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Envelope stating RN Tape; Memo to Ehrlichman Estate Plan. 1pg. [Other Document], 2/1/1972
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: guidence in preparing estate plans. 5pgs. [Memo], 2/1/1972
Letter from RN (?) to Duke Rose RE: preparartion for trip to Great Wall. 3pgs. [Letter], 2/16/1972
Letter from Rose Mary Woods to Walter Williams apologizing for late response. 1pg. [Letter], 2/16/1972
Letter from Walter Williams to Rose Mary Woods asking her to give a letter to RN. 1pg. [Letter], 9/30/1971
Letter from Walter Williams to RN RE: "Citizens for Nixon" organization for 1972. 2pgs. [Letter], 9/30/1971
Memo from Walter Williams to Rose Mary Woods informing her that the following document was inadverantly left out of the envelope. 1pg. [Memo], 9/30/1971
Financial report from "Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon. 1pg. [Report], 11/21/1952
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Letter from RN (?) to Duke Rose RE: preparartion for trip to Great Wall. 3pgs. [Letter], 2/16/1972
Letter from Rose Mary Woods to Walter Williams apologizing for late response. 1pg. [Letter], 2/16/1972
Letter from Walter Williams to Rose Mary Woods asking her to give a letter to RN. 1pg. [Letter], 9/30/1971
Letter from Walter Williams to RN RE: "Citizens for Nixon" organization for 1972. 2pgs. [Letter], 9/30/1971
Memo from Walter Williams to Rose Mary Woods informing her that the following document was inadverantly left out of the envelope. 1pg. [Memo], 9/30/1971
Financial report from "Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon. 1pg. [Report], 11/21/1952
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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02/01/1972
Other Document
Envelope stating RN Tape; Memo to
Ehrlichman Estate Plan. 1pg.
3
2
02/01/1972
Memo
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: guidence
in preparing estate plans. 5pgs.
3
2
02/16/1972
Letter
Letter from RN (?) to Duke Rose RE:
preparartion for trip to Great Wall. 3pgs.
3
2
02/16/1972
Letter
Letter from Rose Mary Woods to Walter
Williams apologizing for late response. 1pg.
3
2
09/30/1971
Letter
Letter from Walter Williams to Rose Mary
Woods asking her to give a letter to RN. 1pg.
3
2
09/30/1971
Letter
Letter from Walter Williams to RN RE:
"Citizens for Nixon" organization for 1972.
2pgs.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
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09/30/1971
Memo
Memo from Walter Williams to Rose Mary
Woods informing her that the following
document was inadverantly left out of the
envelope. 1pg.
3
2
11/21/1952
Report
Financial report from "Citizens for
Eisenhower-Nixon. 1pg.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Page 2 of 2
THE WHITE HOUSE
RN Tape 2-1-72
Memo to Ehrlichman
Estate Plan
original to John Ehrlichman
copy to Bob Haldeman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 1, 1972
EYES ONLY
MEMORANDUM FOR JOHN EHRLICHMAN
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Ru
For your guidance in preparing the estate plans I would like
to emphasize some private conclusions I have reached which
are irrevocable.
1. I know there are some who assume that I will
supplement my retirement income by going
back into the practice of law, serving on boards
of directors, or taking honorariums. All of
these courses of action are totally out of the
question.
(1) The practice of law, even at the rarified
levels in which I participated in it, was
terribly difficult for me, and in some cases
where I had to run errands for clients
degrading, during the period after I served
as Vice President. It would be impossible,
after serving as President. Under no
circumstances whatever will I consider any
offer in this area, no matter how lucrative.
(2) The same goes for serving on boards of
directors for many of the samereasons.
Clearly apart from the companies and the
individuals with whom I served I detested
serving on boards of directors in the period
from 1961 to 1968. Under absolutely no
circumstances will I serve on any boards of
directors for remuneration or for charitable
purposes after I leave office.
EYES ONLY
- 2 -
(3) The idea of a former President accepting
honorariums for speeches or for going on
television is totally abhorrent to me and
cannot be considered as a possible source
of additional income.
(4) That leaves open only the possibility of
writing a book which would, of course,
provide a rather sizable item of income
if I decided to write a book. But I do
not want to be in the position to have to
write a book. My present inclination is
not to go through that agony again, having
experienced it after serving as Vice
President when I was much younger and had
infinitely more energy. Fortunately I have
been around the track with regard to the
come on you get with the book publishers
that a good writer can do all the work and
all you have to do is to see him for an hour
or so a day for several weeks. This may
work with some. It is out of the question as
far as I am concerned. Consequently, you
must assume that as of this writing we cannot
include possible inçome from a book in our
estate planning.
