of Kissinger, xxiii, 19n, 658n

  of Liddy, 136n, 172, 180n, 195n, 301n

  of Magruder, 180n

  of Nixon, xxii, xxiii, xxviii, xxxii, 40, 48, 79, 112, 122, 406, 435, 515–16, 533, 593, 623n, 643n, 671

  of Stans, 445n

  Merrell, John Y., 149n

  Merrill, William, 416, 535n

  Mexican money trail, 152, 208, 211, 212, 218, 227, 235–36, 247

  Meyers, Robert, 266–67, 284

  Miami Herald, 497

  Middle East, xvii, 489–91, 497, 503, 508–10, 513n, 557, 642, 662 Kissinger and, 501, 520–22

  Nixon’s trip to, 610

  Six Day War in, 476

  Soviet Union and, 476, 485, 493, 501, 509, 520–22

  Suez Canal in, 476, 489, 493

  Yom Kippur War (Arab-Israeli War) in, xvii, xix, 475–77, 481–82, 485–87, 489, 493, 501, 509, 520–22, 656

  milk pricing scandal, 148–49, 482, 501, 532, 592, 606, 641, 654

  Miller, Edward S., xv, 674–75

  Miller, Jeffrey, 48

  Mills, Wilbur, xxii

  Mills, William, 150, 398–99

  Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, 490

  Mitchell, John, 18, 24, 28, 41–43, 47, 51–52, 61, 71, 74, 97, 102–4, 115–17, 120n, 127n, 128, 141–46, 153, 165, 175, 179, 188, 215–17, 273, 327n, 373, 375, 404, 539, 625, 647n, 674 Brookings Institution plan and, 63–65

  as campaign director, 111, 114, 118–21, 123–25, 128–29, 132–33, 139

  campaign director resignation of, 220–22

  campaign finances and, 150, 151

  Chennault Affair and, 30–33, 33n, 35, 36n

  GEMSTONE and, 119–21, 199, 201, 344, 421, 443

  Graham remark of, 257–58

  guilty verdict for, 670

  imprisonment of, 676–77

  indictment as one of the Watergate Seven, 584–86

  ITT controversy and, 131–34, 138, 139

  Kissinger wiretaps and, 14

  LaRue and, 142n, 200

  Magruder and, 143–44, 350

  Martha’s divorce from, 461

  Martha’s marriage to, 115

  Nixon on, 670–71

  Nixon Presidential Library and, 398

  Pentagon Papers and, 20

  SANDWEDGE and, 100–101

  Senate Watergate hearings and, 316

  Senate Watergate hearing testimony of, 380, 409, 424–25

  special prosecutor’s force and, 421

  Vesco and, 151, 371, 383, 396, 583, 593–94

  Watergate and, 145n, 164, 169, 180, 180n, 182–83, 183n, 188–89, 198–201, 203, 207, 209, 218, 220, 221, 225n, 227, 228, 237, 238, 252, 255, 257–58, 259n, 262, 262n, 265, 267–68, 271, 271n, 272, 288n, 290, 323, 324, 328–31, 341–52, 354, 365n, 402, 404, 492, 584, 585, 670–71

  Watergate home of, 160, 161

  in Watergate meeting with Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Nixon, 334–35, 340n

  White House tapes and, 433, 634

  Mitchell, Martha, xxxi, 36, 42, 72, 114–17, 128–29, 141–44, 153, 160, 165, 215–17, 221, 257, 290, 342, 383, 424, 425, 461, 589, 670–71, 676 Baldwin as bodyguard for, 153–54

