From the Independent Producer Project of KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson.

This is Unfictional.

Unfictional is a program of stories and personal documentaries and today on the program Friends in High Places

Three stories of people with the right connections beginning with the story of Washington DC broadcaster Harold Bell as a youngster. As a youngster he was just trying to make a little

extra money as a catty, but a chance meeting on the golf course changed the whole direction

of his life. From KCRW.com it's unfictional.

People don't really don't know their history. They don't realize that it had not been for

Watergate. Richard Nixon would have gone down as one of the great presidents of all

time because during that time

everybody had jobs with nobody wanting for nothing everybody black white if you

wanted a job you had a job

Watergate set him back.

Other than that, he did some great things.

So yeah, I have nothing but fond memories of Richard Nixon.

Later years, they had a group called a February group that invited me out.

These were former staffers who worked for Nixon.

They do like a reunion every five years or so and they did a reunion. I forgot back in the 90s something and Bob Dole

called me his office called me. I just want to say it I like to thank Senator

Dole for inviting me here this evening.

W Wanted me to come to the reunion.

You know, I was giving a while I played tennis that day.

He said, no, come on down here.

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