Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Donald A. Nixon, Jr. is the son of President Richard Nixon s brother, F. Donald Nixon. Donald Nixon, Jr., grew up in Southern California as the nephew of President Richard Nixon. He attended college and later served in the Vietnam War. Upon his return from Vietnam, in his mid 20s, Nixon was encouraged by his parents and Uncle to take a job working in finance, and was connected with financier Robert Vesco in Europe. Jack Anderson wrote an article that newspapers printed on October 30, 1973, revealing that Don Nixon, Jr., while he was in Geneva, had written a letter to Howard Hughes personal advisor John H. Meier, who he knew, angry at the President in regards to having to associate with Vesco. This place is beginning to get me down due to the people I have to work with. Gil Straub is an ok guy, but this Vesco fella and I don t get it on. Oh well, I got myself into this by letting my parents and the great god in the White House pull wool over my eyelids , and that I ll know where I fit in to this organization in the next couple of weeks, that is, if I don t happen to kill Vesco first