This means that I shall have to live on my retirement. I want
to get from you a final figure of what that will be, including
the Presidential retirement and the Vice Presidential retirement
to which I contributed over a number of years. My recollection
also is that there may be some kind of insurance which provided
an annuity but it may be that this was purchased for Pat after
my death and probably does not apply to me on retirement age.
Incidentally, be sure and have this insurance analyzed and
cancel as much as possible of it if it serves no useful purpose
at this point.
EYES ONLY
- 3 -
While the retirement income is a rather handsome amount
it would be totally inadequate to maintain a household staff
and to provide for the other personal expenses which I will
inevitably have if I am to maintain the position a former
President ought to maintain after retirement. It is for this
reason that I either will sell some of the personal papers
outright in order to get the funds which will provide that
necessary income or I will sell them to a foundation in
return for the foundation undertaking the following commitments:
1. The income must be adequate to maintain the
grounds of the San Clemente home.
2. A household staff including Manolo and Fina and
possibly one like Monzon or Della Cruz would have
to be provided for.
3. The allowance for office staff and particularly for
office expenses like telephone calls would have to
be substantially increased over the amount now
provided for by law. On this point, incidentally,
I would like for Haldeman to work out a tentative
budget, which I realize will be subject to change
as the law changes in the future, as to what the
supplemental amount probably would need to be.
The reason it is vitally important to have this
amount substantially increased is that otherwise
I would be in the same position Eisenhower was
in when he had to go begging to the National
Committee to get them to subsidize a research
assistant to help him with speeches, statements,
etc., and also for other expenses that were not
covered by the niggardly allowance provided by
the Congress. I realize the allowance is more
now than it was, but it is still totally inadequate
in view of the tremendously escalated salaries
that will have to be paid for secretarial help and
what professional help I may decide to employ to
handle mail, statements, etc.
EYES ONLY
- 4
To sum up, I am not interested in selling my papers for
personal profit. On the other hand, in view of the change
in the tax laws, I thoroughly intend either to get the above
amounts taken care of through an arrangement with a
foundation or, as far as the personal papers are concerned,
I shall either find a way so that Tricia and Julie can get
benefit from them, or what is more likely I will destroy
them on my death. The latter, incidentally, is a very
lively option anyway as far as most of these personal papers
are concerned. I have no confidence whatever in the various
intellectuals who might want to paw through them and
misinterpret them for posterity.
Incidentally, one point I made to you this morning which
I re-emphasize is that the conditions I set forth above as
far as income, except for the office staff, would apply to
Pat after my death. To leave her $35,000 a year to live
on as Ritzel suggested in his estate plan would not only mean
that she would have to move out of the San Clemente
property, which she probably would want to do anyway, but it
would mean that she would not have enough for any household
help considering present prices. This I would not be able to
put her through at this point in her life.
I am rather surprised that Ritzel and the others who worked
on this came up with such an inadequate plan insofar as taking
care of my personal expenses was concerned. My guess is,
however, that they just assumed as a former President I
would take advantage of that position by selling my name,
by joining some big law firm again, or through honoraria, etc.
All of this is out of the question.
RN Tape 2/1/72
Memorandum to Ehrlichman
For your guidance in preparing the
estate plans I would like to emphasize some private conclusions
I have reached which are irrevocable.
1. I know there are some who assume
that I will supplement my retirement income by going back
into the practice of law, serving on boards of directors, or
taking honorariums. All of these courses of actions are totally
out of the question.
(1) The practice of law, even at
the XXX rarified levels in which I participated in it, was terrible
difficult for me and in some cases where I had to run errande
for clients degrading, during the period after I served as Vice
President. It would be impossible, after serving as President
under no circumstances whatever will I consider any offer in
this area, no matter how lucrative.
(2) The same goes for serving on
boards of directors for many of the same reasons. Clearly
apart from the companies and the individuals with whom I served
I detested serving on boards of directors in the period from
1961 to 1968. Under absolutely no circumstances will I serve
on any boards of directors for remuneration or for charitable
purposes after I leave office.
- 2
(3) The idea of a former President
accepting honorariums for speeches or for going on television
is totally abhorrent to me and cannot be considered as a
possible source of additional income.
(4) That leaves open only the possibility
of writing a book which would, of course, provide a rather
sizable item of income if I decided to write a book. But I
do not want to be in the position to have to write a book.
