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FOUNDATION SPONSORED A GATHERING OF FORMER WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER WHO IS RE . OVER THE NEXT 90 MINUTES THEY DISCUSS NIXON'S PUBLIC LANGUAGE FROM...
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| 00:00:48 |
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HELLO. I'M HERE TO WELCOME YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE NIXON FOUNDATION TO OUR TENTH NIXON LEGACY PANEL. WE BEGAN THESE PANELS LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE...
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| 00:03:23 |
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SO MUCH. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE. I SHOULD THANK JEFF FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB HE'S DONE OF STEERING THESE NIXON LEGACY PROGRAMS...
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| 00:06:05 |
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WAS EDITORIAL AND PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE AND LATER AT PRESIDENT OF THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK. HIS MEMOIR IS CALLED "WITH NIXON."...
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| 00:12:50 |
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RIGHT. GO BACK TO 1964 AND THE REPUBLICANS, AS YOU KNOW, WERE WIPED OUT BY LYNDON JOHNSON, REDUCED TO 140 SEATS IN THE HOUSE. RICHARD NIXON WAS A...
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| 00:19:51 |
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WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS -- MAY BE ONE OF THE RECALL HIGH POINTS OF THE PRESIDENCY WIDELY PERCEIVED AS ADDRESSING IN THE RIGHT WAY THE SITUATION PAT...
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| 00:20:09 |
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HONOR HISTORY CAN BESTOW IS THE TITLE OF PEACEMAKER. THIS HONOR NOW BECKONS AMERICA, THE CHANCE TO HELP LEAD THE WORLD AT LAST OUT OF THE VALLEY OF TURMOIL...
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| 00:21:29 |
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NO. TRUE. HE WAS -- HE WAS HIS OWN CHIEF SPEECHWRITER. I HAD THE TITLE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF BEING HEAD OF THE WRITING AND RESEARCH STAFF, BUT HE...
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| 00:25:25 |
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DID. >> WE'LL SEE A BIT OF THAT SPEECH LATER ON. GOING BACK TO THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, ONE OF THE OTHER KEY PASSAGES WHICH I THINK HAD ORIGINATED WITH...
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| 00:25:50 |
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TO MENTION THAT AND I FORGOT TO. BUT WHEN WE INHERITED THE 1960s, WE INHERITED AS PAT I THINK SPELLED OUT YOU A GOOD DEAL WHICH I DESCRIBED THE SECOND...
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| 00:26:38 |
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MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I HAD FORGOT TO MENTION THAT. WHEN WE INHERITED IN 1960, WHAT I REFERRED TO AS THE AMERICAN HISTORY AND SECOND OVER THE 1860...
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| 00:26:59 |
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YES, LOWER OUR VOICES BUT BY OCTOBER 15th, YOU HAD 300,000, 500,000 PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE WHITE HOUSE WITH BUSES GOING AROUND IT AND 82nd AIRBORNE IN...
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| 00:27:09 |
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VOICES KEPT RISING AND SUBSIDING AND THAT'S A GOOD TRANSITION TO THE NEXT LITTLE CLIP WE HAVE WHICH IS FROM THE ADDRESS NIXON GAVE IN RESPONSE TO THAT...
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| 00:27:42 |
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NOT RECORD THAT WHEN AMERICA WAS THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD, WE PASSED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND ALLOWED THE LAST HOPES FOR PEACE...
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| 00:28:32 |
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WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. I THINK NIXON'S POLL RATINGS WENT UP INTO THE HIGH 70s EVEN. >> WENT UP TO I THINK
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| 00:28:41 |
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68 BUT IT WAS THE HIGHEST HE GOT IN THE ENTIRE PRESIDENCY. AND FRANKLY, THAT SUSTAINED HIM I THINK RIGHT THROUGH THE FOUR YEARS. I MEAN, THE ONLY TIME...
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| 00:29:04 |
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WELL WORTH READING CAREFULLY AND I THINK CRAFTED LARGELY BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE NOISE HAS RISEN AGAIN AND, PAT, YOU WERE INVOLVED...
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| 00:29:36 |
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I THINK WRITERS -- WRITERS WERE REALLY THERE NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY SPECIALIZED IN A STYLE OR EVEN AN IDEOLOGY BUT THEY -- EXCUSE ME. NOT SO MUCH THEY...
