Editing H. R. Haldeman (section)

==''The Ends of Power''==
In 1978, [[Times Books]] published ''The Ends of Power'', written by Haldeman with the writer Joseph DiMona.<ref name="Kirkus Reviews">{{cite web|title=The Ends of Power |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/h-r-with-joseph-dimona-haldeman/the-ends-of-power-2 |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=March 10, 1978}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/11/arts/joseph-dimona-76-writer-co-author-of-haldeman-memoir.html |title=Joseph DiMona, 76, Writer; Co-Author of Haldeman Memoir |date=November 11, 1999 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |first=Ralph |last=Blumenthal |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Haldeman wrote in the book that Nixon had initiated the break-in and had participated in the cover-up from the onset.<ref name=nytimesobit/>

A passage in ''The Ends of Power'' has been claimed to support allegations linking Watergate to the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]].<ref name="Dean">{{cite book|last=Dean |first=Karen Gai|title=Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia |editor1-first=Knight|editor1-last=Peter|year=2003 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=1-57607-812-4|page=542}}</ref><ref name="Hamburg">{{cite book|last=Hamburg|first=Eric|date=2002|chapter=The Bay of Pigs Thing|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN6331eHSSEC&pg=PA79 |title=JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone, and Me: An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN6331eHSSEC|location=New York City|publisher=PublicAffairs|pages=79–82|isbn=9781586480295|access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref>

[[James Woods]] portrayed Haldeman in [[Oliver Stone]]'s 1995 film ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'', which presents the scenario that Nixon attempted to use the CIA's hidden anti-Castro history to help cover up his own misdeeds during Watergate.<ref name="Matthews">{{cite news|last=Matthews|first=Chris|author-link=Chris Matthews|date=December 7, 1995|title='Nixon' was based on a dubious quote|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Nixon-was-based-on-a-dubious-quote-3117301.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|publisher=[[Hearst Newspapers]]|location=San Francisco, California|access-date=July 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Rosenberg">{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|author-link=Howard Rosenberg|date=December 22, 1995|title='Nixon' Plays Its Share of Dirty Tricks on History|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-22-ca-16721-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Los Angeles, California|access-date=July 23, 2014}}</ref> Stone credited the comments attributed to Haldeman in ''The Ends of Power'' as the source for his scenario.<ref name="Matthews"/>

According to political commentator [[Chris Matthews]], Haldeman denied writing those words and said the theory of events actually belonged to DiMona. Matthews reported that Haldeman said he had no idea of what Nixon meant by the "whole Bay of Pigs thing" comments.<ref name="Matthews"/> Noting that Stone had implicated Nixon as having a role in planning a plot to kill Castro, [[Howard Rosenberg]] described it as "one of the most controversial themes of his movie".<ref name="Rosenberg"/> A response by ''Nixon'' writers Steven Rivele and [[Christopher Wilkinson]] stated that DiMona, Haldeman's [[ghostwriter]], had confirmed that it was Haldeman's conclusion that "the Bay of Pigs thing" was a code for the Kennedy assassination.<ref name="Rivele & Wilkinson">{{cite news|last1=Rivele|first1=Stephen J.|last2=Wilkinson|first2=Christopher|author-link2=Christopher Wilkinson|date=January 1, 1996|title=Critic's Ploy to Review 'Nixon' Is the Only Dirty Trick|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-01-ca-19897-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Los Angeles, California|access-date=July 23, 2014}}</ref>