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RAYMOND PRICE J IX RAYMOND PRO ". the high iron fence that surrounds . . the White House seemed increasingly to separate two different worlds,two different views of reality. One view washammered into the nation s living rooms every night on the network news. The other view was the one we lived with, struggling to make sense out of the kaleidoscope of impres- sions. We saw the actors in the drama not as cardboard caricatures but as flesh-and- blood people we knew and worked with, good people for the most part, reluctantly drawn into a web of intrigue spun by hands onlypartly seen." On Washington's Birthday 1967, Raymond Price was asked by a mutual friend if he wouldjointheteamplanningRichard Nixon's upcoming campaign. Seven and a half years later he was among those who stood on the White House South Lawn watching a white- toppedhelicoptercarryPresident Nixon"past the graceful spire of the Washington Monu- ment into history." From the first inaugural address totheresignation,hewas top speech- writer for and personal friend of Richard Nixon, sharing at first hand the triumphs, struggles, and ultimate disaster of Nixon's term and a half. Now, in revealing memoir and thoughtful reflection, Price gives the reader—whether a Nixon supporter or detractor—a fresh and ab- sorbing account of the White House years that will forever be labeled "Nixon." Through the author's eyes we see the men close to the President-Haldeman, Ehrlich- man, Colson, and Dean. We see Kissinger fromthevantage point of a manwhotr< all over the world with Nixon and helped (Continuedonbackflap) ° 1 fi R 921 10986 N736p PRICE, RAYMOND Nixon, With Nixoja^ Richard \^%&r v \ OCl^ a » - 1 ii... 1 i• 1 r+ 1 ARCHBISHOP MITTY LIBRARY 4896 1. All pupils^^Je school are entitled to use the libraryand to borrow books. 2. Reserved books may be borrowed for one period, oratthe close ofschool, and should bereturnedbefore the first class the following school day. 3. All other books may be retained for two weeks. 4. Injury to books beyond reasonable wear and all losses shall be paid for. 5. No books may be taken from the library without being charged. Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 in http://archive.org/details/withnixonOOpric WITH NIXON WITH RAYMOND PRICE THE VIKING PRESS NEW YORK — ST SCHD0U Copyright©Raymond K. Price,Jr., 1977 Allrightsreserved Firstpublishedin 1977byTheVikingPress 625MadisonAvenue,NewYork,N.Y. 10022 Published simultaneouslyin Canadaby Penguin Books CanadaLimited LibraryofCongress Catalogingin PublicationData Price,Raymond, 1930- WithNixon. Includesindex. 1. Nixon,Richard Milhous, 1913- 2. Price, Raymond, 1930- 3. United States—Po—litics and gove—rnment—1969-1974. 4. Presidents United States Biography. 5. Presidents—United States—Staff—Biography. I. Title. E856.P74 973.924'092'4 77-13248 isbn0-670-77672-6 PrintedintheUnited States ofAmerica SetinLinotypePrimer ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Dr. David Galin From "Implications for Psychiatry of : LeftandRightCerebralSpecialization,"whichoriginally appeared in The Archives of General Psychiatry, October 1974 Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.: Nixon: A Political Por- trait,byEarl Mazo and Stephen Hess. Copyright © 1968 by Earl Mazo and Stephen Hess. Reprinted by permis- sion of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. LosAngelesTimes: From acolumnbyNickThimmesch. Copyright © 1970 Los Angeles Times. Reprinted by permission. NewYorkmagazine From acolumnbyRichardReeves, : November 15, 1976 TheNewYork Times: From an articlebyJames Reston, March 11, 1977. © 1977 by The New York Times Com- pany. Reprintedbypermission
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