My present inclination is not to go through that agony again
having experienced it after serving as Vice President when I
was much younger and had infinitely more energy. Fortunately
I have been around the track with regard to the come on ou
you get with the book publishers that a good writer can do all
the work and all you have to do is to see him for an hour or
so a day for several weeks. This may work with some. It is
out of the question as far as I am concerned. Consequently,
you must assume that as of this writing we cannot include
possible income from a book in our estate planning.
This means that I shall have to live on
my retirement. I want to get from you a final figure of what
that will be, including the Presidential retirement and the
Vice Presidential retirement to which I contributed over a number
- 3 -
of years. My recollection also is that there may be some
kind of insurance which provided an annuity but it may be that
this was purchased for Pat after my death and probably does
not apply to me on retirement age. Incidentally, be sure
and have this insurance analyzed and cancel as much as
possible of it if it serves no useful purpose at this point.
While the retirement income is a rather
handsome amount it would be totally inadequate to maintain
a household staff and to provide for the other personal expenses
which I will inevitably have if I am to maintain the position a
former President Gught out to maintain after retirement. It is for
this reason that I either will sell some of the personal papers
outright in order to get the funds which will provide that
necessary income or I will sell them to a foundation in return
for the foundation undertaking the following commitments:
1. The income must be adequate to maintain
the grounds of the San Clemente home.
(2) A household staff including Manolo
and Fina and possible one like Monzon or Della Cruz would
have to be provided for.
- 4 -
(3) The allowance for office staff and
particularly for office expenses like telephone calls would have
to be substantially increased over the amount now provided for
by law. On this point, incidentally, I would like for Haldeman
to work out a tentative budget which I realize will be subject
to change as the law changes in the future as to what the
supplemental amount probably would need to be. The reason
it is vitally important to have this amount substantially increased
is that otherwise I would be in the same position Eisenhowe r
was in when he had to go begging to the National Committee to
get them to subsidize a research assistant to help him with
speeches, statements, etc., and also for other expenses that
were not covered by the niggardly allowance provided by the
Congress. I realize the allowance is more now than it was but
it is still totally inadequate in view of the tremendously
escalated salaries that will have to be paid for secretarial help
and what professional help I may NX decide to employ to handle
mail, statements, etc.
To sum up I am not interested in
selling my papers for personal profit. On the other hand, in
view of the change in the tax laws I thoroughly intend either to
get the above amounts taken care of through an arrangement with
a foundation or as far as the personal papers are concerned I
shall either find a way, so that Tricia and Julie can get benefit
- 5 -
from them or what is more likely I will destroy them on my
death. The latter incidentally is a very lively option anyway
as far as most of these personal papers are concerned. I have
no confidence whatever in the various intellectuals who might
want to paw through them and misinterpret them for posterity.
Incidentally one point I made to you
this morning which I re-emphasize is that the conditions I set
forth above as far as income except for the office staff would
apply to Pat after my death to leave her $35,000 a year to
live on as Ritzel suggested in his estate plan would not only
mean that she would have to move out of the San Clemente
property, which she probably would want to do anyway, but it
would mean that she would not have enough for any household
help considering present prices. This I would not be able to
put her through at this point in her life.
I am rather surprised that Ritzel and
the others who worked on this came up with such an inadequate
plan insofar as taking care of my personal expenses was
concerned. My guess is however that they just assumed as
a former President I would take advantage of that position by
selling my name, by joining some big law firm again, or through
honoraria, etc. All of this is out of the question.
February 16, 1972
Dear Duke:
Once again I am indebted to you, both for your
generosity and efficiency! Rose Mary has told
me of the prompt action you took to see that I
am properly "shod" for the trip to the Great
Wall in Peking.
This is going to be a busy, interesting year
and I do hope that along the way our paths will
cross.
With appreciation and best personal regards,
Sincerely,
Mr. Duke Rose
Genesco
Nashville, Tennessee
RN:RMW:ma
February 16, 1972
Dear Duke:
Once again I am indebted to you, both for your
generosity and efficiency! Rose Mary has told
me of the prompt action you took to see that I
am properly "shod" for the trip to the Great
Wall in Peking.
This is going to be a busy, interesting year
and I do hope that along the way our paths will
cross.
With appreciation and best personal regards,
Sincerely,
Mr. Duke Rose
Genesco
Nashville, Tennessee
RN:RMW:ma
February 16, 1972
Dear Duke:
Once again I am indebted to you, both for your
generosity and efficiency! Rose Mary has told
me of the prompt action you took to see that I
am properly "shod" for the trip to the Great
Wall in Peking.
This is going to be a busy, interesting year
and I do hope that along the way our paths will
cross.
