Known and Unknown (90 page)

17.
Rumsfeld, interviewed by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald Strober, February 18, 1994, transcript.

18.
Rumsfeld, interviewed by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald Strober, February 18, 1994, transcript.

19.
Rumsfeld to Haldeman, “Response to your Memo of June 12th on the President and the Campaign,” June 16, 1972 (Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum).

20.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, “GOP Security Aide Among Five Arrested in Bugging Affair,”
Washington Post,
June 19, 1972.

21.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, “GOP Security Aide Among Five Arrested in Bugging Affair,”
Washington Post,
June 19, 1972.

22.
Jonathan Aitken,
Charles W. Colson: A Life Redeemed
(New York: Doubleday, 2005), p. 167.

23.
Rumsfeld, “Watergate,” August 9, 1973.

24.
Rumsfeld, “Cabinet Meeting,” November 8, 1972.

25.
Rumsfeld, “Cabinet Meeting,” November 8, 1972.

26.
Rumsfeld, “Cabinet Meeting,” November 8, 1972.

27.
Charles W. Colson,
Born Again
(Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1995), p. 8.

28.
White House memo, “Post-Election Activities,” November 8, 1972.

29.
Richard Reeves,
President Nixon: Alone in the White House
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), p. 550.

30.
Rumsfeld, “At Camp David,” November 20, 1972.

31.
Nixon and Rumsfeld, taped conversation, July 22, 1971.

32.
David S. Broder, “Rumsfeld Says New Job Rounds Out Education,”
Washington Post,
December 5, 1972.

CHAPTER 10
NATO and Nixon's Fall

1.
Rumsfeld, draft, “Talking Points on Use of Government Vehicles,” undated.

2.
Laurence Stern and Haynes Johnson, “3 Top Nixon Aides, Kleindienst Out,”
Washington Post,
June 1, 1973.

3.
Hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Europe, “Proposals to Reduce American Troop Level in Europe,” statement of Donald Rumsfeld, Washington, D.C., July 12, 1973.

4.
Rumsfeld, “Notes for Rumsfeld File,” October 1973.

5.
Rumsfeld, interviewed by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald Strober, February 18, 1994, transcript.

6.
Charles W. Colson,
Born Again
(Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1995), p. 77.

7.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum of Telephone Conversation from Gen. Al Haig,” July 22, 1974.

8.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum of Telephone Conversation from Gen. Al Haig,” July 22, 1974.

9.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with SYG Luns,” July 16, 1974.

10.
Richard Nixon,
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
(New York: Grosset & Dunlap), p. 1042.

11.
Rumsfeld, “Phone Conversation with President Richard Nixon on 8/12/83,” August 12, 1983.

12.
Martin Weil and Eleanor Randolph, “Richard M. Nixon, 37th President, Dies,”
Washington Post,
April 23, 1994.

13.
Martin Weil and Eleanor Randolph, “Richard M. Nixon, 37th President, Dies,”
Washington Post,
April 23, 1994.

14.
Rumsfeld, [No Subject], May 13, 1994.

PART FIVE
Javelin Catcher: Inside the Ford White House

1.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), pp. 59–60.

2.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 60.

CHAPTER 11
Restoring Trust

1.
Scranton and Whitehead, letter to Rumsfeld, August 9, 1974; Rumsfeld, “Memorandum—Rumsfeld Personal File,” August 1974; Jerry terHorst, news conference at the White House, August 10, 1974 (Press briefing, 8/10/74, Box 1, Ron Nessen Files, Gerald R. Ford Library).

2.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 126.

3.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting in the Cabinet Room,” August 9, 1974.

4.
Marjorie Hunter, “Kissinger Will Remain Secretary of State; Ford Likely to Keep Other Aides Also,”
New York Times,
August 9, 1974.

5.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting in the Cabinet Room,” August 9, 1974.

6.
Rumsfeld, [No Subject], October 2, 1974.

7.
Philip Shabecoff, “Ford Bids Cabinet and Agency Heads Remain in Posts,”
New York Times,
August 11, 1974; Rumsfeld to Ford, “A Vice President,” August 13, 1974.

8.
“The Veepstakes,”
Newsweek,
August 26, 1974.

9.
John Herbers, “Optimism Voiced,”
New York Times,
August 21, 1974.

10.
“The Veepstakes,”
Newsweek,
August 26, 1974.

11.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum of Meeting with the President, Oval Office,” August 15, 1974.

12.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” August 20, 1974, 10:00 a.m.

