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The Arabists prevailed, and the Nixon Administration decided to turn down Israel's request rather than unbalance the Middle East. But that decision was nearly overturned after the President discovered the extent of the Russian military penetration into Egypt. Russian MIGs were stationed at airbases close to the Suez...
Nixon made the remarks during an impromptu press briefing at a law enforcement conference in Denver. He criticized the press, saying that it tends to "glorify and to make heroes out of those who engage in criminal activities."
It all rose to a crescendo last week as the last U.S. troops swept happily back into South Viet Nam. The President took to television for an unprecedented live, hour-long foreign-policy conversation with three network anchormen. He issued a 7,000-word White Paper justifying the Cambodian operation...
Heard made the statement at a press briefing following a meeting with Nixon. Also present at the meeting were James E. Cheek, president of Howard University, who advises Nixon on problems at black universities, and John H. Finch, former Secretary of HEW and now special counsel to the President.
There is only one regular briefing by the Cambodians each day, held at 9 a.m. in a second-story cabaret. As though symbolic of the lack of credibility shared by all briefing officers, the man responsible for informing the world press is named Major Am Rong. The name provides endless...