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| 00:29:52 |
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WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF ANARCHY, BOTH ABROAD AND AT HOME. WE SEE MINDLESS ATTACKS ON ALL THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED BY FREE CIVILIZATIONS...
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| 00:30:31 |
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YEAH. LET ME TELL YOU, THAT'S APRIL 30th. I GUESS I WAS CALLED INTO THE -- THE PRESIDENT HAD -- THE OVAL OFFICE AND THE OFFICE NEXT TO IT BUT HE WOULD...
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| 00:31:09 |
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SORRY. HE SAID, I HAVE SOME NOTES HERE. I STARTED TAKING NOTES FROM WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID, TAKE THIS PARAGRAPH AND PUT IT IN THERE. YOU'RE TAKING ALL...
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| 00:32:41 |
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OFFICE. I GOT THE WORKING ON IT. MY SECRETARY WAS WORKING REAL FAST. WE DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS AND THINGS. SHE WAS WRITING FAST AND THEN SO I GOT THE...
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| 00:34:11 |
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TROOPS DID COME OUT OF CAMBODIA. >>
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| 00:34:13 |
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AFTER THAT, THE AMERICAN CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM SPIKED UP DURING THE CAMBODIAN INCURSION. BUT AFTER THAT, THEY DROPPED BY HALF. >>
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| 00:34:17 |
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IT WAS A PERIOD OF INCREDIBLE TURMOIL. KISSINGER IN HIS MEMOIR SAYS RAISE THIS RIGHT NOW, THAT YOU DID NOT WORK ON FOREIGN POLICY SPEECHES AFTER...
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| 00:34:24 |
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ON MAJOR -- I DON'T KNOW THAT HE HAD -- I DON'T RECALL. >> I
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| 00:34:26 |
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JUST WONDERED WHETHER THERE WAS A -- BECAUSE THE SPEECH ITSELF WAS NIXON WITH THE BARK OFF AS HE LIKE TO SAY. >>
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| 00:34:33 |
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NIXON, WHEN HE CALLED ME IN THERE, RATHER THAN RAY, IT WAS FOR A REASON. HE WAS TICKED OFF. >>
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| 00:34:40 |
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WE HAD SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT STYLES. >> MORE
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| 00:34:52 |
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STYLISTIC. WE COULD STAY ON THAT SUBJECT. AND MAY COME BACK TO IT. SPEAKING OF DIFFERENT STYLES, HOWEVER, I WANT TO JUMP BACK IN TIME. AND MOVE ON...
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| 00:35:20 |
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SEE THE FACE OF A CHILD. HE LIVES IN A GREAT CITY. HE'S BLACK OR HE'S WHITE, HE'S MEXICAN, ITALIAN, POLISH. NONE OF THAT MATTERS. WHAT MATTERS, HE'S...
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| 00:35:38 |
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THEN. IN IT NIXON SAYS -- YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS BETTER THAN I DO. I SEE ANOTHER CHILD TONIGHT, AND HE TALKS ABOUT HIS OWN CHILD, HOW HE WOULD FALL ASLEEP...
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| 00:36:05 |
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CAN. LEE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO MENTION MY FORTHCOMING BOOK, "SPEECH WRITE" WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS. THE REASON I SAY...
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| 00:43:02 |
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TRISHA WAS THE NAME OF THE AIRPLANE? >> TRISHA WAS THE
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| 00:43:07 |
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NAME OF THE AIRPLANE. THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE SPEECH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF HE HAD GOT IT MILLIMETER WRONG IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MAWKISH NIXON. IT...
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| 00:44:35 |
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LET ME JUST ADD SOMETHING THERE. I WAS AT THAT STAFF GATHERING THAT BILL DESCRIBES. I HAVE NEVER HEARD -- I HAVEN'T HEARD HIM DESCRIBE IT, BUT I'VE DESCRIBED...
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| 00:45:44 |
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LAST POINT. >> SURE. >> HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO
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| 00:46:05 |
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THAT. I WAS -- HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MEN IN THE WORLD. I WOULD NEED AN ENTIRE PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM TO BRING ME TO THE LEVEL OF DECENT OBSCURITY....
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| 00:46:31 |
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SURE. GREAT SENSE OF PERSONAL CONSIDERATION. I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THE LESSON, THE MORE IMPORTANT, THE MORE CONSIDERATE HE WAS IN...
