The Making of the Richard Nixon Film "Millhouse: A White Comedy" (Part 3)

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Nixon's Enemies List is the informal name of what started as a list of President Richard Nixon's major political opponents compiled by Charles Colson, written by George T. Bell (assistant to Colson, special counsel to the White House), and sent in memorandum form to John Dean on September 9, 1971. The list was part of a campaign officially known as Opponents List and Political Enemies Project. The official purpose, as described by the White House Counsels Office, was to screw Nixons political enemies, by means of tax audits from the IRS, and by manipulating grant availability, federal contracts, litigation, prosecution, etc.

In a memorandum from John Dean to Lawrence Higby (August 16, 1971), Dean explained the purpose of the list succinctly:
This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration; stated a bit more bluntly—how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.

The original 20 names in Colsons memo (and his notes accompanying them) were as follows, although a master list of Nixon political opponents and another list, with a combined total of over 30,000 names, were developed later.

According to Dean, Colson later compiled hundreds of names on a master list which changed constantly. The full list includes many notable people and publications, including Jane Fonda, Bill Cosby, Ted Kennedy, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, Barbra Streisand, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Actor Paul Newman stated that his inclusion on the list was his greatest accomplishment.

In Philip Roth's Our Gang, which was published in 1971, two years before the list was first mentioned in public, the Nixon parody character Trick E. Dixon begins to compile a rudimentary list of five political enemies. It includes Jane Fonda and the Black Panthers who were on the real-life counterpart, The Berrigans and Curt Flood.

In Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72, Hunter S. Thompson expresses disappointment in not having been included on the list.

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[davidperi]

This film was shown last night on Finnish TV. It would really be interesting to see what was going on in Pat Nixon´s head.

[Christina5Archer]

What a wicked way to be.