The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It

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by John W. Dean


  “Statements About the Watergate Investigations” white paper and, 581

  Strachan and, 399, 403, 443

  in talks with prosecutors, 363, 402, 430, 444, 481, 692n28

  Vesco and, 500

  Washington Post stories on, 475, 476, 479, 515, 705n141

  as Watergate scapegoat, 435, 465, 466, 469, 701n84

  in witness protection program, 613

  Ziegler and, 445, 450, 452, 454–55, 457–58, 465, 475

  Dean, John W., testimony of, 56, 241, 296, 355, 414, 431, 444, 447, 595n, 583, 596–98, 599–603, 602n, 606, 608–13, 615–24, 626, 630, 632, 685n4, 696n13, 698n34, 699n63, 709n45, 715n56

  attempts to prevent, 709n45

  discussions about, prior to, 346, 351, 369, 371–73, 381, 384, 399, 403, 475, 487, 488, 507, 519, 530, 550

  possible effect on other defendants, 399–400, 403

  Dean, Maureen “Mo,” 181

  John’s marriage to, 168, 170, 256

  death penalty, 79, 671n20

  De Carlo, Angelo, 621

  Decker, Terry, 63, 71

  Deep Throat, see Felt, Mark

  Dellinger, David, 695n3

  DeLoach, Deke, 208, 681n17

  DeMarco, Frank, 566

  Democratic National Committee (DNC), 12, 49, 80, 86, 128, 153, 671n20

  break-in at headquarters of, see Watergate break-in

  civil suit against CRP, 36, 48, 65, 119, 121, 124, 142, 144, 147, 152, 160, 369–70, 676n25

  new eavesdropping bug found at, 153, 154

  Democratic National Convention, 102

  Chicago Seven and, 695n3

  Des Moines Register and Tribune, 252

  Detroit News, 195

  Diem, Ngo Dinh, 28, 101, 500, 530, 531–32

  Dirksen, Everett, 609

  Dixon, Jeane, 159, 564

  Dole, Robert, 18

  Douglas, William O., 129, 129n, 130, 136n, 215, 244, 245

  Drew, Elizabeth, 235

  Eagleton, Thomas, 102–3, 570

  Eastland, James, 254, 256–58, 263, 264, 274, 284

  Ehrlichman, John, 33–38, 60–62, 68–70, 99–104, 105–12, 128–30, 135–38, 156–58, 181–84, 188–93, 212–13, 223–28, 231–36, 247–50, 260–62, 281–86, 297–306, 326–34, 336–42, 347–49, 353–55, 359–64, 366–426, 430–36, 438–39, 441–54, 456–61, 464, 466–74, 479–84, 488–514, 517–19, 523–26, 528–38, 546–48, 551–53, 558–62, 570–75, 577–78, 592–94, 598–601, 622, 632–34, 661n1, 665n36, 666n4, 669n5, 670n11, 672n1, 673n3, 675n12, 677n32, 680n10, 683n10, 687n41, 688n6, 692n4, 693n33, 694nn49, 51, 696nn13, 15, 697n27

  on aftermath, 397

  on blacks, 136

  Bledsoe and, 662–664n15

  Butterfield on, xxiv–xxv

  Caulfield and, 3

  Chapin and, 171–72, 202

  CIA and, 4, 584

  Colson and, 4, 8, 203, 428, 587

  criminal law and, 690n12

  Dean and, 8–9, 35n, 198, 279, 288, 295, 349, 361, 368, 388, 389, 409, 412, 414–15, 430, 434, 448, 456, 466, 468, 479, 515, 522, 546, 556, 587, 601, 615, 684n15

  Dean and, and material in Hunt’s safe, 223, 412, 415, 425–26, 428, 474, 513–15

  Dean report and, 281, 285–86, 300, 301, 431–32, 468, 567

  Dean’s indictable list and, 399–400, 403, 696n13

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 308, 309, 315, 318–19, 321, 323–26

  Dean’s statement and, 465

  Dean’s testimony and, 373, 399, 620

  discrediting of Dean and, 709n45

  DNC lawsuit and, 370

  Donald Nixon Jr. and, 302n

  Ellsberg break-in and, 4, 91, 293n, 294, 325, 329n, 336, 338–39, 350, 350n, 391, 464, 491, 512n, 526, 527, 530, 531, 546, 549, 566–67, 607, 668n9, 673n11, 689n30, 706n165

