Nixon tapes may touch on Vietnam, Roe vs. Wade in addition to Watergate
Some 150 hours of taped conversations of former President Nixon before he resigned will be released this morning by the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, as well as thousands of archival documents.
The recordings took place between January and February of 1973, a period that included the brokering of a peace agreement between North and South Vietnam and the landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling, which opened the door to legal abortion in the United States.
It was also an era when the Watergate investigation was intensifying, a probe that would force Nixon’s resignation the following year.
The Times will be providing links to portions of the tapes along with archived Los Angeles Times stories from that era. The new material can also be accessed at www.nixonlibrary.gov.
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Nixon's tapes are released? This could get ugly.
Posted by: Steve | June 23, 2009 at 06:57 AM
In 1971, "Tricky Dick" told the American people that in August,
he would have troop levels down to a certain number in Nam.
(at the time, I was on a WESTPAC cruise aboard the USS
MIDWAY (CV-41)).
a. The day before the key day in August, a bunch of helicopters
carrying varied troops landed on the ship.
b. On the key date, the troops spent the day on MIDWAY.
c. The day following the key date, the troops went back to
Nam (via helicopter)
Posted by: YN1 MICHAEL T. GALINDO, USN, PDRL | June 23, 2009 at 07:03 AM