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RW: So that was Jon's bag over there. By the same token, I knew a year ago that, at a point in time, the First Family operation, under Connie [Stuart], would be hard pressed to handle the First Family during a campaign. Now, Connie would not like this comment, but this was something that I felt. Dwight and I talked about it long and hard and we knew it was going to be a very touchy situation, obviously, so we went about doing it as quietly and as convincingly as we could. We took Bill Codus; he did a number of things for Mrs. Nixon in and around the city. I had Allen Hall, who I'd designated to handle We took on Julie [Nixon Eisenhower] first. SY: Hm hmm. RW: Julie said she wanted somebody from my office to handle her trips and stuff. Allen Hall was the one that did that. From that, Tricia [Nixon Cox1 moved in. Dave Parker ended up doing their scheduling, Allen Hall executed, using our advance men, again. SY: Hm hmm. RW: So we got Bill Codus. Bill Codus did a few things for Mrs. Nixon. Bill Codus went to Hawaii to do the [Kakuei] Tanaka thing. Bill Codus went to Russia and did that. He handled her on the stops. So that was kind of building the rapport for Bill Codus. Came back, Bill Codus went in, talked to Mrs. Nixon, and it was set. So, from that standpoint, we had Bill Codus, 52

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