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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:48,470 --> 00:00:51,680 I just don't understand it, Bob. I've logged a lot of miles. 2 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,480 I've followed the sales textbook by the letter. 3 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,600 I've applied myself diligently. 4 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:01,570 I mean, I try and I try, and I just cannot get in the door. 5 00:01:01,650 --> 00:01:07,200 - I mean... what am I doin' wrong? - Earl, sit down. 6 00:01:09,410 --> 00:01:11,280 Sure, you've got a great product, 7 00:01:11,370 --> 00:01:15,750 but you have to remember what you're really selling: yourself. 8 00:01:15,830 --> 00:01:19,880 So it's not necessarily what I say as how I say it? 9 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:23,920 That's right, Earl. A good salesman can sell anything. 10 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,380 And I remember when you were a good salesman at the beginning. 11 00:01:28,470 --> 00:01:31,850 Something's changed. I don't want to pry, 12 00:01:31,930 --> 00:01:35,390 but is everything all right at home, with Margie? 13 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:38,560 - Will there be anything else? - Leave it. 14 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,230 - Just leave it. - Yes, sir. 15 00:01:41,310 --> 00:01:42,610 - Thank you. - Thanks. 16 00:01:42,690 --> 00:01:46,650 I watched you walking in front of my desk in an agitated manner, 17 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:51,740 smoking without having asked if you could smoke in my presence. 18 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,950 0121, mark. 19 00:01:56,870 --> 00:02:00,120 OK, listen up. Fire team discipline in there at all times. 20 00:02:00,210 --> 00:02:03,500 Keep your radios on at all times during the entire penetration. 21 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:06,130 Check yourselves. False IDs? 22 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:10,010 - Jim. - No wallets, no keys? 23 00:02:10,090 --> 00:02:13,680 We rendezvous where? The Watergate, room 214. When? 24 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,560 At 0300 hours. 25 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:18,020 Jawohl, mein fartin' führer. 26 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:20,690 I swear, Frank, I'm gonna make you a new asshole. 27 00:02:20,770 --> 00:02:22,440 Let's get the fuck out of here. 28 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,610 Years of decency and clean living are over. 29 00:02:26,690 --> 00:02:30,280 If anything goes wrong, sit tight. You'll hear from me or Howard. 30 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,030 Personally, if anything goes wrong, 31 00:02:32,110 --> 00:02:34,870 I'll be calling the President of the United States. 32 00:02:34,950 --> 00:02:37,450 I'm not just gonna be a good salesman. 33 00:02:37,540 --> 00:02:41,040 No, doggone it, I'm gonna be a great salesman. 34 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,290 - That's the spirit. - Thanks. 35 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:48,630 And remember, Earl, always look them in the eye. 36 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:51,300 Nothing sells like sincerity. 37 00:02:56,810 --> 00:02:59,980 Five men wearing white surgical gloves, business suits, 38 00:03:00,060 --> 00:03:03,020 carrying camera and electronic surveillance equipment 39 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:08,030 were arrested in the headquarters of the Democratic Committee. 40 00:03:09,610 --> 00:03:12,740 They were unarmed. Nobody knows yet why they were there 41 00:03:12,820 --> 00:03:15,910 or what they were looking for. 42 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:14,260 Good evening, General Haig. 43 00:04:20,350 --> 00:04:22,180 Good evening, sir. 44 00:04:26,190 --> 00:04:29,310 Judge John Sirica today sentenced the Watergate burglars 45 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,530 to terms ranging up to 40 years. 46 00:04:31,610 --> 00:04:34,860 The White House continues to deny any involvement. 47 00:04:36,570 --> 00:04:39,240 Presidential counsel, John Dean, 48 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,950 testified before the Senate Watergate committee 49 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,500 that the scandal reaches to the highest levels. 50 00:04:47,670 --> 00:04:50,380 Presidential aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman 51 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:52,300 were ordered to resign today. 52 00:04:52,380 --> 00:04:56,510 In a stunning announcement, White House aide Alexander Butterfield 53 00:04:56,590 --> 00:04:59,590 revealed the existence of a secret taping system. 54 00:05:00,930 --> 00:05:04,470 Vice President Agnew resigned today after pleading no contest 55 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,560 to a charge of income tax evasion. 56 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,940 The president has fired the Watergate special prosecutor, 57 00:05:11,020 --> 00:05:15,360 Archibald Cox, provoking the greatest constitutional crisis in history. 58 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,200 Eight resolutions calling for the impeachment 59 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:22,030 of the president were referred to the judiciary committee by the House. 60 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,040 It was disclosed to Judge Sirica 61 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,200 that there is an 18-and-a-half-minute gap 62 00:05:26,290 --> 00:05:29,330 in a June 20th, 1972 taped conversation 63 00:05:29,420 --> 00:05:31,750 between the president and Bob Haldeman. 64 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:34,840 Shock and anger are coming from all sectors of the nation. 65 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,970 Sirica ordered the president to turn over tapes 66 00:05:38,050 --> 00:05:40,220 to special prosecutor Leon Jaworski. 67 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:43,930 The tapes contain conversations between the president and his aides 68 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:47,060 and are believed to include discussions of the scandal. 69 00:05:47,140 --> 00:05:50,310 The White House has not yet responded to Judge Sirica's order 70 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,150 and it is not yet known whether the president will comply. 71 00:06:02,070 --> 00:06:03,530 Yeah. 72 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,880 These are the tapes you requested, Mr. President. 73 00:06:26,350 --> 00:06:27,850 OK. 74 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:42,030 Cocksucker! 75 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:47,160 Nixon's never been good with these things, Al. 76 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,000 I'll take care of it, sir. Do you mind, sir? 77 00:06:52,370 --> 00:06:55,210 - Sorry. - OK. Go on. 78 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:05,260 You know, Al, 79 00:07:05,350 --> 00:07:07,970 if Hoover were alive, 80 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:11,980 these tapes would never have gotten out. 81 00:07:12,060 --> 00:07:13,650 I want the little shit back. 82 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,940 - Mr. Hoover was a realist, sir. - Yeah. Not like the others. 83 00:07:20,030 --> 00:07:23,780 Dean, McCord, the rest. 84 00:07:25,910 --> 00:07:29,410 We never got our side of the story out, Al. 85 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:31,580 People have forgotten. 86 00:07:32,460 --> 00:07:34,880 Such violence. 87 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,590 The tear gassing, the riots, 88 00:07:37,670 --> 00:07:40,010 burning the draft cards, 89 00:07:40,090 --> 00:07:43,220 the Black Panthers. 90 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:46,340 We fixed it, Al, and they hate me for it. 91 00:07:46,430 --> 00:07:50,640 'Cause it's Nixon. They always hated Nixon. 92 00:07:53,190 --> 00:07:54,850 You're all set, sir. 93 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,860 - OK. - Good night, Mr. President. 94 00:07:57,940 --> 00:07:58,980 Good night, Al. 95 00:08:03,780 --> 00:08:04,910 Hey, Al. 96 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,330 Men in your profession, 97 00:08:09,410 --> 00:08:12,870 give 'em a pistol and then leave the room. 98 00:08:15,420 --> 00:08:17,880 I don't have a pistol, Al. 99 00:08:32,310 --> 00:08:33,980 Goddamn it. 100 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,190 Pause. 101 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,200 Start. 102 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,370 - They did what? - Install bugs, photo documents. 103 00:08:50,450 --> 00:08:53,700 It was a fishing expedition. It was their fourth attempt at the DNC. 104 00:08:53,790 --> 00:08:55,540 O'Brien doesn't use that office. 105 00:08:55,620 --> 00:08:59,210 Possibly looking for an illegal Hughes donation to the Democrats, 106 00:08:59,290 --> 00:09:01,920 so they couldn't make an issue of your Hughes money. 107 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,260 It was a legal contribution. 108 00:09:04,340 --> 00:09:07,180 Not clear the burglars knew what they were looking for. 109 00:09:07,260 --> 00:09:10,600 They were headed for McGovern's office later that same night. 110 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:13,390 - Christ, did Mitchell know? - I don't know. 111 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:17,190 Mitchell's out of his mind. Martha put her head through a window. 112 00:09:17,270 --> 00:09:20,770 - Jesus. Through a window? - Yeah, they're taking her to Bellevue. 113 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:24,530 - Maybe she'll stay this time. - Martha's an idiot. 114 00:09:24,610 --> 00:09:27,280 She'll do anything to get Mitchell's attention. 115 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,370 If Mitchell had been minding the store instead of Martha, 116 00:09:30,450 --> 00:09:33,910 we wouldn't have Magruder running some third-rate burglary. 117 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:36,540 We feel the bigger concern is Gordon Liddy. 118 00:09:36,620 --> 00:09:41,000 - Liddy? That fruitcake? What about him? - That's just it, sir. He is a nut. 119 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,800 Used to work with the plumbers, turns up running this Watergate caper. 120 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,380 Remember his plan to firebomb Brookings using Cubans as firemen? 121 00:09:48,470 --> 00:09:51,470 - What's Liddy got? - He was using some campaign cash 122 00:09:51,550 --> 00:09:54,760 that was laundered for us through Mexico, the FBI's onto it. 123 00:09:54,850 --> 00:09:58,940 - We could have a problem with that. - That's a campaign finance violation. 124 00:09:59,020 --> 00:10:01,980 - So if... - Liddy takes the rap for Watergate, 125 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:04,650 we can take care of him and that lets us off the hook. 126 00:10:04,730 --> 00:10:07,240 I don't have time for this. Just handle it, Bob. 127 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,320 Keep it out of the White House. I gotta see Kissinger. 128 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:14,950 He's throwing a tantrum, threatening to quit. Again. 129 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,290 What else? 130 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:26,420 Well, sir, one of the people implicated is still on the White House payroll. 131 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,630 Who? Not another goddamn Cuban. 132 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,470 Uh, no, sir. A guy named Hunt. 133 00:10:31,550 --> 00:10:34,050 Howard Hunt, sir. 134 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:37,270 Hunt? Howard Hunt? 135 00:10:39,730 --> 00:10:42,480 Left his White House phone number in his hotel room. 136 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:46,230 He works for Colson. He used him on the Pentagon Papers. 137 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,990 After arrest, he dumps his wiretapping stuff into his White House safe. 138 00:10:50,070 --> 00:10:55,030 We're trying to figure out when he stopped being a White House consultant. 139 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:00,250 Howard Hunt is working for the White House? Jesus Christ. 140 00:11:00,330 --> 00:11:02,620 This is goddamn Disneyland. Since when? 141 00:11:02,710 --> 00:11:06,000 Since Chappaquiddick. He wanted dirt on Kennedy. 142 00:11:06,090 --> 00:11:08,960 - Colson brought him in. - You know Hunt, sir? 143 00:11:09,050 --> 00:11:11,550 Yeah, on the list of horribles. 144 00:11:11,630 --> 00:11:15,640 I know what he is and I know what he tracks back to. 145 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,310 - He was involved in the plumbers? - Definitely. 146 00:11:18,390 --> 00:11:22,060 Colson had him break into Bremer's apartment after Bremer shot Wallace 147 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:24,440 to plant McGovern's campaign literature. 148 00:11:25,860 --> 00:11:28,360 I had nothing to do with that. 149 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,320 - He was in this Ellsberg thing? - Yes. You approved it. 150 00:11:32,490 --> 00:11:36,910 - I did? - Right after the Pentagon Papers broke. 151 00:11:36,990 --> 00:11:40,870 They went in to get his psychiatric records. We were working on China. 152 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:47,420 Fuck. 153 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,810 What the fuck?! You're not supposed to take pictures of me! 154 00:11:58,890 --> 00:12:01,680 Take pictures of the files! Give me the fuckin' film! 155 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,650 Howard Hunt. 156 00:12:05,730 --> 00:12:10,530 Jesus Christ. You open up that scab, you'll uncover a lot of pus. 157 00:12:10,610 --> 00:12:12,900 What do you mean? 158 00:12:14,570 --> 00:12:16,450 - Where's Hunt now? - He's in hiding. 159 00:12:16,530 --> 00:12:20,910 - He sent Liddy in to talk to Dean. - And? 160 00:12:20,990 --> 00:12:23,960 - He wants money. - Pay him. 161 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,500 Pay him? I told him get out of the country. It's crazy to start... 162 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:31,000 What the hell are you doing, John, screwing with the CIA? 163 00:12:31,090 --> 00:12:33,130 I don't care how much he wants. Pay him. 164 00:12:33,210 --> 00:12:38,470 - What are we paying him for, sir? - Silence. 165 00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:41,390 But you're covered. It's only this Ellsberg thing, 166 00:12:41,470 --> 00:12:44,730 and if that comes out, it's national security. 167 00:12:54,150 --> 00:12:57,990 Cut ourselves loose from these clowns, and that's all there is to it. 168 00:12:58,070 --> 00:13:00,660 No, it's more than that. I want Hunt paid. 169 00:13:00,740 --> 00:13:03,790 We've never done that before, sir. How do we do it? 170 00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:08,920 We should set up a Cuban defense fund on this and take care of all of 'em. 171 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,130 - Should we talk to Trini about paying? - Keep Trini out. 172 00:13:12,210 --> 00:13:15,090 And for God's sake, keep Colson out. 173 00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:18,590 It's time to baptize our young counsel here, Mr. Dean. 174 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:22,470 That means John can never talk about it. Attorney-client privilege. 175 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,060 So get to it. John, you stay close to this, OK? 176 00:13:26,140 --> 00:13:29,020 - Don't worry, sir. - Good. 177 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:34,360 OK. 178 00:13:36,780 --> 00:13:39,660 Did I approve the Ellsberg thing? 179 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:41,120 Huh? 180 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:45,700 I'm glad we tape all these conversations, 181 00:13:45,790 --> 00:13:49,370 but I never approved the break-in at the Ellsbergs'. 182 00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:53,500 Maybe I approved it after the fact. 183 00:13:53,590 --> 00:13:57,050 Someday we gotta start transcribing these tapes. 184 00:13:57,130 --> 00:14:01,470 You approved that before the fact because I went over it with you. But... 185 00:14:01,550 --> 00:14:03,760 - No one's gonna see these tapes. - Right. 186 00:14:03,850 --> 00:14:08,390 It's more of a problem for Ehrlichman. He fixed Hunt up with the phony CIA IDs. 187 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,810 But... what else does Hunt have on us? 188 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,780 We gotta turn off the FBI, Bob. 189 00:14:17,860 --> 00:14:22,450 You go to the CIA and tell Helms that Hunt is blackmailing the president. 190 00:14:22,530 --> 00:14:26,040 Tell him Hunt and his Cuban friends know too damn much, 191 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,370 and, uh, if he goes public, if Hunt goes public, 192 00:14:29,460 --> 00:14:34,540 it will be a fiasco for the CIA. He'll know what I'm talking about. 193 00:14:34,630 --> 00:14:36,420 - All right. - Play it tough. 194 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:39,840 That's the way they play it, that's the way we're gonna play it. 195 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,640 Don't lie to Helms and say there's no involvement. 196 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,310 Just say this is, uh, a sort of comedy of errors, 197 00:14:47,390 --> 00:14:49,600 bizarre, without getting into it. And, uh... 198 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,310 Say the president believes 199 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:54,900 it's gonna open up the whole Bay of Pigs thing again. 200 00:14:54,980 --> 00:14:57,940 And tell Helms he should call the FBI, call Pat Gray, 201 00:14:58,030 --> 00:15:00,570 and say that we wish, for the sake of the country, 202 00:15:00,650 --> 00:15:06,120 don't go any further into this... hanky-panky, period. 203 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:10,040 Bay of Pigs? That was Kennedy's screw-up. 204 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,130 - Why would that threaten us? - Just do what I say, Bob. 205 00:15:14,630 --> 00:15:17,090 The only problem with that, sir... 206 00:15:17,170 --> 00:15:22,050 - ...gets us to obstruction of justice. - Got nothing to do with justice. 207 00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:25,300 - It's national security. - How is this national security? 208 00:15:25,390 --> 00:15:27,560 The president says it is. 209 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,220 Now, this isn't a moral issue, Bob. 210 00:15:30,310 --> 00:15:33,140 My job is to protect this country from its enemies, 211 00:15:33,230 --> 00:15:37,940 and its enemies are inside the walls. We gotta keep our enemies at bay, 212 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:41,990 or our whole program goes down the tubes. 213 00:15:42,070 --> 00:15:44,700 Vietnam, China, the Soviet Union. 214 00:15:44,780 --> 00:15:47,160 - Look at the big picture... - Damn. 215 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,910 ...we end up doing a hell of a lot of good in this world. 216 00:15:49,990 --> 00:15:54,040 Let's not screw it up with a shit-ass, third-rate burglary. 217 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,790 What should I tell Ziegler to tell the press? 218 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,210 Tell 'em what we always tell 'em. Anything but the truth. 219 00:16:01,630 --> 00:16:03,590 - Fuck! - Say the president believes 220 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,390 it's gonna open up the whole Bay of Pigs thing again. 221 00:16:07,470 --> 00:16:10,010 - Put me in this position. - Bay of Pigs? 222 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,930 - Expose me like this. - Why would that threaten us? 223 00:16:13,020 --> 00:16:14,640 Why don't they fucking shoot me? 224 00:16:14,730 --> 00:16:16,850 In the election of 1860, 225 00:16:16,940 --> 00:16:20,530 Lincoln said the question was whether this nation could exist, 226 00:16:20,610 --> 00:16:23,190 half-slave or half-free. 227 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,660 In the election of 1960, with the world around us, 228 00:16:26,740 --> 00:16:31,950 the question is whether the world will exist half-slave or half-free. 229 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,210 I think, in the final analysis, it depends upon what we do here 230 00:16:35,290 --> 00:16:39,380 in the United States. I think it's time America started moving again. 231 00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:43,380 - Mr. Nixon? - When it comes to experience, 232 00:16:43,460 --> 00:16:47,550 through the years I have sat on the National Security Council, 233 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,220 I have been in the cabinet, 234 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:52,140 I have met with the legislative leaders... 235 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:55,770 - Be quiet. - Relax, everybody, relax. 236 00:16:55,850 --> 00:16:59,770 ...discussions with 35 presidents, nine prime ministers, 237 00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:03,860 - two emperors and the Shah of Iran. - Jesus Christ. 238 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:06,570 Has he told them how many push-ups he can do yet? 239 00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:09,370 - ...hydroelectric power. - What the hell happened? 240 00:17:09,450 --> 00:17:11,200 He just got out of the hospital. 241 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,990 He hasn't taken one hour off. 242 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,000 When we consider the line-up of the world, 243 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:20,880 we find there are 590 million people on our side, 244 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,500 800 million people on the Communist side... 245 00:17:23,590 --> 00:17:26,670 - Shoulda slapped makeup on. - It's not a beauty contest. 246 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:31,680 - We'd better hope not. - ...600 million people who are neutral. 247 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,430 What are you doing to him, Murray? He's not well. 248 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,350 - He doesn't have to debate Kennedy. - The odds are 5-3 against us. 249 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,060 - When it comes to politics... - He can win without this. 250 00:17:41,150 --> 00:17:43,230 Senator, one minute for rebuttal. 251 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,530 Castro is only the beginning of our difficulties throughout Latin America. 252 00:17:47,610 --> 00:17:50,110 Oh, shit, he's gonna do it. Here it comes. 253 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,070 We've seen Cuba go to the Communists. 254 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,490 Eight jet minutes from the coast of Florida. 255 00:17:54,580 --> 00:17:58,660 We must attempt to strengthen the democratic anti-Castro forces in exile. 256 00:17:58,750 --> 00:18:01,790 These fighters have had no support from our government. 257 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,630 - Son of a bitch! - What? 258 00:18:03,710 --> 00:18:06,960 Kennedy was briefed last week by CIA. He's using it against us. 259 00:18:07,050 --> 00:18:08,970 We can't respond, he welshed on a deal. 260 00:18:09,050 --> 00:18:12,010 - It's a disgrace. - ...we might never have had Castro. 261 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:14,600 - Why didn't we? - Mr. Nixon? 262 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,640 - Man, he's treading water. - All right, come on. 263 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:20,480 He violated national security. Attack the bastard. 264 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,820 ...Constitution of the United States, so help me God. 265 00:18:27,820 --> 00:18:30,110 - Mr. Nixon. - Yeah. 266 00:18:31,990 --> 00:18:33,200 I think... 267 00:18:33,990 --> 00:18:37,830 I think that's the sort of, uh, very dangerous 268 00:18:37,910 --> 00:18:42,000 - and irresponsible suggestion that... - It's over. More coffee? 269 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,340 ...helping Cuban exiles who oppose Castro would 270 00:18:45,420 --> 00:18:48,710 not only be a violation of international law, 271 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,180 it would be an open invitation for Mr. Khrushchev... 272 00:18:52,260 --> 00:18:54,390 It's still very close. 273 00:18:56,100 --> 00:19:00,640 Senator Kennedy's lead is about, uh, 700,000. 274 00:19:00,730 --> 00:19:03,400 Think Daley stuffed the ballot boxes himself? 275 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,860 In Texas, they had the goddamn cattle voting. 276 00:19:06,940 --> 00:19:11,610 It was he closest race in history, Dick, and he stole it. Son of a bitch. 277 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:13,870 He outspent us and he still cheated. 278 00:19:13,950 --> 00:19:16,330 A guy who's got everything. 279 00:19:16,410 --> 00:19:18,490 I can't believe it. 280 00:19:18,580 --> 00:19:23,460 We came to Congress together. We were like brothers, for Christ's sake. 281 00:19:23,540 --> 00:19:27,040 Got all the figures. It's an obvious fraud. We ask for a recount. 282 00:19:27,130 --> 00:19:30,920 Don't be ridiculous. Nobody has contested a presidential election. 283 00:19:31,010 --> 00:19:35,800 Who's gonna do the counting? The Democrats control Texas, Illinois. 284 00:19:35,890 --> 00:19:39,390 - We shift 25,000 votes in two states. - And how long will that take? 285 00:19:39,470 --> 00:19:42,810 - Six months, a year? - What happens to the country? 286 00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:45,810 If I'd called his shot on Cuba, I'd have won. 287 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:47,980 - That's what I say. - Made me look soft. 288 00:19:48,070 --> 00:19:49,530 "I feel very sorry for Nixon 289 00:19:49,610 --> 00:19:52,450 because he does not know who he is." You believe this? 290 00:19:52,530 --> 00:19:56,370 "At each stop he has to decide which Nixon he's going to be at the moment, 291 00:19:56,450 --> 00:19:59,740 which must be very exhausting." Jack Kennedy. 