by Bob Woodward
Blind Ambition, 149
Deep Throat (Mark Felt), 4, 149
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 124
Democrats for Nixon, 134
DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency), 124
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 118
Doar, John, 175
documents from Butterfield files, 1–4, 143, 199–201, 203–76. See also specific topics and persons discussed in documentation
Dong, Pham Van, 126
Dudman, Richard, 91
Duffy, Evelyn, 2, 184
E
East Room, White House, 18, 19, 30, 177
Edgar B. Stern Family Fund, 54–55
Ehrlichman, John
Burger appointment to Supreme Court and, 85, 228
Butterfield’s request for position of greater authority and, 140
at cabinet dinner, 134
Kennedy, Teddy, efforts to discredit, 108, 242, 243
memos of meetings kept by, 28
My Lai massacre investigation by, 53, 54
Nixon memo on media to, 237
Nixon memo on reelection campaign to, 130–33
resignation of, 147
Watergate and, 147, 151, 174
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 13, 34, 60, 84, 90, 109
“Electronic Records of the Air War Over Southeast Asia” (High, Curran, and Robinson, in Journal of Vietnamese Studies), 113, 192n, 264
Ellzey, Michael D., 112, 191n
The Ends of Power (Haldeman), 176*
Enemies List, 59
Ervin, Sam, 145–46, 160, 166–67
executive office of the president. See White House staff
F
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), Butterfield at, 140–41, 142–43, 161–62, 170, 171, 179
Fatal Politics (Ken Hughes), 123–24
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Butterfield at, 140–41, 142–43, 161–62, 170, 171, 179
Felt, Mark (Deep Throat), 4, 149
Fish Room (later Roosevelt Room), White House, 17, 42–43, 46
Fiske, Edward B., 73, 223
Forbes, 24
Ford, Gerald, 179, 182
Fortas, Abe, 84–86, 229–30
Fountain, Pete, 64
Freeze List, 59
G
Garment, Len, 163, 166, 174
Goodpaster, General Andrew, 15
Green Room, White House, 69, 70, 71
Greene, Graham, 159
Greider, William, 169
H
Haig, Gen. Alexander
bilateral negotiations between North Vietnam and U.S. and, 127
blockage of Butterfield’s appointment as NATO ambassador, 180
congratulation letter from Butterfield, 90, 238
escalation of bombing in Vietnam and, 123
Inner Circles, 173
in Johnson administration, 19
Kissinger’s self-important habits and, 76
as military assistant to Kissinger, 13
on My Lai massacre, 51
reelection campaign memo, 88–90, 232–35
rise of, 87–90
taping system and, 162–63, 173–74
as White House chief of staff, 163
Halberstam, David, The Best and the Brightest, 117
Haldeman, H.R. “Bob”
appointment of Butterfield as deputy assistant, 6–16, 176*
Burger and, 86–87, 232–33
Butterfield’s relationship with, 6, 41, 63–64, 176*
Butterfield’s request for position of greater authority and, 138–40, 276–78
at cabinet member dinner, 134
carbon copy, Butterfield as, 20–21, 28
chief of staff title resisted by, 18, 24
control exercised by, 17–18, 103–4, 137, 152
The Ends of Power, 176*
entry into Oval Office unannounced by, 60
Haig presidential campaign memo to, 88, 232–35
impeachment hearing, Butterfield’s testimony at, 175–76
at inaugural staff meeting, 17–18
Kissinger files obtained by, 121
on Kissinger’s seating at state dinners, 76, 227
media relationships and, 17–18, 92–93
memos of meetings kept by, 28
Nixon, relationship with, 45–46, 47, 63–64
on Nixon’s awkwardness with people, 20–23, 45
office location, change of, 63–64
Pat Nixon, relationship with, 26–27
on presidential photos in staff offices, 57, 216–18