  death of, 670

  drinking of, xix, 42, 115, 117, 201, 215, 425

  John’s divorce from, 461

  John’s marriage to, 115

  King incident, 216

  Senate hearings and, 425

  Watergate break-in and, 188, 189, 201

  Mitchell, Marty, 153, 201, 216

  Mitchell, Parren, 518

  Montoya, Joseph, 312, 355

  Moore, Jonathan, 605

  Moore, Powell, 182

  Moore, Robert, 316

  Moorer, Thomas, 102, 103, 460n, 481n, 521

  More, Thomas, 483

  Morgan, Charles, 307

  Morgan, Dan, 375n

  Morgan, Thomas “Doc,” 477

  Morgenthau, Hans, 88

  Morgenthau, Robert, 88

  Morris, Roger, 13

  Morton, Rogers, 398, 600

  Moss, John, 528

  Moynihan, Pat, 10n

  Mullen Company, 68, 135, 151, 156, 169, 191, 192, 223

  Muskie, Edmund, 61, 87, 88n, 120, 122–25, 152, 238, 267, 270n, 302, 312, 473

  Nader, Ralph, xxxi, 518

  Namath, Joe, 87

  National Archives, xxv, 95, 356 Nixon’s donations to, 537–59, 552

  National Citizens Committee for Fairness to the Presidency, 609–10

  National Federation of Republican Women, 469

  National Guard, 48

  National Guard Association, 48n

  National Press Club, xxxii

  National Security Act, 45

  National Security Agency (NSA), 29, 32, 50

  National Security Council (NSC), 12, 14, 79, 175n, 423, 476, 482 Radford spying operation and, 101–5, 387, 430n, 446n, 460n, 481n

  NATO, 131

  Naughton, James, 617

  Neal, James, 403, 410, 415, 416n, 417, 492, 493, 498–99, 499n, 526, 630–31

  Nedzi, Lucien, 389

  Nelson, Jack, 258–60, 616

  New Deal, xvii, xxvii, 4, 6, 10, 10n, 299

  New Journalism, xxxiv

  New Left, 4, 39, 40, 43, 46, 72, 79, 117

  Newman, Paul, 88n

  New Republic, 72

  New Right, 49

  Newsday, 233

  newspapers, see media; specific newspapers

  Newsweek, 8, 42–43, 96, 341, 420, 545, 591, 595, 647n

  New York, N.Y., 39, 40, 47–49 NYPD’s Bureau of Special Services and Investigations in, 54–55

  New York Daily News, 217

  New Yorker, 244, 405, 484, 506, 516, 588, 590, 599, 600, 616, 651

  New York Times, xix, xxvii, xxxii, xxxiv, 13–15, 21, 64, 80, 83, 84n, 85, 96, 114, 193, 221, 386, 393, 422, 423, 461n, 465, 482, 483, 531, 613 on Hoover, 154–55

  on Kalmbach, 55–56

  on Kissinger wiretaps, 384, 465

  Martha Mitchell’s call to, 342

  on Patman, 243–44

  Pentagon Papers published by, 17–22

  Senate hearings and, 406

  Watergate and, 187, 197, 233–35, 258, 277, 278, 292, 302–4, 366, 367, 375–76, 385, 388, 398, 493, 617

  White House tapes and, 595

  New York Yankees, xxi, 590n

  Ngo Dinh Diem, 82–83, 96, 213, 291–92

  Nickel Grass operation, 485

  Nichter, Luke, xxv

  Nixon, Francis A., xxvii–xxviii

  Nixon, Hannah Milhous, xxvii–xxviii

  Nixon, Julie, xxx, xxxii, 61, 369, 398, 539, 558, 624, 649n, 657, 658

  Nixon, Pat, xxviii, xxx, xxxii, xxxiii, 165, 188, 239, 398, 640, 658, 662, 664 personal finances and, 538, 539

  Senate hearings and, 398

  Woods and, 544

  Nixon, Richard, xxvii–xxxi approval ratings of, 165, 299, 517, 570

  birth of, xxvii

  blood clot suffered by, 610–11

  calendar given to cabinet members and aides of, 307–8

  in California gubernatorial race of 1962, xxxiii, 8, 27–28, 41

  Checkers speech of, 7, 464, 539, 649

  China trip of, 78, 121, 129, 619

  as congressman, xvi, xxviii, 7

  conversations of, xxiv–xxv

  Daily Diaries of, 434, 625, 626

  depression of, xix, xxx, 521, 655–56

  drinking of, xxx, 482, 521, 532, 557

  enemies list of, 87–98, 105, 549

  final days of presidency of, 643n, 645–52, 653–60

  finances of, 538–39, 574, 641, 670

  friendships of, xxviii–xxix

  goals of, xxx–xxxi

  “I am not a crook” statement of, xx, 540

  impeachment of, see impeachment of Richard Nixon

  interviews with Frost, 670–71

  Key Biscayne home of, xxix, 13, 59, 78, 141, 165, 181, 186, 189, 195, 421, 471, 476, 532, 538

