He and Reagan were not at all alike, because Reagan is an optimist and Dick Nixon wasn't. Yet in some ways they were alike. Neither really liked to talk on the telephone, for instance. And, in a lot of respects, both of them were very much loners.

In spite of the ambiguity Nofziger was indicted and later convicted of violating the law. He served in the United States Army. Nofziger worked for Nixon's presidential re-election campaign in 1972 as executive director of the California Committee to Re-Elect the President.

Franklyn Curran "Lyn" Nofziger (June 8 1924 – March 27 2006) was an American journalist political consultant and author.