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SY:
Hm hmm.
RW: And it did prove to be just that. Because we made any
number of changes and there were [appendices] that were
made. It' S probably the best material on advancing a
President, or for that matter, a candidate of any sort,
as long as you take and make it applicable. Whether
it's a city councilman, or a mayor, or a state
congressman, or a state senator, or a governor, or
national Senator or Congressman, and then eventually a
President. Probably the best documented piece on
advance work that's ever been done. o. K. 9 that was
done. Still in Interior, but in February of 1971 I
moved to the White House. I took up residence with
Hugh Sloan, on the first floor of the EOB [Old
Executive Office Building].
SY:
Hm hmm.
RW:
I had a desk, and that was it.
SY:
You did not have a secretary?
RW:
No.
SY:
You didn't bring a secretary from Interior?
RW: Not initially. I started working with Dwight and Steve
internally, working at that time with John Davies, who
was a special assistant to the President for tours and
White House functions. I handled movement into the
President's office and out of the President's office.
I handled the Rose Garden affairs, the South Lawn, the
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