  Ellsberg trial and, 129–30, 136

  executive branch reorganization and, 180–82

  FBI and, 329n, 543–44, 582

  Felt and, 173–74, 679n32

  Garment and, 601, 603

  Gray and, 35n, 220–22, 274, 298, 684n15

  Haldeman and, 2, 31, 171, 250, 384, 488, 670–71n15

  hang-out route and, 270

  Hickel and, 157

  Hunt and, 3, 4, 27, 202, 222–23, 281, 293, 329n, 697n27

  Hunt’s blackmail attempt involving, 296–97, 300, 308, 318–19, 325, 419, 467, 468, 470–71, 476–77, 479, 688n27, 690n12, 697n24, 705n152

  and Hunt’s recruiting of college student, 205–6

  indictment and conviction of, 33n, 224n, 329n, 552n

  investigation on allegations suggested by, 178

  Kalmbach and, 406, 449, 697n18, 700n67

  Kissinger and, 586

  Kleindienst and, 120, 125, 242, 229

  Krogh and, 329n, 338

  lack of candor from, 80, 152, 193, 286

  Larry O’Brien and, 130–31, 133, 137

  Liddy and, 281, 293, 712n64

  and list of people involved in activities unfavorable to Nixon’s presidency, 494–95

  Magruder and, 105–12, 115, 126, 133–34, 607

  on Meet the Press, 204

  Mitchell and, 18, 19, 28, 116, 121–22, 198, 294, 394, 401–2, 463, 489, 587, 622, 668n9, 689n27, 695n5

  Mollenhoff and, 254n

  and money for Watergate defendants, 216, 398, 402, 466, 467, 470–72, 474, 482–83, 697n27, 704n138

  and news of Watergate break-in arrests, 2–4, 6–11, 13, 662nn5, 9

  and Nixon impeachment as possibility, 490

  Nixon Foundation and, 554–55, 606–7

  and Nixon’s claims of ignorance, 398

  Nixon tapes and, 474n

  obstruction of justice and, 406, 411, 421, 449, 464, 482, 522, 593, 701n89

  Paul O’Brien’s meeting with, 362n

  Pentagon Papers trial and, 215

  perjury of, 552n

  Petersen and, 182, 514–15

  recorded conversations of, 366, 400, 401, 403, 695n6, 696n12

  resignation of, 535–38, 540, 543, 549, 605, 702n104

  resignation or leave of absence discussed, 388, 413–15, 417–19, 421, 426, 432, 474, 483–88, 495, 517–19, 425, 526–28, 530, 534–35

  Schorr story and, 174

  Segretti and, 164, 176n, 181, 190

  Senate Watergate committee and, 214, 215, 217, 218, 227

  Stans and, 134–35

  “Statements About the Watergate Investigations” white paper and, 578–80

  and telephone in plumbers’ office, 191n

  transcripts of Nixon’s conversations with, xxi

  trial of, 546n

  Washington Post and, 610

  Watergate break-in theory of, 282–84

  Watergate investigation conducted by, 362, 409, 418, 453, 457

  Watergate trial and, 205

  Ziegler and, 372

  Eisenhower, David, 63, 623, 683n9

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 129, 211, 341, 483, 530

  Adams and, 298, 340–41, 399

  Nixon’s Checkers speech and, 413n

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

  Eisenhower, Mamie, 143

  Ellsberg, Daniel, 73, 100, 129–30, 136, 171, 215, 435, 445, 461, 496, 497, 499, 501, 504, 510, 516, 533, 542, 559, 562, 564, 621, 700n81

  break-in at office of psychiatrist of, 4, 33–34, 91, 102, 188, 222n, 224, 293–94, 310, 319, 325, 333, 336, 338–39, 350, 350n, 391, 457, 458, 461–62, 464, 466, 491, 496–99, 501, 503, 510, 512n, 516, 517, 526, 527, 530, 531, 544–49, 557–58, 566–67, 569, 577–78, 581, 591, 601, 668n9, 673n11, 680n10, 688n27, 689n30, 691n18, 697n24, 703n117, 706n165, 707–8n24, 712n64