on religious services at White House, 73–75, 221–25
resignation of, 147
return to California leaving Butterfield in charge, 28–30, 184–85n
staff resignation requirement following reelection, 137, 275
taping system and, 77–81, 144
20th wedding anniversary, 184–85n
on Vietnam, 119
Wallace shooting, anger over presidential notification of, 103–4, 240–41
Watergate and, 146, 147, 151, 156, 174
Haldeman, Jo (wife), 6, 28, 184–85n
Hamilton, Jim, 165–67
Harlow, Bryce, 34
Harvard president on White House grounds, 59–60
Hays, Wayne, 141–42
helicopter incident, 97–102
Helms, Richard, 109–10, 244, 259
Herblock, 94
Hersh, Seymour M., 50–52, 54–55
Higby, Larry, 9–10, 12, 46, 77–78, 79, 81, 144, 156
Ho Chi Minh trail, 82
Hoffa, Jimmy, 92
Hoover, J. Edgar, 155
Hopkins, Bill, 57, 58
House Committee on Un-American Activities, 58
House Judiciary Committee on impeachment of Nixon, 175–76
Hughes, Gen. Don, 13, 70–72
Hughes, Ken, Fatal Politics, 123–24
Humphrey, Hubert, 6
Hunt, E. Howard, 104, 146, 148–49, 153, 180
Hussein (king of Jordan), 109–10, 244–63
I
impeachment hearings, 175–76
Inner Circles (Haig), 173
International Air Service Company, 180
interviews with Butterfield, 2, 3, 183–84
Israel/Jordan negotiations, 109–10, 244–61
J
The Jack Paar Tonight Show, 42
Japan, U.S. spying on, 111
Jericho surface-to-surface missile program (Israel), 111, 262, 263
Jews and Judaism, Nixon on, 53, 89
Johnson, Lyndon B., 5, 19, 26, 105, 112, 113, 115, 122, 139, 141, 142
Jordan/Israel negotiations, 109–10, 244–61
Journal of American History, 154, 158
K
Kant, Immanuel, 159
Karnow, Stanley, 93
Kaye, Beverly, 96–102
Kehrli, Bruce, 110–11
Kendall, Don, 60
Kennedy, John F., 56–58, 82, 106, 108, 112, 179
Kennedy, Robert, 106
Kennedy, Rose, 106
Kennedy, Teddy, 89, 106–8, 136, 242, 243
Key Biscayne, 65, 79, 105, 138*, 175
Keyes, Paul, birthday party of, 42–45
Kissinger, Henry
and Arab sources, 109–10
bilateral negotiations between North Vietnam and U.S. and, 125–28, 129, 269–73
Butterfield, relationship with, 41
in Butterfield documents, 2
escalation of bombing in Vietnam and, 120–21, 123, 124, 265–68
files obtained by Nixon, 121
at first staff meeting, 17
memos of meetings kept by, 28, 78
as national security advisor, 13
Nixon, relationship with, 119
Rogers, relationship with, 133
self-importance, Nixon’s resentment of, 75–76, 226, 227
on staff resignation requirement following reelection, 137
taping system, ignorance of, 121
Thieu, convers
ations with, 125–29, 269–73
on troop withdrawals from Vietnam, 49
White House Years, 92, 178
women and, 76, 227
“zilch” memo on effectiveness of bombing campaign and, 114–15, 116, 119, 191n
Klein, Herb, 18, 48
Krogh, Egil “Bud,” 18, 141, 175
L
Laird, Melvin, 34–36, 40, 50–51, 120, 122, 134
Laos
bombing campaign, 113, 114, 118
South Vietnam, invasion from, 88
Laugh-In, 42
le Carré, John, Smiley’s People, 160
Lewis, Ted, 73
Liddy, G. Gordon, 146
Life magazine, 54, 84
Lilly, Bill, 151
Lincoln, Abraham, 86, 88
Luce, Clare Boothe, 69
M
MacGregor, Clark, 134
Magruder, Jeb, 175
Marine One, 75
McCarthy, Eugene, 54
McClellan, Gen. George B., 88
McCord, James, 147
McGovern, George, 88–89, 106, 134–35
McNamara, Robert, 7, 13, 141
Meadlo, Paul, 52–53
media
My Lai massacre in, 50–55
Nixon policy and relationships, 18, 50–55, 91–93, 239
Nixon press conference (June 19, 1969), 46–49
religious services at White House and, 73–74, 222–24
Vietnam coverage, 50–55, 91
Watergate coverage, 145–46, 147, 165–66
White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, 86
