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772-015

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  • Richard Nixon Sept. 7, 1972

    Now, the other thing that I want understood, have you covered with him the business of the [Edward] Kennedy coverage?

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  • Alexander Butterfield

    Yes.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    Yes.

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  • Richard Nixon

    What man have you--have you assigned a man to him?

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  • Alexander Butterfield

    Yes. It's all taken care of, sir. [Unclear.]

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  • Richard Nixon

    That they all--and they all know that [unclear].

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  • Bob Haldeman

    And I'll talk to [Robert] Newbrand and give him--I just want to get him one [unclear].

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  • Richard Nixon

    But he's not [unclear], as I understand.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    [Unclear.]

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  • Richard Nixon

    [Secret Service Director James J.] Rowley is not to make the assignment. Does he understand? Rowley [unclear].

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  • Bob Haldeman

    He's to assign Newbrand.

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  • Richard Nixon

    Does he understand that he's to do that?

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  • Alexander Butterfield

    He's effectively already done it. And we have a full force assigned, 40 men.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    I told them to put a big detail on him [unclear].

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  • Richard Nixon

    A big detail is correct. One that can cover him around the clock, every place he goes.

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  • Richard Nixon

    Right. No, that's really true. He has got to have the same coverage that we give the others, because we're concerned about security and we will not assume the responsibility unless we're with him all the time.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    And Amanda Burden can't be trusted. [Unclear.] You never know what she might do. [Unclear.]

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  • Richard Nixon

    OK. Fine. Incidentally, I want it to be damn clear that he requested it.

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  • Alexander Butterfield

    [Unclear.]

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  • Richard Nixon

    He requested it. [Unclear] because of threats. In other words, of course, that builds the son of a bitch up. And I wanted to be sure that we didn't [unclear].

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  • Richard Nixon

    I just wondered how you handled the--how you told Rowley you wanted Newbrand.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    I told Alex [Butterfield] to tell Rowley that Newbrand was to be put in charge of the detail. That I'm having Alex do.

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  • Richard Nixon

    Yeah.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    So that it's a routine--he handles, deals with the Secret Service.

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  • Richard Nixon

    And Rowley doesn't [unclear] Rowley doesn't bitch, now. [Unclear.]

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  • Bob Haldeman

    He won't bitch.

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  • Richard Nixon

    And you'll talk to Newbrand?

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  • Bob Haldeman

    And I'll talk to Newbrand and tell him how to approach it, because Newbrand will do anything that I tell him to.

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  • Richard Nixon

    He will go on [unclear].

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  • Bob Haldeman

    [with Nixon acknowledging] He really will. And he has come to me twice and absolutely, sincerely said, "With what you've done for me and what the President's done for me, I just want you to know, if you want someone killed, if you want anything else done, any way, any direction--"

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  • Richard Nixon

    The thing that I [unclear] is this: we just might get lucky and catch this son-of-a-bitch and ruin him for '76.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    That's right.

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  • Richard Nixon

    He doesn't know what he's really getting into. We're going to cover him, and we are not going to take "no" for an answer. He can't say "no." The Kennedys are arrogant as hell with these Secret Service. He says, "Fine," and he should pick the detail, too.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    Then you go on the basis of, what? Kennedy may throw it out. But if he does, that's fine.

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  • Richard Nixon

    That's OK.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    It doesn't matter.

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  • Richard Nixon

    That's going to be fun.

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  • Bob Haldeman

    Newbrand will just love it.

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  • Richard Nixon

    Sure. Also, I want you to tell Newbrand if you will that [unclear] because he's a Catholic, sort of play it, he was for Jack Kennedy all the time. Play up to Kennedy, that "I'm a great admirer of Jack Kennedy." He's a member of the Holy Name Society. He wears a St. Christopher [unclear].

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