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| 00:48:24 |
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JUST PASSED. AMERICA HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A LONG NIGHTMARE OF WAR AND DIVISION, OF CRIME AND INFLATION. EVEN MORE DEEPLY, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A...
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| 00:48:47 |
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DRIVING DREAM. SEEMED TO ME TO BE A PHRASE THAT WE COULD HAVE BUILT AROUND. RAY, YOU WERE WRITING THE STATE OF THE UNION. DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT...
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| 00:49:14 |
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ABOUT IT. I THINK IT WAS MINE BUT I COULDN'T SAY FOR SURE. >>
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| 00:49:18 |
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IT'S HIS. NO, I MEAN, REALLY. I MEDIUM SURE. YOU USED THAT WHEN WE ANNOUNCED IN 1968 AND WENT TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. AS I TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS...
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| 00:49:52 |
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RICHARD NIXON WENT OUT ALSO AND HE BECAME -- AGNEW WAS SUPPOSED TO CARRY THE HOD, BE THE BAYONET OF THE PARTY. RICHARD NIXON WENT UP AND BEGAN TAKING...
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| 00:50:08 |
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EVEN SAID OF THE '70 CAMPAIGN, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RUNNING FOR SHERIFF. THERE WAS A BACKING AWAY MAYBE FROM SOME OF THAT HARSHER RHETORIC. KEN, YOU CAME...
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| 00:50:28 |
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I RISE IN TRIBUTE TO THE JUNIOR SPEECHWRITERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU HAD THE MURDEROUS ROW SF A AND BUK CAN BUCHANAN, SAPPHIRE, AND PRICE AND WE HAD...
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| 00:52:16 |
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WELL, WE HAD THE GREAT CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTS OF THE NIXON PRESIDENCY, WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS, AUGUST OF 1971. THEN IN '72, MAY, JUST BEFORE HE WENT TO...
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| 00:52:42 |
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MOVE. THEY SAID HE TOOK A LEAVE OF HIS SENSES. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PHENOMENAL FOREIGN POLICY MOVE. YOU HAD THE -- DURING THE EASTER OFFENSIVE OF...
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| 00:53:29 |
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EFFORT. THINGS GOT BETTER. NIXON WENT TO CHINA, SIGNED THE FIRST ARMS CONTROL PERIOD OF THE NUCLEAR ERA IN MOSCOW. THE ECONOMY PICKED UP I THINK AND...
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| 00:54:03 |
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IS A GREAT AND GOOD LAND. GOOD LAND BECAUSE WE ARE A STRONG, FREE, CREATIVE PEOPLE AND BECAUSE AMERICA IS THE SINGLE GREATEST FORCE FOR PEACE ANYWHERE...
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| 00:55:22 |
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LITTLE BIT I ASKED TO BE ADDED BECAUSE IT GAVE ME A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT LITTLE SPEECH. THAT LITTLE 22,000-SPEECH...
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| 00:57:03 |
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WAS VERY GOOD. ACTUALLY, WHAT MADE IT POSSIBLE, WAS WHAT THE CONSTITUTION -- THE STATE OF THE UNION IS PROVIDED FOR IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. BUT WHAT...
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| 00:57:28 |
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IT? YEAH. TO -- A LIVE ADDRESS TO CONGRESS. BUT THESE THINGS COULD BE AWFULLY PONDEROUS THINGS. IF YOU HAD TO LISTEN TO ONE, YOU MIGHT FALL ASLEEP...
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| 00:58:24 |
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EARLIER. I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS BUT 20,000 WORDS? IT'S A LITTLE OVERDONE. I WORKED ON ONE MYSELF, ONE OF THE SPEECHES DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:58:57 |
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THEY ARE LISTING ALL THESE THINGS. PRESIDENT NIXON SAID, PUT ALL THOSE IN A MESSAGE. IT WILL HAVE THE SAME STANDING. SO PEOPLE CAN POINT TO IT, THIS...
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| 00:59:49 |
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THE WRITTEN MESSAGE GOT TO 20,000 OR SO THE PRESIDENT SAID. I THINK I FINISHED IT ABOUT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND WENT HOME TO BED. THE PRESIDENT HAD...
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| 01:00:21 |
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I WANT TO MAKE TWO OBSERVATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING HERE. FIRST OF ALL, YOU NOTICE IN ALL THOSE SPEECHES YOU'RE WATCHING, HE'S NOT USING A...
