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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,
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