292 00:19:59,830 --> 00:20:03,660 - It's a disgrace. - "Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar. 293 00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:07,000 If he had to stick to the truth, he'd have very little to say. 294 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,760 If you vote for Nixon, then you oughta go to hell." Harry S. Truman. 295 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,090 That's what killed us, Dick, not Cuba. 296 00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:17,720 It's the personality problem. You gonna let the Democrats get away with this? 297 00:20:19,350 --> 00:20:23,430 Goes to Harvard. His father hands him everything on a silver platter. 298 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,900 All my life, they've been sticking it to me. 299 00:20:27,150 --> 00:20:32,070 Not the right clothes, not the right schools, not the right family. 300 00:20:32,150 --> 00:20:34,280 And then he steals from me. 301 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:38,780 Heh, he says I have no class, and they love him for it. 302 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:41,450 Dick, you're only 47. 303 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:44,460 If you contest this election, you'll be finished. 304 00:20:44,540 --> 00:20:49,250 You gotta swallow this one. They stole it fair and square. 305 00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:51,920 We'll get 'em next time, Dick. 306 00:20:55,510 --> 00:20:57,640 We'll get 'em next time. 307 00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:03,680 What makes you think there's gonna be a next time, Murray? 308 00:21:03,770 --> 00:21:07,230 Because if he's not this Nixon, 309 00:21:07,310 --> 00:21:08,980 he's nobody. 310 00:21:12,650 --> 00:21:14,990 - Good morning, sir. - Hi. 311 00:21:24,500 --> 00:21:27,580 - Hi. - Hi. 312 00:21:29,130 --> 00:21:30,750 We lost. 313 00:21:32,170 --> 00:21:33,800 I know. 314 00:21:35,090 --> 00:21:37,220 I hate to lose. 315 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:44,470 It makes us human. 316 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,480 It's not fair, Buddy. 317 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,520 I can take the insults, I can take the name-calling. 318 00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:55,230 But I can't take the losing. I hate it. 319 00:21:59,820 --> 00:22:03,330 We don't have to put ourselves through this again, Dick. 320 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:07,370 We worked for it. We earned it. 321 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:11,290 - It's ours. - It is. We know that. 322 00:22:13,630 --> 00:22:15,880 And it's enough that we know. 323 00:22:21,050 --> 00:22:24,260 Just think of the girls. 324 00:22:24,350 --> 00:22:26,220 They're still young. 325 00:22:26,310 --> 00:22:28,640 We never see them. 326 00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:36,110 I lost my parents when I was young. I don't want them to lose theirs. 327 00:22:47,450 --> 00:22:51,290 Maybe I should get out of the game. 328 00:22:52,250 --> 00:22:54,590 What do you think, Buddy? 329 00:22:54,670 --> 00:22:57,920 And go back to being a lawyer. 330 00:22:58,010 --> 00:23:02,220 End up with something solid, some money at the end of the line. 331 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,140 You know, I, uh... 332 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:10,640 I keep thinking of my old man tonight. 333 00:23:10,730 --> 00:23:14,980 - He was a failure too. - You're not a failure, Dick. 334 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:18,570 You know how much money he had in the bank when he died? 335 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,110 Nothing. 336 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,370 He was so damned honest. 337 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,290 But I miss him. 338 00:23:29,370 --> 00:23:31,580 I miss him a hell of a lot. 339 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:54,480 - Dad! Dad! - I got the beets for him. 340 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:55,770 - Dad. - Is she in there? 341 00:23:55,860 --> 00:24:00,030 I don't have time for you right now. I got work to do. 342 00:24:10,540 --> 00:24:12,660 - How is thy son? - Very well, thank you. 343 00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:15,670 - What'd he say? - He said, in life, 344 00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:19,250 - there's no free ride. - What'd you say? 345 00:24:19,340 --> 00:24:21,960 I told them I didn't need a ride, I need a suit. 346 00:24:22,050 --> 00:24:27,260 Oh, no. Harold, he doesn't respond well to humor. 347 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,970 Maybe Mother can help straighten it out. 348 00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:33,180 I'd rather get a whippin' than listen to another of her talks. 349 00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:36,150 Relax, Dick. 350 00:24:39,230 --> 00:24:42,480 Donald, finish thy sweeping, then pick out the bad apples. 351 00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:45,030 Yes, Mother. 352 00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:46,570 I'm working. 353 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:51,620 Richard, come with me, would thee? 354 00:24:52,790 --> 00:24:54,710 Why me? 355 00:25:01,250 --> 00:25:05,930 Because Harold hast thy father's will is no reason to admire him. 356 00:25:06,010 --> 00:25:11,060 Let Harold's worldliness be a warning to thee, not an example. 357 00:25:11,140 --> 00:25:12,810 Yes, Mother. 358 00:25:17,140 --> 00:25:20,270 Harold may have lost touch with his Bible, 359 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,150 but thee must never lapse. 360 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,030 Now, give it to me. 361 00:25:31,990 --> 00:25:33,950 Do not tell a lie, Richard. 362 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,710 The corn silk cigarette Harold gave thee behind the store this morning. 363 00:25:37,790 --> 00:25:41,420 I don't have them. Mother, I... 364 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:43,460 I promise I didn't smoke. 365 00:25:45,590 --> 00:25:47,170 I see. 366 00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:52,680 Well, then Richard, we have nothing more to talk about, do we? 367 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,060 Please! 368 00:25:55,140 --> 00:25:56,180 Please. 369 00:25:57,060 --> 00:25:59,350 Mother, I'm sorry. It was... 370 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,690 It was just one time. I'm sorry. 371 00:26:06,990 --> 00:26:08,700 So am I. 372 00:26:10,110 --> 00:26:13,280 Thy father will have to know of thy lying. 373 00:26:13,370 --> 00:26:16,700 No, please, don't... don't... don't tell him. 374 00:26:16,790 --> 00:26:19,040 I'll never do it again, I promise. Please. 375 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:23,790 - Richard, I expected more from thee. - Please, Mama. 376 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,260 I shall never let thee down again. 377 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:30,760 Then this shall be our little secret. 378 00:26:35,850 --> 00:26:38,680 Remember, I see into thy soul. 379 00:26:39,940 --> 00:26:43,610 Thee may fool the world, even thy father, 380 00:26:43,690 --> 00:26:47,610 but not me, Richard. Never me. 381 00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:51,820 Mother... 382 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:55,910 ...think of me always as thy faithful dog. 383 00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:15,390 - Thank you. - We'll say grace in the next room. 384 00:27:23,270 --> 00:27:26,730 - Richard. - Is it my turn? 385 00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:33,490 Oh, Heavenly Father, we humbly thank you... 386 00:27:33,570 --> 00:27:36,700 I'll do it. There's a couple of things I wanna say. 387 00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:40,450 Could thee at least remove thy apron, Frank? 388 00:27:40,540 --> 00:27:45,210 This blood pays the bills, Hannah. I'm not ashamed of how I earn my money. 389 00:27:48,210 --> 00:27:50,210 Heavenly Father, 390 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:53,550 you told Adam in the garden, after that business with the snake, 391 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:58,350 that man would have to earn his way by the sweat of his face. 392 00:27:58,430 --> 00:28:00,600 Well, as far as I can tell, Father, 393 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,560 what was true in Eden is true in Whittier, California. 394 00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:08,730 So we ask you now to remind certain of our young people 395 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:12,690 the only way to get a new suit to go to the promenade with Margaret O'Herlihy, 396 00:28:12,780 --> 00:28:15,530 who happens to be a Catholic, by the way, 397 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:19,990 is to work for it. Amen. 398 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,080 - Amen. - Amen. 399 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,920 - Amen. - Are we gonna pray now, Daddy? 400 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,340 - Don't be silly. - You think this is funny? 401 00:28:29,420 --> 00:28:32,880 Maybe a trip to the wood shed'll straighten you out. 402 00:28:32,970 --> 00:28:36,300 Pretty soon you boys are gonna have to get out there and scratch. 403 00:28:36,390 --> 00:28:39,260 'Cause you're not gonna get anywhere on your good looks. 404 00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:41,520 Just ask those fellas. 405 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,060 Charity's only gonna get you so far, 406 00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:46,900 even with saints like your mother around. 407 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:51,110 Struggle's what gives life meaning. Not victory, struggle. 408 00:28:51,190 --> 00:28:54,900 When you quit struggling, they've beaten you. 409 00:28:54,990 --> 00:28:58,160 And then you end up in the street with your hand out. 410 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,910 My mother was a saint, 411 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,370 but my old man struggled his whole life. 412 00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:10,920 They could call him a little man, a poor man, 413 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,590 but they never beat him. 414 00:29:12,670 --> 00:29:18,090 I always tried to remember that, when things didn't go my way. 415 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:20,100 Let's really get fired up now! 416 00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:25,230 -Get on your stand, Nixon! - Twenty-eight, 44! 417 00:29:36,650 --> 00:29:39,410 - What's Nixon doing here? - He thinks he can make it. 418 00:29:39,490 --> 00:29:41,990 Four years of being a tackling dummy. Poor guy. 419 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,080 - All right! Let's go, defense! - Hike! 420 00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:54,130 Worst athlete I've ever seen. But he's got guts. 421 00:29:57,170 --> 00:29:59,720 OK, let's go! Let's do it! 422 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:04,010 In California's gubernatorial race, Nixon returned to the political arena 423 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:09,310 in a long and acrimonious bid against popular incumbent Edmund G. Brown. 424 00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:14,150 Brown's campaign has benefited greatly from the support of President Kennedy, 425 00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:16,610 while Nixon has had trouble convincing voters 426 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:18,990 this is not another run for the presidency. 427 00:30:19,070 --> 00:30:21,240 With only a few precincts left unreported, 428 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:21,950 all indications are of another defeat for Nixon, 429 00:30:21,950 --> 00:30:23,870 all indications are of another defeat for Nixon, 430 00:30:23,950 --> 00:30:28,160 who lost the presidency just two years ago by a paper-thin margin. 431 00:30:28,250 --> 00:30:30,540 It seems his brief political comeback 432 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:32,540 - is in ruins. - Making a statement? 433 00:30:34,210 --> 00:30:36,460 Thank you, Fidel Castro. 434 00:30:36,550 --> 00:30:40,010 - You're not going to blame Castro? - I sure am! 435 00:30:40,090 --> 00:30:43,180 Goddamn missile crisis united the country behind Kennedy. 436 00:30:43,260 --> 00:30:45,850 He was supporting Brown. People were scared. 437 00:30:45,930 --> 00:30:47,980 Castro staged this just to beat you. 438 00:30:48,060 --> 00:30:50,520 Before you join the jubilation of my being beaten, 439 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,810 remember people vote not out of love but fear. 440 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:58,240 They don't teach that at Sunday school or the Whittier Community Playhouse. 441 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,360 - I should go check in with our people. - I'm glad they don't, Dick. 442 00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:06,580 I'm glad they don't because life is tough and it is unfair 443 00:31:06,660 --> 00:31:10,330 and sometimes you forget that in your self pity. 444 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:16,750 You forget sometimes, Dick, that I had a life before you, before California. 445 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:20,510 Cocksucker! 446 00:31:23,970 --> 00:31:27,100 Don't you want to listen to Governor Brown's victory speech? 447 00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:30,600 Nope. Not going to listen to any more speeches ever again. 448 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,640 Amen to that. 449 00:31:32,730 --> 00:31:33,850 It's over, Dick. 450 00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:38,280 - I'll concede in the morning. - Not that. 451 00:31:47,870 --> 00:31:49,160 Buddy? 452 00:32:08,850 --> 00:32:10,640 I have always stood by you. 453 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,310 I campaigned for you when I was pregnant. 454 00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:18,190 During Checkers, when Ike wanted you out, I told you to fight. 455 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:22,650 This is different, Dick. 456 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:24,200 You've changed. 457 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:30,160 You've grown more bitter, like you're at war with the world. 458 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,250 You weren't that way before. 459 00:32:34,410 --> 00:32:37,630 I'm 50 years old now, Dick. 460 00:32:37,710 --> 00:32:40,460 How many millions of miles have I traveled? 461 00:32:40,550 --> 00:32:44,170 How many millions of peoples' hands have I shaked I just don't like? 462 00:32:44,260 --> 00:32:47,890 How many thank-you notes have I written? 463 00:32:47,970 --> 00:32:51,140 It's as if I, I don't know, just went to sleep a long time ago 464 00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:53,430 and missed the years between. 465 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:57,480 I've had enough. 466 00:33:00,150 --> 00:33:03,320 What are you saying? What are you talking about? 467 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:06,910 I want a divorce. 468 00:33:08,660 --> 00:33:12,990 My God. Divorce? What about the girls? 469 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:20,130 The girls'll grow up. They only know you from television anyway. 470 00:33:20,210 --> 00:33:23,380 - It'll ruin us, our family. - No, you're ruining us. 471 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:26,050 If we stay with you, you'll take us down with you. 472 00:33:26,130 --> 00:33:28,300 This isn't political. This is our life. 473 00:33:28,390 --> 00:33:29,850 Everything's political. 474 00:33:29,930 --> 00:33:33,520 - I'm political, you're political. - No, I'm not. I'm finished. 475 00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:42,730 Well, this is just what they want, Buddy. 476 00:33:44,150 --> 00:33:45,610 Don't you see? 477 00:33:48,910 --> 00:33:52,490 They want to drive us apart, to beat us. 478 00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:55,580 We can't let them do it. 479 00:33:55,660 --> 00:33:57,710 We've been through too much together. 480 00:33:57,790 --> 00:34:00,080 We belong together. 481 00:34:00,170 --> 00:34:03,340 That's what you said the first time we met. 482 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,170 You didn't even know me. 483 00:34:07,220 --> 00:34:08,970 Oh, yes, I did. 484 00:34:12,010 --> 00:34:14,770 I asked you to marry me, didn't I? 485 00:34:14,850 --> 00:34:17,640 On our first date. 486 00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:21,020 I said it because I knew... 487 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:23,690 I knew you were the one. 488 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,570 So solid. 489 00:34:27,650 --> 00:34:30,110 So strong. 490 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,410 - So beautiful. - Hi, I'm Pat Ryan. 491 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,080 - Richard Nixon. - It's a pleasure to meet you. 492 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:38,960 Pleasure to meet you. 493 00:34:55,220 --> 00:34:57,060 Well, in a way, yes. 494 00:34:57,140 --> 00:34:59,310 Don't tell me you've been cutting my part. 495 00:34:59,390 --> 00:35:03,150 Of course, honey, you know I would never deceive you. Don't you? 496 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,890 You were the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. 497 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,430 I don't want to lose you. 498 00:35:42,850 --> 00:35:45,810 - Ever. - Dick, don't. 499 00:35:52,700 --> 00:35:54,610 You really want me to quit? 500 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,290 We can be happy. 501 00:36:02,580 --> 00:36:04,620 We really can. 502 00:36:06,420 --> 00:36:09,130 The girls and I love you, Dick. 503 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:15,180 And if I stop, 504 00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:19,060 there'll be no more talk of divorce? 505 00:36:28,060 --> 00:36:31,570 I'll do it. No more. 506 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,820 Are you serious? 507 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,700 Yeah. I'm out. 508 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,750 Is that the truth? 509 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,840 I'll never run again. I promise. 510 00:36:52,340 --> 00:36:53,760 Yeah. 511 00:36:57,090 --> 00:36:58,890 I love you, Buddy. 512 00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:01,140 I love you. 513 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:04,020 I love you. 514 00:37:07,060 --> 00:37:08,560 Where are they? 515 00:37:08,650 --> 00:37:13,110 - You don't have to make a statement. - No! 516 00:37:13,190 --> 00:37:18,070 Gentlemen, I can tell you Mr. Nixon is a man who is graceful in defeat, 517 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,080 and if he was here with us... 518 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:27,460 Can I have some quiet, please? 519 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,170 Give the... Just a second! 520 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,880 Some quiet, please. Quiet! 521 00:37:36,010 --> 00:37:37,470 Thank you! 522 00:37:38,470 --> 00:37:40,640 - Mr. Nixon! - Uh... Ahem. 523 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:45,230 I believe Governor Brown has a heart, 524 00:37:45,310 --> 00:37:48,810 even though he believes I do not. 525 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:51,980 I believe he's a good American, 526 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:54,650 even though he feels I am not. 527 00:37:54,730 --> 00:37:59,990 I'm proud of the fact that I defended my opponent's patriotism. 528 00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:05,410 You gentlemen didn't report it, but I'm proud I did that. And... 529 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:08,000 And I would appreciate, for once, gentlemen, 530 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,710 if you would just print what I say. 531 00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:15,340 For 16 years, uh, ever since the Hiss case, 532 00:38:15,420 --> 00:38:18,840 you've had a lot of fun. A lot of fun. 533 00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:22,350 But recognize you have a responsibility, 534 00:38:22,430 --> 00:38:25,850 if you're against the candidate, to give him the shaft. 535 00:38:25,930 --> 00:38:29,600 But if you do that, at least put one lonely reporter on the campaign 536 00:38:29,690 --> 00:38:34,190 who will report what the candidate says now and then. 537 00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:39,240 I think, all in all, I've given as good as I've taken. 538 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,070 But as I leave you, I... 539 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:46,040 I want you to know, just think what you're gonna be missing. 540 00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:49,410 You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore. 541 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,290 Kick around anymore. 542 00:38:58,970 --> 00:39:00,630 Uh... 543 00:39:01,590 --> 00:39:05,060 Because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. 544 00:39:05,140 --> 00:39:08,730 - Thank you and good day. - Is this the end of politics for you? 545 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:14,860 Will you run again? 546 00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:22,780 In California, we can officially write the political obituary 547 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:26,080 of Richard Milhous Nixon. A small town lawyer like Lincoln, 548 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,910 Nixon became a representative at 33 and a senator at 35, 549 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,370 as part of the postwar Republican sweep of the congressional elections 550 00:39:33,460 --> 00:39:36,340 that attacked FDR's big-government New Deal. 551 00:39:36,420 --> 00:39:38,920 Running as a South Pacific veteran, 552 00:39:39,010 --> 00:39:41,170 victories over Congressman Jerry Voorhis 553 00:39:41,260 --> 00:39:44,590 and Senator Helen Gahagan Douglas made it clear that, to Nixon, 554 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:48,600 politics was war. He didn't have opponents, he had enemies. 555 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,980 Why, she's pink, right down to her underwear! 556 00:39:51,060 --> 00:39:53,900 Nixon became one of the leading lights on the notorious 557 00:39:53,980 --> 00:39:57,610 House Un-American Activities Committee, questioning labor leaders, 558 00:39:57,690 --> 00:40:00,650 Spanish Civil War veterans, Hollywood celebrities. 559 00:40:00,740 --> 00:40:04,160 - They'd all be sent back to Russia. - But it was the Alger Hiss case 560 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:06,120 that made Nixon a household name. 561 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,240 One of the architects of the United Nations, 562 00:40:08,330 --> 00:40:10,700 intimate of FDR and Oliver Wendell Holmes, 563 00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:13,370 Alger Hiss was a State Department diplomat 564 00:40:13,460 --> 00:40:16,210 accused by freelance journalist Whittaker Chambers 565 00:40:16,290 --> 00:40:18,880 of passing secret documents to the Soviet Union. 566 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,420 - Hiss is lying. - Hiss claimed he was being set up 567 00:40:21,510 --> 00:40:25,010 by Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover to discredit the New Deal's policies. 568 00:40:25,090 --> 00:40:30,100 I am not, and never have been, a member of the Communist party. 569 00:40:30,180 --> 00:40:32,930 The case came down to an Underwood typewriter 570 00:40:33,020 --> 00:40:36,230 and a roll of film hidden in a pumpkin patch. 571 00:40:37,230 --> 00:40:41,820 I asked Hiss if he'd known Chambers. When he said no, I knew he was lying. 572 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:43,150 I knew I had him. 573 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:47,240 After two trials, Hiss was convicted not of spying but of perjury. 574 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,990 To some, Nixon was a hero and a patriot. 575 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,080 But to many, he was a self-promoter. 576 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,290 Eleanor Roosevelt angrily condemned him. 577 00:40:55,370 --> 00:40:59,670 Nixon continued to tear into Truman, Acheson and the Democratic party 578 00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:02,340 for losing mainland China in 1949, 579 00:41:02,420 --> 00:41:05,840 and blamed the Korean War on a weak foreign policy. 580 00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:09,600 I promise to expose and to continue to expose the people that have sold 581 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,140 - this country down the river! - His speeches, if more subtle 582 00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:17,230 than those of his Republican ally, Joe McCarthy, were just as aggressive. 583 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,980 The direct result of Truman's decision 584 00:41:21,070 --> 00:41:23,190 is that China has gone Communist! 585 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,150 Mao is a monster! Why? 586 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:29,530 Who in the State Department is watching over American interests? 587 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:31,830 Who has given the Russians the atomic bomb? 588 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:36,920 The Soviet Union is an example of the slave state in the ultimate development. 589 00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:40,880 Driven by demons that seemed more personal than political, 590 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:45,970 Nixon became Eisenhower's vice presidential candidate in 1952. 591 00:41:46,050 --> 00:41:48,050 But then came the Checkers crisis. 