The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It

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by John W. Dean


  Hammer, Armand, 112

  Harding, Warren G., 483

  Harlow, Bryce, 214n, 485–86, 593

  Harmony, Sally, 370, 376

  Harrisburg Seven, 73n

  Harris Poll, 159, 549

  Hart, Gary, 206, 258, 677n32

  Hayden, Tom, 695n3

  Haynsworth, Clement, 394, 695n5

  Helms, Richard, 31, 58, 60–63, 68, 88, 99, 100, 173, 250, 468n, 561, 569, 574, 670n11, 670–71n15, 672n1

  Hersh, Seymour, 94, 208–9, 216, 368, 519, 520, 681–82n18, 707n21

  Hickel, Walter, 157

  Higby, Larry, 28n, 132, 133n, 197, 384, 385, 390, 393, 453, 488, 494, 497, 507, 509, 515–16, 518, 560, 564, 629, 666n1, 677n32, 703n111

  Hiss, Alger, 106, 130, 151, 208, 219, 235, 238, 241, 243, 247–49, 251, 252, 257, 274–76, 288, 298, 352, 420, 523

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 97

  Hoffman, Abbie, 695n3

  Hofgren, Danny, 390

  Hogan, Tom, 346, 359

  Holland, Max, 679n29

  Holton, Linwood, 300

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 82, 192, 208, 216, 222, 226, 249, 260, 273–74, 459, 461, 542n, 568, 681n17, 684n15, 700–71n81, 712n75

  House of Representatives, 179, 501n

  Banking Committee, 143, 145, 159

  Judiciary Committee, xxii, xxiv, 11, 221, 248, 254, 257–59, 263, 264, 271–72, 298, 306, 665n35, 713n77

  House Un-American Activities Committee, 273n

  Howard, Richard “Dick,” 356, 383n, 494, 612n

  Hruska, Roman, 259, 262

  Hughes, Howard, 12, 130–31, 391, 665n36, 694n63

  Hume Brit, 664n34

  Humphrey, Hubert, 18, 87, 91, 97, 167, 187, 208, 481, 681n17, 682n3, 702n102

  Hundley, William, 488, 499, 682n3

  Hunt, Dorothy, 185–86, 189, 190, 196, 203, 207, 218, 245, 320, 390, 494

  cash carried by, 192, 317, 385, 463, 477, 523, 690n7, 713n79

  Hunt, E. Howard, 2–5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 22, 24, 26–29, 32, 34, 36–38, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47–49, 56n, 58, 61, 62, 79, 80, 82–84, 86, 87, 90–91, 93n, 94, 97, 100, 101, 106, 109, 110, 118, 119, 120n, 121, 123, 124, 135, 139n, 144, 147, 148, 149, 168–69, 190, 191, 196–97, 209, 217–18, 220, 224, 232, 238, 243, 244, 246, 267, 269, 272, 283, 295, 297, 305, 326, 328–32, 336, 340, 346, 350, 355–56, 358, 383, 385, 387, 389–91, 395–98, 401, 402, 404, 411, 412, 419, 421, 425n, 428, 430, 459, 462, 481, 498, 500, 512, 546, 556, 561, 564, 565, 574, 579, 662n5, 663–64n15, 668nn9, 3, 673nn11, 3, 674n20, 680n10, 681n5, 690n9, 694n63, 700n78, 701n92

  bribing of, 124

  CIA and, 4, 28, 37, 56n, 84, 99, 101, 207, 672n1

  clemency for, 202–3, 207, 297, 324, 332, 345, 384, 390–91, 396, 416, 493–94, 523, 549, 616

  college student recruited by, 205–6

  Colson and, 4, 7, 17, 22, 23, 188–89, 199, 202–3, 223, 384, 390–91, 398n, 697n24

  Dean and, 222–23, 395–96, 419

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 308, 311–12, 317–20, 322–25

  Dean’s testimony and, 403

  Ehrlichman and, 3, 4, 27, 202, 222–23, 281, 293, 329n, 697n27

  Ehrlichman’s speculations on, 283

  Ellsberg break-in and, 4, 102, 294, 319, 336, 338, 339, 461–62, 466, 491, 496–97, 503, 516, 526, 531, 545, 546, 549, 577–78, 673n11, 688n27, 691n18, 706n165, 707–8n24

