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SUNNYLANDS






                         A PALM SPRINGS REFUGE  FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS

                                                | STORY BY CARL H. LARSEN |

















































                                 hen you’re
                                 down, you
                                 find out
                                 who your
          “Wreal friends
            are,” a disgraced Richard Nixon wrote
            in the guest book at Sunnylands, the
            spectacular enclave Walter and Leon-
            ore (Lee) Annenberg built out of the
            desert in Rancho Mirage. His message
            of gratitude was written on Sept. 8,
            1974, a month after he had resigned
            the presidency -- and on the day he was
            pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford.


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