Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Writes Haldeman: "I believe it is almost certain that Nixon asked Colson to help him nail O'Brien. Colson naturally turned to Hunt. [E. Howard Hunt, a retired CIA agent used by Colson as an investigator.] And Hunt tried to do it by tapping O'Brien's telephone at the Watergate...
...Democrats were preparing to nominate George McGovern as their presidential candidate, Nixon led by some 19 points in public opinion polls and had no reason to worry about his reelection. But he was furious at O'Brien for pushing the ITT charges. An angry Nixon told Haldeman on Air Force One: "O'Brien's not going to get away with it, Bob. We're going to get proof of his relationship with Hughes-and just what he's doing for the money...
...does Haldeman know that? Says he: "This isn't mere conjecture on my part. It's backed up by Nixon's own words, as revealed over and over again in the tapes. Nixon knew what had happened." Indeed, various Nixon tapes do show him believing that "Colson must have done it," "There's no way he wasn't involved." This evidence is neither new nor indisputable. Colson, predictably enough, said last week that "Haldeman's reconstruction of events may be the biggest hoax since Clifford Irving...
There was only one break in the silence from San Clemente, where Nixon was besieged by requests for a response. Said Colonel Jack Brennan, Nixon's longtime aide: "Former President Nixon's memoirs will be published in May." One thing seems certain: Nixon's recollections of the Watergate origins are not likely to coincide with Haldeman...
Haldeman tries to minimize his own role in the Nixon committee's intelligence-gathering plans. He contends that he did want the committee's deputy director, Jeb Stuart Magruder, to develop an intelligence capability but only to make "simple recordings of public speeches" by Democratic candidates so that inconsistencies could be attacked. He admits prodding Magruder to get going on it and says that Nixon, in turn, had been nudging...