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Watergate: Nixon's changing stories, 1973
A question of clarity. A week of presidential explanation, in the guise of polysyllabic obfuscation, over the Watergate scandal.
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Sat 26 May 197321:00
BBC Radio 4
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Nixon's Watergate speech, 1973
The polling that showed Nixon's speech on Watergate failed to persuade Americans.
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Watergate reporting
The impact of the reporting of the Watergate scandal.
Broadcast
- Sat 26 May 197321:00BBC Radio 4
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