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THE TAPED EVIDENCE
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AS TAPED HISTORICAL MATERIAL THAT THIS -- WE'RE IN THE INFANCY OF BIOGRAPHERS AND OTHERS LEARNING AND HISTORIANS LEARNING HOW TO USE THE TAPES. THEY...
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JOHN KENNEDY AND RICHARD NIXON, LYNDON JOHNSON, THAT WAS A PERIOD THAT WE WILL
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NOT SEE AGAIN. BECAUSE BEFORE THEN PRESIDENTS TAPED VERY LITTLE. EISENHOWER DID VERY LITTLE. AFTER IT WAS FOUND THAT RICHARD NIXON IN 1973 WAS REVEALED...
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CONFERENCE WAS
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WHEN LINDA BIRD JOHNSON ROBB SAID THOSE TAPES SOUND DIFFERENTLY TO ME. BUT THAT'S MY FATHER, NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY, AT LEAST AS SHE SEES IT. WHO TODAY...
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A FOREIGN LEADER THAT'S TAPED. OR IF I A REPORTER GOES
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IN TO INTERVIEW A PRESIDENT IT MIGHT BE TAPED BUT THE TAPE RECORDER WILL BE THERE OUT ON A TABLE SO IT'S NOT THE SAME AS SECRET TAPING. DICK WAS TALKING...
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AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THEM THAT YOU WANT TO SUBMIT VIA E-MAIL IT'S -- JOURNAL@CSPAN.ORG. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLIPS THAT WE'VE PULLED....
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THAT. IF WE'RE ARE GOING TO CARRY THAT OUT. >> THAT'S FINE WITH ME. LET ME JUST -- >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE BACK IN THREE MINUTES. >> ALL RIGHT. >>
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RICHARD REEVES CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE CONTEXT THAT
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HAVE CONVERSATION? >> THE CONTEXT IS THE DELIBERATION ON THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO AND THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY TAPE,
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AS MOST
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OF THEM ARE BECAUSE LARGE PART OF
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WRITING ABOUT PRESIDENTS ARE AND WHAT THEY DO
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HAS TO DO WITH THE OLD WATERGATE QUESTION. WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW
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IT. SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SPECULATE ABOUT HOW SERIOUS TODAY THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS IS AND WHAT KIND OF DANGER WE'RE IN. BUT THIS SHOWS WHAT KENNEDY...
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AND IN GENERAL MANAGERING THOSE 13 DAYS. BUT THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HINT OF THE FACT THAT KENNEDY WAS SOMEONE WHO REALLY GOT INVOLVED IN DETAIL....
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| 00:09:19 |
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QUESTION REGARDING THE BOOK, I'M LOOKING AT IT HERE. IT HAS THE TWO PICTURES OF ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN. AND I SAW YOUR SPEECH ON C-SPAN ABOUT IT, TOO.
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WHEN YOU GET IN THE BOOK THE BOOK IS ALMOST COMPLETELY ABOUT HENRY MORGAN. AND HIS PLAN. DID THE PUBLISHERS CHANGE THE COVER? >> NO. NOT AT ALL....
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THE MORGANTHAL PLAN, WHO WAS ROOSEVELT'S CLOSEST FRIEND IN THE CABINET. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. AND ALSO
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JEWISH, WHO HAD BECOME OUTRAGED BY THE HOLOCAUST, VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE GERMANS AND GOT ROOSEVELT AN WIN TON CHURCHILL TO AGREE TO A PLAN WHICH WOULD...
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| 00:11:02 |
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IN THE WHITE HOUSE" AND THIS IS THE COVER OF THAT BOOK. ALSO BOOK ON PRESIDENT KENNEDY "PROFILE OF POWER" WHAT DO THE TAPES, I'LL ASK BOTH OF YOU...
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COULD HE HAVE MADE? TURNS OUT HE RECORDED 10,000 CONVERSATIONS. AND I SAID WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THIS IS GOING TO SHOW US SIDES OF JOHNSON WE'VE...
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HIS TAPES ARE -- MOST IMPORTANT DIALOGUES IN THAT WHITE HOUSE
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WERE AN INTROVERTS TALKS WITH HIMSELF OR HIS TALKS WITH CHIEF OF STAFF. BECAUSE AS NIXON BECAME PRESIDENT AND HIS OWN PERSONALITY -- HIS OWN INTROA...
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DEDUCTION BENEFIT. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT, MR. REEVES? >> YES. THE NIXON WANTED TO TAKE AND DID TAKE, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE OVERRULED BY THE INTERNAL...
