President Nixon with (left-right) Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, and H. R. Haldeman, Assistant to the President. In the Oval Office in the White House. February 10, 1971.

I had waited months for the opportunity to photograph President Nixon with his three top assistants, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and Henry A. Kissinger. The doorway provided a perfect frame for this view of the Oval Office, as seen by an outsider looking in. I was not the only one who experienced difficulty gaining access to the Oval Office. Haldeman himself admitted to having constructed a protective wall around the President; some outsiders went further and characterized it as a "Berlin Wall." Either way, President Nixon had a reputation of being isolated by his staff.
-FJM