  law and order platform of, xix, 4, 40, 43n, 71, 127n, 273, 478

  as man of his word, xxx

  memoirs of, xxii, xxiii, xxviii, xxxii, 40, 48, 79, 112, 122, 406, 435, 515–16, 533, 593, 623n, 643n, 671

  Middle East trip of, 610

  morning news summaries of, xxxiii, 49

  move back east, 678–79

  paranoia of, xxxiii, xxxiv, 368

  pneumonia of, 426, 427, 432, 437

  political career of, xvi, xxviii, xxx, xxxi

  presidency of, xvi–xviii, xxvii, 3–6, 165, 609–10, 641, 643, 643n, 645, 647, 651, 653

  presidential accomplishments of, xvii, 661–62

  in presidential election of 1952, xxx, 7, 464

  in presidential election of 1960, xxxn, 7, 8, 111–12, 129

  in presidential election of 1968, xxx, 8, 28–30, 32–35, 40, 55, 56, 59, 111–12, 115, 129, 174–75, 235, 324, 327

  in presidential election of 1972, see Nixon, Richard, in presidential election of 1972

  presidential inaugurations of, xxviii, 307

  press as viewed by, xxxii–xxxiii

  press conferences of, 240–41, 459–60, 464

  San Clemente ranch of (Casa Pacifica; Western White House), xxix, 56, 70, 77–78, 141, 188, 418–20, 538, 624, 664, 418–20, 459–60, 462, 538, 557, 558, 624, 664, 670

  second term remaking of administration, 280–81, 298–99

  sixtieth birthday of, 298, 299

  solitude and loneliness of, xxix, 5, 8, 373, 396, 556, 593, 609, 651

  Soviet Union trip of, xvii, 610, 619

  State of the Union address of, 568–70

  tax evasion of, xx, 537–59, 552, 590, 625, 636, 641, 670

  in Venezuelan attack, 211n

  as vice president, xxviii, 7

  White House prayer sessions of, 486

  as witness in FBI trial, 674–75

  yacht used by, xxvii, 600, 624, 647, 651

  Nixon, Richard, and Watergate Camp David strategy sessions, 369

  cover-up and, 358, 362, 378

  Dean’s “cancer on the presidency” warning and, 329–33, 354, 368, 378, 444, 447, 547

  defense team for, 465–66, 494

  Ford’s pardon and, 646, 668–69, 676

  impeachment and, see impeachment of Richard Nixon

  indifference to legality of actions, 607

  knowledge and involvement, 354, 362, 365n, 370, 378, 381, 393, 396, 411, 421, 448, 460, 461, 540, 575, 578–79, 594, 619, 622–23, 634–35, 652, 672

  named as co-conspirator, 580–82, 598, 602, 609

  national security and, xxv, 206, 209, 210, 345, 349, 362, 378, 432n, 455, 459, 607, 624, 675

  and odd period of inaction on June 20, 625, 626

  Operation Candor and, 533, 539, 542, 655

  possibility of prosecution, 365

  public statements, 206, 358–59, 371–72, 396–97, 444, 455–56, 581, 598

  and pursuit of legal actions following resignation, 667–69

  resignation, 588, 643–44, 649–50, 653–55, 658, 660, 661–65, 667, 669, 672

  resignation as possibility, 383–84, 398, 437, 531–32, 536, 558, 570–72, 600, 604–5, 641, 643, 646, 651

  resignation letter, 662, 664

  resignation speech, 644, 661–63

  stated desire for investigation, 358–59, 372, 444, 511, 565

  suicide allusion, 655

  talking dog metaphor and, 437, 638, 649

  Watergate as story about Washington versus, xxi–xxii

  and White House tape of June 23 conversation with Haldeman (the “smoking pistol”), 209, 592, 599, 633–35, 641, 642, 643n, 644, 645, 646, 649, 651, 652, 653

  and White House tape of March 22 conversation, 622

  Nixon, Richard, in presidential election of 1972, xvi, xix, xxi, 85, 98, 99–105, 189, 227, 233, 251, 258–59, 279–80, 284, 296, 641 California rally on, 279