592 00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:51,050 Nixon was accused of hiding a secret slush fund. 593 00:41:51,140 --> 00:41:54,640 About to be kicked off the ticket by Ike, he went live on television... 594 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:58,980 - ...in an unprecedented appearance. - ...give this television audience 595 00:41:59,060 --> 00:42:02,070 a complete financial history. Everything I've earned... 596 00:42:02,150 --> 00:42:04,690 The list included their house, their Oldsmobile, 597 00:42:04,780 --> 00:42:08,860 Pat's Republican cloth coat. And lastly, in what was to become history, 598 00:42:08,950 --> 00:42:12,030 a sentimental gift from a Texas businessman. 599 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,580 You know what it was? It was a little cocker spaniel dog in a crate 600 00:42:15,660 --> 00:42:17,870 that he'd sent all the way from Texas, 601 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,210 black and white, spotted. And our little girl Tricia, 602 00:42:21,290 --> 00:42:23,290 the six-year-old, named it Checkers. 603 00:42:23,380 --> 00:42:27,260 - Fifty-eight million people saw it. - Like all kids, they love the dog. 604 00:42:27,340 --> 00:42:30,550 It was shameless. It was manipulative. 605 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,720 Regardless of what they say about him, we're gonna keep him. 606 00:42:33,810 --> 00:42:35,850 It was a huge success. 607 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,100 He stayed on the national scene, serving two terms as vice president 608 00:42:40,190 --> 00:42:44,360 under Eisenhower, against Khrushchev at the Kitchen Debate in Moscow 609 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:50,240 and stoned by Latin mobs in Venezuela. Nixon once again became a national hero. 610 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,410 But it all came to a crashing end against Kennedy in 1960 611 00:42:53,490 --> 00:42:57,080 and Pat Brown in California in '62. 612 00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,670 And thus ends a great American political story. 613 00:43:00,750 --> 00:43:04,590 The truth is we never knew who Richard Nixon really was, 614 00:43:04,670 --> 00:43:07,670 and now that he is gone, we never will. 615 00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,470 Poor little Tricia. 616 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:21,230 I told her her daddy couldn't get a job in this city when he got out of Duke. 617 00:43:21,310 --> 00:43:25,020 Every white-shoe lawyer firm turned me down. Didn't have the right look. 618 00:43:25,110 --> 00:43:27,650 - I couldn't even get into the FBI. - Hi! How are ya? 619 00:43:27,730 --> 00:43:30,900 Did you catch that picture of you in the news last week, Dick? 620 00:43:30,990 --> 00:43:33,780 - You were standin' on Fifth Avenue. - Oh, yeah. 621 00:43:33,870 --> 00:43:37,870 You were lookin' straight ahead and everyone else was lookin' the other way, 622 00:43:37,950 --> 00:43:41,370 - like you just farted or somethin'. 623 00:43:41,460 --> 00:43:45,340 It said, "Who remembers Dick Nixon?" 624 00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:48,170 Unbelievable. I was screamin'. 625 00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:50,210 Yeah, that was hilarious, Martha. 626 00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:53,970 They were looking the other direction, waiting for the light to change. 627 00:43:54,050 --> 00:43:56,600 Typical of the press, they wouldn't correct it. 628 00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,350 I think we oughta catch Rocky before he leaves. 629 00:43:59,430 --> 00:44:02,140 I'm sure it's just a little run of bad luck, Mr. Nixon. 630 00:44:02,230 --> 00:44:05,150 - He can walk this direction, can't he? - Oh, I don't know. 631 00:44:05,230 --> 00:44:08,940 - I've read some nice things about you. - Maybe where you come from. 632 00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:13,780 But where I come from, Dick Nixon is as misunderstood as a fox in a henhouse. 633 00:44:13,860 --> 00:44:17,030 And do you know why? Because, my darlin', 634 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,370 they all think that your smile and your face 635 00:44:19,450 --> 00:44:22,750 are never in the same place at the same time. 636 00:44:22,830 --> 00:44:25,630 You and me, we're gonna have to work on that, sweetie. 637 00:44:25,710 --> 00:44:28,380 Someone freshen Martha's drink. She's down a quart. 638 00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:31,050 Well, zip-a-dee-doo-dah! 639 00:44:31,130 --> 00:44:35,390 - I think he is frightened by my charm. - I know I am. 640 00:44:35,470 --> 00:44:38,890 - Pat can't stand her. - It's the thing she does. 641 00:44:38,970 --> 00:44:41,890 - She talks at night. - Talks all day too. 642 00:44:41,970 --> 00:44:44,060 How the hell can you put up with her, John? 643 00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:47,980 Well, I'm in love with her. And she's great in bed. 644 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,650 If a Rockefeller can't become president of the United States, 645 00:44:52,740 --> 00:44:54,570 then what is the point of democracy? 646 00:44:54,650 --> 00:44:58,530 The point of democracy is that even the son of a grocer can become president. 647 00:44:58,620 --> 00:45:00,910 And you came damn close, Dick. How are you? 648 00:45:00,990 --> 00:45:03,580 Hi, John. New York treating you all right? 649 00:45:03,660 --> 00:45:05,830 I'm sorry I haven't been able to see you. 650 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,090 - You're looking happy, Rocky. - Happy. Happy, Dick Nixon. 651 00:45:09,170 --> 00:45:11,250 - You remember him. - Nice to see you again. 652 00:45:11,340 --> 00:45:16,840 - You're obviously making him happy. - Oh! Repartee, Dick! That's marvelous! 653 00:45:16,930 --> 00:45:21,260 What you predicting? Your boy Goldwater gonna split the party? 654 00:45:21,350 --> 00:45:24,020 - Some say you are, Rocky. - Let me tell you something. 655 00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:28,770 Every time the Republican party is a home to extremism, we lose the election. 656 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:31,150 - You oughta know better than anybody. - Yeah. 657 00:45:31,230 --> 00:45:33,940 This guy Goldwater is as stupid as McCarthy. 658 00:45:34,030 --> 00:45:38,030 And McCarthy never did you any good in the long run, now, did he? 659 00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:39,870 That's right. 660 00:45:40,870 --> 00:45:46,580 - I hate these cocktail parties. - John, I'm in hell. 661 00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:50,790 I'll be mentally dead in two years and physically dead in four. 662 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:55,970 Make some money, Dick. Prove yourself to the Wall Street crowd. 663 00:45:56,050 --> 00:45:59,640 Let Goldwater and Rockefeller take the fall against Kennedy. 664 00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:02,140 I don't know. I miss making love to the people. 665 00:46:02,220 --> 00:46:04,350 I miss entering a room. 666 00:46:04,430 --> 00:46:08,600 I miss the pure acting of it, John. 667 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:12,360 I gotta get back in the arena. 668 00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:18,400 Ladies and gentlemen, it's showtime! 669 00:46:18,490 --> 00:46:22,490 Come on up. Right this way, ladies and gentlemen. 670 00:46:22,580 --> 00:46:26,910 It's for you, it's for me. It's Studebaker for 1963. 671 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,830 Amen. Bless you for being here. There's a man that loves Studebakers. 672 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:35,090 - Can I get your autograph? - Mr. Nixon, please run again. 673 00:46:35,170 --> 00:46:38,470 The ex-vice president of the United States, Richard M. Nixon! 674 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,970 - You throw a hell of a party, Jack. - The party ain't even started yet. 675 00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:48,350 I've asked these gals out to the ranch for a little private thing. 676 00:46:48,430 --> 00:46:51,150 We're gonna have some fun, I guarantee ya. 677 00:46:51,230 --> 00:46:53,860 And there's some fellas I'd really like you to meet. 678 00:46:53,940 --> 00:46:57,940 Trini and I got an early plane. We're hoping to be back in New York for... 679 00:46:58,030 --> 00:47:03,120 It'll be OK. These guys are interesting. And quiet. The girls are too. 680 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,370 It's not often us Texans get an opportunity to entertain 681 00:47:06,450 --> 00:47:08,790 - the future president. - Here. 682 00:47:08,870 --> 00:47:11,210 Like you said, Jack, I'm just a New York lawyer. 683 00:47:11,290 --> 00:47:14,420 - We'll see about that. - Mr. Nixon, are you gonna run again? 684 00:47:14,500 --> 00:47:16,750 - I don't know. - He will! I guarantee it! 685 00:47:22,300 --> 00:47:24,550 - Name it, baby. - That little convertible? 686 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,100 I'll buy you a diamond ring. I'll buy you one. 687 00:47:27,180 --> 00:47:28,770 - Thank you. - Hello, baby. 688 00:47:28,850 --> 00:47:30,890 Hey, wait, wait, wait. 689 00:47:30,980 --> 00:47:35,400 This is Julie there. And that's Tricia. 690 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:40,240 - Oh, yeah. - She reminds me a bit of you, Sandy. 691 00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:44,370 She really is wholesome. But, um, what about you? 692 00:47:44,450 --> 00:47:47,830 - What do you like? - Well, I like music. 693 00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:51,910 - I like jazz. - Jazz, yeah. Guy Lombardo. 694 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,370 How about rock and roll? 695 00:47:53,460 --> 00:47:55,880 - Elvis Presley? - Yeah, he's good. Yeah. 696 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,420 - Decent guy. - Well, I guess, 697 00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:03,050 for me, it also depends on what I'm doin' to the music, Dick. 698 00:48:04,340 --> 00:48:08,430 - Yeah. - So, what's it like bein' so famous? 699 00:48:08,510 --> 00:48:10,680 A vice president! 700 00:48:10,770 --> 00:48:14,230 Well, it's, uh, not like that, Sandy. 701 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:18,730 You see, the reason I got into politics in the first place was, 702 00:48:18,820 --> 00:48:22,280 well, to do something for the people. 703 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,280 So, how are you two doing? 704 00:48:26,370 --> 00:48:30,290 You know, Dick, there's more privacy in the back of the... 705 00:48:30,370 --> 00:48:35,120 - No, Trini, we're fine here. - OK. 706 00:48:35,210 --> 00:48:39,630 Hell, Kennedy just pissed Cuba away to the Russians. Just pissed it away. 707 00:48:39,710 --> 00:48:43,630 And he doesn't know what the hell he's doin' in Vietnam. 708 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:46,300 These are dangerous times, especially for business. 709 00:48:46,390 --> 00:48:50,640 - Agreed. - We know what you tried to do for Cuba. 710 00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:54,560 If you had been elected in '60, Castro would be dead now. 711 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,400 Gentlemen, I tried. I told Kennedy to go into Cuba. 712 00:49:03,490 --> 00:49:07,280 He heard me and he made his decision. I appreciate your sentiments. 713 00:49:07,370 --> 00:49:10,080 I've heard them from many fine Cuban patriots. 714 00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:12,660 But it's nothing I can do anything about. 715 00:49:13,910 --> 00:49:18,000 It's a long drive to Dallas. Trini and I have a plane to catch tomorrow. So... 716 00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:21,750 - Dick, these boys want you to run. - Absolutely. 717 00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,090 - That's right. - Now, they're serious. 718 00:49:24,170 --> 00:49:27,340 They can deliver the South and put Texas in your column. 719 00:49:27,430 --> 00:49:29,010 They would have done it in '60. 720 00:49:29,100 --> 00:49:32,260 Only if Kennedy dumps Johnson. That'll never happen. 721 00:49:32,350 --> 00:49:35,980 I don't think you know how much people hate Kennedy down here. 722 00:49:36,060 --> 00:49:40,360 He's comin' to town tomorrow, and they will run his ass outta town on a rail! 723 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,690 - Damn right. - That we will. 724 00:49:42,780 --> 00:49:46,950 We are willing to give you a shit pot full of money to get rid of him. 725 00:49:47,030 --> 00:49:48,740 More than you ever dreamed of. 726 00:49:51,990 --> 00:49:56,620 Nobody's gonna beat Kennedy in '64 with all the money in the world. 727 00:50:00,290 --> 00:50:04,130 Suppose Kennedy don't run in '64. 728 00:50:05,460 --> 00:50:06,630 Not a chance. 729 00:50:09,140 --> 00:50:10,720 Yeah. 730 00:50:11,930 --> 00:50:16,140 Well, gentlemen, I promised my wife I... I'm out of politics. 731 00:50:16,230 --> 00:50:20,600 You just came down here for the weather, is that right, Mr. Nixon? 732 00:50:20,690 --> 00:50:24,900 I came down here to close a deal for Studebaker. 733 00:50:24,980 --> 00:50:29,070 - What about '68, Dick? - Five years, Trini. 734 00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,700 In politics, that's an eternity. 735 00:50:31,780 --> 00:50:36,580 Dick... your country needs you. 736 00:50:36,660 --> 00:50:39,870 Unfortunately, the country's not available right now. 737 00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:06,360 President Kennedy's due in from Fort Worth in about an hour. 738 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,990 - Kennedy is due in from Fort Worth. - Yeah, I know. 739 00:51:10,070 --> 00:51:12,320 OK. Let's go through here. 740 00:51:12,410 --> 00:51:14,780 - Excuse us. - Excuse me. Coming through. 741 00:51:14,870 --> 00:51:17,240 - Excuse us. - Thank you. 742 00:51:17,330 --> 00:51:21,250 Step away from the gate there. Thank you. 743 00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:29,720 Go find the pilot. Let's get out of here. 744 00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:16,760 Look, Edgar, these, uh... these guys were really strange. 745 00:52:16,850 --> 00:52:19,970 - You know, extremists. - What do you mean by "strange"? 746 00:52:20,060 --> 00:52:22,060 - Right-wing stuff. - Birchers? 747 00:52:22,140 --> 00:52:24,730 - Birchers, yeah. - This thing's pretty straight. 748 00:52:24,810 --> 00:52:28,860 - In Dallas, Lee Harvey Oswald... - Oswald's got a Cuba connection? 749 00:52:28,940 --> 00:52:32,190 - To Castro? - ...maximum security facility. 750 00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,910 - Mrs. Kennedy... - He's a real Communist. 751 00:52:34,990 --> 00:52:37,200 Well, that makes sense. 752 00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:39,990 OK, well, thank you, Edgar. 753 00:52:41,540 --> 00:52:46,290 Senator Ted Kennedy, arriving early this morning with his mother and sister. 754 00:52:46,380 --> 00:52:52,130 Hoover says this Oswald checks out as a beatnik, 755 00:52:52,210 --> 00:52:55,840 - a real bum. - Dick, you should call Bobby. 756 00:52:55,930 --> 00:52:58,890 He doesn't want me at the funeral. 757 00:52:58,970 --> 00:53:02,140 - You don't have to go. - De Gaulle's gonna be there. 758 00:53:02,220 --> 00:53:07,730 - McMillan. Adenauer. - We go now to the rotunda... 759 00:53:07,810 --> 00:53:10,400 Nixon can't not be there. 760 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:14,490 Then call him. I'm sure it was an oversight. 761 00:53:14,570 --> 00:53:18,240 - Yeah. - ...to pay their respects... 762 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:21,620 - Jesus. - ...to their fallen leader. 763 00:53:21,700 --> 00:53:23,910 It's awful. 764 00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:27,670 - It's an awful thing for this country. - Dick? 765 00:53:29,500 --> 00:53:31,960 No, it's his way. 766 00:53:32,050 --> 00:53:34,090 He hates me. 767 00:53:34,170 --> 00:53:36,760 He and Teddy. 768 00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,760 They always hated me. 769 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:43,140 They've lost their brother. You know what that means, Dick. 770 00:53:44,180 --> 00:53:48,060 These are perhaps the last images of him alive with his family. 771 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:54,190 Please, make it stop! 772 00:53:55,740 --> 00:53:58,070 Hold him tighter. Hold him tighter. 773 00:53:59,950 --> 00:54:02,120 Hold him tighter. Hold him tighter. 774 00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,410 Daddy, please make it stop! 775 00:54:06,500 --> 00:54:08,170 Hold him tighter. 776 00:54:08,250 --> 00:54:10,460 The infection's spread to his spine. 777 00:54:12,630 --> 00:54:13,960 Come on! 778 00:54:31,980 --> 00:54:33,070 Stop it! 779 00:54:34,530 --> 00:54:36,860 Get off! 780 00:54:56,510 --> 00:54:58,050 You're it! 781 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:10,770 No. No, don't! 782 00:55:19,490 --> 00:55:22,490 If I'd been president, they never would've killed me. 783 00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:28,540 Vice President Johnson, shown here being sworn in... 784 00:55:28,620 --> 00:55:31,790 - Dick, are you gonna call? Bobby. - Hmm? 785 00:55:36,090 --> 00:55:39,300 I'll go through Johnson. We'll be invited. 786 00:55:45,220 --> 00:55:48,970 This is a sad time for all people. 787 00:55:49,060 --> 00:55:51,890 I ask for your help. 788 00:55:51,980 --> 00:55:55,360 ...and are going to see Vietnam through 789 00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:57,820 to an honorable peace... 790 00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,280 ...to defend an honored cause, 791 00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:07,410 whatever the price, whatever the burden... 792 00:56:07,490 --> 00:56:13,420 ...whatever the sacrifice that duty may require. 793 00:56:13,500 --> 00:56:18,710 Accordingly... I shall not seek... 794 00:56:20,210 --> 00:56:22,760 ...and I will not accept... 795 00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:26,970 ...the nomination of my party for another term as your president. 796 00:56:28,930 --> 00:56:32,810 Good night, and God bless all of you. 797 00:56:34,690 --> 00:56:37,520 Johnson's withdrawal resurrects Richard Nixon 798 00:56:37,610 --> 00:56:41,110 as a strong Republican candidate with a secret plan to end the war. 799 00:56:41,190 --> 00:56:44,450 His mother, Hannah Nixon, just before her death last year, 800 00:56:44,530 --> 00:56:47,200 commented on her son's chances. 801 00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:52,790 Mrs. Nixon, do you think your son will ever return to politics? 802 00:56:52,870 --> 00:56:56,000 I don't think he has a choice. 803 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,920 He has always been a leader. 804 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:03,550 Do you think he'd make a great president, Mrs. Nixon? 805 00:57:03,630 --> 00:57:06,800 If he's on God's side, yes. 806 00:57:07,890 --> 00:57:10,430 You must be very proud of your son. 807 00:57:10,510 --> 00:57:13,730 I have always been proud of all of my children. 808 00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:20,150 Of course, no one can see into the future. 809 00:57:20,230 --> 00:57:22,480 We didn't know this day would come. 810 00:57:22,570 --> 00:57:25,070 - Where'd he go? - In the side door. 811 00:57:25,150 --> 00:57:28,070 - Is that Mitchell? - Shit! Missed him. 812 00:57:29,580 --> 00:57:32,740 I thought that guy was gonna kiss your hand on the side of it. 813 00:57:32,830 --> 00:57:35,000 - Congratulations, sir. - Yeah, thanks. 814 00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:38,040 Jesus, Dick! I've never seen anything like it. 815 00:57:38,130 --> 00:57:40,630 Even the goddamn Times is saying you've got it. 816 00:57:40,710 --> 00:57:43,880 - Vietnam's gonna put you in there. - We got the press this time. 817 00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:48,680 - We got the big mo. We're back. - So you've decided. 818 00:57:52,180 --> 00:57:54,220 Were you planning to tell me? 819 00:57:55,770 --> 00:57:58,900 We haven't announced anything yet, but... 820 00:58:00,900 --> 00:58:03,110 Jesus. Uh... Pat? 821 00:58:05,990 --> 00:58:09,030 Uh, wait in the living room, will you, fellas? What is it, John? 822 00:58:09,110 --> 00:58:12,700 You need her, Dick. In '60, she was worth five, six million votes. 823 00:58:12,780 --> 00:58:16,370 Yeah. Don't worry. I'll use the old Nixon charm. 824 00:58:17,750 --> 00:58:19,960 In there. OK. 825 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:22,290 Who could resist that? 826 00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:29,300 Buddy? 827 00:58:32,140 --> 00:58:33,560 You should be going. 828 00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,520 Primaries are soon, aren't they? New Hampshire. 829 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,230 I love you, Buddy. I need you. 830 00:58:39,310 --> 00:58:41,770 I don't want them to love me. 831 00:58:41,860 --> 00:58:44,820 But I need you out there. 832 00:58:44,900 --> 00:58:49,910 It won't be like the last time. The war's crippled the Democrats. 833 00:58:49,990 --> 00:58:52,570 I can win. We deserve it. 834 00:58:52,660 --> 00:58:55,740 It's ours, Buddy, at last. 835 00:58:55,830 --> 00:58:59,080 Nobody knows that better than you. 836 00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:01,170 Frank Nixon's boy. 837 00:59:01,250 --> 00:59:05,420 Do you remember what Mom said? We're not like other people. We... 838 00:59:05,500 --> 00:59:07,630 We don't choose our way. 839 00:59:08,670 --> 00:59:10,930 We can really change things, Buddy. 840 00:59:11,010 --> 00:59:14,600 We got a chance to get it right. We can change America. 841 00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:18,310 It was our dream, Buddy, together, always. 842 00:59:20,270 --> 00:59:24,440 - Do you really want this, Dick? - Yeah. This, above all. 843 00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:29,820 - And then you'll be happy? - Yeah, you know I will. Yes! I will. 844 00:59:30,900 --> 00:59:32,990 Then I'll be there for you. 845 00:59:33,070 --> 00:59:35,950 And we are gonna win this time. I can feel it. 846 00:59:36,030 --> 00:59:37,540 Yeah! 847 00:59:38,580 --> 00:59:41,460 You're the strongest woman I ever met, Buddy. 848 00:59:41,540 --> 00:59:44,630 - Can I just ask for one thing? - Anything. 849 00:59:44,710 --> 00:59:47,130 - Would you kiss me? - Yeah! 850 00:59:54,510 --> 00:59:56,810 We're gonna win the race. 851 00:59:58,560 --> 01:00:02,810 My thanks. It's on to Chicago and let's win there. Thank you. 852 01:00:02,890 --> 01:00:05,810 I would never question Senator Kennedy's patriotism. 853 01:00:05,900 --> 01:00:09,650 But going around the country, promising peace at any price 854 01:00:09,740 --> 01:00:12,570 is, uh, exactly what the North Vietnamese want to hear. 855 01:00:12,650 --> 01:00:14,110 Cue the crowd. 856 01:00:16,030 --> 01:00:18,540 Go to this bald guy. Yeah, he's great, isn't he? 857 01:00:19,660 --> 01:00:21,750 I, unlike Senator Kennedy, 858 01:00:21,830 --> 01:00:24,670 have a plan to end the war immediately. 859 01:00:24,750 --> 01:00:29,670 But not for peace at any price, but peace with honor. 860 01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:33,630 What do you think this plan is, Edgar? A nuclear attack? 861 01:00:33,720 --> 01:00:36,510 He's lying, Clyde. Always has. 862 01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:39,100 That's why Nixon's always been useful. 863 01:00:42,390 --> 01:00:44,100 Hold still. 864 01:00:44,190 --> 01:00:46,770 - OK, who's next? - The Negro. 865 01:00:46,860 --> 01:00:49,480 No, we gotta have a Negro. This guy right here. 866 01:00:49,570 --> 01:00:50,610 Negro, front row. 867 01:00:51,780 --> 01:00:55,030 - Mr. Nixon, sir. - Yeah. 868 01:00:55,110 --> 01:00:58,030 We all know you have built your career 869 01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:01,040 on smearing people as Communists. 870 01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:03,870 And now you are building your campaign 871 01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,380 on the divisions in this country, 872 01:01:06,460 --> 01:01:09,960 stirring up hatred and turning people against each other. 873 01:01:10,050 --> 01:01:13,220 - What the fuck's he doing? A speech! - Cut him off. 874 01:01:13,300 --> 01:01:15,760 - I can't. This isn't Russia. - Sounds like a Negro. 875 01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:19,470 - Saying Negro things. What's he doing? - Sounded white when we screened. 876 01:01:19,550 --> 01:01:21,560 Doesn't sound white now, sounds like Angela Davis. 877 01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:24,520 When are you gonna tell us what you really stand for? 878 01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:27,060 - Go to commercial! - There are no commercials. 879 01:01:27,150 --> 01:01:29,190 - You bought the whole half hour. - Shit! 880 01:01:29,270 --> 01:01:33,570 When are you going to take off that mask and show us who you really are? 881 01:01:33,650 --> 01:01:34,860 Shut up and sit down! 882 01:01:34,950 --> 01:01:37,450 - OK. OK. - It's a high hard one, chief. 883 01:01:37,530 --> 01:01:39,990 - Park it. - There are divisions in this country. 884 01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:43,750 - That's because you created them. - I did not. The Democrats did. 885 01:01:43,830 --> 01:01:46,540 If it's dialogue you want, you're more likely to get it from me 886 01:01:46,620 --> 01:01:49,250 than from people burning down cities. Just think about it. 887 01:01:49,330 --> 01:01:51,550 - Dr. King said the same thing. - Oh, please. 888 01:01:51,630 --> 01:01:54,590 You know, young man, who a great hero is? Abraham Lincoln. 889 01:01:54,670 --> 01:01:57,220 - Abraham Lincoln. - Lincoln. Is he beautiful? 890 01:01:57,300 --> 01:02:00,350 He believed in common ground. He brought this country together. 891 01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:03,560 I love that man. I love him. 892 01:02:03,640 --> 01:02:07,020 I want the son of a bitch who got that agitator in here fired! 893 01:02:07,100 --> 01:02:10,440 - I have another question. - There's a little girl sitting here. 894 01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:13,820 - A little girl sitting with a sign. - Bag the spook. Go to the girl. 895 01:02:13,900 --> 01:02:16,610 - Can you see the girl? - There are three simple words: 896 01:02:16,700 --> 01:02:18,990 "Bring us together." That is what I want, 897 01:02:19,070 --> 01:02:22,490 and that is what the great silent majority of Americans want. 898 01:02:22,580 --> 01:02:27,120 And that is why I want to be president. To bring us together. 