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 319

  Erickson, William H., 565

  Ervin, Sam J., 203, 205n, 208, 231n, 253, 256, 258, 266, 287, 295, 367–68, 370, 371, 379–80, 441, 553, 570, 607, 613, 619, 625, 627, 683n7, 706n160

  on Face the Nation, 296, 299

  Senate Watergat
e committee of, see Senate Watergate committee

  Evans, Rowland, 609, 683n9

  Executive Office Building (EOB), 4

  executive privilege, 213, 215, 219, 232, 233, 235, 236, 242, 250–54, 263, 275, 288, 298, 305, 334, 359, 366, 368, 379, 429, 435, 440, 441, 447, 458

  Face the Nation, 296, 299

  fact, 121n

  Farenthold, Sissy, 677n32

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), xx, 2, 4–6, 19, 34–35, 35n, 36, 41, 42, 46, 49–51, 53–55, 61, 62, 65, 66, 79, 80, 82, 88, 93, 93n, 95, 99, 100, 102–3, 109, 111, 115, 117, 119, 123, 125, 134, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151–54, 160, 162, 166n, 167, 175, 182, 188, 192, 204, 208, 214, 217, 219, 222–24, 225n, 226, 239, 246, 248–523, 258–60, 260n, 263, 264, 272–74, 277, 306, 332, 333, 339–41, 368, 416, 430n, 445, 450, 457, 459, 466, 503, 513–15, 517, 529, 533, 546, 559, 560, 565, 568, 574, 582, 601, 662–64n15, 668n3, 672–73n2, 675n12, 678n19, 681n17, 685nn10, 18

  CIA and, 54, 95, 101, 542, 713nn77, 80

  Colson and, 88

  Dean and, 543

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 315, 316

  Dorothy Hunt and, 192

  Ehrlichman and, 329n, 543–44, 582

  Felt and, 172–74, 192

  Gray’s nomination as and confirmation hearings as permanent director of, 35n, 216–17, 220–22, 225–27, 240, 242, 248, 250, 256, 257, 259, 261–64, 271–72, 274, 276, 298, 299, 306, 308, 333, 347, 438, 454, 684n15

  Haldeman and, 543–44, 547, 582

  Hiss and, 248–49

  Hunt and, 5, 97, 662n5

  Johnson’s use of, 242

  leaks and, 172–73, 686n26

  Liddy and, 75–76, 85, 90, 103, 124, 309, 701n81

  Magruder and, 101, 103, 115

  Mitchell and, 103

  Petersen and, 464

  Ruckelshaus appointed acting director of, 516, 519, 521–22

  Segretti and, 163–66, 169

  “smoking gun” conversation and, xxi, 56–60, 56n

  Stans and, 103

  using for political purposes, 290

  White House papers guarded by, 543–44, 547

  Feldstein, Mark, 664n34

  Felt, Mark, 53–54, 57, 80, 117, 126, 164, 165n, 167, 172–75, 192, 209, 242, 243, 250, 515, 516, 521–22, 559, 662n15, 674n20, 678n19, 679nn29, 32, 686n26

  Gray and, 225–26

  Fielding, Fred, 269, 425n, 494, 596, 601

  Fielding, Lewis (Ellsberg’s psychiatrist), break-in at office of, 4, 9, 33–34, 91, 102, 188, 222n, 224, 293–94, 310, 319, 325, 333, 336, 338–39, 350, 350n, 391, 457, 458, 461–62, 464, 466, 491, 496–99, 501, 503, 510, 512n, 516, 517, 526, 527, 530, 531, 544–49, 557–58, 566–67, 569, 577–78, 581, 591, 601, 607, 668n, 673n11, 680n10, 688n27, 689n30, 691n18, 697n24, 703n117, 706n165, 707–8n24, 712n64

  Fifth Amendment, 101, 106, 113, 134, 204, 208, 213, 236, 341, 346, 349n, 358–59, 381, 384, 440, 484, 517, 530, 602