Meir, Golda, 109–10, 167, 245–54
MiG-19s, 120
military
civilian resentment of, 141–42
political neutrality of, 88
response to Butterfield after fall of Nixon, 178–79
Mitchell, John, 40, 92, 137, 146, 147, 151
Mitchell, Martha (wife), 137
Moore, Dick, 165
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 41, 140
Mudge Rose (law firm), 60
My Lai massacre, 50–55, 208–15
N
National Security Archive, 191n
National Security Council
Butterfield and position on, 8, 12
escalation of bombing in Vietnam and, 120
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 180
Negroponte, John, 113
The New Republic, 108, 243
New York City, Nixon on, 60–61
New York Daily News, 73
New York Post, 74, 224
New York Times, 73, 74, 91, 147, 173, 224
The New Yorker, 55
Newbrand, Robert, 107–8
Newsweek, 52
Nixon, Julie (daughter), 27, 65
Nixon, Pat (wife)
Butterfield and other staff, relationship with, 25–27, 64–66, 138*
“Checkers” speech and, 84
as Committee for the Preservation of the White House chair, 59
marital relationship, 25–26, 64–66, 100
at state dinners, 72
Nixon, Richard M. See also reelection campaign; secrecy/confidentiality; taping system; Vietnam; Watergate; White House staff
awkwardness with people, 19–23, 28–31, 69–72, 94–102
barber of, 164
blow-up doll placed in bed of, 94
Bremer’s plan to assassinate, 104–5
Burger appointment to Supreme Court and, 84–87, 228–33
Butterfield documents and, 1–4
Butterfield’s exit from White House staff and, 143
on Butterfield’s photograph wall, 181
Butterfield’s request for position of greater authority and, 140
“Checkers” speech, 84
children, Butterfield’s, 66–68
China, opening of, 92–93, 124
CIA, spying on Israel by, 109–11
daily routine of, 61
eight-year policy of, 17–18
elected president, 6
expected response to orders of, 106–7
false teeth of, 67
first inauguration, 17
first meeting of Butterfield with, 28–31
first seen by Butterfield, 11
Haig, rise of, 87–90
Haldeman, relationship with, 45–46, 47, 63–64
impeachment hearings, 175–76
initial interactions with Butterfield, 32–40
Kennedy, Teddy, spying on, 106–8
at Keyes birthday party, 42–46
Kissinger, relationship with, 119
Kissinger’s files, determination to obtain, 121
on Kissinger’s self-importance, 75–76, 226, 227
on Laugh-In, 42
“love affairs” or man-crushes of, 140
marital relationship, 25–26, 64–66, 100
media policy and relationships, 18, 50–55, 91–93, 239
No More Vietnams, 124
office changes orchestrated by, 63–64
press conference (June 19, 1969), 46–49
privacy, craving for, 61–62, 94
profanity of, 35, 40
religious services at White House, 73–75
resentments and grudges, 56–61, 91–93, 136, 177
resignation of, 177, 181
RN (memoir), 74, 121, 122, 128, 173
RN personal file, 123, 125
sexual attraction to female secretaries, 94–102
staff, treatment of, 35–36, 40, 135, 141, 274
at state dinners, 69–72
strategic mind of, 130–35
surprise at Butterfield’s disclosures, 4
viral pneumonia of, 173
Wallace assassination and, 103–4
Nixon, Tricia (daughter), 27, 65, 67
Nixon Presidential Library, 112, 115, 123, 191n
No More Vietnams (Nixon), 124
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 180
North Vietnam. See Vietnam
O
oath of office, 18–20
O’Donnell, Air Force General Rosy, 10, 16–17, 118
office locations and power relationships, 63–64
Office of the Historian, State Department, 126–27
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 131
The Official History of the People’s Army of Vietnam, 1954–1975, 124, 128–29
