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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
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Narrative excerpt / house oversight committee production
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or narrative account (likely attributed to Richard Nixon) produced as part of a House Oversight discovery (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015095). The text details the narrator's introduction to Howard Hughes via Herman Perry and Murray Chotiner. It describes Hughes asserting dominance over Nixon's political future ('I own the ocean') and mentions the narrator's distrust of the Justice Department stemming from the 1948 Alger Hiss case. While the user prompt references Epstein, the content of this specific page is historically focused on Nixon and Hughes.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Richard Nixon | Narrator / Politician |
Addressed directly as 'Nixon' by Howard Hughes; recounting his early political career.
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| Murray Chotiner | Political Operative |
Contacted the narrator on behalf of Herman Perry.
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| Herman Perry | Vice President, Bank of America / Western Tube Corporation |
Intermediary who arranged the meeting between Nixon and Hughes.
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| Howard Hughes | Businessman |
Met with Nixon; claimed to 'own the ocean'; possessed knowledge of Nixon's FBI dossier.
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| Alger Hiss | Legal Case Subject |
Mentioned in relation to the 1948 case that caused the narrator to distrust the Justice Department.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America |
Employer of Herman Perry; building location in Whittier.
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| Western Tube Corporation |
Described as a 'CIA front'.
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| CIA |
Mentioned in relation to Western Tube Corporation.
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| FBI |
Compiled a dossier on the narrator; narrator applied for a position there.
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| Justice Department |
Organization the narrator distrusts due to the Alger Hiss case.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
Unknown (Early career)
Brief meeting with Howard Hughes arranged by Herman Perry.
Unknown
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Location of the Western Tube Corporation.
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Relationships (3)
Perry brought Nixon to meet Hughes.
Hughes told Nixon he owns the ocean; Hughes had access to Nixon's FBI dossier.
Chotiner contacted Nixon for Perry.
Key Quotes (2)
""Nixon," he addressed me, "you have a magnificent political future ahead. You will be able to steer your ship independently. But always keep it in a tiny compartment of your mind that you do not own the ocean. I do.""Source
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"The seeds of my distrust of the Justice Department were sown in 1948 during the Alger Hiss case."Source
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I did not see the ad, but destiny acted as though I had answered it, when I was contacted by Murray Chotiner for Herman Perry, vice president of the Bank of America. Perry later became vice president of the Western Tube Corporation, a CIA front located in the Whittier Bank of America building. But now he wanted to know only if I was a Republican and if I was available.
My responses were both affirmative.
It was Perry who brought me out for an extremely brief meeting with Howard Hughes. Hughes was handsome, dynamic, self-assured. Somehow he had seen the FBI dossier on me, which had apparently been compiled when I applied for a position with the Bureau after graduating law school. Oddly enough, I had never heard back from the FBI directly.
"Nixon," he addressed me, "you have a magnificent political future ahead. You will be able to steer your ship independently. But always keep it in a tiny compartment of your mind that you do not own the ocean. I do."
I never saw Howard Hughes face to face again.
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The seeds of my distrust of the Justice Department were sown in 1948 during the Alger Hiss case. Those people just sat on each other' s
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