Nixon’s general evaluation of, 281–83, 287–91;
in Peru, 193–206, 209, 231 n.;
public attitude toward after World War II, 13;
on responsibility of foreign service to fight Communism, 207;
in Uruguay, 187–88;
in Venezuela, 209–27, 213–32; see also Chambers, David Whittaker; China; Khrushchev, Nikita; U.S.S.R.
Congress: function of investigative committees, 14;
Kennedy’s opinion on, 409
Considine, Bob, 238, 254
Cook County, Illinois: alleged election frauds in, 391, 412, 419
Cox, Dorothy, 56
Cronkite, Walter, 380, 383
Crosley, George, see Chambers, David Whittaker
Cuba, invasion of, 352, 354, 406 n.;
Nixon-Kennedy debate on, 351–57
Cushing, Richard Cardinal, 421
Cushman, Robert E., Jr., 194, 195, 197, 207, 375, 414
Daly, John, 390
Dannenhauer, Jane, 367
Dannenhauer, Rita, 367, 375
Dawes, Charles G., 131
De Gaulle, Charles, 426
Del Sesto, Christopher, 234
De Toledano, Ralph, 393
Dewey, Thomas E., 316, 381;
advises Nixon, 232, 299–300, 364;
and “fund,” 87, 98–99, 109–10;
on losing elections, 387, 423 n.;
in 1948 election, 45
Dewey, Mrs. Thomas E., 372
DiBetta, John, 377–78
Diggs, Charles, 366
Dillon, Douglas, 352, 355, 409
Dollard, Charles, 31–32
Donegan, Thomas, 58
Donovan, Richard, 74
Dreyfus, Jack, 424
Drieske, John, 385
Drown, Jack, 78–79, 81–82, 340, 393
Drummond, Roscoe, 336 n.; 345
Dulles, Allen, 21, 148;
briefs Kennedy on Cuba, 354;
briefs Nixon on South America, 186; see also Central Intelligence Agency
Dulles, John Foster, 163, 172, 173, 179, 184, 237, 291;
advises Nixon on Presidency, 161–62;
and heart attack, 138, 141, 145–46, 149;
and Hiss case, 6, 21, 68;
illness and death, 240–42;
on Khrushchev, 239–42
Dworshak, Henry, 131
Eastman Kodak Company, 54
Ecuador, Nixon’s trip to, 208, 209
Edson, Peter, 73–74
Edwards, Willard, 396–97, 419–20
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 82, 304, 415, 417;
on D-Day, 199;
decides to run in 1956, 152–64;
first contacts with Nixon, 76–77;
on giving up smoking, xii;
and grandchild (David), 156–57;
heart attack, 131–49;
heart attack, recovery from, 150–64;
ileitis attack, 167–70;
and Kennedy Administration, 404–5;
moodiness of, 153, 162;
and 1958 elections, 233;
and 1960 campaign, 316, 317, 321–22, 327, 330, 339, 349, 359, 364, 368–69, 373, 395;
and Nixon “fund,” 85, 92–93, 97–101, 119–24, 126;
and Nixon’s 1956 candidacy, 158–67;
Nixon’s opinion of, 96, 109;
and Nixon’s South American trip, 184–85, 209, 224–25, 228;
and Nixon’s visit to Khrushchev, 243;
prefers indirect approach, 160–61;
on planning for battle, 234;
on resigning Presidency, 171, 174–75;
secret dinner of, 163;
selects Nixon in 1952, 75;
staff system of, 140–41, 158;
stroke, 170–77;
on succession to Presidency, 142, 168, 177–80;
“trial-ballooning” of, 158–60
Eisenhower, Mrs. Dwight D., xi, 136, 160, 415;
and stroke, 171–72
Eisenhower, John, 151, 400
Eisenhower, Milton, 157, 160, 163, 184;
on Russian trip, 243, 249, 262, 270