899 01:02:27,210 --> 01:02:30,710 - Give me a break, Mary. - Now, you all know me. I'm one of you. 900 01:02:30,790 --> 01:02:33,130 I grew up here, a stone's throw from here, 901 01:02:33,210 --> 01:02:37,800 - on a lemon ranch in Yorba Linda. - Poorest lemon ranch in California. 902 01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:40,930 Poorest lemon ranch in California, I can assure you of that. 903 01:02:41,010 --> 01:02:44,930 - My dad sold it before they found oil. - My dad sold it before they found oil. 904 01:02:45,020 --> 01:02:48,270 - But it was all we had. - But it was all we had. 905 01:02:48,350 --> 01:02:53,230 - My dad built the house with his hands. - You're new here. What's your name? 906 01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:55,280 Joaquin, Mr. Hoover. 907 01:02:56,230 --> 01:02:57,740 Oh. 908 01:02:58,450 --> 01:03:04,080 My father sacrificed everything he had so that his sons could go to college. 909 01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:08,790 - A gentle Quaker mother quietly wept - Oh, Christ. 910 01:03:08,870 --> 01:03:11,500 - when he went to war. - Turn this crap off, Clyde. 911 01:03:11,580 --> 01:03:14,090 - It's giving me a headache. - A great teacher. 912 01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:16,760 You may go, Joaquin. 913 01:03:19,670 --> 01:03:24,850 - I want to see him, Clyde. - Edgar, he works in the kitchen. 914 01:03:24,930 --> 01:03:28,560 Not the boy, you idiot. Nixon. 915 01:03:29,940 --> 01:03:33,770 Hear what he said in Oregon about me having too much power? 916 01:03:33,860 --> 01:03:37,360 It's between Nixon and a Kennedy again. 917 01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:41,400 - Who do you want? - Kennedy? 918 01:03:41,490 --> 01:03:43,200 Never. 919 01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:46,910 He'll fry in hell for what he did to me. 920 01:03:46,990 --> 01:03:49,200 But Nixon don't know that. 921 01:03:49,290 --> 01:03:52,500 Which is why I'm gonna have to remind him that he needs us 922 01:03:52,580 --> 01:03:55,460 a hell of a lot more than we need him. 923 01:04:19,820 --> 01:04:21,780 Your boy's on the way up. 924 01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:27,410 You know, I met this guy years ago in Havana. You know that. 925 01:04:29,490 --> 01:04:31,160 Come on! 926 01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:36,130 He's folding, Johnny. 927 01:04:39,840 --> 01:04:41,880 No, no, no. You just wait a second. 928 01:04:42,510 --> 01:04:44,880 Olly's Boy on the inside! 929 01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:47,600 Come on! Come on! 930 01:04:53,850 --> 01:04:58,900 And a tragedy! Olly's Boy has fallen on the sixteenth pole. 931 01:05:01,940 --> 01:05:05,700 Sunday's Chance goes on to win it in 25,000... 932 01:05:06,990 --> 01:05:08,620 A bit extreme, isn't it? 933 01:05:09,700 --> 01:05:12,910 It's the drama. Look, the crowd loves this shit. 934 01:05:14,290 --> 01:05:15,620 May I have your autograph? 935 01:05:15,710 --> 01:05:18,460 Hey, there's Randolph Scott over there. Look at that. 936 01:05:18,540 --> 01:05:20,710 Cash these for me, would you, Johnny? 937 01:05:24,380 --> 01:05:27,180 - Easy! Easy, easy! - It's a two-dollar bet, Edgar. 938 01:05:27,260 --> 01:05:30,430 You got thousands coming on this. I mean, what the fuck? 939 01:05:30,510 --> 01:05:34,810 I told you, just cash it, Johnny. And don't swear around me. Come on. 940 01:05:34,890 --> 01:05:36,230 Uh-huh. 941 01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:39,060 Hello. 942 01:05:40,730 --> 01:05:43,740 Edgar. Wonderful to see you. 943 01:05:43,820 --> 01:05:45,150 - Clyde. - Mr. Nixon. 944 01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:47,660 - Hi. - Thank you for coming, Richard. 945 01:05:47,740 --> 01:05:49,820 OK. Winning? 946 01:05:49,910 --> 01:05:53,870 Actually, I've just had a bit of luck. Are you gonna win? 947 01:05:53,950 --> 01:05:56,000 You should ask Bobby. 948 01:05:56,080 --> 01:05:59,130 - Little Bobby. - Yeah, Bobby Kennedy. 949 01:05:59,210 --> 01:06:00,670 Yeah. 950 01:06:00,750 --> 01:06:03,300 Would you, uh, walk with me down to the paddock? 951 01:06:03,380 --> 01:06:06,340 - I'd like to look at the horses. - Can we talk here? 952 01:06:06,420 --> 01:06:08,930 I got the police chiefs in San Diego. 953 01:06:09,010 --> 01:06:13,010 Actually, I'm trying to spare you an embarrassment. 954 01:06:13,100 --> 01:06:17,440 That was Johnny Roselli you just passed. He's on his way back. 955 01:06:19,100 --> 01:06:21,610 Roselli? Johnny Roselli? 956 01:06:21,690 --> 01:06:27,030 Yes. You know him, Richard? No? From Cuba? 957 01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:36,080 - Hey, Johnny Roselli. How're you doin'? - Dick Nixon. 958 01:06:36,160 --> 01:06:37,500 How are you? 959 01:06:37,580 --> 01:06:40,880 I never met the man. Uh... 960 01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:43,800 Well, I know you've... 961 01:06:44,630 --> 01:06:49,010 ...been very careful not to. That's why I'm so concerned. 962 01:06:51,510 --> 01:06:52,550 OK. 963 01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:55,850 - They're off and running! 964 01:07:03,020 --> 01:07:05,730 You'll win the nomination. 965 01:07:05,820 --> 01:07:09,900 - It could be 1960 all over again. - Love you, Dick! 966 01:07:09,990 --> 01:07:14,240 And Bobby's got the magic like a goddamn rock star. 967 01:07:14,330 --> 01:07:17,910 They climb all over each other just to touch his clothes. 968 01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,250 He'll ride his brother's corpse right into the White House. 969 01:07:22,330 --> 01:07:27,460 If things remain as they are. He's got the anti-war vote. 970 01:07:27,550 --> 01:07:30,550 Or he'll steal it, like his brother. 971 01:07:30,630 --> 01:07:33,090 Bobby's a mean little son of a bitch. 972 01:07:33,180 --> 01:07:36,970 He had the IRS audit my mother when she was dying in the nursing home. 973 01:07:37,060 --> 01:07:40,730 - I know. - We should shoot the son of a bitch. 974 01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:49,570 - I wanna fight just as dirty, Edgar. - His women. Use his women. 975 01:07:52,160 --> 01:07:54,700 Any information you have. 976 01:07:54,780 --> 01:07:57,580 The son of a bitch is not gonna steal from me again. 977 01:07:57,660 --> 01:08:01,080 Can you back me up on this? Can I count on your support? 978 01:08:02,210 --> 01:08:07,300 I look at it from the point of view that the system can only take so much abuse. 979 01:08:07,380 --> 01:08:10,300 - It adjusts itself eventually. - Yeah. 980 01:08:10,380 --> 01:08:14,510 But there are times... There are savage outbursts. 981 01:08:14,590 --> 01:08:18,970 The late Dr. King, for example. Amoral hypocrite. 982 01:08:19,060 --> 01:08:21,810 Screwing women like a degenerate tomcat, 983 01:08:21,890 --> 01:08:26,900 stirring up the blacks, preaching against our system. 984 01:08:26,980 --> 01:08:30,690 Sometimes the system comes very close to cracking. 985 01:08:33,740 --> 01:08:37,080 We've already had one radical in the White House. 986 01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:39,410 I don't believe we could survive another. 987 01:08:45,250 --> 01:08:48,000 - Well, like I said, Edgar... - You ask... 988 01:08:48,090 --> 01:08:50,630 ...if you can count on my support. 989 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:55,260 As long as I can count on yours. 990 01:08:57,760 --> 01:08:59,310 Yeah. 991 01:09:01,810 --> 01:09:04,190 Yeah, the old queen did it on purpose. 992 01:09:04,270 --> 01:09:06,310 No, he wasn't protecting me. 993 01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:10,230 - He was just putting me on notice. - That he knew Roselli? 994 01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:13,530 - No. - Hoover knew a lot of gangsters. 995 01:09:13,610 --> 01:09:16,280 Johnny Roselli wasn't just any gangster. 996 01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:20,950 Johnny Roselli was one of the gangsters who set up Track Two in Cuba. 997 01:09:22,870 --> 01:09:25,330 Oh, well, I know all about that. 998 01:09:25,420 --> 01:09:28,210 I don't understand it. Track Two is Chile. 999 01:09:28,290 --> 01:09:32,880 Yeah, Chile, Congo, Guadalajara, Iran, Cuba. 1000 01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:37,930 Wherever there was need for, uh, an executive action capability, 1001 01:09:38,010 --> 01:09:40,140 there's Track Two. 1002 01:09:40,220 --> 01:09:45,310 In Cuba, Track One was, uh, the Bay of Pigs invasion. 1003 01:09:45,390 --> 01:09:47,900 Track Two was our idea. 1004 01:09:47,980 --> 01:09:51,770 We thought that the invasion wouldn't work unless we got rid of Castro. 1005 01:09:51,860 --> 01:09:57,570 So we asked ourselves, uh, "Who else wants Castro dead?" 1006 01:09:57,660 --> 01:10:00,660 The Mafia or money people? 1007 01:10:00,740 --> 01:10:03,620 So we put together Track Two. 1008 01:10:17,220 --> 01:10:20,680 First assassination attempt was in '60. 1009 01:10:20,760 --> 01:10:24,430 - Just before the election. - Before? Eisenhower approved that? 1010 01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:28,350 Yeah. Well, he didn't veto it. 1011 01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:31,440 I ran the White House side, 1012 01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:35,110 and the Mob contact was Johnny Roselli. 1013 01:10:35,190 --> 01:10:40,410 One of the CIA guys was this jackass, Howard Hunt. 1014 01:10:40,490 --> 01:10:43,280 - Jesus. - Yeah. 1015 01:10:43,370 --> 01:10:45,910 Not just Howard Hunt, but Frank Sturgis 1016 01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:50,080 and all those other Cubans. 1017 01:10:50,170 --> 01:10:52,090 All of them in the Watergate. 1018 01:10:54,460 --> 01:10:57,670 They're all involved in Cuba. 1019 01:11:02,550 --> 01:11:06,430 Yeah, Hunt reported to my military aide. 1020 01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:10,350 I don't know how much Hunt knows or the Cubans, but... 1021 01:11:11,770 --> 01:11:13,690 ...you never know. 1022 01:11:13,770 --> 01:11:17,740 So you wanted Castro dead. Everybody wanted Castro dead. 1023 01:11:18,650 --> 01:11:22,370 You know, if Hunt and the others are CIA... 1024 01:11:22,450 --> 01:11:26,080 ...why don't we just dump this back in the CIA's lap, 1025 01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:30,670 - let Dick Helms take the fall? - Because... 1026 01:11:30,750 --> 01:11:34,420 Because Helms knows too much. 1027 01:11:35,590 --> 01:11:38,720 If there's anyone in this country who knows more than me, 1028 01:11:38,800 --> 01:11:42,430 it's Hoover and Helms, and you don't fuck with Dick Helms, period. 1029 01:11:42,510 --> 01:11:46,810 All right. But why, if Kennedy was so clean in all this, 1030 01:11:46,890 --> 01:11:50,770 - didn't he cancel Track Two? - 'Cause he didn't even know about it. 1031 01:11:52,690 --> 01:11:56,610 The CIA, uh, never told him. They just kept it going. 1032 01:11:57,440 --> 01:12:00,240 It had a life of its own like it was some... 1033 01:12:01,530 --> 01:12:04,530 ...kind of a thing, you know? 1034 01:12:04,620 --> 01:12:06,580 It doesn't even know it exists. 1035 01:12:06,660 --> 01:12:10,540 It just eats people when it doesn't need 'em anymore. 1036 01:12:10,620 --> 01:12:14,170 Two days after the Bay of Pigs, 1037 01:12:14,250 --> 01:12:18,550 Kennedy called me and he reamed me out. 1038 01:12:18,630 --> 01:12:22,550 - He just found out about Track Two. - You never told him? 1039 01:12:22,630 --> 01:12:25,470 I didn't want him to get the credit. 1040 01:12:26,600 --> 01:12:28,430 He said I'd stabbed him in the back 1041 01:12:28,510 --> 01:12:31,680 and called me a two-bit grocery clerk from Whittier. 1042 01:12:40,900 --> 01:12:43,280 That's the last time I ever saw him. 1043 01:12:47,660 --> 01:12:52,870 See, when I saw Bobby lying there on the floor, 1044 01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:56,710 arms stretched out like that, his eyes staring... 1045 01:12:59,500 --> 01:13:02,090 ...I knew then I'd be president. 1046 01:13:03,260 --> 01:13:06,760 His death paved the way, didn't it? 1047 01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:09,930 Yeah. Vietnam, the Kennedys 1048 01:13:10,010 --> 01:13:13,310 cleared a path through the wilderness just for me. 1049 01:13:15,390 --> 01:13:17,360 Over the bodies. 1050 01:13:19,980 --> 01:13:21,690 Four bodies. 1051 01:13:28,870 --> 01:13:30,410 You mean two. 1052 01:13:31,740 --> 01:13:33,750 Two bodies. 1053 01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:38,170 Four. 1054 01:13:50,140 --> 01:13:52,970 How many did you have? 1055 01:13:53,060 --> 01:13:55,230 Hundreds of thousands? 1056 01:13:59,440 --> 01:14:02,400 Where would we be without death, huh? 1057 01:14:04,570 --> 01:14:06,150 Abe? 1058 01:14:11,910 --> 01:14:13,830 Who's helping us? 1059 01:14:15,040 --> 01:14:18,250 Is it God, or is it... 1060 01:14:19,830 --> 01:14:21,460 ...death? 1061 01:15:15,010 --> 01:15:16,430 Harold. 1062 01:15:17,810 --> 01:15:19,810 Harold, why don't you sit down, huh? 1063 01:15:22,690 --> 01:15:24,070 Here. 1064 01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:29,990 That was a whopper. 1065 01:15:36,080 --> 01:15:38,200 You'll be able to do it now. 1066 01:15:39,580 --> 01:15:42,420 - What? - Go to law school. 1067 01:15:42,500 --> 01:15:45,670 - Mom and Dad'll be able to afford it. - Harold. 1068 01:15:46,750 --> 01:15:49,170 Mama expects great things from you. 1069 01:15:50,300 --> 01:15:53,180 Can I... Can I get you anything? 1070 01:15:56,310 --> 01:15:57,890 Relax, Dick. 1071 01:15:59,100 --> 01:16:01,230 It's just me, all right? 1072 01:16:07,150 --> 01:16:09,530 The desert's so beautiful, isn't it? 1073 01:16:15,990 --> 01:16:17,870 I want to go home, Dick. 1074 01:16:19,040 --> 01:16:20,960 Time to go home. 1075 01:16:22,370 --> 01:16:26,880 You... You're not gonna quit on me now, are you, Harold? 1076 01:17:13,720 --> 01:17:15,380 Richard. 1077 01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:21,060 - I can't. - You must. 1078 01:17:22,270 --> 01:17:26,900 This law school, it's a gift from thy brother. 1079 01:17:26,980 --> 01:17:30,230 He had to die for me to get it? 1080 01:17:34,110 --> 01:17:36,860 Something has to come of this. 1081 01:17:38,410 --> 01:17:41,490 It's meant to make us stronger. 1082 01:17:41,580 --> 01:17:45,370 Thee art stronger than Harold, stronger than Arthur. 1083 01:17:45,460 --> 01:17:51,300 - God has chosen thee to survive. - What about happiness, Mother? 1084 01:17:53,590 --> 01:17:57,550 Thee will find thy peace at the center, Richard. 1085 01:17:57,640 --> 01:18:02,430 Strength in this life, happiness in the next. 1086 01:18:50,520 --> 01:18:52,980 Now tell me you didn't want this, Buddy. 1087 01:19:01,700 --> 01:19:03,080 Hey! 1088 01:19:22,510 --> 01:19:25,970 When the strongest nation in the world can be tied down 1089 01:19:26,060 --> 01:19:30,350 for four years in a war in Vietnam with no end in sight, 1090 01:19:30,440 --> 01:19:34,770 when the richest nation in the world can't manage its own economy, 1091 01:19:34,860 --> 01:19:38,320 when the nation with the greatest tradition of the rule of law 1092 01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:41,660 is plagued by unprecedented lawlessness, 1093 01:19:41,740 --> 01:19:45,870 when a nation that has been known for a century for equality of opportunity 1094 01:19:45,950 --> 01:19:49,460 is torn by unprecedented racial violence, 1095 01:19:49,540 --> 01:19:53,080 when the president of the United States cannot travel abroad 1096 01:19:53,170 --> 01:19:57,630 or to any major city at home without fear of a hostile demonstration, 1097 01:19:57,710 --> 01:20:02,800 then it is time for new leadership for the United States of America. 1098 01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:09,680 As we look at America, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame, 1099 01:20:09,770 --> 01:20:12,310 millions of Americans crying out in anguish, 1100 01:20:12,390 --> 01:20:17,820 "Did we come all the way for this? Did American boys die in Normandy 1101 01:20:17,900 --> 01:20:20,610 and Valley Forge for this?" 1102 01:20:20,690 --> 01:20:24,160 I pledge to you that the current wave of violence 1103 01:20:24,240 --> 01:20:26,330 will not be the wave of the future. 1104 01:20:28,950 --> 01:20:32,750 Now let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth, 1105 01:20:32,830 --> 01:20:36,880 to find the truth, to speak the truth and to live the truth. 1106 01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:40,420 A new voice is being heard across America today. 1107 01:20:40,510 --> 01:20:43,380 It is not the voice of the protesters or the shouters. 1108 01:20:43,470 --> 01:20:47,640 It is the quiet voice of the majority of Americans who've been forgotten, 1109 01:20:47,720 --> 01:20:51,060 the non-shouters, the, uh, non-demonstrators. 1110 01:20:51,140 --> 01:20:56,110 They're the good people. They work hard and they save and they pay their taxes. 1111 01:20:56,190 --> 01:20:58,610 Now, who are they? Let me tell you who they are. 1112 01:20:58,690 --> 01:21:00,900 They're in this audience by the thousands. 1113 01:21:00,990 --> 01:21:03,530 They're the white Americans and black Americans, 1114 01:21:03,610 --> 01:21:06,240 Mexican Americans and Italian Americans. 1115 01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:08,620 They're the great silent majority, 1116 01:21:08,700 --> 01:21:12,120 and they have become angry, finally. Angry, not with hate, 1117 01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:14,870 but angry, my friends, because they love America 1118 01:21:14,960 --> 01:21:19,170 and they don't like what's happened to America these last four years. 1119 01:21:19,250 --> 01:21:24,550 Let us understand North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. 1120 01:21:24,630 --> 01:21:26,720 Only Americans can do that! 1121 01:21:30,100 --> 01:21:31,930 I say to you tonight... 1122 01:21:32,020 --> 01:21:36,020 I say to you tonight we must have a new feeling of responsibility, 1123 01:21:36,100 --> 01:21:40,400 of self-discipline. We must look to renew state and local government. 1124 01:21:40,480 --> 01:21:45,530 We must have a complete reform of a big, bloated federal government. 1125 01:21:45,610 --> 01:21:47,740 Those of us in public service know 1126 01:21:47,820 --> 01:21:50,740 we can have full prosperity in peacetime. 1127 01:21:50,830 --> 01:21:52,950 Yes, we can cut the defense budget. 1128 01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:55,960 We can reduce, uh, conventional forces in Europe. 1129 01:21:56,040 --> 01:21:58,130 We can restore the natural environment. 1130 01:21:58,210 --> 01:22:01,380 We can improve health care, make it more available to all people. 1131 01:22:01,460 --> 01:22:04,970 And yes, we can have a complete reform of this government. 1132 01:22:05,050 --> 01:22:08,390 We can have a new American revolution! 1133 01:22:21,400 --> 01:22:24,940 The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching! 1134 01:22:34,040 --> 01:22:36,000 It'd be a disaster. 1135 01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:39,290 There's a lot of sympathy out there for Cambodia. 1136 01:22:39,380 --> 01:22:42,460 Tiny, little, neutral Buddhist country. 1137 01:22:42,540 --> 01:22:45,760 They'll be rioting in the streets, on your front lawn! 1138 01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:50,340 Building the Cambodian army up? That would be harder than a Vietnamese Army. 1139 01:22:50,430 --> 01:22:55,430 They have no tradition. Mr. President, the government there will collapse. 1140 01:22:55,520 --> 01:22:58,770 - So you're saying do nothing. - No, sir, continue the bombing. 1141 01:22:58,850 --> 01:23:01,690 The same old horseshit. Well, that's not good enough. 1142 01:23:01,770 --> 01:23:04,320 I'm sick of being pushed around by the Vietnamese 1143 01:23:04,400 --> 01:23:08,360 like we're some, uh, you know, pitiful giant. 1144 01:23:08,450 --> 01:23:11,320 They're using our POWs to humiliate us. 1145 01:23:11,410 --> 01:23:14,240 What we need now is a bold move into Cambodia 1146 01:23:14,330 --> 01:23:17,660 and go right after their VC base camps 1147 01:23:17,750 --> 01:23:21,830 and, uh... make 'em scream, hit 'em in the ass. 1148 01:23:21,920 --> 01:23:25,210 - What do you think, Henry? - Well, as you know, 1149 01:23:25,300 --> 01:23:28,720 most of my staff have weighed in against this incursion. 1150 01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:33,720 They believe it will fail to achieve anything fundamental militarily 1151 01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:37,140 and will result in crushing criticism domestically. 1152 01:23:37,220 --> 01:23:41,060 I didn't ask what your staff thinks. What do you think, Henry? 1153 01:23:41,150 --> 01:23:43,810 What I think is they're cowards. 1154 01:23:43,900 --> 01:23:47,440 Their opposition represents the cowardice 1155 01:23:47,530 --> 01:23:51,950 of the eastern establishment. They don't realize, as you do, sir, 1156 01:23:52,030 --> 01:23:54,580 that the Communists only respect strength 1157 01:23:54,660 --> 01:23:57,040 and they will only negotiate in good faith 1158 01:23:57,120 --> 01:23:59,910 if they fear the mad man, Richard Nixon. 1159 01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:03,710 Exactly! Unpredictability is our best asset. 1160 01:24:03,790 --> 01:24:07,500 We gotta take the war to 'em, hit 'em where it hurts, right in the nuts. 1161 01:24:07,590 --> 01:24:11,880 - More assassinations. Right, Al? - That's what they're doing. 1162 01:24:11,970 --> 01:24:15,680 See, your people in the State Department, Bill, they don't understand. 1163 01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:18,600 - Mr. President... - Electrify people with bold moves. 1164 01:24:18,680 --> 01:24:23,190 Bold moves make history. Like, uh... Teddy Roosevelt, TR, 1165 01:24:23,270 --> 01:24:27,230 rushing up San Juan Hill. Small event, but dramatic. 1166 01:24:27,320 --> 01:24:30,360 - People took notice. - They'll take notice, all right. 1167 01:24:30,440 --> 01:24:35,450 If we sneak out of this war, another will start a mile down the road. 1168 01:24:35,530 --> 01:24:39,290 We bite the bullet here in Cambodia. There. 1169 01:24:40,120 --> 01:24:42,160 We bomb the hell out of these people. 1170 01:24:46,670 --> 01:24:49,550 Tonight, American and South Vietnamese units 1171 01:24:49,630 --> 01:24:51,380 will attack the headquarters 1172 01:24:51,470 --> 01:24:55,550 for the entire Communist military operation in South Vietnam. 1173 01:24:55,640 --> 01:24:58,810 This is not an invasion of Cambodia. 1174 01:24:58,890 --> 01:25:03,980 We take this action not for the purpose of expanding the war into Cambodia, 1175 01:25:04,060 --> 01:25:07,400 but for the purpose of ending the war in Vietnam. 1176 01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:13,860 All across the nation, 1177 01:25:13,950 --> 01:25:16,660 major student protests against the U.S. invasion 1178 01:25:16,740 --> 01:25:19,490 of Cambodia rocked college campuses. 1179 01:25:19,580 --> 01:25:23,250 At Jackson State, two Negro students were killed and ten were wounded. 1180 01:25:23,330 --> 01:25:26,790 - ...unanimously and united behind... - In the streets of New York, 1181 01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:29,420 protesters were attacked by construction workers 1182 01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:32,710 supporting President Nixon's policies. 1183 01:25:33,970 --> 01:25:37,340 In Washington, protesters have barricaded the White House 1184 01:25:37,430 --> 01:25:39,470 and are camping out at the Lincoln Memorial. 1185 01:25:51,070 --> 01:25:55,110 See, when I think of those kids out there in Vietnam doing their duty, 1186 01:25:55,200 --> 01:25:58,280 uh, I bet they were scared. I was when I was there. 1187 01:25:58,740 --> 01:26:00,240 But when it comes down to it, 1188 01:26:00,330 --> 01:26:04,450 you really have to look up to these men because they're the greatest. 1189 01:26:09,460 --> 01:26:11,300 I mean, you see these bums, you know, 1190 01:26:11,380 --> 01:26:14,880 blowing up the campuses, burning books and so forth. 1191 01:26:14,970 --> 01:26:18,050 And they call themselves "flower children." 1192 01:26:18,140 --> 01:26:21,890 I call them spoiled rotten. And I tell you what would cure them. 1193 01:26:21,970 --> 01:26:26,350 A good, old-fashioned trip to my Ohio father's woodshed. Right, Julie? 1194 01:26:26,440 --> 01:26:29,190 - Right, Dad. - That's what these bums need. 1195 01:26:29,270 --> 01:26:32,400 - Well, thanks and congratulations. - Thank you, sir. 1196 01:26:32,480 --> 01:26:35,490 Yeah. OK. Thanks, everybody. Bye. 1197 01:26:36,570 --> 01:26:38,780 The whole world is watching. 1198 01:26:56,720 --> 01:26:57,090 Less than 24 hours after President Nixon called them bums, 1199 01:26:57,090 --> 01:27:00,760 Less than 24 hours after President Nixon called them bums, 1200 01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:04,770 four students were shot dead at Kent State University in Ohio. 1201 01:27:04,850 --> 01:27:07,770 Enraged student groups are calling 1202 01:27:07,850 --> 01:27:10,270 for a general strike tomorrow to shut down... 1203 01:27:10,350 --> 01:27:14,570 I tell you, the soldiers were provoked. Now, stop this pussyfooting around. 1204 01:27:14,650 --> 01:27:16,190 Jesus Christ, dead kids. 1205 01:27:16,280 --> 01:27:19,280 How the hell did we give the Democrats a weapon like this? 1206 01:27:19,360 --> 01:27:22,530 Well, one way or the other, Kent State is not good. 1207 01:27:22,620 --> 01:27:25,740 - We have to get out in front of this. - Follow the money. 1208 01:27:25,830 --> 01:27:29,290 - Sir? - These kids are manipulated 1209 01:27:29,370 --> 01:27:32,330 by the Communists, like Chambers and Hiss. 1210 01:27:32,420 --> 01:27:33,920 What's the matter with you? 1211 01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:38,130 - This isn't '48. They'll never buy it. - How do you know that, John? 1212 01:27:38,220 --> 01:27:40,130 What's Hoover found, for God's sake? 1213 01:27:40,220 --> 01:27:44,510 He called the other day, sir. He asked for President Harding. 1214 01:27:45,220 --> 01:27:48,810 - We can have a national prayer day. - Never complain, never explain. 1215 01:27:48,890 --> 01:27:52,850 Come on, these are not fraternity pranks, John. 1216 01:27:52,940 --> 01:27:55,110 No, this is anarchy. It's a revolution. 1217 01:27:55,190 --> 01:27:58,190 - I wouldn't go that far, sir. - Why not? 1218 01:27:59,400 --> 01:28:03,700 Well, is it worth it, sir? I mean, is the war worth a one-term presidency? 1219 01:28:03,780 --> 01:28:06,160 Right now I think that's what we're looking at. 1220 01:28:06,240 --> 01:28:09,450 I will not go down as the first American president to lose a war. 1221 01:28:09,540 --> 01:28:12,500 Going to Cambodia, bombing Hanoi, bombing Laos buys us time 1222 01:28:12,580 --> 01:28:15,420 so we can get out and give the South Vietnamese a chance. 