With appreciation and best personal regards,
Sincerely,
Mr. Duke Rose
Genesco
Nashville, Tennessee
RN:RMW:ma
February 16, 1972
Dear Walter:
As you may know, I had to spend some time in the hos-
pital this fall and as a result both the official and per-
sonal mail that comes through my office got backed up.
However, I thought we had seen all of it and handled it
until today when we were rushing to try to get ready to
leave tomorrow morning for the trip to China someone
handed me a stack of mail that had been mistakenly
placed in a drawer and not called to my attention when
I returned.
Consequently, you can imagine my embarrassment
when I see the date of your letter - September thirtieth
and realize that it has not even been acknowledged. My
staff is apologetic - and so am I.
You may be sure I will call your letter to the President's
attention - it may be that I will not have an opportunity
until the return trip but I have taken the liberty of having
a copy put in his reading file. I have also asked that a
copy be sent to John Mitchell and others who will be
working with him in the re-election effort.
I do hope you will forgive all of us for this oversight -
and that our paths will cross again soon.
With warm personal regards,
Sincerely,
Rose Mary Woods
Secretary to the President
The Honorable W. Walter Williams
Continental Incorporated
Eighth Floor, Pacific Building
Seattle, Washington 98104
RMW:mcp
CONTINENTAL INC
CONTINENTAL INC
Mortgage
Bankers
W. WALTER WILLIAMS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
September 30, 1971
Miss Rose Mary Woods,
Personal Secretary to The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Rose:
Would you mind handing the enclosed letter to
The President, Rose? Thank you very much.
Hope all goes well with you. I know you are
all living very busy lives back there. Cheer
up. You only have about five and one-half years
yet to go.
Warm personal regard.
Sincerely yours,
Walter
W. Walter Williams
WWW:am
8th FLOOR
PACIFIC BUILDING
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
(206) MA 3-3050
MORTGAGE LOANS
INSURANCE
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
CONTINENTAL INC
CONTINENTAL INC
Mortgage
Bankers
W. WALTER WILLIAMS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
September 30, 1971
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
Abbott Washburn phoned me recently concerning a
possible upcoming Citizens for Nixon organization
for 1972.
In my answer to Abbott I am telling him that by
all means there should be a Citizens for Nixon
organization to reach into every nook and cranny
of the Country.
Enclosed herewith please find a xerox copy telling
a sweet story concerning finances of the Citizens
for Eisenhower - Nixon campaign of 1952. Money
is vital! Tremendously important to line up strong
financial organization early!
Someone should consult the Vice Presidential
Candidate of 1952. Name: Nixon. He did more
for Mary Lord and Walter Williams than anyone
else to get a strong, independent cooperative
(with Art Summerfield's GOP) organization. May
I suggest you consult the same gentleman, namely,
Richard M. Nixon, for ideas concerning the effect-
iveness of a well put-together citizens' instru-
ment.
8th FLOOR
PACIFIC BUILDING
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
(206) MA 3-3050
MORTGAGE LOANS
INSURANCE
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
2
September 30, 1971
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
I shall pass on to Abbott Washburn specific ideas
that I think will be helpful.
Warm regard to you and Pat.
Sincerely yours,
Walter
W. Walter Williams
WWW:am
P. S. Nobody, but nobody apparently undertook
to get a statewide outpouring for you and Pat as
you moved through Washington State. I'understand
there were about 9,000 at Richland. Kennedy,
speaking in the same place in 1963, (I think)
had 37,000! There is a Big job of organization
to do.
W. WALTER WILLIAMS
9/30/71
Rose-
This was inad-
vertently left out of
emelope to you to
The President
Thanks again.
Walter
CITIZENS FUR
Financial Position
November 21, 1952
Assets:
Cash in bank
$348,364.56
Potty cash funds
2,000.00
Utility and other deposits
10,950.00
Travel and other advances:
Special Events Division
$10,626.35
Other individuals
3,980.10
14,606.45
Total Assets
$375,921.01
Deduct:
Liability for employer's and employees'
income texes withheld
10,031.58
Net Assets (Exhibit 11)
$365,889.43
Deduct - Estimated Obligations:
For printing reports, professional services,
administrativo functions and pre-clection
projects and activities.
$44,500.00
Reserved for special purposes
10,000.00
Reserved for termination expenses
25,000.00
Total (Exhibit 111)
79,500.00
Balance representing Reserve for Goneral Purposes
$286,389.43
9/29/21 Mr. President
This was the wind-up set of figures
for Citizens 1952 operations We returned most
of this money to donor, Probably first time in
history of american polities. - -Waltes William