13.
John Herbers, “Optimism Voiced,”
New York Times,
August 21, 1974.

14.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” August 20, 1974, [time unknown].

15.
John Herbers, “Optimism Voiced,”
New York Times,
August 21, 1974.

16.
Christopher Lydon, “G.O.P. Still Faces the Realities of Decay and Minority Status,”
New York Times,
September 1, 1974.

17.
John Herbers, “Optimism Voiced,”
New York Times,
August 21, 1974.

18.
Rumsfeld, “Cabinet Meeting: Ford Administration,” August 10, 1974.

19.
Transition Team memo, “Personnel,” hand-delivered by Rumsfeld to Ford on August 20, 1974; Lady Bird Johnson,
A White House Diary
(New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970), pp. 733–34.

20.
“‘The Sun Is Shining Again,'”
Newsweek,
August 26, 1974.

21.
Rumsfeld, “Cabinet Meeting: Ford Administration,” August 10, 1974.

22.
Gerald R. Ford, “Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon,” September 8, 1974.

23.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), pp. 196–99.

24.
Adam Clymer, “Ford Wins Kennedy Award for ‘Courage' of Nixon Pardon,”
New York Times,
May 22, 2001; Bill Boyarsky, “Kennedy Says He Doubts Public Will Stand for Pardon,”
Los Angeles Times,
September 14, 1974.

25.
Donald Rumsfeld, letter to George Rumsfeld, October 15, 1954.

26.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum of Telephone Conversation from the President,” September 19, 1974.

27.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 186.

28.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum of Conversation with President,” September 22, 1974.

CHAPTER 12
A Rocky Start

1.
Rumsfeld to Buchen, [No Subject], September 29, 1974.

2.
Rumsfeld, “Safe in Haig's Office,” September 29, 1974; Cheney, “Safe with Attached Receipt,” September 29, 1974.

3.
Gannon, letter to Rumsfeld, October 31, 1974.

4.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum for the File,” October 5, 1974.

5.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” October 3, 1974.

6.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum for the File,” October 5, 1974; Rumsfeld, “Phone call from Ron Ziegler, 8:20 AM (5:20 AM in California),” October 5, 1974.

7.
Rumsfeld to Cheney, [No Subject], October 13, 1974.

8.
Rumsfeld, “Memo: Meeting with the President,” October 11, 1974.

9.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” October 17, 1974.

10.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 187.

11.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 187.

12.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” November 13, 1974.

13.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President (10/18/74) from 1:10–1:14,” October 18, 1974; Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” October 23, 1974.

14.
Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond, letter to Ford, June 23, 1975.

15.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Solzhenitsyn, Kissinger and Détente,”
Washington Post,
July 20, 1975.

16.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” July 9, 1975, 11:32; Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” July 9, 1975, 17:28; Cheney to Rumsfeld, “Solzhenitsyn,” July 8, 1975.

17.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, “Snubbing Solzhenitsyn,”
Washington Post,
July 17, 1975.

18.
Rumsfeld, “Memorandum of Telephone Conversation from the President,” September 19, 1974.

19.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President: Oval Office,” October 8, 1974.

20.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President: Oval Office,” October 8, 1974; Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” December 2, 1974.

21.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President: Oval Office,” October 8, 1974.

22.
Rumsfeld, handwritten note, September 16, 1975; Jude Wanniski, “Taxes, Revenues, and the ‘Laffer Curve,'”
Public Interest
(Winter 1978).

23.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President: Pearl Harbor Day,” December 7, 1974.

24.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” December 19, 1974.

25.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” October 1, 1974.

26.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” December 21, 1974.

27.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” December 21, 1974.

28.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” January 3, 1975.

29.
Joseph E. Persico,
The Imperial Rockefeller: A Biography of Nelson A. Rockefeller
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982), p. 261.

30.
Sam Roberts, “Serving as Ford's No. 2, Rockefeller Never Took His Eye Off Top Job,”
New York Times,
December 31, 2006.

31.
David Burnham, “Rockefeller Plan Splits Ford Aides,”
New York Times,
September 5, 1975; Rumsfeld, “Continuation: Meeting with the President,” August 27, 1975.

32.
Rumsfeld, interviewed by Cary Reich, February 24, 1992, transcript.

33.
David Burnham, “Greenspan Asserts Energy Loan Plan Could Have Potential for Corruption,”
New York Times,
September 6, 1975.

34.
Gerald R. Ford,
A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 327.

35.
Frank Van Riper, “Ford to City: Drop Dead,”
Daily News,
October 30, 1975.

36.
Rumsfeld, “Meeting with the President,” October 24, 1975.