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Sullivan had personal reasons for writing his memo. He had apparently been friendly with a number of Nixon officials, and this brought him into conflict with J. Edgar Hoover, who fired him two years ago. Sullivan offered to testify on behalf of the Nixon Administration and "draw a very clear contrast" between its relationship to the bureau and that of previous Administrations. His material, he assured Dean, would put the current Administration in "a very favorable light...
...weak candidate that in 1908 he even lost to Taft (3). Wilson (5) beat Taft in 1912. Roosevelt ran that year, too--but as a Progressive. Wilson was reelected in 1916, beating Hughes (3). Harding (3) took Cox (2) in 1920, Coolidge (5) beat Davis (2) in 1924, and Hoover (4) beat Smith...
Once nominated, Franklin Roosevelt was as hard to defeat as his cousin Teddy had been. Between 1932 and 1944 FDR, with his 7 letters, over-whelmed Hoover, Landon (3), Willkie (5), and Dewey (3). In 1948 Dewey lost again, this time to Truman...
...opening of personal mail and the interception of communication between U.S. residents and foreign points. One of the plan's originators, Nixon Aide Tom Huston, pointed out in a memo that breaking and entering, at least, was "clearly illegal." The plan was opposed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (for reasons not entirely clear, since the FBI has not been above breaking and entering in espionage cases); his objections were supported by Attorney General John Mitchell...
...DISPUTE. Nixon said in his May 22 statement that because of Hoover's protests, he rescinded his approval of the plan five days after granting it. He said the plan never went into effect. Neither Mitchell nor John Dean, then White House counsel, could recall seeing orders canceling the plan. No such documents were produced. Questions by Senators indicated some doubts about whether the plan had actually been promptly and completely killed...