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Audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff surfaced during the Watergate scandal in 1973 and 1974, leading to Nixon's resignation. [1]
Watergate Trial Tapes. The Watergate Trial Conversations are excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations that were played in open court in U.S. v. Mitchell, et al. and U.S. v. Connally. The segments are a portion of the approximately 60 hours of tape subpoenaed by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF).
Jul 30, 2018 · Richard Nixon's Paranoia Leads to Watergate Scandal “You remember Huston’s plan? Implement it,” Nixon said, referring to a secret plan to expand government burglary and wiretapping.
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Nixon (1974) compelled Nixon to surrender the Oval Office tapes, which revealed his complicity in the cover-up. The House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against Nixon, [11] who subsequently resigned from office on August 9, 1974, becoming the only U.S. president to do so.
- January 1969. Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States.
- February 1971. Richard Nixon orders the installation of a secret taping system that records all conversations in the Oval Office, his Executive Office Building office, and his Camp David office and on selected telephones in these locations.
- June 13, 1971. The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers, the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The Washington Post will begin publishing the papers later in the week.
- 1971. Nixon and his staff recruit a team of ex-FBI and CIA operatives, later referred to as “the Plumbers” to investigate the leaked publication of the Pentagon Papers.
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A detailed history of the Nixon White House Tapes from their installation in 1971 to when the National Archives took possession in 1977. Installation of the System. Technology of the White House Tapes. Watergate Investigation. Post-Presidential Legal and Custodial History. Finding Aids. Tape Subject Logs.
Oct 3, 2019 · Inside the Supreme Court ruling that made Nixon turn over his Watergate tapes. By Marisa Iati. October 3, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. The Supreme Court in 1974 ordered President Richard M....
