Nixon's Enemies List
Nixon's enemies list is the colloquial name for a list of the main political opponents of U.S. President Richard Nixon. It was compiled by his assistant Charles Colson and sent on September 9, 1971, to legal counsel John Dean. The list was part of a campaign internally as " Opponents List " (Eng. enemies list) and "Political Enemies Project " (Eng. Project political opponents ) was called. The official purpose of the list was the consultant staff of the According to President Nixon's enemies " a reinzuwürgen ", for example, "Investigations of the IRS (top tax authority of the U.S.), by manipulation of their creditworthiness, denial of public contracts, litigation and prosecution ."
In a memo from John Dean to Lawrence Higby, the assistant chief of staff of Harry Robbins Haldeman, on 16 August 1971 onwards this succinctly describes the purpose of the list:
Journalist Daniel Schorr made this list in a television broadcast of CBS known publicly. Subsequently, Nixon is said to have arranged the FBI to investigate Schorr. His listing in Nixon's enemies list kept Schorr said in an interview in 2009 for a greater honor than the Emmy Award.
The following are the 20 names of Colson's memo and its accompanying notes are listed, where later a much longer list of political enemies was created, called the master list of Nixon 's political Opponents with around 200 entries from individuals and organizations.
Text of Colson's original memo
After reviewing the attached material and the evaluation of proposals for the measures discussed, I think you will consider my list as valuable. It is ordered by priority.