  FBI and, 5, 97, 662n5

  financial situation and blackmail attempt of, 296–97, 300, 308, 318–19, 320, 322–25, 332, 338, 396, 398, 419, 436, 453–55, 467, 468, 470–71, 476–77, 479, 482, 484, 542, 545, 601–2, 688n27, 690n12, 697n24, 704n138, 705n152, 709n54

  grand jury indictment of, 151, 153, 208

  guilty plea of, 208

  Haldeman and, 3, 97

  imprisonment of, 245

  Liddy and, 207, 386

  O’Brien’s meeting with, 296–97

  potential testimony of, 111

  safe with documents of, 223, 412, 415, 425–26, 428, 437, 446, 474, 513–14

  Segretti and, 163–64, 170, 171

  sentencing of, 327, 342, 392

  Sirica and, 211, 332

  and telephone in plumbers’ office, 191n

  testimony of, 358, 385, 386

  trial of, 196, 204–6, 208, 211, 265

  and wife’s carrying of cash, 192, 317, 385, 463, 690n7

  and wife’s death, 185, 190, 196, 203, 207, 218, 245, 320, 390, 494

  Huston, Tom Charles, 39, 101, 155, 542n, 568

  Huston Plan, 585

  immunity, 705–6n160

  state vs. federal, 711n30

  see also Watergate trial, immunity for defendants in

  Inouye, Daniel, 576

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 12, 130–31, 149, 155, 156, 196, 556, 623, 665n36, 677n32, 713n82, 716–17n101

  International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT), 11–13, 24–25, 37, 44, 45, 59, 67, 70, 73, 84, 87, 208, 217, 238, 282, 295, 394, 596, 597, 664n33, 665n35

  Iran, 77

  Jackson, Henry M. “Scoop,” 167, 187

  Jaworski, Leon, 541n, 665n35

  John F. Kennedy’s Thirteen Great Mistakes in the White House (Smith), 245, 250–51

  Johnson, Andrew, 701n90

  Johnson, Haynes, 410, 413

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 3, 36, 41, 72, 93, 129, 130, 137, 158n, 179, 208, 242–43, 628, 681n17

  FBI and, 242

  Nixon campaign airplane and, 681n17

  Johnson, Wally, 495

  Jones, Jerry, 537

  Judiciary Committee, House, xxii, xxiv, 11, 221, 248, 254, 257–59, 263, 264, 271–72, 298, 306, 665n35, 713n77

  Judiciary Committee, Senate, 567, 576

  Justice Department, 11–12, 18, 19, 34, 54, 56n, 66, 73n, 75, 97, 115, 117, 119–21, 123, 125, 128, 135, 140, 141, 145, 146, 152, 153, 172, 173, 182, 203, 204, 212n, 219, 229, 237, 240, 248, 260, 264, 293, 301, 315, 334, 352, 363, 294, 407, 414, 418, 420, 421, 436, 437, 440–41, 444, 446, 455, 466, 474, 496, 499, 515, 518, 537, 546, 549, 550, 554, 567, 574, 582, 586, 594, 670n11, 671n20, 675n12, 703n111, 708n24, 709n45

  Chicago Seven and, 695n3

  Ellsberg trial and, 129n, 130

  Internal Security Division of, 462

  Marchetti’s book and, 468n

  Segretti and, 164, 324

  Kalmbach, Herb, 103, 151, 163, 164, 169, 181, 198, 233, 246, 262, 263, 265, 271, 275, 281–82, 295, 317, 323–24, 328, 332, 333, 369, 370, 391, 407, 409, 428, 430, 433, 434, 472, 506, 566, 577, 624

  Dean and, 391, 399, 403, 430, 466

  Ehrlichman and, 406, 449, 697n18, 700n67

  and money for Watergate defendants, 323, 369, 373, 398, 416, 474, 477, 482, 508–9

  Kastigar vs. United States, 706n160

  Keating, Ken, 227

  Kelly, Clarence, 605

  Kempton, Murray, 609

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 11, 24, 143, 151, 159, 171, 185, 191, 201, 208, 218, 221, 258, 370, 665n41, 683n9

  Chappaquiddick and, 159, 271, 295, 323, 623, 687nn40, 41

  Secret Service and, 149

  Kennedy, John F., 24, 36, 102, 129, 214, 259, 271, 576

  assassination of, 144, 152, 159, 204

  Diem and, 500, 531–32

  Smith on mistakes of, 245, 250–51

  Kennedy, Robert F., 251, 320, 687n40

  Kerner, Otto, 447

  Kerr, Robert, 702n102

  Kessler, Ronald, 700–701n81

  Kherli, Bruce, 494

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 129

  Kilpatrick, Jack, 598–99

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 264

  Kissinger, Henry, 48n, 55, 63, 73, 73n, 93, 137, 157, 158, 161, 175, 195, 274, 276, 365, 366, 449–52, 458, 461, 462, 480, 521, 532–33, 544, 548, 559, 586, 596, 613, 626–27, 632, 662n11, 708n28

