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The morning after the telecast, Nixon gathered his Cabinet and their wives at the Shoreham for a day-long briefing on the problems the new Administration will face. The wives were invited, Nixon explained, because "I want them to be there on the takeoffs-so that they may avoid a...
RICHARD NIXON'S top priority will, of course, be Viet Nam-at least in the foreseeable future. Though he could only welcome Saigon's agreement last week to attend the Paris talks, hardly anyone in Washington believes that any substantive moves toward peace will be made before the...
"The members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were unanimous in calling for immediate military action," Bobby writes. "When the President questioned what the response of the Russians might be, General LeMay assured him there would be no reaction." At a congressional briefing, Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright also preferred...
Choosing Freedom. As part of the normalization program, Dubcek and his colleagues issued a proclamation appealing to Czechs abroad to come home. "Your place is here," it said. "Czechoslovakia needs your capabilities, knowledge and education." The Czechoslovak leaders even issued special assurances that there would be no reprisals against returnees...
Underrated. At week's end, as Nixon and Agnew went to the L.B.J. ranch for a briefing on national-security affairs, it was uncertain how much permanent damage to the ticket's chances in November had been caused by the scuffle. Initially, Nixon was forced on the defensive, arguing that...