  Nixon’s claim to prioritize world peace over attention to, 372

  Nixon’s victory in, xxvii, 280, 284, 288, 536, 557

  nomination, 239

  see also campaign funds for Nixon; Committee for the Re-Election of the President

  Nixon, Tricia, xxvii, xxxi–xxxii, 54, 398, 640, 658

  Nixon Presidential Library, xxv, 397–98, 433

  Nixon White House tapes, xxiii–xxv, 60, 70n, 348–49, 406, 410–11, 427, 429–41, 448, 466, 517, 520, 525, 543–49, 559, 563–68, 587, 628, 638, 670, 672, 678 appeals court and, 466, 467, 483, 486, 509

  Butterfield and, 59, 429–33, 435, 436n

  CIA and, 565, 635

  Constitution and, 621–22

  comparisons between Nixon’s transcripts and, 622

  conversations about destroying, 349, 435–36

  Cox and, 433–35, 437–41, 448, 462, 466–67, 469, 486–91, 493–94, 497–504, 545

  Dean and, 429, 431n, 433, 493, 547, 634

  difficulty of deciphering, xxv, 470, 541, 563–65

  eighteen-minute gap in, 540–42, 543–48, 565–67, 625

  Ervin and, 474, 500, 503

  Ervin Committee and, 432, 434, 435n, 438–39, 488, 490, 499

  executive privilege and, 435, 440, 459, 462, 486, 486n, 622, 632n

  expert analysis of, 563–67, 568n

  Garment and, 432, 435–37, 541, 564, 596–97

  grand jury and, 565, 568

  Haig and, 432, 435, 436, 436n, 437, 439, 501–3, 508, 541n, 546, 566, 594, 598, 599, 642–43

  installation of system, 59–60

  Johnson’s taping system and, 59

  Justice Department and, 437, 439, 493, 500

  Kissinger and, 60, 432n, 436

  Lien’s tip on, 292

  missing tapes and deletions in, 525–26, 532, 567–58, 654

  Nixon’s conversations with Dean on, 431, 433, 436, 438

  Nixon’s distortions of conversations in his transcripts of, 596–97

  Nixon’s editing of, 592–97

  Nixon’s phone call to Woods on, 427

  Nixon’s public statement on, 455–56

  Nixon’s release of transcripts to Judiciary Committee, 594–98, 600

  Nixon’s reviewing of, 469–70, 546, 592, 599

  public revelation of, 431–32, 435, 436n, 448

  recording speed of, 563

  Richardson and, 437, 437n, 441, 487–91, 494–95, 499–503, 507–11

  St. Clair and, 635, 638, 642–43, 651

  Secret Service and, 434, 470, 471, 525

  Sirica and, 525, 541–42, 543, 545–47, 563, 565–67, 568n, 638, 642, 654

  “smoking pistol” (Nixon’s June 23 conversation with Haldeman), 209, 592, 599, 633–35, 641, 642, 643n, 644, 645, 646, 649, 651, 652, 653

  Special Prosecutor’s Office and, 433–35, 437–41, 448, 462, 466–67, 469, 486–91, 493–94, 497–504, 525, 540, 547, 596

  Stennis Proposal and, 488–91, 494, 499–502, 519

  subpoenas for and releases of, 426, 433–34, 437–41, 443, 448, 453–55, 458–59, 462, 466, 474, 486, 487, 490, 493, 501, 518, 520, 525, 545, 546, 591, 592, 594, 597–98, 602, 620–22, 625, 630–32, 642, 654

