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The FBI kept a file on Bernstein because of his leftist views.
In the summer of 1971, the Bureau warned the White House that the Latin text of the Mass might contain anti-war messages, which could cause embarrassment to President Nixon should he attend the premiere and applaud politely.
Rumors of such a plot by Bernstein were leaked to the press.
According to Gordon Liddy, White House counsel John Dean stated that the work was " definitely anti-war and anti-establishment, etc.
" Nixon did not ultimately attend the premiere ; Nixon had this decision described in the press as an act of courtesy to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, because he felt the formal opening " should really be her night ".
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