  Colson and, 195

  Nixon’s testing defense on, 450–51

  Vietnam and, 195, 196n

  Kleindienst, Dick, 8–11, 18, 19, 34, 35, 73, 79–81, 107, 121n, 123, 125–27, 135, 144, 151–52, 172, 173, 182, 192, 229, 231–32,
235–39, 240, 251–52, 256–58, 261, 263, 266, 277, 278, 281, 327, 337, 348, 366, 369, 374, 381, 383, 400, 405, 407–8, 410, 412–15, 417, 479, 489, 495–97, 499–504, 510, 513–15, 537–39, 547–48, 620, 665n35, 670n11, 697n19, 698n28, 703n117, 715n49

  Dean and, 241–42, 247–50, 497

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 316

  Ehrlichman and, 120, 125, 229

  and Hunt’s recruiting of college student, 205n

  Liddy and, 79, 684n24

  Mitchell and, 247, 252, 278

  Petersen and, 497

  resignation of, 515

  Senate Watergate committee and, 241–42

  Koch, Noel, 495

  Kopechne, Mary Jo, 271, 687n40

  Kraft, Joseph, 65–67, 192, 700n75

  Krogh, Egil “Bud,”82–83, 85, 91, 219, 269, 294, 297, 310, 319, 322, 329, 336, 350, 350n, 479n, 512, 531, 547, 548, 579, 591, 605, 607, 662n11, 688–89n27, 690n9, 691n18, 696n15, 708n24, 712n64

  Ehrlichman and, 329n, 338

  Ellsberg break-in and, 546

  Kurosawa, Akira, 719n1

  Kutler, Stanley, xx, xxii, 673n13

  La Costa Resort & Spa, 216, 469–72, 481–82, 491, 506

  Lafontant, Jewel, 244–45

  Laird, Melvin, 592–93, 628

  Lane, Frank, 285

  LaRue, Fred, 33–34, 39n, 68, 71, 234, 284, 321, 328, 329, 332, 337, 353, 356, 372, 373, 389, 396, 400, 409, 411, 427–28, 430, 439, 482, 512, 523, 668n7

  Dean’s testimony and, 399, 403

  Las Vegas Review Journal, 151

  Leak (Holland), 679n29

  Lenzner, Terry, 595n

  Lewis, Alfred E., 667n4

  Lewis, Hobart, 606–7

  Libby, I. Lewis “Scooter,” 690n8

  Liddy, G. Gordon, xvii, 6, 8–9, 13, 23, 48, 50–51, 54, 57, 59, 80, 81–83, 100, 103, 106–8, 110, 113, 118, 119, 121, 124, 135, 144, 148, 149, 163, 173, 178, 181, 187, 190, 206, 207–9, 216, 217, 219, 224, 233, 246, 265–69, 272, 288–91, 292n, 293, 294, 305, 329–30, 336, 346, 348–50, 355–57, 363, 370, 374, 386, 387, 389, 391, 392, 396, 401, 402, 404, 412, 415, 417–18, 426–28, 439–40, 459, 464, 477–78, 488, 489, 494, 521, 552n, 565, 579, 584, 615, 663n15, 664n27, 665n41, 667n4, 668nn7, 9, 673nn11, 3, 675n12, 680nn10, 3, 681n5, 687n39, 689nn4, 5, 690nn9, 12, 691n18, 692n28, 693n41, 694n63, 695nn5, 11, 699n61, 701n92

  Barth and, 131n

  Colson and, 199, 200, 202

  cover-up and, 33–40, 42, 45, 85–86, 88–93, 95

  Dean and, 34n, 108, 349, 425, 428, 430, 447, 601, 696n15

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 309–14, 316, 318–20, 322–23

  Ehrlichman and, 281, 293, 712n64

  Ehrlichman’s speculations on, 283, 284

  Ellsberg break-in and, 4, 33–34, 102, 294, 310, 319, 462, 496–97, 503, 516, 526, 531, 545, 546, 547–48, 673n11, 680n10, 688n27, 689n30, 706n165, 707–8n24, 712n64

