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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Document Information
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Manuscript/book excerpt
File Size:
1.3 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or satirical book (bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp) in which the author describes playing a prank on columnist Liz Smith. The author created a fake manuscript page depicting Richard Nixon with his trousers down in the Oval Office to test Smith's journalistic sourcing. The text also references H.R. Haldeman's book 'The Ends of Power' and Nixon's later claims that Watergate was a setup.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Richard Nixon | Former President |
Subject of the memoir/satire discussed in the text.
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| Liz Smith | Syndicated Columnist |
Target of a hoax by the author regarding a story about Nixon.
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| H.R. Haldeman | Nixon Aide/Author |
Mentioned in relation to the Oval Office incident and his book 'The Ends of Power'.
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| The Author (Unidentified) | Narrator/Writer |
The person writing this text who played a prank on Liz Smith.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' at the bottom.
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Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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Location of the alleged incident involving Nixon and Haldeman.
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Relationships (2)
Author sent a fake manuscript to trap Smith regarding her sources.
Discussed as being in the Oval Office together.
Key Quotes (3)
"In the meantime, I am, at long last, completely at peace with myself."Source
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Quote #1
"Somehow my hoax on Liz Smith backfired. I had become a victim of my own satirical prophecy."Source
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Quote #2
"When the incident was over, I simply returned to my desk, and although the tension of vulnerability was still in the air and my trousers were still around my ankles, we resumed our discussion as if nothing had occurred."Source
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Quote #3
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,345 characters)
In the meantime, I am, at long last, completely at peace with myself.
It has been worth all the struggle.
Postscript:
After "A Sneak Preview of Richard Nixon' s Memoirs" was published, syndicated columnist Liz Smith—who hadn' t seen that piece—wrote that H.R. Haldeman had been in the Oval Office with Nixon, and that his trousers were down to his ankles. Hoping to smoke out the truth, I retyped one page of the manuscript, inserting a phrase (shown in italics) in this sentence: "When the incident was over, I simply returned to my desk, and although the tension of vulnerability was still in the air and my trousers were still around my ankles, we resumed our discussion as if nothing had occurred." I then photocopied the manuscript and sent it to Liz Smith. I had assumed she would check with her source. Instead, she wrote in her column that she had been fooled by me, implying that her source had based that revelation on my article. Somehow my hoax on Liz Smith backfired. I had become a victim of my own satirical prophecy.
In his memoirs, I had Nixon insisting that Watergate was a setup to get rid of him as president. A decade later, Nixon himself made that claim in a network television interview. Furthermore, Haldeman in his book, The Ends of Power, would reveal that Nixon used code words when talking
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