1223 01:28:15,500 --> 01:28:19,340 - Exactly, sir. - If we keep our heads, we'll win this. 1224 01:28:19,420 --> 01:28:21,930 - What, win Vietnam, sir? - No, no. 1225 01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:27,180 No, but we can drive a stake through the heart of the Communist alliance. 1226 01:28:27,260 --> 01:28:30,480 Henry's getting strong signals from the Chinese. 1227 01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:33,150 They fear the Vietnamese more than the Russians 1228 01:28:33,230 --> 01:28:36,150 and they're worried about a united Vietnam. 1229 01:28:36,230 --> 01:28:39,400 Now, if we stick it out, we'll end up negotiating separately 1230 01:28:39,480 --> 01:28:42,200 with both the Chinese and the Soviets. 1231 01:28:42,280 --> 01:28:45,530 And we'll get better deals than we ever dreamed of from both. 1232 01:28:45,620 --> 01:28:51,120 - That is triangular diplomacy. - Exactly, Mr. President. 1233 01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:54,210 That's what geopolitics is about. 1234 01:28:54,290 --> 01:28:57,880 The linking of the whole world for self-interest. 1235 01:28:57,960 --> 01:29:00,800 You tell me, Ron, how the hell I can explain that on TV 1236 01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:04,130 to a bunch of simpleminded reporters and, uh, weeping mothers. 1237 01:29:04,220 --> 01:29:06,010 But what am I telling the press 1238 01:29:06,090 --> 01:29:08,640 - about Kent State? - Tell 'em what the hell you like. 1239 01:29:08,720 --> 01:29:11,850 - They don't understand anyway. - Excuse me, sir. 1240 01:29:13,140 --> 01:29:16,060 Are you saying you're gonna recognize Red China? 1241 01:29:16,150 --> 01:29:18,860 That would cost us our strongest support. 1242 01:29:18,940 --> 01:29:21,740 No, I can do this because I spent my whole career 1243 01:29:21,820 --> 01:29:25,570 - building anti-Communist credentials. - If Kennedy or Johnson tried it, 1244 01:29:25,660 --> 01:29:28,120 they'd have crucified them, and rightfully so. 1245 01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:32,290 Damned risky, Mr. President. Why don't we wait until the second term? 1246 01:29:32,370 --> 01:29:35,580 - This will get us a second term. - This will get me a second term. 1247 01:29:35,670 --> 01:29:39,460 Damn it, without risk, there's no heroism, there's no history. 1248 01:29:39,540 --> 01:29:42,260 Nixon was born to do this. Give history a nudge. 1249 01:29:42,340 --> 01:29:43,880 - Come on! - Hear, hear. 1250 01:29:43,970 --> 01:29:48,180 If Cambodia doesn't work, we'll bomb Hanoi if we have to. 1251 01:29:48,260 --> 01:29:51,810 That's right. And if necessary, I'll drop the big one. 1252 01:29:55,560 --> 01:29:58,230 We have to entertain the possibility. 1253 01:30:03,690 --> 01:30:06,400 Goddamn it! Who cooked this damn steak? 1254 01:30:06,490 --> 01:30:09,320 Manolo, there's blood all over my plate. Take it away. 1255 01:30:09,410 --> 01:30:11,030 I'm sorry, sir. 1256 01:30:23,920 --> 01:30:25,590 You all right? 1257 01:30:26,720 --> 01:30:28,220 Yeah. 1258 01:30:29,590 --> 01:30:33,600 My brother, Harold, was the same age as those kids, John. 1259 01:30:33,680 --> 01:30:38,150 - Tuberculosis got him. - It wasn't your fault. 1260 01:30:38,230 --> 01:30:42,150 The soldiers were kids too. They just panicked. 1261 01:30:42,230 --> 01:30:43,400 Yeah. 1262 01:30:44,820 --> 01:30:48,160 They were throwing rocks, John, just rocks. 1263 01:30:51,070 --> 01:30:53,080 They don't think I feel, 1264 01:30:53,160 --> 01:30:56,160 but I feel too much sometimes. 1265 01:30:57,160 --> 01:31:01,210 I just can't let a whole policy be dominated by our sentimentality. 1266 01:31:01,290 --> 01:31:05,170 You're doing the right thing. Don't let 'em shake you. 1267 01:31:07,260 --> 01:31:10,430 You know, it broke my heart when Harold died. 1268 01:31:10,510 --> 01:31:13,310 That was a long time ago. 1269 01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:16,310 Yeah. 1270 01:31:16,390 --> 01:31:19,520 I think that's when it starts, when you're a kid. 1271 01:31:19,600 --> 01:31:23,440 The laughs and snubs and slights you get 1272 01:31:23,520 --> 01:31:26,860 because you're poor or Irish 1273 01:31:26,940 --> 01:31:30,530 or Jewish or just ugly. 1274 01:31:31,740 --> 01:31:35,120 Get off that. That leads nowhere. 1275 01:31:36,080 --> 01:31:40,330 But you should offer condolences to the families of those kids. 1276 01:31:40,420 --> 01:31:41,790 Sure. 1277 01:31:43,080 --> 01:31:46,880 I'd like to. I'd like to offer my condolences. 1278 01:31:49,800 --> 01:31:51,760 But Nixon can't. 1279 01:32:06,480 --> 01:32:09,240 Enraged student groups across the country 1280 01:32:09,320 --> 01:32:11,400 are calling for a general strike tomorrow 1281 01:32:11,490 --> 01:32:15,870 to shut down the entire university system until the Vietnam War is ended. 1282 01:32:15,950 --> 01:32:18,540 Oh, this is nothing compared to Venezuela. 1283 01:32:18,620 --> 01:32:22,500 When I was vice president, Ike sent me down there like a blocking tackle. 1284 01:32:22,580 --> 01:32:25,500 They threw rocks, broke out windows. 1285 01:32:25,590 --> 01:32:28,670 Almost overturned the car. Read Six Crises, Bob. 1286 01:32:28,760 --> 01:32:31,130 - I did, sir. - Pat was brave. 1287 01:32:35,640 --> 01:32:39,430 Jesus, they're serious. Why are we stopping? Come on, move it! 1288 01:32:44,810 --> 01:32:47,940 - Jesus! - Get that little punk! 1289 01:32:48,020 --> 01:32:49,900 Tackle! Go on, get him! 1290 01:32:49,990 --> 01:32:51,110 Yeah! 1291 01:32:53,740 --> 01:32:56,870 Yeah. Reminds me of my days at Whittier. 1292 01:32:56,950 --> 01:32:59,620 - These kids are useless. - Probably flunking. 1293 01:32:59,700 --> 01:33:02,410 Nothing to do except come here and chase girls. 1294 01:33:03,210 --> 01:33:06,960 Their parents' fault. They're poisoning the upper class, Bob. 1295 01:33:07,040 --> 01:33:10,630 - Too soft, too many cars, color TVs. - Don't forget the South, the West. 1296 01:33:10,710 --> 01:33:13,430 Good football colleges. More with than against you. 1297 01:33:13,510 --> 01:33:17,050 Let's not forget they're just kids. They don't vote. 1298 01:33:17,140 --> 01:33:19,850 This is the fall of the Roman Empire. Are you blind? 1299 01:33:19,930 --> 01:33:22,310 We're putting the fig leaves on the statues. 1300 01:33:33,190 --> 01:33:35,070 Mr. President. 1301 01:33:35,160 --> 01:33:37,700 - Bob. - I don't know what to say, sir. 1302 01:33:37,780 --> 01:33:41,080 Soon as we learned from the Secret Service that you were en route, 1303 01:33:41,160 --> 01:33:43,580 the director was notified. He should be here. 1304 01:33:43,660 --> 01:33:47,960 - So where the hell is he? - Rushing back from his tennis game. 1305 01:33:49,090 --> 01:33:50,920 - So let's go. - Told me to take you 1306 01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:53,210 - to his conference room. - No, his office. 1307 01:33:53,300 --> 01:33:56,590 I want a private conversation with him. I don't wanna be bugged. 1308 01:33:56,680 --> 01:33:58,470 - Then his office will be fine. - OK. 1309 01:34:07,350 --> 01:34:08,690 All right. 1310 01:34:10,610 --> 01:34:14,280 - How's the job going, Bob? - Frankly, it stinks, sir. 1311 01:34:14,360 --> 01:34:16,280 I have no access. 1312 01:34:17,570 --> 01:34:21,240 - We'll see to that. - He's nervous, sir. 1313 01:34:21,330 --> 01:34:24,160 He's heard you're looking for a new director. 1314 01:34:24,250 --> 01:34:27,710 - Certainly isn't acting like it. - That's Helms. 1315 01:34:27,790 --> 01:34:32,710 He's the epitome of sang-froid. A world-class poker player. 1316 01:34:32,800 --> 01:34:35,510 Yeah? Well, I own the fucking casino. 1317 01:34:42,260 --> 01:34:46,430 I'm honored, Dick, that you've come all the way out here 1318 01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:49,150 to Virginia to visit us at last. 1319 01:34:51,440 --> 01:34:54,530 - My friends call me Mr. President. - Then so shall I. 1320 01:34:54,610 --> 01:34:57,990 - Mr. Helms. - Arrange for some coffee, 1321 01:34:58,070 --> 01:34:59,910 will you, General Cushman? 1322 01:35:02,330 --> 01:35:03,870 Gentleman, please. 1323 01:35:10,500 --> 01:35:14,840 Bob Cushman is a lieutenant general in the Marine Corps, 1324 01:35:14,920 --> 01:35:18,590 deputy director of the CIA. 1325 01:35:18,680 --> 01:35:23,220 - This is what you use him for? - I didn't choose him as my deputy. 1326 01:35:23,300 --> 01:35:28,020 - You did. - You live pretty well out here. 1327 01:35:28,100 --> 01:35:31,600 I understand why you keep your budgets classified. 1328 01:35:32,900 --> 01:35:35,780 I suppose you're unhappy... 1329 01:35:37,240 --> 01:35:41,700 ...because I haven't implemented your domestic intelligence plan. 1330 01:35:41,780 --> 01:35:43,370 Yeah, you're correct. 1331 01:35:43,450 --> 01:35:46,950 I'm concerned these students are being funded by foreign interests 1332 01:35:47,040 --> 01:35:50,960 whether they know it or not. The FBI's useless in this area. 1333 01:35:51,040 --> 01:35:53,460 I want your full attention on this matter. 1334 01:35:53,540 --> 01:35:56,250 We've tried, but so far we've come up with nothing. 1335 01:35:56,340 --> 01:35:59,420 Then find something! I want these leaks stopped. 1336 01:35:59,510 --> 01:36:03,300 Jack Anderson, The New York Times, the State Department. 1337 01:36:03,390 --> 01:36:06,390 - I wanna know who's talking. - I'm sure you realize 1338 01:36:06,470 --> 01:36:08,730 that this is a tricky area, 1339 01:36:08,810 --> 01:36:12,440 given our charter and the Congressional oversight committee. 1340 01:36:12,520 --> 01:36:16,320 Screw congressional oversight. I know damn well, going back to the '50s 1341 01:36:16,400 --> 01:36:20,200 this agency reports what it wants and buries what it wants. 1342 01:36:20,280 --> 01:36:25,280 - Pay close attention to this. - Is something else bothering you? 1343 01:36:25,370 --> 01:36:26,950 Yes. 1344 01:36:27,040 --> 01:36:29,660 It involves some old and forgotten papers... 1345 01:36:30,870 --> 01:36:33,080 ...things I signed as vice president. 1346 01:36:33,170 --> 01:36:38,300 I want the original in my office and I don't want copies anywhere else. 1347 01:36:39,510 --> 01:36:42,180 You're referring, I believe, 1348 01:36:42,260 --> 01:36:45,600 to chairing the special operations group 1349 01:36:45,680 --> 01:36:48,520 - as vice president. - Yeah. 1350 01:36:49,850 --> 01:36:52,640 As you know, that was unique. 1351 01:36:54,400 --> 01:36:59,150 Not an operation so much as an organic phenomenon. 1352 01:36:59,230 --> 01:37:03,570 It grew, it changed shape, 1353 01:37:03,660 --> 01:37:07,370 it developed appetites. 1354 01:37:08,660 --> 01:37:13,670 It's not unusual in such cases that things aren't committed to paper. 1355 01:37:14,670 --> 01:37:16,580 That could be very embarrassing. 1356 01:37:17,790 --> 01:37:22,340 I, for one, saw to it that my name was never connected with these operations. 1357 01:37:23,300 --> 01:37:24,380 Diem. 1358 01:37:28,430 --> 01:37:30,010 Trujillo. 1359 01:37:30,100 --> 01:37:31,390 Lumumba. 1360 01:37:31,470 --> 01:37:32,680 Guatemala. 1361 01:37:35,060 --> 01:37:37,190 Iran. 1362 01:37:37,730 --> 01:37:38,860 Cuba. 1363 01:37:47,200 --> 01:37:51,450 It's a shame you didn't take similar precautions, Dick. 1364 01:37:57,000 --> 01:38:00,960 I'm interested in those documents that put your people together 1365 01:38:01,050 --> 01:38:03,510 with the gangster elements. 1366 01:38:04,840 --> 01:38:07,890 - All the documents. - President Kennedy threatened 1367 01:38:07,970 --> 01:38:11,220 to smash the CIA into 1,000 pieces. 1368 01:38:11,310 --> 01:38:13,350 You could do the same. 1369 01:38:15,480 --> 01:38:17,600 I'm not Jack Kennedy. Uh... 1370 01:38:17,690 --> 01:38:22,480 - Your agency is secure. - Not if I give you all the cards. 1371 01:38:28,360 --> 01:38:32,700 I promised the American people peace with honor in Southeast Asia. 1372 01:38:34,160 --> 01:38:38,290 That may take time. Two, maybe three years. 1373 01:38:38,370 --> 01:38:42,000 But, in the meantime, your agency will continue 1374 01:38:42,090 --> 01:38:44,550 at current levels of funding. 1375 01:38:46,050 --> 01:38:49,140 Current levels may not be sufficient. 1376 01:38:49,220 --> 01:38:54,140 Well, the president will support a reasonable request for an increase. 1377 01:38:54,220 --> 01:38:55,930 And me? 1378 01:38:57,440 --> 01:39:00,860 Of course, you will continue as DCI, Dick. 1379 01:39:01,900 --> 01:39:03,860 You're doing a magnificent job. 1380 01:39:06,190 --> 01:39:08,780 Of course, I accept. I'm flattered. 1381 01:39:10,110 --> 01:39:15,240 And I want you to know that I serve only one president at a time. 1382 01:39:15,330 --> 01:39:20,420 Yes. And you'll give General Cushman full access. 1383 01:39:24,250 --> 01:39:26,920 It could take a little time. 1384 01:39:27,010 --> 01:39:29,720 But I'll order a search for your papers. 1385 01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:32,640 - Good. - It does raise... 1386 01:39:32,720 --> 01:39:35,930 - ...a troubling issue. - What? 1387 01:39:36,020 --> 01:39:38,350 Castro. 1388 01:39:39,600 --> 01:39:43,400 - Yes? - We have recent intelligence 1389 01:39:43,480 --> 01:39:46,480 that a Soviet nuclear submarine 1390 01:39:46,570 --> 01:39:51,990 - has docked at Cienfuegos. - We'll launch a formal protest. 1391 01:39:52,070 --> 01:39:56,290 I don't think we can treat this as a formality. 1392 01:39:57,830 --> 01:40:02,880 Mr. Kennedy gave the Russians a verbal promise that he would not invade Cuba. 1393 01:40:02,960 --> 01:40:07,000 But you authorized Dr. Kissinger to put this in writing? 1394 01:40:10,050 --> 01:40:14,220 - Are you tapping Kissinger? - My job, unpleasant at times, 1395 01:40:14,300 --> 01:40:16,640 is to know what others don't want me to know. 1396 01:40:16,720 --> 01:40:20,180 Not if you have spies in the White House. 1397 01:40:20,270 --> 01:40:23,400 It is not my practice to spy on the president. 1398 01:40:23,480 --> 01:40:27,190 Dr. Kissinger manages to convey his innermost secrets to the world 1399 01:40:27,280 --> 01:40:29,110 without my help. 1400 01:40:30,400 --> 01:40:32,240 Dick... 1401 01:40:32,320 --> 01:40:36,030 We've lived with communism in Cuba for ten years. 1402 01:40:36,120 --> 01:40:39,750 But it's never been the policy of this government to accept that. 1403 01:40:39,830 --> 01:40:44,080 - And it's certainly not CIA policy. - CIA policy? 1404 01:40:44,170 --> 01:40:48,380 The CIA has no policy except what I dictate to you. 1405 01:40:50,970 --> 01:40:55,550 I tried to, uh, adjust to the world as it is today, 1406 01:40:55,640 --> 01:40:59,220 not as you or I wanted it to be ten years ago. 1407 01:40:59,310 --> 01:41:03,020 Is that why you and Kissinger are negotiating with the Chinese? 1408 01:41:04,350 --> 01:41:08,480 This is a very dangerous direction, Mr. President. 1409 01:41:08,570 --> 01:41:12,740 Terrible consequences can result from such enormous errors of judgment. 1410 01:41:14,740 --> 01:41:18,620 If we were able to separate China from Russia once and for all, 1411 01:41:18,700 --> 01:41:21,250 we can, we could create a balance of power 1412 01:41:21,330 --> 01:41:23,960 that would secure peace into the next century. 1413 01:41:24,040 --> 01:41:27,460 And offer Cuba to the Russians as a consolation prize? 1414 01:41:29,590 --> 01:41:35,300 - Cuba would be a small price to pay. - So President Kennedy thought. 1415 01:41:39,720 --> 01:41:44,230 I never thought Kennedy was ready for the presidency. 1416 01:41:48,690 --> 01:41:50,650 Well, now... 1417 01:41:50,730 --> 01:41:53,400 ...I would never, uh... 1418 01:41:53,490 --> 01:41:56,200 ...never consider... 1419 01:41:57,740 --> 01:41:59,830 His death was awful. 1420 01:42:00,950 --> 01:42:03,410 It was an awful thing for this country. 1421 01:42:05,710 --> 01:42:07,080 Yeah. 1422 01:42:09,710 --> 01:42:12,340 Do you ever think of death, Dick? 1423 01:42:13,760 --> 01:42:17,640 Flowers are a continual reminder of our mortality. 1424 01:42:18,640 --> 01:42:21,760 - Do you appreciate flowers? - No. 1425 01:42:23,390 --> 01:42:26,640 No, they make me sick and they smell like death. 1426 01:42:28,770 --> 01:42:31,110 I had two brothers die young. 1427 01:42:32,940 --> 01:42:34,900 Let me tell you, 1428 01:42:34,990 --> 01:42:37,530 there are worse things than death. 1429 01:42:37,610 --> 01:42:39,070 Yes. 1430 01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:44,830 There's such a thing as evil. 1431 01:42:47,290 --> 01:42:51,710 You must be familiar with my favorite poem by Yeats, 1432 01:42:51,790 --> 01:42:53,800 The Second Coming. 1433 01:42:56,470 --> 01:42:58,890 Black Irish, very moving. 1434 01:43:01,470 --> 01:43:06,230 Turning and turning in the widening gyre 1435 01:43:06,310 --> 01:43:10,400 The falcon cannot hear the falconer 1436 01:43:10,480 --> 01:43:13,480 Things fall apart 1437 01:43:13,570 --> 01:43:17,360 The center cannot hold 1438 01:43:17,450 --> 01:43:21,820 Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world 1439 01:43:21,910 --> 01:43:26,950 And everywhere, the ceremony of innocence is lost 1440 01:43:27,040 --> 01:43:31,290 The best lack all conviction 1441 01:43:31,380 --> 01:43:37,340 And the worst are full of passionate intensity 1442 01:43:39,840 --> 01:43:42,680 But it ends so beautifully ominous. 1443 01:43:44,390 --> 01:43:47,270 What rough beast 1444 01:43:47,350 --> 01:43:51,310 Its hour come round at last 1445 01:43:51,400 --> 01:43:56,400 Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born? 1446 01:43:58,740 --> 01:44:00,280 Yes. 1447 01:44:01,530 --> 01:44:05,160 This country stands at such a juncture. 1448 01:44:10,620 --> 01:44:12,210 Manolo? 1449 01:44:16,210 --> 01:44:17,630 Mano? 1450 01:44:17,710 --> 01:44:20,420 - Mr. President. - Yeah. 1451 01:44:20,510 --> 01:44:23,970 I'm sorry. I was asleep. 1452 01:44:25,220 --> 01:44:26,970 What can I get you? 1453 01:44:28,390 --> 01:44:31,060 - Well, you know. - Of course. 1454 01:44:45,450 --> 01:44:48,330 Do you miss Cuba, Manolo? 1455 01:44:49,450 --> 01:44:51,410 Yes, Mr. President. 1456 01:44:56,590 --> 01:45:01,010 We let you down, didn't we? Your people. 1457 01:45:01,090 --> 01:45:04,140 That was Mr. Kennedy, sir. 1458 01:45:10,430 --> 01:45:13,350 You don't think he was a hero, do you? 1459 01:45:15,440 --> 01:45:18,270 He was a politician. 1460 01:45:28,030 --> 01:45:30,240 Did you cry when he died? 1461 01:45:34,500 --> 01:45:36,000 Yes, sir. 1462 01:45:37,590 --> 01:45:38,960 Why? 1463 01:45:40,380 --> 01:45:42,720 I don't know. 1464 01:45:44,050 --> 01:45:47,640 He made me... 1465 01:45:47,720 --> 01:45:50,310 ...see the stars. 1466 01:45:57,190 --> 01:45:59,480 How did he do that? 1467 01:46:01,820 --> 01:46:03,530 Those kids. 1468 01:46:05,530 --> 01:46:09,080 Why do they hate me so much? 1469 01:47:47,510 --> 01:47:50,510 Hi, I'm Dick Nixon. 1470 01:47:50,590 --> 01:47:52,300 Hi, there. 1471 01:47:54,050 --> 01:47:56,020 - Where you from? - Syracuse. 1472 01:47:56,100 --> 01:47:59,480 Oh, yeah, the, uh, Orangemen. 1473 01:47:59,560 --> 01:48:02,150 Now, there's a football program. 1474 01:48:02,230 --> 01:48:06,440 Jim Brown and that other tailback, 1475 01:48:06,530 --> 01:48:09,650 - the one with the blood disease. - Ernie Davis. 1476 01:48:09,740 --> 01:48:11,740 Yeah, right, right, right. 1477 01:48:11,990 --> 01:48:15,700 I used to play a little ball myself at Whittier. 1478 01:48:15,780 --> 01:48:20,870 Of course, they used to use me as a tackling dummy. 1479 01:48:20,960 --> 01:48:23,420 We didn't come here to talk about football. 1480 01:48:25,880 --> 01:48:27,670 Yeah, I understand that. 1481 01:48:29,010 --> 01:48:32,640 - How old are you, young lady? - Nineteen. 1482 01:48:33,340 --> 01:48:34,640 Yeah. 1483 01:48:35,550 --> 01:48:40,230 Well, probably most of you think I'm a real SOB. I know that. 1484 01:48:40,310 --> 01:48:42,900 I understand how you feel. But, you know, 1485 01:48:42,980 --> 01:48:45,690 I want peace too. But peace with honor. 1486 01:48:45,770 --> 01:48:48,070 - What does that mean? - Bullshit. 1487 01:48:48,150 --> 01:48:51,740 Well, you can't have peace without a price. 1488 01:48:51,820 --> 01:48:55,490 Sometimes you have to be willing to fight for peace, 1489 01:48:55,570 --> 01:48:57,580 and sometimes to die. 1490 01:48:57,660 --> 01:49:01,410 Yeah? Tell that to the GIs who are gonna die tomorrow in Vietnam. 1491 01:49:01,500 --> 01:49:05,080 - What lets you kill women and children? - What you have to understand 1492 01:49:05,170 --> 01:49:08,090 is we're willing to die for what we believe in. 1493 01:49:08,170 --> 01:49:10,170 - That's the truth. - Yeah. 1494 01:49:10,260 --> 01:49:11,670 Yeah. 1495 01:49:13,800 --> 01:49:17,600 Look, that man up there, he lived in similar times. 1496 01:49:17,680 --> 01:49:22,020 Oh, he had chaos, civil war, hatred between the races. 1497 01:49:22,100 --> 01:49:26,440 - This is all bullshit. - Sometimes I go to the Lincoln Room 1498 01:49:26,520 --> 01:49:29,980 at the White House and just pray. But, you know, 1499 01:49:30,070 --> 01:49:34,280 liberals act like idealism belongs to them. 1500 01:49:34,360 --> 01:49:36,780 That's not true. 1501 01:49:36,870 --> 01:49:42,710 My family went Republican because Lincoln freed the slaves. 1502 01:49:42,790 --> 01:49:45,000 My grandmother was an abolitionist. 1503 01:49:45,080 --> 01:49:49,210 It was Quakers who founded Whittier, my hometown... 1504 01:49:49,300 --> 01:49:52,130 - Address the issues. - ...to abolish slavery. 1505 01:49:52,210 --> 01:49:55,300 They were, you know, conservative Bible folk, 1506 01:49:55,380 --> 01:49:59,350 but they had a powerful sense of right and wrong. 1507 01:49:59,430 --> 01:50:02,810 Forty years ago, I was like you. 1508 01:50:02,890 --> 01:50:07,480 - Looking for answers. See? - Come on. 1509 01:50:07,560 --> 01:50:09,480 Tricky Dick himself. 1510 01:50:10,570 --> 01:50:15,780 My mother used to feed hobos stopping over at our house. 1511 01:50:15,860 --> 01:50:17,320 We got him. 1512 01:50:17,410 --> 01:50:19,120 - Don't push, pig. - Move away. 1513 01:50:19,200 --> 01:50:22,450 It's OK, Bob, we're just rapping, my friends and I. 1514 01:50:22,540 --> 01:50:25,250 In fact, we agree on a lot of things, don't we? 1515 01:50:25,330 --> 01:50:28,670 No, we don't. You say you want to end the war, 1516 01:50:28,750 --> 01:50:34,380 - so why don't you? - Change always comes slowly. 1517 01:50:35,420 --> 01:50:37,510 I pulled out more than half the troops. 1518 01:50:37,590 --> 01:50:41,140 I'm trying to cut the military budget for the first time in 30 years. 1519 01:50:41,220 --> 01:50:43,180 I want a volunteer army. 1520 01:50:43,270 --> 01:50:46,140 But it's also a question of American credibility. 1521 01:50:46,230 --> 01:50:48,980 - Our position in the world. - Come on, Mr. Nixon. 1522 01:50:49,060 --> 01:50:53,730 - It's a civil war between Vietnamese. - You don't want the war. 1523 01:50:53,820 --> 01:50:57,360 We don't want the war. The Vietnamese don't want the war. 1524 01:50:57,450 --> 01:50:59,450 So why does it go on? 1525 01:51:04,950 --> 01:51:07,250 - You should be going, Mr. President. - OK. 1526 01:51:07,920 --> 01:51:09,250 Please. 1527 01:51:12,290 --> 01:51:14,550 You can't stop it, can you? 1528 01:51:15,510 --> 01:51:17,170 Even if you wanted to. 1529 01:51:17,260 --> 01:51:21,010 'Cause it's not you, it's the system. 1530 01:51:21,100 --> 01:51:24,100 The system won't let you stop it. 1531 01:51:27,600 --> 01:51:30,560 There's... There's more at stake here 1532 01:51:30,650 --> 01:51:33,230 than what you want or what I want. 1533 01:51:33,320 --> 01:51:34,730 Then what's the point? 1534 01:51:34,820 --> 01:51:38,400 What's the point of being president? You're powerless! 1535 01:51:38,490 --> 01:51:41,820 No! No, I'm not powerless. 1536 01:51:41,910 --> 01:51:44,740 Because I understand the system, I believe I can... 1537 01:51:44,830 --> 01:51:48,210 I can control it, maybe not control it totally, 1538 01:51:48,290 --> 01:51:51,040 but tame it enough to make it do some good. 1539 01:51:52,420 --> 01:51:55,090 Sounds like you're talking about a wild animal. 1540 01:51:58,420 --> 01:52:00,550 Yeah, maybe I am. 1541 01:52:00,630 --> 01:52:03,220 We really must go, Mr. President. Please. 1542 01:52:03,300 --> 01:52:07,350 - Hey, what about the war, man? - When you gonna get us out? 1543 01:52:07,430 --> 01:52:10,440 - The old man's moving. - Move it. Get away. 1544 01:52:10,520 --> 01:52:13,190 She got it, Bob. Nineteen-year-old college kid. 1545 01:52:13,270 --> 01:52:15,610 - What? Who? - She understood something 1546 01:52:15,690 --> 01:52:18,610 that's taken me 25 years in politics to understand. 1547 01:52:18,690 --> 01:52:22,360 The CIA, the Mafia, those Wall Street bastards. 1548 01:52:22,450 --> 01:52:24,620 - Sir? - The beast. 1549 01:52:24,700 --> 01:52:28,120 Nineteen-year-old kid. She called it a wild animal. 1550 01:52:28,200 --> 01:52:29,710 Yes, sir. 1551 01:52:53,600 --> 01:52:57,480 In Washington, the size of the crowds have swelled to over 1552 01:52:57,570 --> 01:53:01,650 a quarter of a million demonstrators protesting the ongoing war in Vietnam. 1553 01:53:01,740 --> 01:53:04,490 There must be a quarter million out there. 1554 01:53:04,570 --> 01:53:08,410 They've been at it for a whole year. Young kids just like Tricia. 1555 01:53:10,160 --> 01:53:13,290 You think they got a point, Edgar? 1556 01:53:13,370 --> 01:53:19,090 - This whole damn system of government. - Remember what Lenin said in 1917. 1557 01:53:19,170 --> 01:53:21,550 The power was lying in the street. 1558 01:53:21,630 --> 01:53:24,300 Just waiting for someone to pick it up. 1559 01:53:24,380 --> 01:53:26,680 Communists have never been closer than now. 1560 01:53:26,760 --> 01:53:30,020 Now is the time to get back to the old themes. 1561 01:53:30,100 --> 01:53:32,850 The ones that made you president. 1562 01:53:32,940 --> 01:53:35,350 Let the communists know you're on to them. 1563 01:53:35,440 --> 01:53:38,650 Little bastards think they can ruin Tricia's wedding 1564 01:53:38,730 --> 01:53:41,190 by dancing naked in the reflection pool. 1565 01:53:41,280 --> 01:53:44,200 Don't listen to 'em. And don't quit. 1566 01:53:45,110 --> 01:53:48,450 Remember, Kennedy and King were against the war. 1567 01:53:48,530 --> 01:53:50,330 Where are they now? 1568 01:53:52,410 --> 01:53:55,920 How the hell The Times got a hold of this Ellsberg stuff is a disgrace. 1569 01:53:57,750 --> 01:54:00,460 Yeah. We can't keep a damn secret in this government. 1570 01:54:00,550 --> 01:54:03,380 They're stealing papers right out of this office. 1571 01:54:03,470 --> 01:54:05,590 Johnson had the same damn problem 1572 01:54:05,680 --> 01:54:08,720 - until he bugged his own office. - We took that system out. 1573 01:54:08,800 --> 01:54:11,270 That was a mistake. 1574 01:54:11,350 --> 01:54:14,480 The White House was full of Kennedy people then. 1575 01:54:14,560 --> 01:54:17,520 - It still is. - Who's behind this? 1576 01:54:17,600 --> 01:54:21,940 Well, you have CIA people all over this place. 1577 01:54:22,030 --> 01:54:26,410 Helms has seen to that. Then there's Kissinger's staff. 1578 01:54:26,490 --> 01:54:30,580 Kissinger himself, I believe, may be the leaker. 1579 01:54:30,660 --> 01:54:32,240 - Kissinger? - Hmm. 1580 01:54:32,330 --> 01:54:35,080 He's obsessed with his own image. 