Elections, see 1952 election; 1954 elections; 1956 election; 1958 elections; 1960 election
Elliott, William Yandell, 238
Estrada, Pedro, 211, 224
Evans, Rowland, 359
Farley, James, 98 n., 358
Fenton, Mary, 367
Finch, Bob, 305, 340, 349, 358, 378–81, 385, 395, 397, 403
Flanigan, Peter, 367
Flemming, Arthur, 367
Folger, Clifford, 301, 302, 305, 384
Folliard, Ed, 44
Ford, Gerald R., Jr., 317
Foreign service, its responsibility to fight Communism, 207
Forrestal, James, 49
Frondizi, Arturo, 183, 190–91
Fuller, Lon, 297
Gallup Polls, 159, 231, 302, 303, 309, 320, 329–30, 358, 422
Garcia Velutini, Oscar, 214–20
Gardner, Arthur, 352
Gaunt, Loie, 209, 375, 414
Germany, Khrushchev on, 268–70
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, 108
Goddard, Henry W., 61
Goldwater, Barry, 234, 318, 320, 383
Goodpaster, A. J., 156
Graham, Billy, 365
Grant, Johnny
, 388
Grassmuck, George, 374
Green, Theodore, 347
Griffin, Hugh, 218
Hagerty, James, 89, 163, 166;
and heart attack, 132, 144, 155, 156;
and stroke, 167, 173, 175, 176
Haldeman, Bob, 375
Hall, Leonard W.: and Nixon’s 1956 candidacy, 164–66;
and 1960 campaign, 294, 301–2, 305, 340, 349, 358, 375, 380, 384, 391, 395, 397;
wants Eisenhower to run in 1956, 147, 153, 155, 163
Halleck, Charles A., 316
Hamilton, Bob, 92
Harlow, Bryce, 374
Harriman, Averell, 238, 265, 303
Harris, Lou, 358, 382
Hart, Ev, 338
Hatfield, Mark O., 234, 316
Hauge, Gabe, 374
Hearst, William R., Jr., 238, 259
Heaton, Leonard, 167, 171
Hébert, F. Edward, 10, 15, 25–27, 43, 52
Herter, Christian, 167, 184, 209, 225, 237, 400;
and debates on China, 348;
on Hiss case, 15
Hillings, Patrick J., 78–79, 93–97, 117
Hiss, Alger, 1–71;
as bird watcher, 17, 23, 28;
confronted by Chambers, 31–37, 41–44;
denies Chambers’ charges, 5–9, 23–29;
files libel suit, 45;
Ford roadster of, 17, 28, 39–42;
before Grand Jury, 60;
named by Chambers in testimony, 3–5, 15–18, 57–58;
Nixon doubts his original testimony, 8, 10–11;
Nixon’s general comments on Hiss case, 61–71;
tried and sentenced, 61;
why he joined Party, 66–67;
Woodstock typewriter of, 51, 59–60
Hiss, Mrs. Alger, 4, 23, 57;
testifies before Nixon, 37
Hiss, Donald, 4
Hobby, Mrs. Oveta Culp, 370
Hodges, Luther, 366
Hoffman, Paul, 108
Holaday, William, 173
Holcomb, Grant, 382, 384
Holeman, Frank, 371
Holmes, Justice Oliver Wendell, 6
Hoover, Herbert, 62, 90, 316;
and Nixon-Kennedy meeting, 403–4
Hoover, Herbert, Jr., 148, 158
Hoover, J. Edgar, 5, 352
Hopkins, Lindsey, 418
Hughes, Don, 195, 197, 204–5, 216, 220, 226, 331, 340, 364, 367, 373, 374, 377–78, 384, 386, 387, 403, 405, 414, 417
Hughes Tool Company, 398
Humphrey, George, 138, 141, 145, 163
Humphrey, Hubert, 238, 306
Humphreys, Bob, 100
Hunter, Ralph, 375
Huntley, Chet, 391
Hutcheson, Thad, 370
Iowa School for the Deaf, 333
Iran, 266–67
Jackson, Henry M., 366
Johnson, Lyndon, 179–80, 306, 365, 366;
arranges 1960 special session, 312;
nominated, 312–13
Johnson, Roger, 418
Johnston, Vic, 164
Jones, W. Alton (Pete), 384 n.