  Final Days, The (Woodward and Bernstein), 718n5

  Finch, Bob, 547

  Firestone, Leonard, 555

  Five Percenters, 106, 352

  Flanagan, Peter, 258

  Ford, Gerald, 158n, 160n, 579

  Frankel, Max, 672n26

  Frates, William, 450, 546n, 704n127

  Froines, John, 695n3

  Gallup polls, 97, 609, 634, 697n19

  Garment, Len, 367–68, 370, 422, 426, 429–30, 449–50, 484, 525, 529–30, 537, 543–44, 547, 548, 552, 562, 565, 577, 581, 582, 597n, 601, 610, 616, 629, 631, 703–4n120, 704n134, 705n141

  Gemstone, 464

  General Accounting Office (GAO), 132, 142, 144–46

  Gergen, David, 422–23, 519, 521, 610–11

  Gerstein, Richard, 148

  Gesell, Gerhard, 350n

  Gilpatric, Roswell, 679n29

  Ginzburg, Ralph, 121n

  Gladstone, William Ewart, 485

  Glanzer, Seymour “Sy,” 41, 212n, 363, 405, 431n, 446, 447, 449, 466, 472, 473, 486, 492, 519, 608, 668n11

  Gleason, Penny, 258

  Goldberg, Arthur, 563

  Goldfine, Bernard, 340n

  Goldwater, Barry, 121n, 263, 362, 628

  Gonzales, Virgilio R., 7, 669n3

  grand jury indictment of, 153

  guilty plea of, 208

  Goodpaster, Andrew, 547

  Gorey, Hays, 580–81

  Graham, Billy, 8, 78

  Graham, Katherine, 25, 160, 489

  Gray, Ed, 35n

  Gray, L. Patrick “Pat,” 34, 35, 35n, 42, 53–57, 62, 63, 80, 81, 99–102, 115–17, 126, 127, 154, 172–74, 182, 188, 192, 214, 223, 224, 238, 248–54, 256–61, 273–75, 278, 337, 347, 425–26, 446, 517, 521, 558, 560, 561, 598, 600, 605, 672–73n2, 683n9, 685nn10, 18, 708n24

  Dean and, 221, 222, 253, 257, 260n, 271–72, 274, 276, 298, 299, 306, 324, 333, 340, 341, 355, 438, 457, 500, 684n15

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 308, 324

  and destruction of documents from Hunt’s safe, 415, 416, 425–26, 428, 474, 484, 513–14

  Ehrlichman and, 35n, 220–22, 274, 298, 684n15

  Felt and, 225–26

  Mitchell and, 54, 222, 225, 278

  nomination and confirmation hearings as permanent FBI director, 35n, 216–17, 220–22, 225–27, 240, 242, 248, 250, 256, 257, 259, 261–64, 271–72, 274, 276, 298, 299, 306, 308, 333, 347, 438, 454, 684n15

  resignation of, 514–16

  Greece, 255, 261, 686n20

  Greenspun, Hank, 386, 391, 694n63

  Gregory, Thomas, 205n

  Gurney, Edward, 231n, 259, 576, 604, 612–13, 683n7

  Haig, Al, 8, 195, 216, 547–54, 557–59, 561–63, 565, 566, 568, 570–73, 576–80, 582, 585–87, 590–94, 596, 597, 598, 599, 601, 603, 604, 606, 609–15, 617, 621–22, 624–30, 632, 708n28, 709n45, 709n54

  Nixon tapes and, 630–33

  Haldeman, Bob, 6–10, 25–31, 60–63, 67–95, 100–101, 103–6, 110–35, 149–50, 152–58, 159–62, 171–74, 180–93, 198–206, 224–25, 228–31, 233–35, 238–40, 246–48, 254–56, 266–68, 279–82, 288–94, 302–6, 326–31, 336–41, 344–69, 371–73, 381–87, 388–90, 392–96, 398–408, 413–17, 420–28, 430–33, 435–36, 438–39, 441–55, 458–64, 473–85, 489–95, 500–513, 515–19, 523–29, 533–35, 546–48, 551–53, 558–65, 568–80, 586–88, 590–94, 598–600, 605–8, 632–34, 666nn43, 1, 5, 673nn11, 3, 689nn4, 5, 692nn4, 8

  bagman and, 285

  in Bahamas, 1–2

  Bledsoe and, 662n15

  Buchanan and, 144

  Buzhardt and, 603

  CBS News and, 177

  Chapin and, 169–70, 172, 184

  “Chapman’s friend” and, 23

  CIA and, 584, 662n15

  Colson and, 7, 11, 168, 198–99, 202, 219, 383, 681n5

  conviction of, 709n54

  cover-up scenario and, 33–45

  Dean and, 53–55, 196–97, 201, 209, 230, 255–56, 297, 308, 368, 388, 389, 412, 414, 427, 448, 456, 469, 475, 515, 522, 556, 597n, 615, 674n21, 675n12, 676n25, 690n15, 703n111