  FBI and, 75–76, 85, 90, 103, 124, 309, 701n81

  firing of, 75

  grand jury indictment of, 151, 153

  Haldeman on, 672n21

  Hunt and, 207, 386

  Kleindienst and, 79, 684n24

  MacGregor on, 142

  Magruder and, 101, 108, 109, 112, 115, 127, 133–34, 173, 282, 283, 326, 364, 404, 696–97n16, 712n64

  McCord and, 346

  memoir of, 689n6

  Mitchell and, 39n, 359, 374, 386, 401–2, 427

  Segretti and, 163–64, 166

  sentencing of, 342

  Sloan and, 282, 283

  and telephone in plumbers’ office, 191n

  trial of, 204, 206, 210, 213, 228, 245–46, 265

  Liebman, Morris, 624

  Life, 532

  Lincoln, Abraham, 473, 701n90

  Los Angeles Times, 195, 345–46

  Lost Honor (Dean), 160n

  Lukash, William, 625

  Lydon, Christopher, 465

  MacGregor, Clark, 70, 76, 78, 83–88, 93, 99, 100, 124, 127, 138–39, 146, 151, 154, 170–71, 179, 268, 379, 672n2

  interview given by, 142–43

  on Liddy, 142

  MacKenzie, John, 254

  MacLaine, Shirley, 677n32

  Magruder, Jeb, 2, 6, 8–9, 48, 69, 89, 101, 103–4, 120n, 153, 163, 173, 178, 181, 183, 187, 197, 200–201, 203, 217, 218, 220, 223, 228, 232, 235, 238–39, 240, 267, 269, 280, 282, 289, 291–93, 303–5, 327, 329–31, 333, 338, 346–48, 350–53, 355–58, 363, 371, 373, 383–84, 386–87, 389–93, 395, 399–401, 404, 405, 407, 411, 412, 415, 422, 426, 428, 435, 438–42, 444, 446–47, 453, 456–59, 462, 464, 465n, 472, 477–80, 482, 499, 523, 579, 596, 602, 615–16, 665n41, 673n3, 674n21, 680n10, 681n5, 687n39, 689nn30, 5, 690n15, 692n8, 693n30, 694n51, 695nn8, 11, 697n19

  Bicentennial Commission and, 201, 228

  claims of White House knowlege of Watergate operation by, 356–57

  Colson and, 198–99, 202, 232, 235, 326, 382, 383

  Dean and, 108, 110, 112, 113, 120, 122, 141, 347, 361–64, 420, 464

  Dean approached to support false testimony of, 355, 357, 358, 368, 420

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 310–15, 322

  Ehrlichman and, 105–12, 115, 126, 133–34, 607

  Ehrlichman’s speculations on, 283, 284

  FBI and, 101, 103, 115

  Haldeman and, 108, 111–12, 114–17, 119–20, 126, 127, 132–33, 140, 141, 198–200, 232, 238, 280, 282, 292, 382, 390, 400, 463, 607, 608

  Higby’s recording of, 384, 385, 390, 393, 453

  immunity and, 113–14, 223, 347, 351, 383, 400

  Liddy and, 101, 108, 109, 112, 115, 127, 133–34, 173, 282, 283, 326, 364, 404, 696–97n16, 712n64

  lie-detector test and, 479

  McCord’s claim of Watergate break-in knowledge of, 345–46, 350–52

  Mitchell and, 89, 108–13, 115–16, 119, 126, 140, 198, 280, 283, 374, 393, 408, 421, 426

  Porter and, 103, 111, 112, 114, 115, 173, 314, 351

  resignation of, 480, 485

  Sloan and, 103, 113, 114, 122, 125, 126, 133, 134, 282, 293

  Strachan and, 291–92, 356–57, 467, 469

  testimony of, 104, 105–41, 197–99, 223–24, 228, 303, 305, 314, 338, 353, 385, 390, 392, 400–401, 408, 414, 420, 421, 464, 584, 607, 609, 673n13, 680n3, 696n15, 713n77

  Mailer, Norman, 627

  Malek, Fred, 76, 518

  Manchester (NH) Guardian, 165

  Mann, Jim, 53

  Mansfield, Mike, 203, 208, 370, 579, 609, 614

  Manson, Charles, 162

  Marchetti, Victor, 468n, 670n11

  Mardian, Robert, 6, 33–34, 39n, 144, 154, 181, 353, 372, 409, 465n, 668n7, 674n20, 701n81