Judd, Walter, 316;
considered as Vice Presidential candidate, 317
Justice, Department of, in Hiss case, 47, 51–52, 56–60
Kaplow, Herb, 220, 328, 388
Katcher, Leo, 74, 81
Kaufman, Samuel H., 61
Kennedy, John F.: advises Nixon to write book, xi;
campaign, strengths and weaknesses of, 306–8;
inaugurated, 416–17;
meets Nixon after election, 403–10;
1961 visit to Venezuela, 223 n.;
with Nixon in Congress, 298–99;
on President and Congress, 409;
and succession to Presidency, 179–80;
on U-2 incident, 311, 345;
on U.S.-U.S.S.R. competition, 336; see also Cuba; 1960 election
Kennedy, Joseph P., 404, 419–21
Kennedy, Robert, 323, 365;
and King case, 362, 403
Kersten, Charles J., 20
Key, William, 187, 195, 197, 221, 222
Khrushchev, Nikita: belabors Nixon on Captive Nations Resolution, 250–52, 253;
discusses Soviet military power, 264–66;
Nixon prepares for meeting with, 235–46;
with Nixon at Exhibition, 252–60, 262;
with Nixon at his dacha, 262–71;
Nixon’s evaluation of, 271–74;
Polish visit of, 284, 285
Killian, James, 173
King, Martin Luther, 362–63, 403
Kirwan, Michael J., 48
Klein, Herb, 305, 362, 380, 385, 390, 395–97, 403, 410
Knight, Jack, 75
Knowland, William, 89, 124
Kozlov, Frol R., 236–37, 246, 261, 262, 265
Kuznetsov, Vasily, 262
Labor unions: in 1959 steel strike, 304, 305;
in 1960 election, 366;
Nixon’s addresses to, 152, 331–32, 337
Lahey, Ed, 9
Lange, Oskar, 284–85
Lansing, Robert, 146
Larrazabal Ugueto, Wolfgang, 222, 226–27
Latin America: Communist high command in, 212;
dictators in, 191–92, 228, 229–30;
military assistance to, 208–9;
Nixon’s recommendations on, 229–30;
Nixon’s trip to, 183–234;
university administration in, 196; see also Communism; Cuba; other specific countries
Lawrence, David, 359, 422
Levine, Nathan, 50
Lewis, Keith, 54
“Liberalists,” 67
Lindley, Ernest K., 359
Lippmann, Walter, 174, 238
Lleras Camargo, Alberto, 185, 208
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 163, 228, 409;
chosen as Vice Presidential candidate, 317–18, 320;
in 1960 campaign, 330, 349–51, 361, 364, 365, 373, 395, 419;
pledges Negro in Cabinet, 350–51, 365, 419
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 165
Lowe, Allan, 119
Loyalty screening, value of shown by Hiss case, 63
Lubell, Samuel, 359
Luce, Clare Booth, 209
Lucey, Charles, 357
Lungren, John C., 331
McClellan, Chad, 237
McDowell, John R., 15, 17, 28, 31–37
McElroy, Neal, 173
McGill, Ralph, 342
McGuire, Perkins, 418
Machinists, International Association of, 331–32
McKay, Douglas, 91–92
McKillips, Charles, 15
Macmillan, Harold, 239
McNey, Mrs. Mary, 377
McVey, Betty, 367
Mandel, Ben, 8, 15
Marbury, William, 50
Martin, Joseph W., Jr., 90
Matthews, Marilyn, 414
Mattingly, Thomas M., 138–39
Mazo, Earl, 393, 415
Mikoyan, Anastas I., 236–37, 258, 261–64, 266;
on Stalin, 264
Milburn, Thomas W., xiii
Miller, Bunny, 404
Miller, William, 367
Missiles, Nixon’s and Khrushchev’s conversation on, 264–66
Mitchell, James, 152, 304, 305, 367;
rules self out as candidate for Vice President, 317
Mitchell, Stephen, 82, 103, 115
Mohammed V, King of Morocco, 170–71, 174
Montevideo Pact, 191
Morgan, Ed, 390
Morton, Thruston, 312, 316, 323, 358, 372, 375, 400;
considered as Vice Presidential candidate, 317
Mosher, Clint, 101
Muller, Merrill, 384
Mundt, Karl, in Hiss case, 7–9, 11, 42;
and “fund,” 82, 88
Munoz-Marin, Luiz, 227, 420 n.