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A REPUBLICAN, HE WANTED TO CUT HIS TAXES AND CUT THEM AS WELL AS HE COULD. THAT STORY IS TRUE. >> SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. CALLER: YES. I WOULD LIKE TO...
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CONSTITUTION, WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BECAUSE MEXICO, CANADA, ARGENTINA, CHILE THESE ARE ALL AMERICANS, ALSO. AT WHAT PRESIDENCY...
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GO TO -- >>
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GO AHEAD. >> I WAS GOING TO ADD, THE REASON IS, WHEN COLUMBUS CAME TO AMERICA IN 1492 HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN INDIA. HE WAS TRYING TO GET TO INDIA SO...
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SPICES. IT
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WAS COLUMBUS WHO CALLED NATIVE AMERICANS INDIANS BECAUSE
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| 00:17:52 |
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HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN INDIA. >> I'VE GOT A SON, ALEXANDER, WHO IS IN THE THIRD GRADE THEY'RE STUDYING EXPLORATION THIS YEAR. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ALEX,...
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| 00:18:15 |
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YOUR ARTICLE THEY PULLED OUT OF " PLAYBOY" BUT REGARDING RICHARD IN THIS CASE ON, HIS HATRED FOR THE JEWS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
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WHEN HALDERMAN WAS DISCUSSING THE DRUG WAR THEY WANTED TO NAIL THE BLACKS, TARGET THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE BLACKS KNOWING IT. THAT WAS THE...
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REEVES, GO AHEAD. >> I DIDN'T HEAR THE SECOND PART. RICHARD NIXON SAW THE WORLD TRIBALLY. BLACKS WERE A TRIBE, JEWS WERE A TRIBE. BLACKS AND JEWS HAPPEN...
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THEY VOTED DEMOCRATIC. AND ALTHOUGH HE HAD
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JEWISH FRIENDS AS WELL AS HE COULD MAKE FRIENDS AND WHAT NOT, WHEN -- I SOMETIMES THINK THAT HIS OBVIOUS ANTI-SEMITISM IS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OUT...
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| 00:20:31 |
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AND FORTH. ONE DAY HE WOULD SAY I LOVE ISRAELIS,
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THEY'RE UNDERDOGS, THEY'RE FIGHTERS LIKE ME. AND NEXT DAY HE WOULD SAY, THE JEWISH LOBBY AS HE CALLED IS MUCH TOO POWERFUL IN THIS COUNTRY I'LL DO A...
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| 00:21:36 |
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IN
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HIS LAST DESPERATE DAYS WAS SENDING EQUIPMENT TO -- MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO ISRAEL IN THE 19773 WAR WHEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND DEFENSE DEPARTMENT...
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I SEE. I DIDN'T READ THE STORY. YOU MEAN THAT WAS LEAKED OUT OF THE PENTAGON? >> THE WHOLE STUDY THAT
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WAS DONE FOR MCNAMARA THEN CARRIED OFF BY
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| 00:23:04 |
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CLIFFORD AND THE PEACE-NIKS OVER THERE. THIS IS A DEVASTATING
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| 00:23:10 |
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SECURITY BREACH OF THE GREATEST MAGNITUDE. >> WHAT'S BEING DONE EA BOIT IT THEN? I DIDN'T -- DID WE KNOW THIS WAS COMING OUT? >> NO, WE DID NOT, SIR....
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YOUR THOUGHTS, RICHARD REEVES? >> MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT NIXON MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN GOOD AS RONALD REAGAN HE WAS PRETTY GOOD ACTOR. IN TERMS OF HE DID...
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DAUGHTER'S WEDDING, AND HIS VIEW OF IT WAS QUITE DIFFERENT
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THAN -- I BELIEVE WHEN NIXON SLOWS DOWN
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AND SPEAKS THAT CAREFULLY
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IN PERFECT SENTENCES, HE'S DOING IT FOR THE TAPES. OH, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT. IS IT GOING TO BE OKAY? BECAUSE AT FIRST NIXON REALLY THOUGHT THE...
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| 00:25:38 |
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TERMS OF WHAT YOU THINK OF KENNEDY. >> THE HONEST -- HONEST ANSWER IS WE'LL NEVER KNOW. JOHN KENNEDY DIED AT A CROSSROADS ON VIETNAM IN NOVEMBER OF...
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1964. THERE'S A VIEW BY SOME PEOPLE STRONGLY FELT THAT JOHN KENNEDY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF VIETNAM IN 1965. BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT JOHN...