1581 01:54:35,160 --> 01:54:38,420 He wants his Nobel Peace Prize a little too much. 1582 01:54:38,500 --> 01:54:41,250 And as the late Dr. King proved, 1583 01:54:41,340 --> 01:54:44,630 even an ape can win a prize with good press. 1584 01:54:44,720 --> 01:54:47,760 Jesus, I'd like to book him into a psychiatrist's office. 1585 01:54:47,840 --> 01:54:51,600 He comes in here ranting and raving, dumping his crap all over the place. 1586 01:54:53,470 --> 01:54:56,940 - Could you prove it, Edgar? - Mr. President, 1587 01:54:57,020 --> 01:54:59,020 I always get my man. 1588 01:55:00,400 --> 01:55:01,940 Yeah, you do. 1589 01:55:02,020 --> 01:55:05,320 This damn tie. Could you help me? 1590 01:55:05,400 --> 01:55:06,820 Yeah. 1591 01:55:10,530 --> 01:55:13,700 - See, I'd be bugging myself. - Look. 1592 01:55:15,370 --> 01:55:19,630 - Who'd get the tapes? - No one. Your property. 1593 01:55:20,710 --> 01:55:22,790 And it would prove your case. 1594 01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:26,670 Why do you think Kissinger is taping all your calls? 1595 01:55:27,840 --> 01:55:29,680 For history. 1596 01:55:30,970 --> 01:55:32,800 His word against yours. 1597 01:55:32,890 --> 01:55:36,310 And right now, he's got the records. 1598 01:55:40,560 --> 01:55:43,070 I'll get Manolo to do this. 1599 01:55:43,650 --> 01:55:45,780 Thanks. 1600 01:55:45,860 --> 01:55:47,990 You know, Churchill once said to me, 1601 01:55:48,070 --> 01:55:50,490 "If you want your own history written properly, 1602 01:55:50,570 --> 01:55:52,570 you better write it yourself." 1603 01:55:52,660 --> 01:55:54,790 The only thing is, Edgar, 1604 01:55:54,870 --> 01:55:57,250 I don't want this to come back and haunt me. 1605 01:55:57,330 --> 01:56:00,210 It won't, as long as I'm here. 1606 01:56:00,870 --> 01:56:02,380 Good. 1607 01:56:09,090 --> 01:56:10,680 This way. 1608 01:56:16,100 --> 01:56:17,810 What's wrong? 1609 01:56:18,810 --> 01:56:21,270 We're just not going to buckle to these people. 1610 01:56:21,350 --> 01:56:23,440 No more war! 1611 01:56:30,280 --> 01:56:32,450 - It's beautiful. - OK. 1612 01:56:37,290 --> 01:56:38,540 Yes, thank you. 1613 01:56:48,130 --> 01:56:50,970 Princess, may I? 1614 01:56:52,300 --> 01:56:53,800 Thank you. 1615 01:57:06,820 --> 01:57:10,400 I'm very proud of you today, Princess. Very. 1616 01:57:10,490 --> 01:57:11,820 Thank you, Daddy. 1617 01:57:27,960 --> 01:57:29,340 Yeah? 1618 01:57:29,420 --> 01:57:33,430 Some very secret essays on Vietnam have been leaked to The New York Times. 1619 01:57:33,510 --> 01:57:35,760 I know, I know. Not now, Chuck. 1620 01:57:42,020 --> 01:57:44,440 - The New York Times. - Get Ron over here. 1621 01:57:48,860 --> 01:57:51,530 It's the happiest day of my life. 1622 01:57:57,370 --> 01:58:01,160 The New York Times began publishing the first in a series 1623 01:58:01,240 --> 01:58:06,790 of 47 volumes of top-secret Pentagon tapes relating to the war in Vietnam. 1624 01:58:06,880 --> 01:58:10,250 The papers, leaked by defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg, 1625 01:58:10,340 --> 01:58:15,130 reveal a pattern of government lies and American involvement in the war. 1626 01:58:15,220 --> 01:58:18,300 Mr. President, we are in a revolutionary situation. 1627 01:58:18,390 --> 01:58:22,060 We are under siege. The Black Panthers, the Weathermen. 1628 01:58:22,140 --> 01:58:25,270 The State Department under Rogers is leaking like a sieve. 1629 01:58:25,350 --> 01:58:28,810 And now this little, insignificant little shit, Ellsberg, 1630 01:58:28,900 --> 01:58:31,730 publishing all the diplomatic secrets of this country 1631 01:58:31,820 --> 01:58:34,780 is destroying our ability to conduct foreign policy. 1632 01:58:34,860 --> 01:58:37,610 I wonder if people here wouldn't think ten years in prison 1633 01:58:37,700 --> 01:58:40,240 was cheap if they could contribute to ending this war. 1634 01:58:40,330 --> 01:58:45,870 The man has become a drug fiend. He shot people from helicopters in Vietnam. 1635 01:58:45,960 --> 01:58:49,750 He's had sexual relations with his wife in front of their children. 1636 01:58:49,840 --> 01:58:53,260 He sees a shrink in LA. The man's all fucked up. 1637 01:58:53,340 --> 01:58:56,090 And now he's trying to look good for the liberals. 1638 01:58:56,170 --> 01:58:59,180 And if he gets away with it, everybody will follow his lead. 1639 01:58:59,260 --> 01:59:03,100 - This man must be stopped at all costs. - I'm as frustrated as you are, Henry, 1640 01:59:03,180 --> 01:59:06,770 but don't you think this is a Democrat problem? They started the war. 1641 01:59:06,850 --> 01:59:10,900 - It makes them look bad. - But, Mr. President, the Russians, 1642 01:59:10,980 --> 01:59:13,900 the Vietnamese... it makes you look like a weakling! 1643 01:59:13,980 --> 01:59:17,360 Goddamn it. How long have we had this jackass dog? Two years? 1644 01:59:17,450 --> 01:59:20,700 Still doesn't come. We need a dog that looks happy when the press is here. 1645 01:59:20,780 --> 01:59:23,370 - He's photogenic. Try new biscuits. - Ah, fuck it. 1646 01:59:23,450 --> 01:59:26,000 He doesn't like me, John. It's your fault, Henry. 1647 01:59:26,080 --> 01:59:29,790 - I beg your pardon? - It's your people talking to the press. 1648 01:59:29,880 --> 01:59:33,250 This Ellsberg, wasn't he a student of yours at Harvard? 1649 01:59:33,340 --> 01:59:36,550 I mean, he's your idea, Henry. So why are you running for cover? 1650 01:59:36,630 --> 01:59:38,720 Yes, we taught a class together at Harvard, 1651 01:59:38,800 --> 01:59:42,010 but you know these back-stabbing Ivy League intellectuals. 1652 01:59:42,100 --> 01:59:45,930 - No, I don't, Henry. - Prosecute The New York Times. 1653 01:59:46,020 --> 01:59:49,140 - Go for injunction. - Yeah, but it's not, bottom line, 1654 01:59:49,230 --> 01:59:51,150 gonna change a goddamn thing, John. 1655 01:59:51,230 --> 01:59:54,940 The... question is how do we screw Ellsberg so bad, 1656 01:59:55,030 --> 01:59:57,400 it puts the fear of God into all leakers? 1657 01:59:57,490 --> 02:00:00,820 The other issue is how the hell we stop these leaks once and for all? 1658 02:00:00,910 --> 02:00:04,700 Now, someone is talking to the press. We gotta stop these leaks at any cost. 1659 02:00:04,780 --> 02:00:07,250 You hear me? Then we can go for the big pick: 1660 02:00:07,330 --> 02:00:09,330 - China, Russia. - Sir, if I might? 1661 02:00:09,410 --> 02:00:12,920 - Go, Chuck. - We can do this ourselves. 1662 02:00:13,000 --> 02:00:15,500 The CIA and the FBI aren't doing the job. 1663 02:00:15,590 --> 02:00:20,130 Now, we can create our own intelligence unit right here inside the White House. 1664 02:00:23,140 --> 02:00:27,640 - Well, why not? - Our own intelligence plugs the leaks? 1665 02:00:27,720 --> 02:00:31,270 - Yeah. Like plumbers. - Plumbers. 1666 02:00:34,860 --> 02:00:37,190 I like it. I like the idea. 1667 02:00:38,190 --> 02:00:41,490 Yeah, but is it legal? Has it ever been done before? 1668 02:00:42,610 --> 02:00:44,200 Oh, sure. 1669 02:00:44,280 --> 02:00:47,830 Lyndon, JFK, FDR. 1670 02:00:49,080 --> 02:00:53,540 I mean, Truman cut the shit out of my investigation of the Hiss case in '48. 1671 02:00:53,630 --> 02:00:56,460 - What he did was illegal. - With this kind of thing, 1672 02:00:56,540 --> 02:01:00,340 you got to be brutal. A leak happens, the whole damn place should be fired. 1673 02:01:00,420 --> 02:01:03,800 Really, I mean, you do it like the Germans in World War II. 1674 02:01:03,890 --> 02:01:06,810 They went through these towns, and a sniper hit one of 'em, 1675 02:01:06,890 --> 02:01:09,220 they'd line the whole goddamn town up and say, 1676 02:01:09,310 --> 02:01:11,480 "Until you talk, you're all getting shot." 1677 02:01:11,560 --> 02:01:14,020 Really, I think that's what has to be done. 1678 02:01:14,100 --> 02:01:16,980 I don't think you can be Mr. Nice Guy anymore. 1679 02:01:17,070 --> 02:01:20,360 You just whisper the word to me, and I'll shoot Ellsberg myself. 1680 02:01:20,440 --> 02:01:24,990 - We're not Germans. - Yeah. Ellsberg's not the issue. 1681 02:01:25,070 --> 02:01:28,330 The Pentagon Papers aren't the issue. 1682 02:01:28,410 --> 02:01:31,370 It's the lie. 1683 02:01:31,450 --> 02:01:34,670 - Mr. Hiss is lying. - Yeah. 1684 02:01:35,790 --> 02:01:37,590 Remember, John, back in '48? 1685 02:01:37,670 --> 02:01:40,510 Nobody believed Alger Hiss was a communist except me. 1686 02:01:40,590 --> 02:01:43,760 They loved Hiss like they love this Ellsberg character. 1687 02:01:43,840 --> 02:01:46,590 He was their kind: Ivy League establishment. 1688 02:01:46,680 --> 02:01:50,430 - l am not, and never have been... - Mr. Hiss is lying. 1689 02:01:50,520 --> 02:01:53,690 - Mr. Hiss? - I was dirt to them, nothing. 1690 02:01:53,770 --> 02:01:57,610 - And Dick kicked the shit out of 'em. - I wouldn't have if Hiss hadn't lied 1691 02:01:57,690 --> 02:02:01,150 about knowing Chambers. The documents were old and out of date, 1692 02:02:01,230 --> 02:02:03,780 just like these Pentagon Papers. 1693 02:02:03,860 --> 02:02:07,030 The key thing we proved was that Hiss was a liar. 1694 02:02:07,120 --> 02:02:09,870 Then people bought that he was a spy. 1695 02:02:09,950 --> 02:02:11,750 It's the lie that gets you. 1696 02:02:13,290 --> 02:02:15,870 All right, Henry, we're gonna go your way. 1697 02:02:15,960 --> 02:02:18,210 Crush this Ellsberg same way we did Hiss. 1698 02:02:18,290 --> 02:02:20,130 There is no other choice, Mr. President. 1699 02:02:20,210 --> 02:02:23,760 We'll hit him so hard, he'll look like everything that's sick and evil 1700 02:02:23,840 --> 02:02:26,760 about the eastern establishment. You and your plumbers, 1701 02:02:26,840 --> 02:02:28,430 you get all the dirt on this guy. 1702 02:02:28,510 --> 02:02:31,220 See him going to the bathroom in front of the public. 1703 02:02:31,310 --> 02:02:33,810 And when we finish with him, they'll crucify him. 1704 02:02:33,890 --> 02:02:35,810 Then we'll get our second term. 1705 02:02:51,240 --> 02:02:53,330 The claws are out, Frank. 1706 02:02:54,870 --> 02:02:57,750 - You seen the guys? - They're around. 1707 02:02:57,830 --> 02:02:59,830 Why? You got a customer? 1708 02:03:02,300 --> 02:03:06,010 - The White House. - You're fuckin' me. 1709 02:03:06,090 --> 02:03:09,300 We're gonna be plumbers, Frank. We're gonna plug leaks. 1710 02:03:10,300 --> 02:03:13,470 - Who are we workin' for? - A guy named Gordon Liddy. 1711 02:03:13,560 --> 02:03:16,770 He thinks he's Martin Bormann. He wants to meet you. 1712 02:03:18,520 --> 02:03:22,980 - Gordon Liddy, Frank Sturgis. - Hey, Frank. 1713 02:03:28,490 --> 02:03:32,240 Did you see the look on Hoover's face? He's redder than a beet. 1714 02:03:32,330 --> 02:03:34,490 That little closet fairy's got no choice. 1715 02:03:34,580 --> 02:03:37,620 He hates McGovern and Kennedy so much, he's gotta love me. 1716 02:03:37,710 --> 02:03:41,290 - And Lyndon? - He looked old, didn't he? 1717 02:03:41,380 --> 02:03:44,800 - Have you talked to Lyndon? - I asked, "Lyndon, what would you do 1718 02:03:44,880 --> 02:03:48,970 on a scale of one to ten?" He said, "Bomb the shit out of Hanoi, boy. 1719 02:03:49,050 --> 02:03:51,140 Bomb them where they live." 1720 02:03:51,220 --> 02:03:56,180 Yeah. Bob, tell Trini I'll be in Key Biscayne at 4:00. 1721 02:03:56,270 --> 02:03:58,730 - With Pat? - No, alone. 1722 02:03:58,810 --> 02:04:01,310 Pat's staying here with Mrs. Eisenhower. 1723 02:04:01,400 --> 02:04:03,570 - Yes, sir. - Good. 1724 02:04:05,730 --> 02:04:08,820 Hi, Buddy. What are you doing here? 1725 02:04:08,900 --> 02:04:10,360 I missed you. 1726 02:04:11,990 --> 02:04:14,660 Why don't we go down to Key Biscayne together? 1727 02:04:14,740 --> 02:04:17,950 Because I have to relax. 1728 02:04:21,710 --> 02:04:26,500 You know, I was just thinking tonight. 1729 02:04:26,590 --> 02:04:31,550 Remember when you used to drive me on dates with other boys? 1730 02:04:31,630 --> 02:04:35,310 - Yeah. - Didn't let me out of your sight. 1731 02:04:36,260 --> 02:04:38,850 Yeah. Sure. 1732 02:04:40,600 --> 02:04:42,600 It was a long time ago. 1733 02:04:44,400 --> 02:04:47,610 Yes, it's been a long time. 1734 02:04:52,990 --> 02:04:54,780 Now, look, Buddy. 1735 02:04:57,080 --> 02:04:59,080 I don't need that. 1736 02:05:05,000 --> 02:05:07,340 I'm not Jack Kennedy. 1737 02:05:11,010 --> 02:05:13,890 No, you're not. 1738 02:05:13,970 --> 02:05:18,970 So stop comparing yourself to him. You have no reason to. 1739 02:05:20,480 --> 02:05:25,810 You have everything you ever wanted. You earned it. 1740 02:05:25,900 --> 02:05:31,150 - Why can't you just enjoy it? - I do. 1741 02:05:31,240 --> 02:05:36,950 - I do in my own way. - Then what are you scared of, honey? 1742 02:05:37,030 --> 02:05:42,330 I'm not scared, Buddy. You don't understand. 1743 02:05:45,500 --> 02:05:48,500 They're playing for keeps, Buddy. 1744 02:05:48,590 --> 02:05:51,970 You know, the press, the kids, the liberals out there. 1745 02:05:52,050 --> 02:05:55,010 They're out there trying to figure out how to tear me down. 1746 02:05:55,090 --> 02:05:58,430 - They're all your enemies? - Yes. 1747 02:05:58,510 --> 02:06:03,640 - You, personally? - Yes! 1748 02:06:04,770 --> 02:06:10,190 Listen, this is about me. Why can't you understand that? 1749 02:06:10,280 --> 02:06:12,360 I mean, you of all people. 1750 02:06:13,530 --> 02:06:16,740 It's not the war. It's Nixon! 1751 02:06:18,200 --> 02:06:21,330 It's not Vietnam, it's Nixon. They want to destroy Nixon. 1752 02:06:21,410 --> 02:06:25,960 If I expose myself just the slightest bit, they'll tear my insides out. 1753 02:06:26,040 --> 02:06:29,790 You want that? You know? You want to see that, Buddy? 1754 02:06:29,880 --> 02:06:31,420 It's not pretty! 1755 02:06:32,960 --> 02:06:35,590 Sometimes I think that's what you want, Dick. 1756 02:06:35,680 --> 02:06:37,890 What the hell are you saying? 1757 02:06:39,510 --> 02:06:41,140 Are you drunk? 1758 02:06:42,640 --> 02:06:45,100 Jesus, you sound just like them now. 1759 02:06:47,230 --> 02:06:49,690 I gotta keep fighting, Buddy, for the country. 1760 02:06:49,770 --> 02:06:53,150 These people running things, the elite! 1761 02:06:53,230 --> 02:06:56,240 They're just soft, chicken-shit faggots. 1762 02:06:57,740 --> 02:07:00,120 They don't have the long-term vision anymore. 1763 02:07:00,200 --> 02:07:04,040 They just want to cover their ass and meet girls and tear each other down. 1764 02:07:04,120 --> 02:07:07,920 Oh, God, this country's in deep, deep, deep trouble, Buddy. 1765 02:07:08,000 --> 02:07:10,500 I have to see this through, you know. 1766 02:07:10,590 --> 02:07:13,340 Mother would have expected no less of me. 1767 02:07:16,220 --> 02:07:18,130 I'm sorry, Buddy. 1768 02:07:20,890 --> 02:07:24,020 I just wish you knew how much I love you, that's all. 1769 02:07:24,100 --> 02:07:29,270 It took me a long time to fall in love with you, Dick, but I did. 1770 02:07:30,150 --> 02:07:32,860 And it doesn't make you happy. 1771 02:07:32,940 --> 02:07:35,610 - You want them to love you. - No, I don't. 1772 02:07:35,690 --> 02:07:38,530 - I'm not Jack Kennedy. - They never will, Dick. 1773 02:07:38,610 --> 02:07:43,370 No matter how many elections you win, they never will. 1774 02:08:08,600 --> 02:08:10,560 Gentlemen, the president. 1775 02:08:20,860 --> 02:08:24,580 Gentlemen, this is our last damn leak. 1776 02:08:24,660 --> 02:08:27,250 It's no way to run a goddamn government. 1777 02:08:28,750 --> 02:08:32,080 We're gonna prosecute Ellsberg and anyone else who wants to leak 1778 02:08:32,170 --> 02:08:36,340 and that means anyone here who crosses the line, I'm going after. 1779 02:08:36,420 --> 02:08:40,220 OK? The permissiveness of this year is over. 1780 02:08:40,300 --> 02:08:43,760 The belts are coming off and people are gonna go to the woodshed. 1781 02:08:43,850 --> 02:08:48,140 'Cause the government cannot survive with a counter-government inside it. 1782 02:08:48,220 --> 02:08:51,600 I know how traitors operate. I've dealt with them all my life. 1783 02:08:51,690 --> 02:08:53,600 I've worked with these cases. 1784 02:08:53,690 --> 02:08:56,570 It's never little people. The little people do not leak. 1785 02:08:56,650 --> 02:09:00,110 It's always some smooth son of a bitch like Ellsberg. 1786 02:09:00,190 --> 02:09:05,120 The Harvard Hebrew boys who leak. 1787 02:09:05,200 --> 02:09:09,830 I hear people say, "But Ellsberg did it for the good of the country. 1788 02:09:09,910 --> 02:09:12,370 People's right to know." 1789 02:09:13,370 --> 02:09:17,880 Well, that's in every case. Alger Hiss said the same thing. 1790 02:09:17,960 --> 02:09:20,590 So did the Rosenbergs. Look what happened to them. 1791 02:09:20,670 --> 02:09:23,220 Old Sparky got 'em. 1792 02:09:23,300 --> 02:09:25,600 They always underestimated old Nixon, see. 1793 02:09:25,680 --> 02:09:29,180 We're gonna fight just as dirty. This is sudden death, gentlemen. 1794 02:09:29,270 --> 02:09:31,180 We're gonna get 'em on the ground, 1795 02:09:31,270 --> 02:09:34,520 stick in our spikes and twist and show them no mercy. 1796 02:09:34,600 --> 02:09:39,280 So, uh, starting today, no one in this room talks to the press 1797 02:09:39,360 --> 02:09:43,610 without checking with Mr. Haldeman here. 1798 02:09:43,700 --> 02:09:47,990 That means we're on complete freeze on The New York Times, CBS, 1799 02:09:48,080 --> 02:09:51,910 PBS, Jack Anderson and The Washington Post. 1800 02:09:52,000 --> 02:09:55,750 Mr. Haldeman is the chief high executioner from now on. 1801 02:09:55,830 --> 02:10:00,170 Don't come whining to me when he tells you to do something. That's me talking. 1802 02:10:00,250 --> 02:10:03,630 If you do come to me, I'm tougher than he is. 1803 02:10:03,720 --> 02:10:07,430 Anyone who screws with us, his fucking head comes off. 1804 02:10:07,510 --> 02:10:08,850 You got that? 1805 02:10:12,850 --> 02:10:15,310 Well, thank you very much, gentlemen. 1806 02:10:15,390 --> 02:10:17,400 Good day to you. 1807 02:10:23,950 --> 02:10:28,700 History will never be the same. 1808 02:10:28,780 --> 02:10:31,700 We've taken a step into the future. 1809 02:10:31,790 --> 02:10:33,660 We have changed the world. 1810 02:10:33,750 --> 02:10:36,920 - Five, ten. - What else you got? 1811 02:11:02,480 --> 02:11:05,740 I must say, you look very good, Mr. Chairman. 1812 02:11:08,280 --> 02:11:10,910 Looks can be deceiving. 1813 02:11:10,990 --> 02:11:14,830 We know what risks you've taken in inviting us here. 1814 02:11:14,910 --> 02:11:16,750 I took no risk. 1815 02:11:16,830 --> 02:11:20,790 I am too old to be afraid of what anyone thinks. 1816 02:11:28,590 --> 02:11:31,930 Don't ever trust them. They never tell the truth 1817 02:11:32,010 --> 02:11:34,640 or honor their commitments. 1818 02:11:34,720 --> 02:11:38,100 Vietnamese are like Russians. 1819 02:11:38,190 --> 02:11:39,850 Both are dogs. 1820 02:11:39,940 --> 02:11:42,980 Mr. Chairman, there's an old saying in my country: 1821 02:11:43,070 --> 02:11:46,570 The enemy of my enemy is my friend. 1822 02:11:48,200 --> 02:11:51,620 That has the added virtue of being true. 1823 02:11:51,700 --> 02:11:54,790 Your writings have changed the world, Mr. Chairman. 1824 02:11:58,620 --> 02:12:03,880 Bullshit. My writings mean absolutely nothing. 1825 02:12:06,630 --> 02:12:11,340 - I want to know your secret. - My secret, Mr. Chairman? 1826 02:12:17,980 --> 02:12:20,690 How a fat man gets so many girls. 1827 02:12:24,520 --> 02:12:29,320 Power, Mr. Chairman, is the ultimate aphrodisiac. 1828 02:12:35,240 --> 02:12:39,660 You know, I voted for you in your last election. 1829 02:12:39,750 --> 02:12:41,920 I was the, uh, lesser of two evils. 1830 02:12:43,540 --> 02:12:46,250 You are too modest, Mr. Nixon. 1831 02:12:47,760 --> 02:12:50,550 You are as evil as I am. 1832 02:12:51,430 --> 02:12:54,010 We are the new emperors. 1833 02:12:55,350 --> 02:13:00,770 We are both from poor families and others pay to feed the hunger in us. 1834 02:13:01,690 --> 02:13:04,690 In my case, millions of reactionaries. 1835 02:13:04,770 --> 02:13:08,610 In your case, millions of Vietnamese. 1836 02:13:08,690 --> 02:13:11,530 Civil war is always the cruelest kind of war, 1837 02:13:11,610 --> 02:13:14,370 but our two nations were forged by revolution. 1838 02:13:14,450 --> 02:13:16,280 The United States, China. 1839 02:13:16,370 --> 02:13:20,750 Peace? Is peace all you're interested in? 1840 02:13:20,830 --> 02:13:23,420 The real war is in us. 1841 02:13:28,380 --> 02:13:32,130 History is a symptom of our disease. 1842 02:13:37,140 --> 02:13:39,890 In a surprise Christmas bombing of Hanoi, 1843 02:13:39,970 --> 02:13:42,310 President Nixon delivered more tonnage 1844 02:13:42,390 --> 02:13:45,400 than was used at Dresden in World War II. 1845 02:13:45,480 --> 02:13:49,690 It is without doubt the most brutal bombing in American history. 1846 02:13:49,780 --> 02:13:53,240 Newspapers are calling it a Stone Age tactic 1847 02:13:53,320 --> 02:13:56,990 and Nixon a maddened tyrant. Nixon's response: 1848 02:13:57,070 --> 02:14:01,950 "When the Vietnamese take the Paris peace talks seriously, I'll stop." 1849 02:14:16,890 --> 02:14:18,890 A penny for your thoughts. 1850 02:14:21,850 --> 02:14:24,020 Just think of the... 1851 02:14:24,100 --> 02:14:25,850 Think of the life Mao's led. 1852 02:14:27,270 --> 02:14:30,650 In '52, I... I called him a monster. 1853 02:14:31,690 --> 02:14:35,490 Now he could be our most important ally. 1854 02:14:35,570 --> 02:14:38,910 Only Nixon could've done that. 1855 02:14:38,990 --> 02:14:41,160 You're a long way from Whittier. 1856 02:14:42,120 --> 02:14:45,790 Yep. Yes, I am. 1857 02:14:47,920 --> 02:14:49,960 Congratulations, Dick. 1858 02:14:50,040 --> 02:14:52,050 - Mr. Ziegler. - Mr. President, 1859 02:14:52,130 --> 02:14:54,630 the press guys asked if you could come back. 1860 02:14:54,720 --> 02:14:57,640 - The hell with them. - I'll go back, Mr. President. 1861 02:14:57,720 --> 02:15:00,930 No, they want you, Mr. President. I, uh... 1862 02:15:01,010 --> 02:15:03,220 I think it would be a good move. 1863 02:15:07,810 --> 02:15:09,310 - Who's back there? - Everybody. 1864 02:15:09,400 --> 02:15:11,270 OK. 1865 02:15:13,280 --> 02:15:16,150 Gentlemen, I go now to discover the exact length, 1866 02:15:16,240 --> 02:15:17,950 width and depth of the shaft. 1867 02:15:26,580 --> 02:15:29,040 Ladies and gentlemen, the president. 1868 02:15:29,120 --> 02:15:31,250 - Hi. - Hi. 1869 02:15:31,340 --> 02:15:33,670 - Mr. President... - Congratulations, sir. 1870 02:15:33,750 --> 02:15:36,170 - Well done! - Thank you, sir! 1871 02:15:57,400 --> 02:16:00,660 Well, it looks to me 1872 02:16:00,740 --> 02:16:04,990 like we're gonna lose a war for the first goddamn time. 1873 02:16:05,080 --> 02:16:08,460 - Yep. - You're goin' right along with it, 1874 02:16:08,540 --> 02:16:11,330 buyin' into this Kissinger bullshit, 1875 02:16:11,420 --> 02:16:15,750 this... detente with Communists. 1876 02:16:15,840 --> 02:16:18,970 Detente. Sounds like a couple of fags dancin'. 1877 02:16:23,890 --> 02:16:27,600 Jack, we're not living in the same country you and I knew in '46. 1878 02:16:27,680 --> 02:16:31,150 Our people are just not gonna sacrifice in major numbers for war. 1879 02:16:31,230 --> 02:16:34,360 Can't even get 'em to accept cuts in their gas tax. 1880 02:16:34,440 --> 02:16:38,280 Now, the Arabs and the Japanese are draining the gold reserves... 1881 02:16:38,360 --> 02:16:39,400 Whose fault is that? 1882 02:16:39,490 --> 02:16:42,910 If we'd won in Vietnam, we wouldn't be having this conversation. 1883 02:16:42,990 --> 02:16:46,490 Nobody's fault, Jack. It's, uh, change. It's a fact of history. 1884 02:16:46,580 --> 02:16:49,710 Even that old cocksucker J. Edgar Hoover's dead. 1885 02:16:49,790 --> 02:16:52,040 Now who'd have thought that possible? 1886 02:16:53,830 --> 02:16:56,500 How's the food over there in China, Mr. Nixon? 1887 02:16:56,590 --> 02:16:59,010 It's delicious, if you're president. 1888 02:17:01,050 --> 02:17:04,600 So, what are you gonna do about that Allende fella 1889 02:17:04,680 --> 02:17:09,180 nationalizing our businesses in Chile? You gonna send Kissinger down there? 1890 02:17:09,270 --> 02:17:13,650 We're gonna get rid of him, Allende, I mean, just as fast as we can. 1891 02:17:13,730 --> 02:17:17,270 - He's at the top of the list. - How about Kissinger along with him? 1892 02:17:18,400 --> 02:17:20,240 Now, Kissinger's misunderstood. 1893 02:17:20,320 --> 02:17:23,030 He acts like a liberal for his establishment friends, 1894 02:17:23,110 --> 02:17:26,620 - but he's even tougher than I am. - So Kissinger stays. 1895 02:17:26,700 --> 02:17:29,290 Just like Castro, Mr. Nixon. 1896 02:17:30,870 --> 02:17:33,500 Yeah. He stays. 1897 02:17:34,960 --> 02:17:37,800 And you are comfortable with that decision? 1898 02:17:40,920 --> 02:17:42,380 Desi's got a point. 1899 02:17:42,470 --> 02:17:47,640 What the hell are we gonna do about the Communists in our own backyard? 1900 02:17:47,720 --> 02:17:49,890 What do you really mean, Jack? 1901 02:17:49,970 --> 02:17:53,310 I mean, I got federal price controls on my oil. 1902 02:17:53,390 --> 02:17:57,310 And the rag heads are beatin' the shit out of me, Dick. 1903 02:17:57,400 --> 02:18:01,240 And your EPA environmental agency has got its thumb so far up my ass, 1904 02:18:01,320 --> 02:18:04,360 - it's scratchin' my ear! - I think it's time for us to be... 1905 02:18:04,450 --> 02:18:07,450 - Let him finish, Bob. - I got a federal judge orderin' me 1906 02:18:07,530 --> 02:18:12,250 to bus my grandkids halfway across this town to go to school with nigger kids. 1907 02:18:13,580 --> 02:18:17,380 Now, Dick, Mr. President, 1908 02:18:17,460 --> 02:18:20,300 aren't you forgetting who put you where you are? 1909 02:18:21,550 --> 02:18:25,470 The American people put me where I am, Jack. 1910 02:18:25,550 --> 02:18:27,590 Really? 1911 02:18:27,680 --> 02:18:31,810 - Well, that can be changed. - In a heartbeat. 1912 02:18:41,030 --> 02:18:44,820 Jack, I've learned politics is the art of compromise. 1913 02:18:44,900 --> 02:18:48,530 I learned it the hard way. I don't know if you have. 1914 02:18:48,620 --> 02:18:50,490 Well, let me tell you this, Jack. 1915 02:18:50,580 --> 02:18:53,290 If you don't like it, there's an election in November 1916 02:18:53,370 --> 02:18:56,960 and you can take your money out in the open and give it to Wallace. 1917 02:18:57,040 --> 02:19:00,920 How about it, Jack? Willing to do that? 1918 02:19:01,000 --> 02:19:06,260 Hand this country over to some pansy poet socialist like George McGovern? 1919 02:19:08,140 --> 02:19:11,640 'Cause if you're not happy with the EPA up your ass, 1920 02:19:11,720 --> 02:19:14,270 try the IRS. 1921 02:19:15,600 --> 02:19:17,900 Goddamn, Dick. 1922 02:19:17,980 --> 02:19:23,400 - You're not threatening me, are ya? - Presidents don't threaten, Jack. 1923 02:19:23,480 --> 02:19:25,530 They don't have to. 1924 02:19:28,320 --> 02:19:30,490 Good day to you, gentlemen. Thank you. 1925 02:19:55,600 --> 02:19:58,890 With third party candidate George Wallace out of the race, 1926 02:19:58,980 --> 02:20:00,850 paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, 1927 02:20:00,940 --> 02:20:03,570 Richard Nixon has crushed George McGovern 1928 02:20:03,650 --> 02:20:06,690 in the 1972 presidential election. 