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| 01:00:54 |
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MENTION KEN WAS HEAD SPEECHWRITER ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AT THAT TIME. >>
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| 01:01:05 |
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THE SECOND OBSERVATION IS THAT YOU HEARD TODAY HOW VIETNAM PERMEATED SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DID IN THE WHITE HOUSE UNTIL 1973 WHEN THE WAR ENDED, THEORETICALLY...
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| 01:01:41 |
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YOU MENTION 1974. IF YOU'RE TALKING JANUARY THEN, THAT IS AFTER THE SATURDAY NIGHT MASSACRE, THAT IS, AFTER THE IRVING COMMITTEE HEARINGS HAD BEEN GOING...
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| 01:02:06 |
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EARLIER. >> YOU SEE THOSE CONTRASTS. BILL? >> WHILE MY
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| 01:02:13 |
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FRIENDS WERE SOLVING GREAT GEOPOLITICAL PROBLEMS IN RHETORIC, I WAS DOING WHAT WAS CALLED ROSE GARDEN RUBBISH. ROSE GARDEN RUBBISH WAS THE CONTEMPTUOUS...
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| 01:02:55 |
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ST. PATRICK'S DAY STUFF. >> I KNEW
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| 01:03:00 |
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THAT. ARBOR DAY. ONE GOOD THING WAS THE DUKE ELLINGTON MEDAL OF FREEDOM. I WORKED ON THAT. BUT THE POINT, AND LEE MADE IT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING IS,...
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| 01:04:19 |
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BEING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, RICHARD NIXON WAS SURELY THAT. THE END OF THAT SPEECH WE JUST SAW AS PAT WAS 0 PINING, HE SORT OF LEFT THE FORMAL PART OF...
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| 01:04:41 |
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QUITTER. TO LEAVE OFFICE BEFORE MY TERM IS COMPLETED IS ABHORRENT TO EVERY INSTINCT IN MY BODY. BUT AS PRESIDENT, I MUST PUT THE INTEREST OF AMERICA...
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| 01:06:06 |
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TELL US ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE? >> ONE LEAD-UP TO
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| 01:06:20 |
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IT. ON -- LET'S SEE, I GUESS TUESDAY BEFORE -- TUESDAY OF THAT WEEK, WE HAD -- AL HAGUE CONVENED IN HIS APARTMENT, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, TO STRATEGIZE...
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| 01:08:40 |
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UP TO THAT RAY AND I AND AL HAGUE, RON ZEIGLER AND JIM ST. CLAIR WENT IN ON SUNDAY AND WE WENT TO CAMP DAVID. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TAPE OF JUNE...
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| 01:09:29 |
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THAT WAS CALLED THE SMOKING GUN? >> THE SMOKING
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| 01:09:34 |
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GUN. WHAT WE DECIDED UP THERE WAS THAT THE TAPE WAS FATAL. AND THAT WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS GO BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND PROCEED TO DROP THE TAPE. WHEN...
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| 01:10:40 |
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YEAH. BUT IT WAS A SECRET FROM THEM BUT THEY TOOK CREDIT FOR IT. >>
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| 01:10:45 |
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WE HAVE SOME SLIDES OF THE PRESIDENT'S READING TEXT OF THAT SPEECH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THEM WELL FROM THE AUDIENCE. YOU CAN SEE THE LINE TOWARDS...
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| 01:12:23 |
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FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS. WE WANT TO HAVE SOME TIME FOR AUDIENCE QUESTIONS, SO MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO MOVE TO THAT. THERE'S A MICROPHONE, I THINK,...
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| 01:12:43 |
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GET TO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION ABOUT THE PROCESS. WE DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS AND MICROSOFT WORD IN THOSE DAYS. WHEN YOU DID SPEECHES AND THEY...
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| 01:13:23 |
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YES, I THINK I SEE A QUESTION IN THE BACK. >> I DO HAVE A
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| 01:13:25 |
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QUESTION. THIS HAS BEEN A FASCINATING FORUM, AND I THANK ALL THE PARTICIPANTS FOR BEING HERE. I MUST ALSO OBSERVE THAT IT'S BEEN A FORUM THAT NIXON MIGHT...