  Dean’s indictable list and, 399–400, 403

  on Dean’s involvement in cover-up, 397

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon, 309, 311–13, 315, 317, 321, 324–26

  Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon discussed by Nixon and, 497–99, 505–6, 508, 510–12, 518, 541, 542n, 555–56

  Dean’s memorandum and, 676–77n32

  Dean’s report and, 183–85, 189, 279–80, 300, 342, 355, 422

  Dean’s statement and, 465

  Dean’s testimony and, 399, 403, 620

  DeLoach and, 681n17

  diary of, 2, 6, 19–22, 65, 76, 138, 176–77, 204, 209, 216, 359, 362, 458, 661n1, 662n3, 672n21, 680n10, 683nn9, 10, 692n4, 692n28, 693nn29, 33, 695n11, 700n78

  discussions of destruction of Dean, 492–93, 518, 576

  discussion of potential testimony for, 369

  Dorothy Hunt and, 185–86

  Ehrlichman and, 2, 31, 171, 2
50, 384, 488, 670–71n15

  Ervin hearings as viewed by, 555

  executive branch reorganization and, 180–82

  FBI and, 543–44, 547, 582

  Felt and, 172–74, 679n29

  and first Watergate-related press conference, 47–52

  grand jury indictments and, 150–51

  Gray and, 273, 276

  Hunt and, 3, 97

  indictment and conviction of, 542n

  ITT scandal, 12, 13

  Kissinger and, 586

  Kleindienst and, 242

  lack of candor from, 193, 286

  and list of people involved in activities unfavorable to Nixon’s presidency, 494–95

  MacGregor’s interview and, 142–43

  Magruder and, 108, 111–12, 114–17, 119–20, 126, 127, 132–33, 140, 141, 198–200, 232, 238, 280, 282, 292, 382, 390, 400, 463, 607, 608

  Magruder’s claims of knowledge of Watergate operation by, 356–57

  Martha Mitchell and, 65, 67, 71, 73–74

  McCord and, 360

  Mitchell and, 31, 106, 198, 201–2, 622, 695n5

  and money for Watergate defendants, 317, 329, 336, 337, 353, 369, 398, 402, 412, 453, 455, 463, 467, 470, 473, 476, 697n27, 709n54

  Mudd comparison and, 473, 701n90

  and news of Watergate break-in, 6–7, 10–11

  Nixon Foundation and, 554–55, 606–7

  on Nixon’s taking initiative in dealing with Watergate, 347–48

  and Nixon’s threats to resign, 460n

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

  notes of, 365, 667n7, 683n10

  obstruction of justice and, 406, 421, 449

  resignation of, 535–38, 540, 543, 549, 575, 702n104

  and press conference of March 15, 276

  resignation or leave of absence discussed, 379–82, 388, 405, 413–15, 417–19, 421, 426, 472, 474, 483–88, 517–19, 524, 526–28, 530, 534–35, 697n19

  Segretti and, 163–66, 169, 170, 181, 197, 375, 376, 680n10

  Senate Watergate committee and, 214–15, 217, 218, 576

  “smoking gun” conversation with Nixon, xxi, 43, 55–60

  “Statements About the Watergate Investigations” white paper and, 578–80

  Strachan and, 378, 463, 610, 665n41, 699n63

  taped conversation with Nixon with 18½-minute gap, xxiv, 19–22, 27

  testimony of, 542n, 696n13, 709n54

  transcripts of Nixon’s conversations with, xxi

  Washington Post and, 175–76, 475, 476, 610

  Watergate trial and, 204–5

  Ziegler and, 167, 375, 376

  Haldeman, Peter, 408n

  Halpern, Morton, 461

 

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