Murphy, Thomas, 30 n., 38 n., 61 n.
NATO, 172–75
Neale, Bob, 406
Negroes, 421;
Lodge pledges Negro in Cabinet, 350–51, 365, 419
Nelson, Drusilla, 131
New York Herald Tribune, on “fund,” 85–87
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, 209
New York Post: on “fund,” 80–81;
wants Nixon as President, 174
New York Times, 359
Newman, Chief, 402
Newsweek, 359, 396
Newton, Carroll, 345
1952 election, 300;
Convention, 75, 300;
Eisenhower’s reaction to “fund,” 85, 92–93, 97–101, 119–24, 126;
Nixon’s TV broadcast on “fund,” 98–125;
Stevenson in, 90, 106;
three great issues of, 76
1954 elections, 152, 301
1956 election: Eisenhower’s decision to run, 152–64;
Nixon’s decision to run, 158–67;
rumors of “fund” in, 127
1958 elections, 184, 232–34, 301, 302
1960 election: alleged vote frauds in, 391, 395, 406, 411–13, 419;
China policy debated, 345–48;
Cuban policy debated, 351–57;
Democratic Convention, 312—13;
economic factors in, 309–10;
election returns and Nixon’s concession, 376–99;
Kennedy’s campaigning in, 335–36, 358, 363, 365, 396;
Lodge pledges Negro in Cabinet, 350–51, 365, 419;
Nixon presides over counting of electoral votes, 415–16;
Nixon’s general analysis of election, 418–23;
Nixon’s illnesses in, 326–28, 330, 331–32, 340–41;
Nixon’s return to Washington after campaign, 398–403, 410–11;
Nixon’s preparation for, 301–9;
polls in, 309, 320, 329–30, 358–59, 381, 382, 407, 422;
religion in, 307–8, 317, 327–29, 353, 364–68, 392–93, 421;
Republican Convention, 313, 316–20;
“rump” congressional session during, 312, 324;
statistics on, 411–12;
U-2 and, 311, 345; see also Rockefeller, Nelson; Television debates
Niven, Paul, 388
Nixon, Don, 398
Nixon, Pat, 46, 48, 83, 88, 128, 172, 204, 403, 406, 414–15, 417, 424;
in Burma, 201 n.;
and heart attack, 133–34, 141, 144;
in 1952 campaign, 75, 78, 87, 93, 104, 112–13, 118;
in 1960 campaign, 321, 374, 377, 379, 386–90, 392, 398–401;
in Poland, 283–84;
on Russian trip, 242, 247, 263, 266–68;
on South American trip, 187–90, 194, 197, 214–20, 224, 227–28
Nixon, Richard M.: accused of bribing Soviet citizens, 249, 279–80;
on atomic test ban, 269–70, 361;
in Burma, 20 n.;
on civil rights, 325, 362–63;
decision to run again for Vice President, 158–67;
on decision-making, 200;
on dictatorships in South America, 191–92, 228, 229–30;
early history of, 12, 295–97;
on effects of photography, 135;
and Eisenhower’s heart attack, 131–64;