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| 01:14:38 |
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I FOR ONE WOULD NOT ACCEPT HIS PREMISES. >> GO AHEAD, RAY. >> NO, WHEN HE SAID I FOUGHT
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| 01:14:43 |
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THE BATTLE WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THAT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE -- WE BELIEVED AND I STILL BELIEVE, WHETHER YOU DO OR NOT, THAT WE WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE...
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| 01:14:55 |
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THE WAR IN VIETNAM, WHEN GENERAL EISENHOWER LEFT OFFICE AND RICHARD NIXON LEFT OFFICE IN 1961, THERE WERE 600 AMERICAN ADVISERS IN SOUTH VIETNAM....
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| 01:16:43 |
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CONTINUES. IT'S USEFUL TO BE REMINDED THAT THIS IS A TERRIBLY CONTROVERSIAL TIME. THERE WERE MANY ADVOCATES ON THE OTHER SIDE. PEOPLE GATHERED HERE...
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| 01:19:49 |
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IT. >> I'M BRAD PATTERSON. I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE NIXON STAFF. I WAS ALSO A CABINET SECRETARY FOR EISENHOWER. HOW DID...
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| 01:21:37 |
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BRAD, I RECALL BEING IN THAT -- IT WAS A VERY TOUGH SERIES OF MEETINGS. SECRETARY -- EXCUSE ME, ATTORNEY GENERAL MITCHELL SORT OF CHAIRED THEM. VICE...
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| 01:22:52 |
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THAT, WHICH IS NOT A SPEECH WRITING MATTER, BUT HOW THIS WAS DONE, WHAT MADE -- WHY NIXON WAS ABLE TO DO SUCCESSFULLY WHAT EVERYBODY HAD SAID COULD...
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| 01:24:57 |
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THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE STORY HERE. >> AND THE EISENHOWER SOUTH -- >> IT WAS A DIFFERENT STYLE. >> IT WAS QUITE DIFFERENT. >>
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| 01:25:08 |
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NO. BRAD PATTERSON IS A GREAT WITNESS TO SO MANY OF THOSE THINGS. NOT IN BIG DRAMATIC SPEECHES IN THIS CASE, BUT A LOT OF SMALL CAREFUL CONSERVATIONS....
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| 01:25:31 |
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WHO SAID THAT PROGRESS WAS MADE IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF UNDER NIXON THAN MOST OF THE OTHER TIMES. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF GOING AT THIS AND...
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| 01:25:45 |
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THAT SORT OF GOES BACK TO TECHNIQUE. YOU TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE AND THE SIZZLE. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE DELIVERY OF THE SPEECH. I WORKED...
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| 01:26:07 |
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SAID EARLIER, THE SPEECH -- SOME OF THE SPEECHES I WORKED ON, WE WENT THROUGH EIGHT OR NINE DRAFTS. AND BY THE END OF IT, I COULDN'T FIND TWO WORDS PUT...
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| 01:26:50 |
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ALL COMPLAINED THAT HE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME WRITING HIS SPEECHES. >> EXACTLY. >> BUT IT WAS
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| 01:26:55 |
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PROBABLY GOOD JUDGMENT IN THE END. >> AND HE KNEW
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| 01:26:58 |
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HOW TO DELIVER IT. HE WAS A LAWYER. HE HAD BEEN A CHAMPION DEBATER FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON. >> HE INSISTED ON TWO
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| 01:27:04 |
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THINGS THAT WERE KIND OF INTERESTING. HE WOULD SAY THE SPEECH DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT'S GIVEN. YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT A COPY OF YOUR SPEECH. THE SPEECH...
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| 01:27:54 |
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A BIG NATIONAL SPEECH ON TELEVISION OR ROSE GARDEN REMARK, EVERY SPEECHWRITER'S NAME WAS ON THE TOP OF THE SPEECH OR THE DRAFT SO HE KNEW WHO DID
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| 01:28:02 |
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IT. >> THAT'S A NICE POINT TO REMEMBER, YEAH. >> I HAVE SNUCK
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| 01:28:06 |
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UP BEHIND YOU. WE HAVE HIT OUR HOUR AND A HALF, AND WE COULD GO ON ALL AFTERNOON. >> WE SURE COULD. >> BUT I WANT
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| 01:28:12 |
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TO THANK THE PANELISTS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A FANTASTIC FORUM. [ APPLAUSE ] >>
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| 01:28:19 |
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