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Although Weicker did not go into the details of the White House campaign that had triggered his outburst, TIME has learned that it began in March, when H.R. Haldeman's assistant, Larry Higby, called Presidential
...undated memo, prepared by Dean as a briefing paper for former Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, suggested that then IRS Commissioner Johnnie M. Walters be told that "discreet political actions and investigations on be half of the Administration are a firm requirement and responsibility on his part." The memo complained that Walters seemed no more willing to let the IRS be used for political purposes than had been his Nixon-appointed prede cessor, Randolph Thrower...
...second undated memo, which Dean said was another briefing paper for Haldeman but was prepared by for mer White House Aide John Caulfield, complained that Republican appointees at IRS "lack guts and effort" and "appear afraid and unwilling to do anything that could be politically helpful." As a result, the document said, the White House staff was unable to crack down on tax-exempt foundations that "feed left-wing political causes," to obtain information from the IRS "regarding our political enemies," to "stimulate audits of persons who should be audited" or to place Nixon supporters in the IRS bureaucracy...
...Government, the group refused to allow it, fearing that when they sought to lead him there, they might be arrested. In an effort to solve such problems, Bailey had called John Mitchell in mid-March. Mitchell first referred the matter to then White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, who was "nonresponsive." Mitchell next suggested that Bailey "try the White House" on his own, and Bailey telephoned Presidential Adviser John Ehrlichman...
...project never seems to have got off the ground, but the idea, as Dean put it in a memorandum to Presidential Advisers H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman at the time, was to find ways in which "we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies." The lists, most of which apparently emanated from Charles W. Colson and his staff, included a bewildering jumble of names both famous and obscure...