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| 00:27:33 |
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ABOUT IT. LET'S GET SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO DO SOMETHING BESIDES DROP A BOMB BUT THAT CAN GO IN AND TAKE IN AFTER THESE DAMN FELLOWS AND --
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| 00:27:43 |
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LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO TELL TIME. WE NEED TO -- WE NEED SOMEBODY OVER THERE THAT CAN GET US BETTER PLANS THAN WE GOT BECAUSE WHAT WE GOT IS WHAT ...
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| 00:28:17 |
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HAVE TO DISCUSS FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE HEED OF BAR REGOLDWATER. THE RESULT IS YOU HEAR A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT. ONE THE MOST ARRESTING THAT...
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| 00:29:42 |
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NOT. LYNDON -- LINDA MENTIONED THAT HER HUSBAND, CHUCK ROBB WAS A MARINE LIEUTENANT IN VIETNAM. JOHNSON WAS ALSO
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| 00:29:49 |
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THINKING ABOUT HIS OWN SOIN LAW. I THINK THAT HE, WHATEVER ELSE LYNDON JOHNSON WAS, HE HAD A HEART AS BIG AS TEXAS AND HE DID CARE ABOUT INDIVIDUALS...
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| 00:31:20 |
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JOHNSON SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, VERY CLES TO SOMETHING LIKE, JOHN, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU LONG BECAUSE I'VE GOT A PACK OF BASTARDS WAITING FOR ME IN THE...
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| 00:32:29 |
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WAS ADAM CLIMER WHO WAS -- >> HAS HAD HEARD SUCH LANGUAGE BEFORE. >> I THINK HE HAD. HE SAID, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? >> DALLAS, TEXAS, UP NEXT, GO...
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| 00:32:55 |
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INTENTIONAL WHICH WAS PICKED UP
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| 00:32:56 |
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IN THE CONFERENCE YESTERDAY. THERE'S SO MANY BAD THINGS ON THE TAPES, WHAT ON EARTH COULD
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| 00:33:02 |
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HE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT CAUSED HIM, THAT WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT THIS WOULD ERASE IT? WHAT IS YOUR COLLECTIVE THOUGHT ON WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT?...
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| 00:33:33 |
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IT WAS A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN ABOUT WHO WAS -- WHETHER THE PRESIDENT WAS VULNERABLE. NOW, INTERESTINGLY WE USE THE TAPES, YOU USE DOCUMENTS...
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| 00:35:58 |
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KENNEDY'S CASE. ONE REASON PRESUMABLY WAS HE WANTED TO WRITE MEMOIRS HAVE PRETTY EXACT QUOTATIONS. OTHER REASON MAY HAVE BEEN, KENNEDY WENT THROUGH...
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| 00:37:34 |
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I'M THE PRESIDENT, I MAKE THE DECISION, I TAKE THE BLAME F. THEIR ADVICE IS
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| 00:37:37 |
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WRONG THEY JUST MOVE ON TO NEW ADVICE. >> PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. CALLER: HELLO? >> YES, GO AHEAD. CALLER: ALL RIGHT. I FINALLY GOT ON AFTER ALL THESE YEARS....
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| 00:38:01 |
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NOW. I'M SURE IF PEOPLE
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| 00:38:04 |
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FOLLOWED THEIR HIGHWAYS TORE REWE MIGHT NOT BE IN THIS MESS. IF YOU HAVE A 3-YEAR-OLD SON WHO WATCHES INSTEAD OF CAR CARTOONS WHO WATCHES YOU IN ...
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| 00:38:38 |
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BUSH'S EXECUTIVE ORDER OF CLOSING OFF PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS AS FAR BACK AS REAGAN AND WILL IT HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON HOW OUR HISTORY WILL BE
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| 00:38:50 |
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WRITTEN? >> GENTLEMEN? >> I THINK -- >> I'LL LET DICK
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| 00:38:54 |
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GO AHEAD. >> I'M WORKING ON A REAGAN BOOK NOW. AND TO PUT IT IN THE VERNACULAR, THEY'RE KILLING ME. IT'S OUTRAGEOUS WHAT IS BEING DONE BY THIS WHITE...
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| 00:39:10 |
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THEY PULLED OUT OF THE REAGAN LIBRARY,
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| 00:39:12 |
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THESE THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
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| 00:39:14 |
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RELEASED UNDER NEW LAWS AUTOMATICALLY, AFTER FIVE
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| 00:39:17 |
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YEARS, 12 YEARS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY NOT BEING RELEASED NOW THEY'RE BEING PULLED BACK. AND THE LATEST THING THAT'S BEEN PULLED BACK, LATEST REQUEST I...
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| 00:40:59 |
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LETTERS IN MID 1970'S WE SAW HOW SMART A MAN THIS REALLY WAS AND MUCH MORE ACTIVIST THAN WE REALIZED. AND SO I HAD TO GIVE A PIECE OF ADVICE TO A FORMER...
