Nixon

"As Geneen’s pet project we received a disproportionate amount of attention from important lobbyists, and legisla- tors, especially Congressman Bob Wilson from San Diego, who had parlayed his association with Geneen into hotels and other local investments. He was determined to bring a major manufacturing complex into his back yard. ITT needed a close political associate who would insure Ad- ministration support in the company’s antitrust battles; in Wilson they had the Republican party’s chief fund raiser and a close friend of the President. Nixon was a Southern"

"When the Nixon Watergate tapes were released, I was at last able to fill in some of the missing pieces of the story. On a Saturday in July 1977, in the back pages of the New York Times, a story appeared that quoted several of the newly released tapes. In one of them, Nixon tells Erlichman that he had never met Harold Geneen and had no interest in ITT. But nevertheless he was incensed over McLaren’s antitrust policies. He couldn’t tolerate his anti–big business bent."