  Supreme Court case on (United States v. Richard Nixon), 439, 440, 486, 501, 603–9, 620–22, 630–32, 633, 642, 647n, 654

  theories on Nixon’s saving of, 436–37

  transcripts of, 466–67, 487, 556, 596–97

  Volner and, 545, 546

  Woods and, 59, 427

  Woods’s accidental erasure of, 470, 541, 544–46, 567

  Woods’s new recorder and, 470

  Woods’s transcribing of, 470–71, 566

  Wright’s stipulations for Cox on, 494, 497–98, 501

  Nobel Peace Prize, 497

  Novak, Robert, 13, 97

  nuclear weapons, 656

  Nuremberg trials, 526, 535n

  Nussbaum, Bernard, 620

  Obama, Barack, 259n

  O’Brien, Frank, 591

  O’Brien, Lawrence, 144, 153, 163, 164, 171–73, 175, 185, 198, 229, 240, 246, 259, 273, 309n, 350

  O’Brien, Paul, 282

  O’Connor, John, 159

  Odle, Robert, 53–54, 129, 308

  O’Donnell, Kenny, 11

  Ogarrio Daguerre, Manual, 235

  oil embargo, 557, 569

  O’Leary, Jeremiah, 612

  Oliver, R. Spencer, 173, 174, 229, 247n, 307

  O’Neill, Eugene, 650

  O’Neill, Millie, 659

  O’Neill, Thomas P. “Tip,” 204, 295–98, 311, 328, 409, 436, 441–42, 468, 477, 479, 482, 484, 518, 522, 528, 528n, 536, 543, 570, 616, 651, 659, 663, 668, 672, 676

  Operation Candor, 533, 539, 542, 655

  Operation GEMSTONE, 119–23, 142–44, 152–53, 156, 159, 162, 176, 179, 180, 197, 199, 201–2, 213, 220, 270n, 324, 329, 344, 360–61, 378, 421, 443, 453

  Operation Nickel Grass, 485

  Operation SANDWEDGE, 99–105, 134n, 329, 407

  O’Reilly, Bill, 374

  Osborn, Howard, 205n

  Ostrow, Ronald, 258, 259, 260, 609, 613n

  O’Sullivan, Shane, 33n

  Owen, David Robert “Bob,” 573–75, 606n, 624–26

  Packwood, Bob, 517

  Pakistan, 101, 125, 126, 446n

  Paley, Bill, 278

  Pappas, Thomas A., 175, 297, 328, 331

  Parade, 257

  Parker, Douglas, 564

  Parkinson, Kenneth, 238, 282, 350 as one of the Watergate Seven, 584–86, 670n

  Patman, Wright, 240, 243–44, 247, 249, 251, 252, 249, 251, 252, 259, 261–63, 278, 356, 528, 529

  Peale, Norman Vincent, xxxi

  Pearson, Drew, 135

  Peck, David, 394

  Peck, Gregory, 87

  Pennington, Lee, Jr., 205n

  Pentagon Papers, xvi, xxxii, xxxiv, 15, 17–23, 27, 36, 37, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 73, 74, 79, 81, 84, 84n, 88, 92, 95, 172, 233, 366, 382, 384n

  Perle, Richard, 83

  Petersen, Henry, 182, 183, 189, 208, 212n, 231, 237–38, 261, 262n, 281, 283, 310n, 324, 330, 350–51, 358, 362, 363, 402–4, 439, 444, 453, 468, 475, 477–78, 514, 515, 517, 526, 582, 641

  Phillips, Kevin, 41

  Pico, Reinaldo, 162

  Pierpoint, Robert, 660

  Pike, Otis, 672–73

  Playboy, 137, 611

  Pleasant Valley Classic, 640

  Plumbers (Special Investigations Unit), xxivn, 77–85, 87, 89, 96, 101, 102, 104, 125, 199, 213, 245, 282, 362, 404, 416, 460n, 481n, 534 break-in at Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office, see Fielding, Lewis, break-in at office of

 

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