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Extraction Summary
7
People
2
Organizations
1
Locations
1
Events
4
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Manuscript / memoir excerpt (evidence exhibit)
File Size:
1.04 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or manuscript, stamped as a House Oversight exhibit. The text, written in the first person (strongly implied to be Richard Nixon), recounts a conversation with Robert Maheu regarding Howard Hughes, the FBI, and spying operations on Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. The narrator also attributes the origin of their famous double V-sign hand gesture to a moment during this conversation with Maheu.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Narrator | Speaker/Author |
Implied to be Richard Nixon based on the discussion of the 'V-sign' gesture and political context.
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| Robert Maheu | Associate/Intermediary |
Described as working for both Howard Hughes and the FBI.
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| Bobby Kennedy | Politician (Attorney General/Senator) |
Subject of surveillance; noted as authorizing spying on MLK.
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| Howard Hughes | Business Magnate |
Owner of Las Vegas casinos; referred to as 'the boss' by Maheu.
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| J. Edgar Hoover | FBI Director |
Received permission to spy on Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy.
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| Martin Luther King | Civil Rights Leader |
Target of spying authorized by Bobby Kennedy.
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| Winston Churchill | Former Prime Minister |
Referenced regarding the origin of the V-sign.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| FBI |
Employer of J. Edgar Hoover; organization Robert Maheu worked for.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (1 events)
Unknown (Historical)
The narrator decides to adopt the double V-sign gesture for crowds after seeing Robert Maheu make the gesture.
Unknown
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Location of casinos owned by Howard Hughes.
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Relationships (4)
Maheu may have been working for Howard Hughes
he had also continued working for the FBI
Bobby Kennedy was giving official permission to J. Edgar Hoover to spy on Martin Luther King
I was giving unofficial permission to Hoover to spy on Kennedy
Key Quotes (4)
"Uh-oh, the boss will have to keep a sharper eye on him."Source
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Quote #1
"It was poetic irony that while Bobby Kennedy was giving official permission to J. Edgar Hoover to spy on Martin Luther King, I was giving unofficial permission to Hoover to spy on Kennedy."Source
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Quote #2
"Maheu smiled and held up his arms, two fingers from each hand extending up into the air. 'Both,' he said. This was the exact moment I decided to use that gesture for the crowds."Source
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Quote #3
"Now I was restoring its original victorious symbolism by co-opting the co-opters."Source
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Quote #4
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,045 characters)
wanted a halt to underground nuclear testing, presumably because it
upset the roulette wheels in his Las Vegas casinos.
upset the roulette wheels in his Las Vegas casinos.
I mentioned the Bobby Kennedy information to Maheu, and he said,
“Uh-oh, the boss will have to keep a sharper eye on him.”
“Uh-oh, the boss will have to keep a sharper eye on him.”
It was poetic irony that while Bobby Kennedy was giving official
permission to J. Edgar Hoover to spy on Martin Luther King, I was giving
unofficial permission to Hoover to spy on Kennedy. That is to say, Robert
Maheu may have been working for Howard Hughes, but he had also
continued working for the FBI. So when he referred to “the boss,” I
asked, “Which one?”
permission to J. Edgar Hoover to spy on Martin Luther King, I was giving
unofficial permission to Hoover to spy on Kennedy. That is to say, Robert
Maheu may have been working for Howard Hughes, but he had also
continued working for the FBI. So when he referred to “the boss,” I
asked, “Which one?”
Maheu smiled and held up his arms, two fingers from each hand
extending up into the air. “Both,” he said. This was the exact moment I
decided to use that gesture for the crowds.
extending up into the air. “Both,” he said. This was the exact moment I
decided to use that gesture for the crowds.
Winston Churchill had used the V-sign to signify Victory. Then the
antiwar protesters perverted its meaning to signify Defeat. Now I was
restoring its original victorious symbolism by co-opting the co-opters. Or
so I believed.
antiwar protesters perverted its meaning to signify Defeat. Now I was
restoring its original victorious symbolism by co-opting the co-opters. Or
so I believed.
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