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| 00:41:55 |
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THE UNIVERSITIES, YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB IN TERMS OF YOUR RESEARCH. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, ACTUALLY MORE TOWARDS MR. BESCHLOSS ABOUT PRESIDENT...
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| 00:43:16 |
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ASPECTS OF THAT. ALTHOUGH DID HE MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT IN MAY OF 1970. BUT MORE THAN THAT, NIXON WAS A HUGE DISBELIEVER IN THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE DERIVED...
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| 00:44:52 |
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HELP PARTICULARLY IN, QUOTE, WINNING THE WAR. THE PEOPLE IN PANOM PEN WHO HAD
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| 00:45:00 |
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JUST TAKEN OFFICE WERE PUPPETS OF AMERICAN, THEY HAD NO CHOICE IN APPROVAL AT ALL. BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENED I THINK IS VERY COMMON IN A DEMOCRACY AND...
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| 00:46:39 |
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WERE AWARE THAT THEY WERE BEING TAPED AHEAD OF TIME. THEN IT WAS STANDARD PRACTICE, WHAT IS PROHIBITIVE ABOUT THAT IF PEOPLE WERE MADE AWARE THAT THEY...
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| 00:47:12 |
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THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE KIND OF RECORDING TECHNOLOGY. NOWADAYS IT'S GIST BY ROTE THAT WE ALL REALIZE YOU TAPE SOMEONE WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE THAT'S...
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| 00:48:33 |
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COURSE NIXON, WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW WHERE THOSE
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| 00:48:39 |
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MICROPHONES WERE, JOHN DEAN, WHO WAS APPEARING HERE, TOO, CAN TALK TO THE POINT THAT WHEN NO ONE REALIZED QUITE WHY SUDDENLY NIXON WOULD GET UP AND...
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| 00:49:58 |
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INTO THE PRESIDENTIAL BEDROOM CLIMBED ON TO THE BED,
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| 00:50:01 |
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NIXON WONDERED WHAT JOHN SO -- I DON'T KNOW SON WAS DOING PULLED OUT THIS BIG APPARATUS JOHNSON SAID, SO THE STORY IS TOLD, DICK,
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| 00:50:08 |
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HERE IS THIS MACHINE, I USE IT TO TAPE A LOT OF MY TELEPHONE CALLS. YOU SHOULD DO THIS, TOO, TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND DO IT FOR HISTORY. AND NIXON WAS...
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| 00:51:04 |
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ISRAELI CAUSE WITH MEN AND MATERIAL AND TANKS, WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED STATES. I GO BACK TO THE 1948 TO THE PARTIAL PACT...
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UNITED STATES THE FACT THAT WE HAD -- I'M TRYING TO THINK LIKE A PRESIDENT AT THE MOMENT. MY OWN VIEWS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. THAT WE HAD A STRATEGIC...
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| 00:53:10 |
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AND EARLY 1940'S, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS DEFENSELESS AGAINST THE HOLOCAUST AS THEY WERE. THAT WAS A MORAL ARGUMENT THAT WAS MADE FOR ISRAEL THAT...
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| 00:53:45 |
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FOR PRESIDENT KENNEDY. >> WHICH COUNTY AND STATE? CALLER: MERCER COUNTY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. I HAVE AN EIGHT BY TEN PICTURE OF THEM TOGETHER...
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| 00:54:11 |
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YOUR IMPRESSION ON WHY HE WAS KILLED AND AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. AND MR. REEVES AS FAR AS PRESIDENT NIXON, I'VE OFTEN TEND TO COMPARE HIM A LITTLE...
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| 00:55:26 |
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WHO PUBLISHED A LETTER WHICH LATER WAS TRACED ABOUT
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| 00:55:30 |
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HIM USING DEROGATORY TERMS ABOUT FRENCH CANADIANS THAT -- WHO WERE AMERICAN VOTERS. AND THAT LETTER ORIGINATED IN THE WHITE HOUSE. I CAN'T ANSWER ALL...
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| 00:57:25 |
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NEED SOLID
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| 00:57:27 |
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EVIDENCE. DESPITE ALL THE SUGGESTIVE STUFF ABOUT CONSPIRACIES, THERE'S NOT THE KIND OF EVIDENCE THAT AT LEAST TO ME WOULD STAND UP AND SAY THIS WAS A...
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| 00:58:20 |
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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK TO YOU VERY HEARTY SOULS. I'M DEBORAH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY MUSEUM. I KNOW YOU EXPECTED TO SEE RICHARD...
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