1929 02:20:06,780 --> 02:20:11,570 It is the second-biggest landslide in American history. 1930 02:20:11,660 --> 02:20:13,280 As the new term begins, 1931 02:20:13,370 --> 02:20:16,790 it does not seem the Watergate investigations have damaged Nixon 1932 02:20:16,870 --> 02:20:20,170 politically in any significant way. 1933 02:20:21,670 --> 02:20:24,710 Probably our biggest achievement as an administration, 1934 02:20:24,800 --> 02:20:27,970 when it's all said and done, isn't China or Russia. 1935 02:20:28,050 --> 02:20:31,720 It's pulling out of Vietnam without a right-wing revolt. 1936 02:20:31,800 --> 02:20:36,270 - I believe you're right. - The presidency isn't enough anymore. 1937 02:20:37,890 --> 02:20:42,190 - Sir? - The presidency by itself 1938 02:20:42,270 --> 02:20:46,730 won't protect us, Bob. We're beyond politics now. 1939 02:20:50,950 --> 02:20:54,490 - Mr. Ehrlichman. - Yeah. 1940 02:20:55,530 --> 02:20:59,750 Sir, just in from Paris. The Vietnamese have accepted Henry's peace proposal. 1941 02:20:59,830 --> 02:21:02,170 - Good. - The bombing worked. They're caving. 1942 02:21:02,250 --> 02:21:04,000 Congratulations! 1943 02:21:04,080 --> 02:21:08,210 That mad bomber theory wasn't so crazy after all. 1944 02:21:08,300 --> 02:21:10,010 Henry is coming back to join us. 1945 02:21:10,090 --> 02:21:13,180 He wants to be included in the photographs, of course. 1946 02:21:13,260 --> 02:21:15,890 - There's a surprise. - This could be it. 1947 02:21:15,970 --> 02:21:18,850 This could be it. Four long years. Jeez. 1948 02:21:18,930 --> 02:21:22,810 Incidentally, I don't know if this is the right time, but you should know. 1949 02:21:22,900 --> 02:21:27,070 Bill Sullivan at the FBI got back to us with his report on Kissinger. 1950 02:21:28,780 --> 02:21:31,740 - I didn't wanna bring it up because... - Go on. 1951 02:21:32,740 --> 02:21:37,620 Well, Sullivan, uh, thinks he's the one. Henry's the leaker. 1952 02:21:46,750 --> 02:21:48,340 Yeah, I knew it. 1953 02:21:48,420 --> 02:21:51,010 I knew it from '69 on and I said it all along. 1954 02:21:51,090 --> 02:21:53,630 - I remember. - I didn't, Bob. 1955 02:21:54,970 --> 02:21:58,310 Looks like he talked to Joe Kraft and The Times. 1956 02:21:59,310 --> 02:22:01,810 Claims that he was dead set against the bombing, 1957 02:22:01,890 --> 02:22:05,900 that you were unstable and that, uh, he has to handle you with kid gloves. 1958 02:22:05,980 --> 02:22:08,230 That explains his press notices. 1959 02:22:08,320 --> 02:22:10,690 Working both sides of the fence. Jew-boy Henry. 1960 02:22:12,490 --> 02:22:14,280 My God. 1961 02:22:14,360 --> 02:22:17,030 - He talked to The New York Times? - Yes, he did. 1962 02:22:17,120 --> 02:22:20,160 We ought a fire his whining ass right now, when he's on top. 1963 02:22:20,240 --> 02:22:23,910 You know what? It'd set the right example for the this administration. 1964 02:22:24,000 --> 02:22:27,330 I would personally volunteer for that assignment right now. 1965 02:22:34,340 --> 02:22:37,010 No. No. 1966 02:22:37,090 --> 02:22:40,850 He's our only star right now. He'd go crying to the press. 1967 02:22:40,930 --> 02:22:43,850 He'd crucify us. 1968 02:22:43,930 --> 02:22:46,060 Son of a bitch. 1969 02:22:46,140 --> 02:22:47,980 Get someone on our staff on his ass. 1970 02:22:48,060 --> 02:22:50,610 Tap his phones. I wanna know everyone he talks to. 1971 02:22:50,690 --> 02:22:53,650 Let's see how long the Kissinger mystique lasts. 1972 02:22:53,740 --> 02:22:56,950 So, John, what about these Watergate clowns? 1973 02:22:57,030 --> 02:23:00,780 This, uh, Sirica's crazy. Thirty-five year sentence. 1974 02:23:00,870 --> 02:23:04,580 No weapons, right? No injuries. 1975 02:23:04,660 --> 02:23:06,960 There's no success. It's just ridiculous. 1976 02:23:07,040 --> 02:23:10,630 Sirica's just trying to force someone to testify, but they're solid. 1977 02:23:10,710 --> 02:23:14,970 What about this Washington Post crap? Woodwind and Fernstein. 1978 02:23:15,050 --> 02:23:17,880 - Bernstein, sir. - Who the fuck are they, anyway? 1979 02:23:17,970 --> 02:23:20,890 Bob, you working on revoking their television license? 1980 02:23:20,970 --> 02:23:22,350 - Yes, sir, I am. - Good. 1981 02:23:22,430 --> 02:23:25,810 Well, they're trying to connect Bob and John with the secret fund. 1982 02:23:25,890 --> 02:23:28,900 - But they don't have much. - They don't have anything. 1983 02:23:30,520 --> 02:23:32,690 The F.B.I.'s feeding me their reports. 1984 02:23:32,770 --> 02:23:35,900 I didn't think you should lose any more sleep over it, sir. 1985 02:23:35,990 --> 02:23:38,570 Good man, John, good man. 1986 02:23:50,750 --> 02:23:56,010 I can therefore announce that our long and tragic involvement in Vietnam... 1987 02:23:56,090 --> 02:24:00,090 ...is at an end. Our mission is accomplished. 1988 02:24:01,800 --> 02:24:04,810 We have a cease-fire... 1989 02:24:04,890 --> 02:24:08,520 ...and our prisoners of war are coming back home. 1990 02:24:08,600 --> 02:24:13,940 South Vietnam has the right to determine its own future. 1991 02:24:14,020 --> 02:24:17,150 So, we have peace with honor. 1992 02:24:22,780 --> 02:24:25,370 The president will take some of your questions now. 1993 02:24:25,450 --> 02:24:27,450 - Mr. President! - Dan. 1994 02:24:27,540 --> 02:24:29,500 Isn't it true little has been achieved 1995 02:24:29,580 --> 02:24:32,380 that the Communists have not been offering since 1969, 1996 02:24:32,460 --> 02:24:35,960 that in fact your administration has needlessly prolonged the war 1997 02:24:36,050 --> 02:24:38,300 and escalated it to new levels of violence? 1998 02:24:38,380 --> 02:24:43,720 I will, uh... try to answer that question in some detail. 1999 02:24:43,800 --> 02:24:45,310 Mr. President! 2000 02:24:45,390 --> 02:24:47,970 What is your reaction to James McCord's statement 2001 02:24:48,060 --> 02:24:50,140 that high-level White House officials 2002 02:24:50,230 --> 02:24:52,400 were involved in the Watergate break-in? 2003 02:24:52,480 --> 02:24:55,650 That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 2004 02:24:55,730 --> 02:24:59,150 The Washington Post is reporting that Mr. Haldeman and Ehrlichman 2005 02:24:59,240 --> 02:25:01,990 secretly dispersed up to $900,000 in campaign funds. 2006 02:25:02,070 --> 02:25:03,570 Is there any truth to that? 2007 02:25:03,660 --> 02:25:05,830 Now, let me make this perfectly clear. 2008 02:25:05,910 --> 02:25:09,330 I will not respond to the charges of The Washington Post. 2009 02:25:09,410 --> 02:25:13,420 Nor will I comment on a matter that is currently before the courts. 2010 02:25:13,500 --> 02:25:16,210 - Mr. President! - Sir! 2011 02:25:16,290 --> 02:25:19,590 Sir, do you intend to cooperate with Senator Ervin's committee? 2012 02:25:19,670 --> 02:25:22,760 Will you agree to the appointment of a special prosecutor? 2013 02:25:22,840 --> 02:25:25,550 - Mr. President, sir! - Mr. President! 2014 02:25:28,680 --> 02:25:30,890 - Thank you. - Mr. President! 2015 02:25:36,440 --> 02:25:38,230 Mr. President, sir... 2016 02:25:38,320 --> 02:25:40,530 Ron, get in there and do something! 2017 02:25:45,530 --> 02:25:47,620 I end the longest war in American history 2018 02:25:47,700 --> 02:25:51,790 and they keep harping on this chicken-shit! God! 2019 02:25:51,870 --> 02:25:53,460 God! 2020 02:25:56,250 --> 02:25:59,050 You know who's behind this, don't you? Teddy Kennedy. 2021 02:25:59,130 --> 02:26:03,300 Yeah, he drowns a broad in his car, and he can't run for president. 2022 02:26:03,380 --> 02:26:06,180 He did get pretty burned at Chappaquiddick. 2023 02:26:06,260 --> 02:26:09,970 My point exactly! Somebody had to die before he got his shit in the papers! 2024 02:26:10,060 --> 02:26:13,730 Fucking Kennedys get away with everything! Goddamn them! 2025 02:26:13,810 --> 02:26:16,190 You see me screwin' everything that moves? 2026 02:26:17,230 --> 02:26:20,480 For Christ's sake, I did what The New York Times editorial page 2027 02:26:20,570 --> 02:26:24,070 said for me to do! I ended the war! 2028 02:26:24,150 --> 02:26:28,200 I got S.A.L.T. One with the Russians, I opened China. 2029 02:26:28,280 --> 02:26:31,200 So why are these assholes turning on me? 2030 02:26:31,290 --> 02:26:34,410 'Cause they don't like the way I look, where I went to school! 2031 02:26:34,500 --> 02:26:37,630 - Because they're not Americans. - They don't trust America. 2032 02:26:37,710 --> 02:26:39,340 Why would they? 2033 02:26:39,420 --> 02:26:42,300 They just come here to stick their snouts in the trough. 2034 02:26:42,380 --> 02:26:44,340 Who are these people? Sulzberger. 2035 02:26:44,420 --> 02:26:47,140 Their parents are gold traders from eastern Europe, 2036 02:26:47,220 --> 02:26:49,010 with due respect. They buy things. 2037 02:26:49,100 --> 02:26:52,930 They come to "Jew" York city and buy up things. And one of the things they buy, 2038 02:26:53,020 --> 02:26:57,020 Mr. President, is The New York Times. You know what? You should be proud, 2039 02:26:57,100 --> 02:26:59,310 because they'll never trust you, sir. 2040 02:26:59,400 --> 02:27:02,110 Because we speak for the average American. 2041 02:27:02,190 --> 02:27:04,780 You know why they're turning on me? 2042 02:27:04,860 --> 02:27:08,450 It's because they're not serious about power, that's why. 2043 02:27:08,530 --> 02:27:10,700 They're playing with power. 2044 02:27:10,780 --> 02:27:13,330 They're forgetting the national interest. 2045 02:27:13,410 --> 02:27:17,250 In the old days people knew how to hold power, how to set limits. 2046 02:27:17,330 --> 02:27:21,040 They wouldn't have torn this country apart over a third-rate burglary. 2047 02:27:21,130 --> 02:27:24,710 For Christ's sake, now all they care about are their egos, 2048 02:27:24,800 --> 02:27:26,720 looking good at cocktail parties. 2049 02:27:26,800 --> 02:27:29,050 Beating out other papers and chasing girls. 2050 02:27:29,140 --> 02:27:32,220 Wondering whether someone said something nice about them. 2051 02:27:32,310 --> 02:27:34,140 Short-term, frivolous bullshit. 2052 02:27:34,220 --> 02:27:37,640 Ben Bradlee worrying about Teddy Kennedy liking him. 2053 02:27:38,350 --> 02:27:40,940 - Get Mr. Dean in here, Will you? - Mr. President, 2054 02:27:41,020 --> 02:27:45,690 I fear we are drifting toward oblivion. We are playing a totally reactive game. 2055 02:27:45,780 --> 02:27:51,160 We have to get ahead of the ball. Now, we all know that you are clean. 2056 02:27:51,240 --> 02:27:53,240 Right? 2057 02:27:53,330 --> 02:27:57,750 Then let's take off the gloves. Let's do a housecleaning. 2058 02:27:57,830 --> 02:28:00,040 Housecleaning? 2059 02:28:07,510 --> 02:28:09,930 No, it could be ugly, Henry, really ugly. 2060 02:28:10,010 --> 02:28:12,600 It must be done, sir. Your government is paralyzed. 2061 02:28:12,680 --> 02:28:15,390 All kinds of shit could come out. The Ellsberg thing. 2062 02:28:15,470 --> 02:28:17,480 You knew about that, didn't you, Henry? 2063 02:28:17,560 --> 02:28:19,940 Well, I heard something. It sounded idiotic. 2064 02:28:20,020 --> 02:28:21,650 Idiotic. Yeah, I suppose it was. 2065 02:28:21,730 --> 02:28:24,860 I thought it was your idea to expose Ellsberg as a sex fiend. 2066 02:28:24,940 --> 02:28:27,280 I guess somebody just took you too literally. 2067 02:28:27,360 --> 02:28:31,570 I never suggested a bunch of imbeciles break into a psychiatrist's office. 2068 02:28:31,660 --> 02:28:35,450 It doesn't matter. The point is you might lose your media darling halo 2069 02:28:35,540 --> 02:28:38,460 if the media start sniffing around our dirty laundry. 2070 02:28:38,540 --> 02:28:42,330 Sir, I never had anything to do with that and I resent the implication... 2071 02:28:42,420 --> 02:28:46,880 Resent it all you want, Henry, but you're in with the rest of us. 2072 02:28:46,960 --> 02:28:51,340 Cambodia. Ellsberg. The wiretaps you put in. 2073 02:28:51,430 --> 02:28:54,640 The president wants you to know you can't just click your heels 2074 02:28:54,720 --> 02:28:58,020 and head back to Harvard Yard. It's your ass too, Henry, 2075 02:28:58,100 --> 02:29:01,560 and it's in the wind twisting with everyone else's. 2076 02:29:11,530 --> 02:29:14,320 - Sir. - Yeah? 2077 02:29:14,410 --> 02:29:19,580 There are times when even the president can go too far. 2078 02:29:23,460 --> 02:29:26,670 You played it perfectly, sir. That cocksucker'll think twice 2079 02:29:26,750 --> 02:29:29,130 - before he leaks again. - Yeah. 2080 02:29:29,210 --> 02:29:32,840 He'll be looking in his toilet bowl every time he pulls the chain. 2081 02:29:34,800 --> 02:29:36,260 Hunt wants more money. 2082 02:29:36,350 --> 02:29:38,720 - Another 122,000. - Fuck. 2083 02:29:38,810 --> 02:29:42,350 If he doesn't get it right away, he's going to blow us out of the water. 2084 02:29:42,440 --> 02:29:45,360 He means it. Since his wife died in the plane crash, he's over the edge. 2085 02:29:45,440 --> 02:29:47,020 Pay him. Pay him what he wants. 2086 02:29:47,110 --> 02:29:51,490 We gotta turn the faucet off on Hunt and these Cubans. They're out of control. 2087 02:29:51,570 --> 02:29:53,780 John, you might want to... 2088 02:29:53,860 --> 02:29:55,950 It's gotta be Helms. He's behind this. 2089 02:29:56,030 --> 02:29:58,490 - I think we can leverage Helms. - How? 2090 02:29:58,580 --> 02:30:02,870 When I met with him, he kind of tipped his hand. 2091 02:30:02,960 --> 02:30:05,210 This affair, the president wants you to know, 2092 02:30:05,290 --> 02:30:07,960 is related to the Bay of Pigs. And if it comes out... 2093 02:30:08,040 --> 02:30:10,380 This has nothing to do with the Bay of Pigs! 2094 02:30:11,800 --> 02:30:14,050 I have no concern about the Bay of Pigs! 2095 02:30:14,130 --> 02:30:16,390 I couldn't believe it. 2096 02:30:16,470 --> 02:30:19,850 This is what the president told me to relay to you, Dick. 2097 02:30:19,930 --> 02:30:22,390 I had to remind him who he was talking to. 2098 02:30:22,480 --> 02:30:26,190 So I was wondering? What's such dynamite in this Bay of Pigs thing? 2099 02:30:26,270 --> 02:30:27,980 Sir. 2100 02:30:31,400 --> 02:30:35,410 Though it was clearly effective, because all of a sudden it was no problem 2101 02:30:35,490 --> 02:30:38,660 for Helms to go to the FBI and try to put a lid on Watergate. 2102 02:30:39,530 --> 02:30:43,120 - What about the documents promised? - He'll give us the documents. 2103 02:30:43,200 --> 02:30:46,750 But I think if we offer him an ambassadorship, 2104 02:30:46,830 --> 02:30:50,040 the ambassadorship to Iran, we can get rid of him. He'll go... 2105 02:30:50,130 --> 02:30:54,760 - No, I promised Iran to Townsend. - Townsend in Belgium. It's available. 2106 02:30:54,840 --> 02:30:59,430 He gave us 300 grand. Belgium's not worth more than 100, 150. 2107 02:30:59,510 --> 02:31:01,180 What about England? 2108 02:31:01,260 --> 02:31:04,100 Forget it. Annenberg's paid three times that much. 2109 02:31:04,180 --> 02:31:07,350 Helms wants Iran, or there might be a problem. 2110 02:31:07,440 --> 02:31:10,230 All his old buddies are over there making a fortune... 2111 02:31:10,320 --> 02:31:11,780 When does this end, Bob? 2112 02:31:11,860 --> 02:31:13,360 - Executive clemency. - What? 2113 02:31:13,440 --> 02:31:17,570 Hunt and the Cubans have nothing to lose now. Pardon them all. 2114 02:31:17,660 --> 02:31:20,780 Nobody investigates a crime for which criminals have been pardoned. 2115 02:31:20,870 --> 02:31:22,910 - Yeah, I like that. - But it'll never do. 2116 02:31:22,990 --> 02:31:26,370 Pardoning them means we're guilty. Press, the people'll go nuts. 2117 02:31:26,460 --> 02:31:29,290 Am I supposed to sit here and watch them coming closer, 2118 02:31:29,380 --> 02:31:31,040 eating their way to the center? 2119 02:31:31,130 --> 02:31:33,250 Lyndon bugged, so did Kennedy. 2120 02:31:33,340 --> 02:31:37,970 F.D.R. cut a deal with Lucky Luciano. Christ, even Eisenhower had a mistress. 2121 02:31:38,050 --> 02:31:41,470 What's so special about me? Huh? 2122 02:31:41,550 --> 02:31:46,020 What about Lyndon? He could make a couple calls to the... Hell, and... 2123 02:31:46,100 --> 02:31:48,600 ...shut this whole damn thing down. 2124 02:31:48,690 --> 02:31:50,310 - Anyone talk to him? - I have. 2125 02:31:50,400 --> 02:31:52,650 - What'd he say? - No dice, he hit the roof. 2126 02:31:52,730 --> 02:31:54,110 Why? 2127 02:31:54,190 --> 02:31:57,650 He said if you go out with a story about how he bugged your plane, 2128 02:31:57,740 --> 02:31:59,610 he's gonna reveal... 2129 02:32:08,040 --> 02:32:09,620 He's gonna reveal... 2130 02:32:10,580 --> 02:32:12,840 - ...Vietnamese peace talks... - All right. 2131 02:32:12,920 --> 02:32:14,840 All right! Stop! 2132 02:32:14,920 --> 02:32:16,590 What's the matter with you? 2133 02:32:18,050 --> 02:32:22,680 I know. I just know we've made too many enemies. 2134 02:32:23,430 --> 02:32:27,350 There's another thing. Bob and I have to testify before the urban committee. 2135 02:32:27,430 --> 02:32:30,650 No, you're not. You're gonna claim executive privilege. 2136 02:32:30,730 --> 02:32:33,020 You're gonna stonewall it all the way. 2137 02:32:33,110 --> 02:32:35,440 Plead the 5th Amendment. I don't give a shit. 2138 02:32:35,530 --> 02:32:38,190 They can't force the president's people to testify. 2139 02:32:38,280 --> 02:32:40,820 Executive privilege looks like we're covering. 2140 02:32:40,910 --> 02:32:43,320 We are covering up for God's sake. 2141 02:32:43,410 --> 02:32:45,450 Some petty, stupid shit. 2142 02:32:46,540 --> 02:32:50,460 There are things I can say what other people said, and they'd be lies. 2143 02:32:50,540 --> 02:32:53,790 When I say them, nobody believes me anyway. 2144 02:32:55,550 --> 02:32:58,300 Then, we're going to have to give them Mitchell. 2145 02:33:00,220 --> 02:33:02,510 Mitchell's family. 2146 02:33:02,590 --> 02:33:05,680 Either it goes to Mitchell, or it comes here. 2147 02:33:07,020 --> 02:33:08,810 John's right, boss. 2148 02:33:09,980 --> 02:33:13,730 It's not personal. It's just the way the game is played. 2149 02:33:13,810 --> 02:33:16,150 Sometimes you gotta punt. 2150 02:33:21,820 --> 02:33:23,410 Jesus. 2151 02:33:23,490 --> 02:33:26,580 I'm so goddamn worn-out with this. 2152 02:33:35,710 --> 02:33:37,300 Who's gonna tell Mitchell? 2153 02:33:37,380 --> 02:33:39,050 - You do it. - Why me? 2154 02:33:39,710 --> 02:33:43,300 'Cause he hates you. It's worse when you get it from someone you trust. 2155 02:33:43,380 --> 02:33:45,510 Hey. He's wrong, you know. 2156 02:33:47,060 --> 02:33:49,640 About Kennedy and L.B.J. and Truman. 2157 02:33:49,720 --> 02:33:50,770 How so? 2158 02:33:50,850 --> 02:33:54,310 Well, I mean, sure, they did stuff, Bob, but nothing like this. 2159 02:33:54,400 --> 02:33:59,610 I mean, forget about the break-in, the, the enemies list, the... You know? 2160 02:33:59,690 --> 02:34:03,200 You got the attempted firebombing of the Brookings Institution. 2161 02:34:03,280 --> 02:34:06,620 Planting McGovern stuff on the guy that shot Wallace? 2162 02:34:06,700 --> 02:34:08,740 Trying to slip L.S.D. to Jack Anderson? 2163 02:34:08,830 --> 02:34:11,330 Old man plays politics harder than anybody else. 2164 02:34:11,410 --> 02:34:13,620 You think this is about politics? 2165 02:34:13,710 --> 02:34:17,420 Do you think L.B.J. would have ever asked Hunt to forge a cable 2166 02:34:17,500 --> 02:34:21,300 implicating Kennedy in the assassination of the president of Vietnam? 2167 02:34:21,380 --> 02:34:23,590 How long have you known Bob, 20 years? 2168 02:34:23,680 --> 02:34:27,140 This is the Roosevelt Room, named after our 26th president 2169 02:34:27,220 --> 02:34:29,430 20 years, you ever shake hands with him? 2170 02:34:29,510 --> 02:34:31,850 Ever have a real conversation with him? 2171 02:34:34,310 --> 02:34:37,650 No, this... This is about Richard Nixon. 2172 02:34:37,730 --> 02:34:40,980 You got people dying because he didn't make varsity football. 2173 02:34:41,070 --> 02:34:43,650 You got the Constitution hanging by a thread 2174 02:34:43,740 --> 02:34:47,070 because he went to Whittier, not to Yale. 2175 02:34:47,740 --> 02:34:49,990 And what is this Bay of Pigs thing? 2176 02:34:50,080 --> 02:34:52,250 Goes white every time you mention it. 2177 02:34:54,120 --> 02:34:57,790 - It's a code or something. - Well, shit, even I figured that out. 2178 02:34:59,210 --> 02:35:01,090 I think he means... 2179 02:35:03,010 --> 02:35:05,720 - The Kennedy assassination... - Yeah? 2180 02:35:05,800 --> 02:35:10,180 They went after Castro and in some crazy way it got turned back on Kennedy. 2181 02:35:10,260 --> 02:35:14,390 I don't think the old man knows what happened. But he's afraid to find out. 2182 02:35:14,480 --> 02:35:17,690 He's shitting peach pits every time he thinks about it. 2183 02:35:17,770 --> 02:35:20,480 Created a Frankenstein with those damn Cubans. 2184 02:35:20,570 --> 02:35:23,400 Eight words back in '72: 2185 02:35:23,480 --> 02:35:29,160 "I covered up." "I was wrong." "I'm sorry." 2186 02:35:29,240 --> 02:35:31,950 And the American public would've forgiven him. 2187 02:35:32,040 --> 02:35:35,160 But we never opened our mouths, John. 2188 02:35:36,120 --> 02:35:38,040 We failed him. 2189 02:35:38,120 --> 02:35:42,210 Dick Nixon saying "I'm sorry"? That'll be the day. 2190 02:35:42,300 --> 02:35:44,880 His whole suit of armor would fall off. 2191 02:35:44,960 --> 02:35:49,180 - So, you tell Mitchell. - Yeah. 2192 02:35:49,260 --> 02:35:53,260 And John, you do know that we're next, don't you? 2193 02:36:08,490 --> 02:36:10,620 You're early, John. 2194 02:36:12,950 --> 02:36:16,660 If you'd been that stealthy at the Watergate, we wouldn't be in this mess. 2195 02:36:18,660 --> 02:36:22,210 - I was sorry to hear about your wife. - Yes. 2196 02:36:23,880 --> 02:36:25,550 Take out the money. 2197 02:36:25,630 --> 02:36:28,760 The president would like to know if that was the last payment. 2198 02:36:28,840 --> 02:36:31,510 - I'll bet he would. - Is it? 2199 02:36:32,970 --> 02:36:35,930 In Richard Nixon's long history of underhanded dealings 2200 02:36:36,020 --> 02:36:39,810 he's never had better value for his money. If I were to open my mouth, 2201 02:36:39,890 --> 02:36:42,440 all the dominoes would fall. 2202 02:36:43,860 --> 02:36:45,940 Can I ask you a question? 2203 02:36:46,030 --> 02:36:47,940 How the hell do you have the temerity 2204 02:36:48,030 --> 02:36:50,910 to blackmail the president of the United States? 2205 02:36:50,990 --> 02:36:55,200 That's not the question, John. The question is, why is he paying? 2206 02:36:55,280 --> 02:36:59,120 - To protect his people. - I'm one of his people. 2207 02:36:59,210 --> 02:37:02,580 The Cubans are his people. And we're going to jail for him. 2208 02:37:02,670 --> 02:37:06,550 Howard, you will serve no more than two years, then he'll pardon you. 2209 02:37:06,630 --> 02:37:09,760 Maybe. Maybe not. 2210 02:37:10,880 --> 02:37:13,850 But you don't leave your men on the beach, John. 2211 02:37:13,930 --> 02:37:16,640 You don't make them beg for their money like thieves. 2212 02:37:16,720 --> 02:37:20,060 You don't dump men with families who've served their country. 2213 02:37:20,140 --> 02:37:23,150 He didn't know. This thing has gotten out of hand. 2214 02:37:23,230 --> 02:37:27,070 You think a man as controlled as Richard Nixon would've allowed a break-in 2215 02:37:27,150 --> 02:37:30,570 at the Democratic National Headquarters without knowing it? 2216 02:37:30,650 --> 02:37:35,280 You think Mitchell or Haldeman wouldn't have run it by him at least once? 2217 02:37:35,370 --> 02:37:37,950 The president's men did nothing, 2218 02:37:38,040 --> 02:37:41,750 nothing without Richard Nixon's permission. 2219 02:37:45,380 --> 02:37:47,550 John, sooner or later... 2220 02:37:47,630 --> 02:37:52,180 Sooner, I think, you're going to learn the lesson that's been learned 2221 02:37:52,260 --> 02:37:55,760 by everyone who's ever gotten close to Richard Nixon. 2222 02:37:55,850 --> 02:38:00,930 That he's the darkness reaching out for the darkness. 2223 02:38:02,520 --> 02:38:06,310 And eventually it's either you or him. 2224 02:38:08,860 --> 02:38:11,570 Your grave's already been dug, John. 2225 02:38:25,080 --> 02:38:28,380 F.B.I. director-designate L. Patrick Gray 2226 02:38:28,460 --> 02:38:31,170 shocked the Senate by revealing that John Dean 2227 02:38:31,260 --> 02:38:34,680 has been secretly receiving F.B.I. reports on Watergate. 2228 02:38:34,760 --> 02:38:37,010 Crown, this is Echo Six. How are you, sir? 2229 02:38:37,090 --> 02:38:40,060 Gray also said that Dean lied when he claimed Howard Hunt 2230 02:38:40,140 --> 02:38:42,390 did not have an office in the White House. 2231 02:38:42,480 --> 02:38:44,690 - How is he? - He's in a bad mood. 2232 02:38:44,770 --> 02:38:47,020 He's running late. Have a seat. 2233 02:38:51,030 --> 02:38:53,530 This is the sort of thing Mafia people can do. 2234 02:38:53,610 --> 02:38:56,990 Washing money, things like that. We don't know about these things 2235 02:38:57,070 --> 02:38:59,990 - because we're not criminals. - How much you need? 2236 02:39:01,160 --> 02:39:06,370 I would say these people will cost a million dollars over the next two years. 2237 02:39:06,460 --> 02:39:09,250 We could get that. 2238 02:39:09,340 --> 02:39:13,510 Get a million dollars in cash. I know where it could be gotten. 2239 02:39:16,380 --> 02:39:19,100 I'm still not confident we can ride through this. 2240 02:39:19,180 --> 02:39:22,810 Some people are gonna have to go to jail. Hunt's not the only problem. 2241 02:39:22,890 --> 02:39:27,600 Haldeman let me use the $350,000 cash fund in his safe to make the payments. 2242 02:39:27,690 --> 02:39:31,440 Ehrlichman had a role, a big role, in the Ellsberg break-in. 2243 02:39:31,520 --> 02:39:33,570 Oh, I don't know about that. 2244 02:39:33,650 --> 02:39:37,820 And... And I'm... 2245 02:39:37,910 --> 02:39:41,660 I think it's time we begin to think in terms of cutting our losses. 2246 02:39:45,370 --> 02:39:49,460 Are you... You're saying cut our losses, John, and all the rest. 2247 02:39:49,540 --> 02:39:53,670 And, you know, suppose the thing blows and they indict Bob and the others? 2248 02:39:53,750 --> 02:39:56,970 Jesus, you'd never recover from that, John. I mean... 2249 02:39:57,050 --> 02:40:01,220 No, it's better to fight it out instead and not let people testify. 2250 02:40:01,300 --> 02:40:05,890 Sir, I, I still don't think we can contain this anymore. 2251 02:40:06,810 --> 02:40:10,560 There's a cancer on the presidency, and it's growing with every day... 2252 02:40:10,650 --> 02:40:12,360 Jesus, you know, every... 2253 02:40:12,440 --> 02:40:16,360 Everything's a crisis among the upper intellectual types, the softheads. 2254 02:40:16,440 --> 02:40:19,490 The average people don't think it's much of a crisis. 2255 02:40:19,570 --> 02:40:22,950 For Christ's sake, this is not Vietnam. No one's dying here. 2256 02:40:23,030 --> 02:40:25,160 I mean, isn't it ridiculous? 2257 02:40:25,240 --> 02:40:28,250 - I agree. It's ridiculous but... - It's goddamn crazy! 2258 02:40:28,330 --> 02:40:30,120 Goldwater was right when he said 2259 02:40:30,210 --> 02:40:34,210 "For Christ's sakes, everybody bugs everybody else." We know that. 2260 02:40:35,340 --> 02:40:39,720 It's the cover-up, John, not the deed, that's really bad here. 2261 02:40:41,590 --> 02:40:46,020 If only Mitchell could step up and take the brunt of it, you know. 2262 02:40:46,100 --> 02:40:50,270 Give 'em the hors d'oeuvre. Maybe they won't come back for the main course. 