Watergate investigators and Nixon

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Speculation, suspicion and compromise. Demands, resignations and black clouds over President Nixon's refusal to assist the Watergate investigators.

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Fri 26 Oct 197321:00

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Fri 26 Oct 197321:00
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