Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words Page #4

of eyewitnesses claiming

to have seen American planes

hit dikes and dams.

And the question is

has such bombing occurred?

Mr. Rather, we have had

orders out not to hit dikes

because the result

in terms of civilian casualties

would be extraordinary.

Cronkite:

American jets and destroyers got

the green light today and

struck back with a vengeance

against targets

in North Vietnam.

The principal enemy

the past few days

has been the weather.

It is miserable.

Operator:

Mr. Kissinger.

Nixon:
I wondered if you'd had

any report on the weather.

Kissinger:

Goddamn bastards can't go.

If we ever get these goddamned

Air Force guys to fly. Yeah.

We know that thousands of soldiers

of North and South Vietnam,

and tens of thousands

of innocent men and women,

and children will die

in Indochina in 1972

for the simple reason

that President Nixon

will not allow

the Saigon government

to falter until

he is secure at home

for another term

of office.

Nixon:
Teddy is a typical

Irish extrovert politician,

but Jack was more

withdrawn and more private.

The thing I remember about

Kennedy more than anything else

was when we debated.

I sensed that

he was very shy,

frankly as I was.

Don Hewi Let me see the tight

shot on camera one, please.

Let me see

one wider than that.

Uh...

I think I'd better shave.

Nixon:

I resisted the attempt of my own advisers

to have

the lighting tests,

the makeup tests and so forth that

they wanted before the debate.

That was a mistake.

It's the picture that counts,

far more than

what the candidate says,

when television

is concerned.

If the present trend

continues,

if Mr. Kennedy...

Senator Kennedy will be

the next President

of the United States.

Nixon:

It's the Kennedy mystique.

It's still there.

It's going to last

as long as one of them

is living.

Cronkite:

President Nixon's Air Force One touched down

at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport

and rolled up

to the isolated

VIP reception building

at a remote side

of the field.

Kalb:
The President in his toast

indirectly chided the Russians

for helping North Vietnam.

But his major point,

it seemed, was that

great powers have

great responsibility.

With great power

goes great responsibility.

Nixon:
I thought it was vitally

important in my presidency

to make some move

toward negotiation,

rather than a confrontation,

with the Russians.

I would hope that

a hundred years from now

that the world would

be a safer place.

We were negotiating

an arms-control agreement,

we were trying to end

the war in Vietnam

and I decided,

"Well, this is one time

I'm not going to get

involved in the campaign.

I'm going to delegate it all."

That was a mistake.

There's no excuse

for what happened.

Chancellor:

Five men were arrested early Saturday

while trying to install

eavesdropping equipment

at the Democratic

National Committee.

And it turns out that

one of them has an office

in the headquarters

of the Committee

for the Re-election

of the President.

A White House consultant

was implicated today

in that apparent attempt

to bug, or burglarize,

or do something to the offices of

the Democratic National Committee.

The aide

is Howard E. Hunt.

Chancellor:

Just before 3:
00 this morning in Miami Beach,

the democrats' nominee

was George McGovern...

the unconventional Senator

from South Dakota.

Never underestimate

the power of Richard Nixon

to bring harmony

to democratic ranks.

Nixon:

Four years ago,

I proudly accepted your nomination

for President of the United States.

Tonight, I again

proudly accept

your nomination for President

of the United States.

Cronkite:

A federal grand jury has returned

the first indictments

in the Watergate bugging case.

Nixon:

We shall under no circumstances

abandon our POWs

and our MIAs,

wherever they are.

The White House said today

"peace is at hand"

in Vietnam.

We believe that peace

is at hand.

The President said today

that he will not allow

the American election

to influence his policy

of bombing North Vietnam.

Jarriel:

The Nixon campaign rolled through

the wealthy northern suburbs

of New York City.

Nixon:
It all gets down to...

it gets down to character...

the national character.

McGovern is for softening

the character

and I'm for toughening it up.

Jarriel:

The sun was just up when the Nixon's arrived

at their polling place, the Concordia

Elementary School in San Clemente.

Three hours later

the White House entourage

boarded their plane for the

flight back to Washington.

Smith:
President Nixon appears

to have won re-election

by the largest absolute majority

ever in American history.

Brinkley:

We can see the dimensions

of Mr. Nixon's

landslide tonight.

Chancellor:

President Nixon with 63%...

it's a stunning

performance.

I simply want to say

from the bottom of my heart,

thanks for making

our last campaign

the very best one of all.

Thank you.

Four more years,

four more years!

Kissinger:
Mr. President?

Nixon:
Well, Henry, how are you?

Kissinger:

I just wanted to extend my really

warmest congratulations.

Nixon:
Well...

Kissinger:
This is...

Nixon:

We all knew it was going to happen and...

But we... we got...

we got our 60%.

Kissinger:
Well,

you came up against their issue

and turned it into an asset.

That's right.

Kissinger:
You made Vietnam your issue.

That's right.

Kissinger:
It's a tremendous triumph.

Yeah yeah.

Nixon:
Henry Kissinger,

when he said

"peace is at hand"

before the election,

the North Vietnamese

said, "Well,

now they have

to have peace."

And so they got

more intransigent

as a result.

Nixon:
Right.

Smith:
The White House today

strongly denied speculation

that President Nixon

and Henry Kissinger disagree

on Vietnam negotiating policy.

White House spokesmen

Ron Ziegler

said such reports

are totally untrue.

"Time" Magazine said

the administration ordered

the FBI to tap the phones

of both reporters

and White House

staff members

in an attempt to prevent

news leaks.

Colson:

Mr. President, I...

after we started keeping

the log on Henry's calls...

Nixon:

What'd you find out?

Was Joe Kraft on the list?

Colson:
Oh, yes.

Nixon:
So he called up

Joe Kraft on Tuesday?

Colson:
Yep.

It's an outgoing call, he called Kraft.

Nixon:
And Joe Kraft then

writes an article yesterday

that just knocks

the bejesus of it.

I'll be goddamned.

He called Kraft.

I'll be a son of a b*tch.

Colson:
Now they're going to keep

the log on people and phones

so we'll... Right.

And incidentally I want...

I want it on

his private phone too.

We can get that, can't we?

I think we can.

Nixon:
Sure, God damn it.

We get it through the FBI.

Colson:

Oh yes, sorry, yeah.

Reasoner:

Reporters for "The Washington Post"

were not invited to cover

three White House Parties

given this weekend.

Press secretary

Ronald Ziegler

denies that there is

any vendetta against the paper.

Nixon:
The most difficult military

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