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...reporters gathered around him, Carter talked about David Frost's Watergate interview with Richard Nixon. "I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses," said Carter. "But I think that he believes he didn't. He's rationalized in his own mind that he did all those things for the benefit of staff members and so forth, and that he didn't have any criminal intent." Asked if he had discussed the Nixon affair during his trip to London, the President said he had. Several of the summit participants had raised...
...David Frost's first televised confrontation with Richard Nixon, the subject was Watergate, and the ex-President was combative, emotional and frequently uncomfortable. But last week, in the second of the five-part series, Frost led Nixon through his favorite terrain, foreign affairs, and he fairly bubbled over with talk-show trivia about world leaders he had known...
...upset at the adverse domestic reaction, especially after the Kent State shootings. Kissinger, said Nixon, told him that Cambodia "could have been a mistake. And I said, 'Henry, we've done it.' I said, 'Remember Lot's wife. Never look back.' " Frost asked Nixon whether Kissinger ever spoke of resigning. Nixon remembered "perhaps half a dozen times...
...hours of interviews with Nixon that he taped for his series on the ex-President, David Frost plans to get enough material for three more shows. Round 3, to be broadcast on Thursday, will highlight the early years of Nixon's Viet Nam policy and include his views on the invasion of Cambodia and on domestic dissent. At one point, according to sources who have seen the tapings, Frost pauses, searching for a word to sum up the Nixon attitude. Nixon interrupts and suggests "paranoia?" Frost replies, "Yes." The two men talk about the former President's feelings...
...which was intended to pound the North Vietnamese into acceptance of a cease-fire and peace negotiations. Kissinger was reported by some liberal columnists to have been against the B-52 raids. Nixon says Kissinger never opposed the raids. He says he even called Kissinger the night before the Frost taping session to recheck his memory. According to Nixon, "Henry felt that he ought to try to win over those he said 'hate your guts.' They were his friends; he ran in their set. But they got the wrong impression. He supported the bombing." In fact, adds Nixon...