  Dean’s testimony and, 399, 403

  Maroulis, Peter, 349, 439

  Marshall, Thurgood, 244, 245

  Martinez, Eugenio, 7, 294, 664n27

  grand jury indictment of, 153

  guilty plea of, 208

  Marx, Louis, 700–701n81

  Marx, Patricia, 700n81

  McCandless, Bob, 520–21, 702n102, 709n45

  McCarthy hearings, 305

  McCord, James W., 3, 5, 6, 8–10, 13, 23, 26–29, 35, 39, 51, 81, 88, 147, 153, 196–97, 209, 217, 218, 258, 269, 283, 297, 303, 320, 322, 328, 331, 347, 356, 358, 368, 370n, 381, 403, 404, 421, 424–43, 457, 494, 523, 577, 669n3

  appeal and jail concerns of, 304, 305

  arrest of, 5

  Dean’s knowledge of Watergate break-in claimed by, 345–46, 350–52, 355

  Ehrlichman’s speculations on, 283

  grand jury appearance of, 374

  grand jury indictment of, 153

  Haldeman and, 360

  Liddy and, 346

  Magruder’s knowledge of Watergate break-in claimed by, 345–46, 350–52

  Mitchell and, 297, 305

  sentencing of, 342, 371

  Sirica and, 304, 341–42, 343, 371

  testimony of, 359, 360, 371, 386

  trial
of, 205, 210, 213, 228, 245–46, 265

  McGovern, George, 1, 13, 18, 20, 23, 24, 29, 30, 38, 42, 43, 54, 71, 84, 86–89, 97, 114, 128, 137, 151, 153, 159, 169, 174, 187, 206, 312, 313, 330, 570, 665n41, 674n17, 677n32, 680n10, 683n9, 687n39, 689–90n6

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 312, 313

  Gregory and, 205n

  nomination of, 102

  Secret Service and, 117–18, 713n82

  McPhee, Roemer, 608

  Meet the Press, 204

  Mexico, 56n, 57, 60, 79, 90, 93n, 99, 101, 143, 246, 250, 264–65, 559, 560, 574–75, 582, 584, 587

  Miami Herald, 7

  Miller, Ed, 225n

  Miller, Jack, 595

  Misérables, Les (Hugo), 95

  Mitchell, John, 9–12, 25–28, 33–37, 40–44, 56, 58–60, 66–69, 74–77, 82, 84–86, 100–101, 120n, 138–40, 178–79, 181–83, 207–9, 231–40, 254–57, 266–69, 279, 292, 326–27, 331, 339–41, 345–49, 351–54, 356–58, 362–64, 367–73, 384–86, 388–90, 392–99, 401–4, 411–13, 441, 444, 450, 465n, 475, 477–80, 482–84, 499, 505–8, 513, 523, 536, 550, 553, 554, 556, 559, 563, 585, 587, 594, 599, 607, 611, 615–16, 665nn35, 41, 668n7, 669n3, 673n3, 674n20, 680n10, 681n17, 687n39, 689n30, 693n33, 695nn8, 11, 696n15, 697n19

  Baker and, 627

  Carswell and, 73, 278, 278, 394, 695n5

  “Chapman’s friend” and, 23

  Colson and, 200, 213, 382, 383, 682n3

  Dean and, 53–56, 92, 106, 112, 306, 332, 361, 362, 364, 366–68, 374, 378–79, 384, 393, 398, 402, 424, 425, 436, 674n21, 675n12

  Dean approached to support false testimony of, 355, 357, 358, 368, 420

  Dean report and, 285, 288

  in Dean’s March 21 conversation with Nixon on Watergate facts, 310–12, 314–17, 321, 322, 324

  Dean’s testimony and, 403

  deposition of, 148

  discussion of potential testimony for, 369

  Ehrlichman and, 18, 19, 28, 116, 198, 121–22, 294, 394, 401–2, 489, 587, 622, 668n9, 689n27, 695n5

  Ehrlichman’s speculations on, 283, 284

  electronic surveillance and, 466

  FBI and, 103

  Felt and, 172–73, 679n29

  and first Watergate-related press conference, 47, 51–52

  Gray and, 54, 222, 225, 278

  Haldeman and, 31, 106, 198, 201–2, 622, 695n5

  Hundley hired by, 488

  indictment of, 703n114

  insanity plea discussed for, 386

  investigation ordered by, 46

  Kleindienst and, 247, 252, 278

  Kraft on, 66

  lack of candor from, 193

  LaRue and, 439

  Liddy and, 39n, 359, 374, 386, 401–2, 427

  MacGregor’s interview and, 142–43

 

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