OMB (Office of Management and Budget), 131
Operation Linebacker II, 128
Opponents List, 59
Oval Office
staff allowed to enter unannounced, 60, 76
taping system installed in, 77–83, 168–69 (See also taping system)
P
Paar, Jack, 42
Palmer, Arnold, 69
paper flow management, 20, 21–22, 150
Paris peace talks and peace treaty, 125–29
“Peace with Honor” in Vietnam, 51, 112
PepsiCo, 60
Pitts, Milton, 164–66
postal strike (1970), 82
presidential photos in staff offices, 56–59, 216–20
press. See media
privacy, Nixon’s craving for, 61–62, 94
Prouty, Fletcher, 179–80
public television, 92
R
Rather, Dan, 93, 113, 114, 115, 117
Reagan, Ronald, 180
Rebozo, Bebe, 65, 94, 97–101, 123
reelection campaign
escalation of bombing in Vietnam and, 123–24
Haig’s memo on, 88–90, 232–35
landslide victory, 137
resignations of staff requested following, 137–38, 275
strategic mind of Nixon and, 130–35
religious services at White House, 73–75, 221–25
resignation of Nixon, 177, 181
Richardson, Elliot, 132
Ridenhour, Ronald Lee, 51, 53–55, 211–15
RN (Nixon memoir), 74, 121, 122, 128, 173
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Rogers, William (Bill), 56, 109–10, 133, 135
Romney, George, 39–40
Roosevelt, Theodore, 177
Roosevelt Room (formerly Fish Room), White House, 17, 42–43, 46
Rosenberg, Edna, 58
Rumsfeld, Donald, 179
Russia. See Soviet Union
S
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 91
Salinger, J. D., The Catcher in the Rye, 159–60
San Clemente (Western White House), 57, 100, 175
Sanchez, Manolo, 61
Sanders, Donald G., 154–55, 158, 168, 172
Saturday Night Massacre, 175
Scali, John, 110–11
Schultz, Jason, 112–13
Scouten, Rex, 59
secrecy/confidentiality
expectations of staff and Nixon administration regarding, 90, 171
organization of staff, obfuscation regarding, 24
press, policy restricting staff interaction with, 18
taping system information, confidentiality/public release of, 155, 156, 160–63, 167, 171
Secret Service
spy in Teddy Kennedy’s detail, 106–8, 136
Tricia Nixon and her date and, 67–68
Seib, Charles B., 180
Senate Watergate Committee and hearings, 147–51. See also Watergate
sexual incidents
attraction of Nixon to female secretaries, 94–102
blow-up doll placed in Nixon’s bed by Bebe Rebozo, 94
Kennedy, Teddy, extramarital relationships of, 107
Kissinger and women, 76, 227
Sheehan, Neil, A Bright Shining Lie, 118–19
Shultz, George, 131, 132, 133
Silbert, Earl, 146
Sirica, John, 146–47
Situation Room, White House, 19
“Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga,” 45
60 Minutes, 52
Sloan, Hugh, 149
Smiley’s People (le Carré), 160
South Vietnam. See Vietnam
Soviet Union
Aeronautica ’73, 162
ambassadorial talks at Camp David, 96
arms control agreement with, 93
Chinese relationship with U.S. and, 92
PepsiCo in, 60
U.S. spying on, 111
staff. See White House staff
Stans, Maury, 38–39, 134
state dinners, 62, 64–65, 67, 69–72, 75, 76, 227
Supreme Court
Burger appointment, 84–87
Fortas resignation, 84–86
Nixon ordered to turn tapes over to the Watergate prosecutor by, 177
Warren retirement, 85
T
taping system
briefing of Nixon on, 80–81
in Cabinet Room, 78, 79, 156
confidentiality/public release of information regarding, 155, 156, 160–63, 167, 171
consequences of disclosure of, 175, 178–80
Dean’s suspicions regarding, 148–49
disclosed by Butterfield at Watergate hearings, 1, 2–4, 150–56
impeachment hearings and, 175–76
importance to Nixon, 144
installation of, 77–83, 96, 156, 168–69
