Charles Colson wrote to another White House aide: “Bob Bennett, son of Senator Wallace Bennett of Utah, has just [taken] over the Mullen public-relations firm here in Washington. Bob is a trusted loyalist and good friend. We intend to use him on a variety of outside projects. One of Bob’s new clients is Howard Hughes. I’m sure I need not explain the political implications of having Hughes’s affairs handled here in Washington by a close friend. As you know, Larry O’Brien has been the principal Hughes man in Washington. This move could signal quite a shift in terms of the politics and money that Hughes represents.”
1/15/1971