2263 02:40:52,100 --> 02:40:54,860 You know, that's the tragedy in all this. Uh... 2264 02:40:54,940 --> 02:40:58,780 Mitchell's gonna get it anyway, so it's time he assumed responsibility. 2265 02:40:58,860 --> 02:41:00,780 You're not paying attention. 2266 02:41:00,860 --> 02:41:04,280 He won't. He's told Ehrlichman he won't. 2267 02:41:04,370 --> 02:41:07,870 You tell my good friend Dick I got suckered into this thing 2268 02:41:07,950 --> 02:41:11,790 by not paying attention to what these bastards were doing. 2269 02:41:11,870 --> 02:41:15,210 I don't have a guilty conscience, and he shouldn't either. 2270 02:41:16,800 --> 02:41:18,050 Yeah. 2271 02:41:22,470 --> 02:41:23,760 Well, he's right. 2272 02:41:24,720 --> 02:41:28,310 Maybe it is time to, uh, go the hang-out route, John. 2273 02:41:28,390 --> 02:41:31,730 A full and thorough investigation. 2274 02:41:31,810 --> 02:41:36,190 We've cooperated with the F.B.I. We'll cooperate with the Senate. 2275 02:41:36,270 --> 02:41:39,240 - What have we got to hide? - No, we've nothing to hide. 2276 02:41:39,320 --> 02:41:41,740 No. Nothing to hide. 2277 02:41:41,820 --> 02:41:42,910 You know, the only... 2278 02:41:42,990 --> 02:41:46,490 The only fault in the plan is they're not gonna believe the truth. 2279 02:41:46,580 --> 02:41:50,200 - That's the incredible thing. - I agree. It's... it's tricky. 2280 02:41:51,210 --> 02:41:53,710 Everything seems to lead back here. 2281 02:41:53,790 --> 02:41:56,540 - People would never understand. - No. 2282 02:41:56,630 --> 02:42:00,010 John, I want you to get away from this madhouse. 2283 02:42:00,090 --> 02:42:01,880 I want these reporters. 2284 02:42:01,970 --> 02:42:06,760 I want you to go up to Camp David for the weekend and write up a report. 2285 02:42:06,850 --> 02:42:10,140 Put everything you know about Watergate in there and say, 2286 02:42:10,220 --> 02:42:13,020 "Mr. President, here it all is." OK? 2287 02:42:13,100 --> 02:42:15,980 You want me to put it all in writing over my signature? 2288 02:42:17,190 --> 02:42:21,820 Well, uh... nobody knows more about this thing than you do, John. 2289 02:42:21,900 --> 02:42:24,990 You know, the details. That stuff I don't know. But. 2290 02:42:29,290 --> 02:42:33,910 Sir, I'm not going to be the scapegoat for this. 2291 02:42:34,000 --> 02:42:36,830 Haldeman and Ehrlichman are in it just as deep as I am. 2292 02:42:36,920 --> 02:42:41,710 No, now, John, you don't wanna start down that road. I remember, uh... 2293 02:42:41,800 --> 02:42:45,300 ...Whittaker Chambers telling me back in '48. 2294 02:42:45,380 --> 02:42:47,470 He was a man who suffered greatly. 2295 02:42:47,550 --> 02:42:52,140 And he said, "On the road of the informer, it is always night." 2296 02:42:52,220 --> 02:42:58,060 Now, it's beyond you, or even me, John. It's the country. It's the presidency. 2297 02:42:58,150 --> 02:43:01,480 - I understand that, sir. - You know how I feel about loyalty. 2298 02:43:01,570 --> 02:43:05,280 I'm not gonna let any of my people go to jail, that I promise you. 2299 02:43:05,360 --> 02:43:10,490 The important thing is to keep this away from Haldeman and Ehrlichman. 2300 02:43:10,580 --> 02:43:14,410 I'm trusting you to do this, John, and I have complete confidence in you. OK? 2301 02:43:14,500 --> 02:43:16,290 - I'll work on it. - OK. 2302 02:43:16,370 --> 02:43:18,920 Say hi to that wife of yours, will you? Good. 2303 02:43:20,250 --> 02:43:22,880 - Shit. - It happens. 2304 02:43:22,960 --> 02:43:25,170 The place is a shambles. 2305 02:43:25,260 --> 02:43:26,380 Hey! 2306 02:43:29,640 --> 02:43:33,100 I was determined that we should get to the bottom of Watergate 2307 02:43:33,180 --> 02:43:37,520 and the truth should be fully brought out, no matter who was involved. 2308 02:43:38,600 --> 02:43:43,360 Today, in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency 2309 02:43:43,440 --> 02:43:47,860 I accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the White House, 2310 02:43:47,950 --> 02:43:50,370 Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, 2311 02:43:50,450 --> 02:43:54,200 two of the finest public servants it has been my privilege to know. 2312 02:43:59,000 --> 02:44:00,670 More light, Chief? 2313 02:44:01,670 --> 02:44:03,300 No, Bob. 2314 02:44:10,430 --> 02:44:11,720 Six bodies. 2315 02:44:11,800 --> 02:44:15,810 The counsel to the president, John Dean, has also resigned. 2316 02:44:15,890 --> 02:44:18,600 I will not place the blame on subordinates, 2317 02:44:18,690 --> 02:44:21,810 on people whose zeal exceeded their judgment, 2318 02:44:21,900 --> 02:44:26,990 and who may have done wrong in a cause they deeply believed to be right. 2319 02:44:28,650 --> 02:44:33,620 In any organization, the man at the top must bear the responsibility. 2320 02:44:33,700 --> 02:44:38,910 That responsibility, therefore, belongs here in this office and I accept that. 2321 02:44:39,000 --> 02:44:41,830 There can be no whitewash at the White House. 2322 02:44:41,920 --> 02:44:44,750 Two wrongs do not make a right. 2323 02:44:44,840 --> 02:44:47,050 Now, l love America. 2324 02:44:47,130 --> 02:44:51,640 God bless America, and God bless each and every one of you. 2325 02:44:53,600 --> 02:44:55,600 And we're clear. 2326 02:44:59,140 --> 02:45:00,600 Out. 2327 02:45:20,410 --> 02:45:21,750 Thank you. 2328 02:45:28,300 --> 02:45:30,720 Are you going to Key Biscayne? 2329 02:45:31,760 --> 02:45:33,550 - Yeah. - Excuse me, sir. 2330 02:45:33,640 --> 02:45:35,260 When? 2331 02:45:36,970 --> 02:45:38,520 Tomorrow. 2332 02:45:45,440 --> 02:45:49,780 Ron told me that, um... Bob Haldeman has been calling, 2333 02:45:49,860 --> 02:45:51,990 but you won't talk to him. 2334 02:45:53,450 --> 02:45:55,950 If he's convicted, will you pardon him? 2335 02:45:59,910 --> 02:46:01,210 No. 2336 02:46:08,000 --> 02:46:11,470 Why are you cutting yourself off from the rest of us? 2337 02:46:13,470 --> 02:46:15,680 Can't we discuss this? 2338 02:46:15,760 --> 02:46:20,680 - What exactly do you want to discuss? - You. What you're doing. 2339 02:46:21,930 --> 02:46:25,440 - What am I doing? - I wish I knew. You're hiding. 2340 02:46:28,820 --> 02:46:32,860 - Hiding what? - Whatever it is you've been hiding. 2341 02:46:32,950 --> 02:46:35,780 You're letting it destroy you, Dick. 2342 02:46:37,450 --> 02:46:39,580 You won't even ask for help... 2343 02:46:44,620 --> 02:46:47,080 Manolo, uh... 2344 02:46:47,170 --> 02:46:49,460 Mrs. Nixon's finished. 2345 02:46:53,050 --> 02:46:55,550 I am the only one left, Dick. 2346 02:46:56,510 --> 02:46:59,050 If you don't even talk to me... 2347 02:47:07,860 --> 02:47:10,770 Brezhnev's coming in three days. 2348 02:47:10,860 --> 02:47:14,860 I don't wanna deal with them and him and you. 2349 02:47:17,490 --> 02:47:20,740 How much more? How much more is it going to cost? 2350 02:47:20,830 --> 02:47:24,330 When do the rest of us stop paying off your debts? 2351 02:47:28,540 --> 02:47:32,340 I'd like to finish my dinner in peace 2352 02:47:32,420 --> 02:47:35,340 if it's not too much to ask. 2353 02:47:39,430 --> 02:47:41,430 No, it isn't. 2354 02:47:45,350 --> 02:47:48,850 I won't interfere with you anymore. I'm finished trying. 2355 02:47:50,900 --> 02:47:52,940 Thank you. 2356 02:47:53,030 --> 02:47:54,780 "Thank you"? 2357 02:47:55,900 --> 02:47:58,990 Dick, sometimes I understand why they hate you. 2358 02:48:06,870 --> 02:48:11,960 The committee will come to order. Counsel will call the first witness. 2359 02:48:12,040 --> 02:48:14,050 Mr. John W. Dean, III. 2360 02:48:14,130 --> 02:48:16,470 After I departed the president's office 2361 02:48:16,550 --> 02:48:20,640 I went to a meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman to discuss the matter. 2362 02:48:20,720 --> 02:48:24,470 The sum and substance of that discussion was, 2363 02:48:24,560 --> 02:48:27,810 the way to handle this now was for Mitchell to step forward. 2364 02:48:27,890 --> 02:48:31,860 It was a disappointment to me because it was quite clear that the cover-up, 2365 02:48:31,940 --> 02:48:35,820 as far as the White House was... was concerned, was going to continue. 2366 02:48:35,900 --> 02:48:38,740 Why is he doing this? He's our goddamn lawyer. 2367 02:48:38,820 --> 02:48:41,410 If he had a problem, why didn't he come talk with us? 2368 02:48:41,490 --> 02:48:44,200 Remember, the weasel's got no proof. 2369 02:48:45,580 --> 02:48:48,660 It's still an informer's word against the president's. 2370 02:48:48,750 --> 02:48:51,500 ...were all indictable for obstruction of justice. 2371 02:48:51,580 --> 02:48:55,500 That was the reason I was disagreeing with all that was being discussed. 2372 02:48:55,590 --> 02:48:57,090 Give 'em hell, general. 2373 02:49:03,930 --> 02:49:07,310 Mao taught me in 1963... 2374 02:49:09,890 --> 02:49:12,310 ...if I have nuclear weapons... 2375 02:49:14,610 --> 02:49:17,610 ...let 400 million Chinese die... 2376 02:49:18,780 --> 02:49:21,150 ...300 million will be left. 2377 02:49:22,280 --> 02:49:25,240 - Mao! - Yeah. 2378 02:49:25,870 --> 02:49:29,290 I can tell you what happened. You want names? I can give you names. 2379 02:49:29,370 --> 02:49:31,620 Haldeman. I'm talking about the president. 2380 02:49:31,710 --> 02:49:34,000 - Mao! - We all know in our country... 2381 02:49:34,080 --> 02:49:36,000 I can give you the president. 2382 02:49:36,300 --> 02:49:38,630 This man in his dog heart. 2383 02:49:40,970 --> 02:49:43,300 You want him to be your ally? 2384 02:49:44,680 --> 02:49:47,890 Well, he was your ally for 20 years, Leonid. 2385 02:49:47,970 --> 02:49:49,560 Yes, yes, Dick. 2386 02:49:55,110 --> 02:49:57,110 Mr. Nixon... 2387 02:49:58,320 --> 02:50:01,860 Life is the best teacher, and therefore it must not interfere 2388 02:50:01,950 --> 02:50:05,820 with the building of the S.A.L.T. Two treaty between our great countries. 2389 02:50:09,160 --> 02:50:12,540 Peace in our era is possible. 2390 02:50:14,250 --> 02:50:18,340 - Excuse me, uh, Leonid. - It's OK, Dick. It's OK. 2391 02:50:32,180 --> 02:50:35,190 He's spilling his guts to the Ervin committee. Unfortunately... 2392 02:50:53,410 --> 02:50:54,750 Did you? 2393 02:50:55,540 --> 02:50:58,090 - Daddy? - What? 2394 02:50:58,170 --> 02:50:59,880 Did you cover it up? 2395 02:51:06,510 --> 02:51:09,220 You think I'd do something like that, honey? 2396 02:51:12,220 --> 02:51:15,980 Well, then you can't give up. You just can't. 2397 02:51:16,060 --> 02:51:19,230 You're one of the best presidents this country has ever had. 2398 02:51:19,310 --> 02:51:23,820 You've done what Lincoln did, brought this country back from civil war. 2399 02:51:23,900 --> 02:51:26,910 You can't let your enemies tear you down. 2400 02:51:26,990 --> 02:51:29,450 You've gotta stay and fight. 2401 02:51:29,530 --> 02:51:32,830 I'll go out there and make speeches. Nobody knows the real you, 2402 02:51:32,910 --> 02:51:36,710 how sweet you are, how nice you are to people. 2403 02:51:36,790 --> 02:51:39,000 I'll tell them. 2404 02:51:40,750 --> 02:51:43,590 You're the most decent person I know. 2405 02:51:46,430 --> 02:51:49,050 I just hope I haven't let you down, Kitten. 2406 02:51:51,010 --> 02:51:53,600 They just don't know the real you. 2407 02:51:55,230 --> 02:51:57,770 They just don't know. 2408 02:51:57,850 --> 02:52:01,900 Tricky Dick always knew what was goin' on. 2409 02:52:02,690 --> 02:52:05,820 Every last goddamn detail. 2410 02:52:05,900 --> 02:52:09,780 And my husband is not going to take the rap this time. 2411 02:52:09,870 --> 02:52:13,950 They know they can't shut me up. Probably end up killin' me. 2412 02:52:14,040 --> 02:52:17,330 She doesn't know what she's talking about. Stop bothering her! 2413 02:52:17,410 --> 02:52:19,920 Hell, she's nuts. You bastards have seen to that. 2414 02:52:20,000 --> 02:52:21,460 Will you get together again? 2415 02:52:21,540 --> 02:52:24,960 Our marriage is finished, thank you. Stick that up your keister! 2416 02:52:31,760 --> 02:52:35,470 Now, were the visitors that went into the White House warned 2417 02:52:35,560 --> 02:52:39,350 that their conversations with the president would be taped? 2418 02:52:39,440 --> 02:52:41,810 Again, I am not aware of the technical details. 2419 02:52:41,900 --> 02:52:45,400 On Friday, we have the high school students from Ohio. 2420 02:52:45,480 --> 02:52:49,650 Saturday is the National Women's Republican Club. 2421 02:52:49,740 --> 02:52:52,280 ...Watergate wide open, former White House aide 2422 02:52:52,370 --> 02:52:56,080 Alexander Butterfield testified before the Senate Select committee. 2423 02:52:56,160 --> 02:52:59,920 He revealed a taping system that may have recorded conversations 2424 02:53:00,000 --> 02:53:02,790 in the White House, the executive office building 2425 02:53:02,880 --> 02:53:05,170 and even members of his own family. 2426 02:53:05,250 --> 02:53:08,420 All calls to the White House 2427 02:53:08,510 --> 02:53:11,340 of whatever nature and character, would be taped? 2428 02:53:11,430 --> 02:53:14,640 - The tape would not discriminate. - None of them had knowledge 2429 02:53:14,720 --> 02:53:17,140 that their conversations were being taped? 2430 02:53:17,220 --> 02:53:18,850 This is a stunning revelation. 2431 02:53:18,930 --> 02:53:21,770 If such tapes exist, they could tell us, once and for all 2432 02:53:21,850 --> 02:53:25,610 what did the president know, and when did he know it. 2433 02:53:25,690 --> 02:53:25,770 I want Hunt paid. 2434 02:53:25,770 --> 02:53:27,030 I want Hunt paid. 2435 02:53:27,110 --> 02:53:29,320 It's time to go the hang-out route. 2436 02:53:31,030 --> 02:53:34,740 - If they fear the madman... - It's a legal contribution. 2437 02:53:34,830 --> 02:53:36,790 Who the hell authorized this? 2438 02:53:36,870 --> 02:53:39,700 - I still don't... - ...the CIA... 2439 02:53:41,210 --> 02:53:44,840 There's a cancer on the presidency, and it's growing with every day... 2440 02:53:44,920 --> 02:53:46,340 ...too damn much... 2441 02:53:47,130 --> 02:53:51,130 If Hunt goes public, it'll be a fiasco for the C.I.A. 2442 02:53:51,220 --> 02:53:52,800 They're like love letters. 2443 02:53:54,720 --> 02:53:57,810 You should burn 'em. 2444 02:53:57,890 --> 02:54:00,520 Why didn't you? 2445 02:54:01,560 --> 02:54:05,060 They're evidence. You can't legally destroy evidence. 2446 02:54:05,150 --> 02:54:09,190 You don't expect me to believe that for one minute, do ya? 2447 02:54:11,280 --> 02:54:16,280 Does it matter what's on 'em? Really? Murder, Dick? 2448 02:54:16,370 --> 02:54:19,740 Sex? Your secrets, your fantasies? 2449 02:54:19,830 --> 02:54:23,500 - Or is just me and you and... - Don't be ridiculous. 2450 02:54:23,580 --> 02:54:26,500 I remember Alger Hiss. 2451 02:54:26,590 --> 02:54:29,420 I know how ugly you can be. 2452 02:54:29,500 --> 02:54:31,720 You're capable of anything. 2453 02:54:39,430 --> 02:54:42,850 See, it doesn't really matter at the end of the day what's on them 2454 02:54:42,930 --> 02:54:47,980 because you have absolutely no remorse. No concept of remorse. 2455 02:54:48,060 --> 02:54:52,440 You want the tapes to get out. You want them to see you at your worst. 2456 02:54:52,530 --> 02:54:54,030 - You're drunk. - Oh, yeah! 2457 02:54:54,110 --> 02:54:56,780 No one'll ever see those tapes, including you. 2458 02:54:56,870 --> 02:55:00,040 And what would I find out that I haven't known for years? 2459 02:55:02,450 --> 02:55:07,580 What makes it so damn sad is that you couldn't confide in any of us. 2460 02:55:07,670 --> 02:55:10,710 You had to make a record for the whole world. 2461 02:55:12,460 --> 02:55:17,930 - They were for me. They're mine. - They're not "yours". They are you. 2462 02:55:25,140 --> 02:55:27,480 You should burn them. 2463 02:55:46,750 --> 02:55:50,170 - What has changed in you, Richard? - Go away! 2464 02:56:00,180 --> 02:56:04,180 These guys went after Castro seven times, ten times. 2465 02:56:04,270 --> 02:56:09,270 What, do you think people like that, just gave up? They just don't walk away. 2466 02:56:14,360 --> 02:56:16,360 - What, do you think? - I never said this. 2467 02:56:16,440 --> 02:56:18,320 - Seven times, ten times. - Ten times. 2468 02:56:18,410 --> 02:56:21,950 - You think people like that gave up? - Never. 2469 02:56:22,030 --> 02:56:25,500 Castro. These guys went after Castro. 2470 02:56:30,880 --> 02:56:33,800 If this got out, they'd blame me for everything. 2471 02:56:33,880 --> 02:56:36,840 Forget Kennedy or Johnson. It's Nixon! 2472 02:56:55,400 --> 02:57:00,160 Whoever killed Kennedy came from this thing we created, this beast. 2473 02:57:05,870 --> 02:57:09,040 In the latest bombshell, the president's lawyers revealed 2474 02:57:09,120 --> 02:57:11,370 that there is an 18-and-a-half-minute gap 2475 02:57:11,460 --> 02:57:13,460 in a critical Watergate tape. 2476 02:57:13,540 --> 02:57:17,920 Reactions of disbelief and anger are being heard across the country. 2477 02:57:21,550 --> 02:57:23,350 My God. 2478 02:57:23,430 --> 02:57:25,010 Pat! 2479 02:57:26,890 --> 02:57:27,930 Pat! 2480 02:57:28,020 --> 02:57:30,810 - Has he had chest pains? - He woke up coughing blood! 2481 02:57:30,890 --> 02:57:31,940 I'm in charge here! 2482 02:57:32,020 --> 02:57:33,440 Has he been short of breath? 2483 02:57:33,520 --> 02:57:36,400 - No, and he's sure that he has T.B.! - Why T.B.? 2484 02:57:36,480 --> 02:57:39,400 Because his family had it. His brother had it. 2485 02:57:42,070 --> 02:57:44,410 - I think it's flooded. - Richard. 2486 02:57:47,450 --> 02:57:49,750 Get those I.V.s started. 2487 02:57:52,420 --> 02:57:53,710 Please lie down, Dick. 2488 02:57:53,790 --> 02:57:56,210 - They need you to lie down! - Sedate him! 2489 02:57:56,290 --> 02:57:57,710 Dick. Dick. 2490 02:58:01,760 --> 02:58:03,760 Richard? 2491 02:58:05,050 --> 02:58:08,220 - Mother. - Pretty soon, you boys'll have to... 2492 02:58:08,310 --> 02:58:10,180 Maybe a trip to the woodshed'll... 2493 02:58:11,390 --> 02:58:12,980 Daddy? 2494 02:58:53,350 --> 02:58:57,060 Vice President Agnew has resigned today pleading no contest 2495 02:58:57,150 --> 02:58:59,480 to charges of income tax evasion. 2496 02:58:59,570 --> 02:59:02,820 This follows Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox's 2497 02:59:02,900 --> 02:59:06,610 continuing investigation into President Nixon's finances. 2498 02:59:06,700 --> 02:59:08,990 The president paid no income tax 2499 02:59:09,080 --> 02:59:12,040 - in 1971 and '72 - They need you to lie down, Dick. 2500 02:59:12,120 --> 02:59:15,920 ...and may have used funds to improve his residence in San Clemente... 2501 02:59:16,000 --> 02:59:18,880 Where's the blood coming from? What's wrong with him? 2502 02:59:18,960 --> 02:59:22,260 He's got an acute viral pneumonia and a very serious phlebitis. 2503 02:59:22,340 --> 02:59:25,510 If a clot were to break loose, it could go into his lungs. 2504 02:59:25,590 --> 02:59:26,800 Oh, no. 2505 02:59:26,890 --> 02:59:29,510 The president has returned to the White House. 2506 02:59:29,600 --> 02:59:31,180 But Archibald Cox has declared war by issuing a subpoena 2507 02:59:31,180 --> 02:59:32,600 But Archibald Cox has declared war by issuing a subpoena 2508 02:59:32,680 --> 02:59:35,850 - for nine of the president's tapes. - Never! Over my dead body. 2509 02:59:35,940 --> 02:59:38,150 It's the president's personal property. 2510 02:59:38,230 --> 02:59:42,980 I'll never give up my tapes to a bunch of Kennedy-loving, Democrat cocksuckers. 2511 02:59:43,070 --> 02:59:46,910 This could trigger the impeachment. They'll go to the Supreme Court. 2512 02:59:46,990 --> 02:59:50,530 I appointed three of those bastards. I'll never give them my tapes. 2513 02:59:50,620 --> 02:59:53,160 Can the president afford to ignore a subpoena? 2514 02:59:53,240 --> 02:59:57,170 Who the hell does Cox think he is? I've never made a dime from public office. 2515 02:59:57,250 --> 03:00:00,340 I'm honest. My dad died broke. Jesus. 2516 03:00:00,420 --> 03:00:04,760 That son of a bitch Cox, he went to the same law school as Jack Kennedy. 2517 03:00:04,840 --> 03:00:07,510 The last gasp of the establishment. 2518 03:00:07,590 --> 03:00:10,550 Yeah, they got the hell kicked out of 'em in the election 2519 03:00:10,640 --> 03:00:12,970 so now they gotta squeal about Watergate 2520 03:00:13,060 --> 03:00:15,980 'cause we were the first real threat to them in years. 2521 03:00:16,060 --> 03:00:21,560 My God, we would've changed it so they couldn't have changed it back in years. 2522 03:00:21,650 --> 03:00:22,860 Yeah. 2523 03:00:24,940 --> 03:00:27,650 - If only the, uh... - Mr. President. 2524 03:00:27,740 --> 03:00:30,450 - Sir, Congress is... - No, over here, sir. 2525 03:00:30,530 --> 03:00:33,700 Sir, Congress is considering four articles of impeachment. 2526 03:00:33,790 --> 03:00:37,250 - Yeah. For what? - They're very serious charges, sir. 2527 03:00:37,330 --> 03:00:39,000 - First, abuse of power. - Yep. 2528 03:00:39,080 --> 03:00:41,460 - Second, obstruction of justice. - What else? 2529 03:00:41,540 --> 03:00:44,460 Third, the failure to cooperate with Congress. 2530 03:00:44,550 --> 03:00:48,220 - And last, bombing Cambodia, sir. - Can't impeach me for Cambodia. 2531 03:00:48,300 --> 03:00:50,390 The president can bomb anybody he likes. 2532 03:00:50,470 --> 03:00:53,350 - That's true. - We'll win that, but the other three... 2533 03:00:53,430 --> 03:00:55,600 - Fred, they sell tickets. - It's Ron, sir. 2534 03:00:55,680 --> 03:00:58,560 They sell tickets to an impeachment like a damn circus. 2535 03:00:58,640 --> 03:01:01,480 OK, so they impeach me. Well, fuck 'em! 2536 03:01:02,900 --> 03:01:05,690 Yeah, well, it's just a matter of mathematics. 2537 03:01:05,780 --> 03:01:08,150 How many votes we have in the Senate? 2538 03:01:08,240 --> 03:01:10,490 - About a dozen. - A dozen? 2539 03:01:10,570 --> 03:01:13,240 Jeez, I got half of 'em elected. 2540 03:01:13,320 --> 03:01:18,250 OK, so I got the South and Goldwater and his boys. 2541 03:01:19,580 --> 03:01:21,540 I'll take my chances in the Senate. 2542 03:01:21,620 --> 03:01:23,380 - Yes, we should. - This damn leg. 2543 03:01:23,460 --> 03:01:25,960 Well, then, sir, we'll, uh... 2544 03:01:26,050 --> 03:01:29,380 ...have to deal with the possibility of removal from office, 2545 03:01:29,470 --> 03:01:33,260 loss of pension and possibly... possibly even prison. 2546 03:01:33,340 --> 03:01:37,020 Yeah, well, plenty of people did their best writing in prison. 2547 03:01:37,100 --> 03:01:39,930 - Gandhi, Lenin. - That's right. 2548 03:01:40,020 --> 03:01:42,980 What I know about this country, I could rip it apart. 2549 03:01:43,060 --> 03:01:46,860 If they want a public humiliation, that's what they'll get. 2550 03:01:46,940 --> 03:01:50,740 - Yes, they will. - I'll never resign this office. Never. 2551 03:01:50,820 --> 03:01:54,530 - Where the fuck am I? What's in there? - The P.O.W.s and their families. 2552 03:01:54,620 --> 03:01:57,540 - I'm supposed to be... - Compassionate, grateful... 2553 03:01:57,620 --> 03:01:58,750 - Proud. - Sir? 2554 03:01:58,830 --> 03:02:01,120 - Proud. Of them. - Oh, yes, of course. 2555 03:02:01,210 --> 03:02:03,630 - Fire him. - Who? 2556 03:02:03,710 --> 03:02:08,460 - Cox. Archibald Cox. Fire him! - He works for the attorney general. 2557 03:02:08,550 --> 03:02:11,550 - Only Richardson can fire him. - May I echo my concern, sir? 2558 03:02:11,630 --> 03:02:16,140 - Then tell Richardson to fire him! - Well, Richardson won't do that, sir. 2559 03:02:16,220 --> 03:02:18,890 - He'll resign. - The hell he will. Then fire him too. 2560 03:02:18,970 --> 03:02:22,140 If you have to go down to the janitor at the justice department 2561 03:02:22,230 --> 03:02:23,810 fire that son of a bitch. 2562 03:02:23,900 --> 03:02:27,440 Mr. President, may I just say something, sir? 2563 03:02:29,070 --> 03:02:31,570 I think that you should welcome this subpoena. 2564 03:02:31,650 --> 03:02:33,570 - Why? - Well, sir, 2565 03:02:33,660 --> 03:02:37,080 the tapes can only prove that Dean was a liar. Right? 2566 03:02:37,160 --> 03:02:39,580 That's right, sir. 2567 03:02:42,660 --> 03:02:45,000 Well, there's more. 2568 03:02:45,080 --> 03:02:47,170 There's more than just me. 2569 03:02:47,250 --> 03:02:49,840 You can't break, my boy. 2570 03:02:49,920 --> 03:02:52,260 Even though it's ended. 2571 03:02:52,340 --> 03:02:55,800 You can't admit, even to yourself, when it's gone. 2572 03:02:57,010 --> 03:02:59,930 Do you think those P.O.W.s in there did? 2573 03:03:00,770 --> 03:03:03,350 Now, there's some people, and we both know them, Al 2574 03:03:03,430 --> 03:03:06,020 think you can go stand in the middle of a bull ring 2575 03:03:06,100 --> 03:03:07,980 and cry "mea culpa, mea culpa," 2576 03:03:08,060 --> 03:03:12,280 while the crowd is hissing and booing and spitting on you. 2577 03:03:13,110 --> 03:03:16,950 Well, a man doesn't cry. I don't cry. 2578 03:03:17,700 --> 03:03:20,950 You don't cry. You fight. 2579 03:03:24,790 --> 03:03:26,040 OK. 2580 03:03:26,120 --> 03:03:30,380 Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States! 2581 03:03:35,380 --> 03:03:39,470 Good evening. We interrupt this program for a special report from NBC news. 2582 03:03:39,550 --> 03:03:41,220 The country is in the midst 2583 03:03:41,310 --> 03:03:45,230 of what may be the most serious constitutional crisis in its history. 2584 03:03:45,310 --> 03:03:49,150 President Nixon has fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox. 2585 03:03:49,230 --> 03:03:51,650 Attorney General Elliot Richardson has quit 2586 03:03:51,730 --> 03:03:55,530 and his deputy William Ruckelshaus was fired when he refused to fire Cox. 2587 03:03:55,610 --> 03:03:58,530 Attorney General Robert Bork executed Nixon's orders, 2588 03:03:58,610 --> 03:04:01,870 - fired the prosecutor. - ...to head off impeachment proceedings 2589 03:04:01,950 --> 03:04:05,870 the president has agreed to release transcripts of 46 taped conversations. 2590 03:04:05,960 --> 03:04:09,250 In a simple ceremony, Gerald Ford was sworn in as vice president. 2591 03:04:09,330 --> 03:04:13,920 Citing wrongdoing, a judge has dismissed all charges against Daniel Ellsberg. 2592 03:04:14,010 --> 03:04:17,680 A grand jury has indicted former Nixon aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman... 2593 03:04:17,760 --> 03:04:21,260 You're a lawyer, for God's sake. How can you let this shit go through? 2594 03:04:21,350 --> 03:04:24,470 - Look. This. Nixon can't say that. - Well, you did say it, sir. 2595 03:04:24,560 --> 03:04:26,770 Never! I never said that about Jews. 2596 03:04:26,850 --> 03:04:30,270 - Makes me sound like an anti-Semite. - We can check the tapes again. 2597 03:04:30,350 --> 03:04:34,940 No need. I know what I said. Have you lost your mind? Look, Al! 2598 03:04:35,030 --> 03:04:38,820 Nixon can't say this! "Niggers. Niggers." It can't say that! 2599 03:04:38,910 --> 03:04:41,450 - We could delete it. - We're doing the best we can. 2600 03:04:41,530 --> 03:04:44,580 - It's not good enough! - Would you have us black it out, sir? 2601 03:04:44,660 --> 03:04:48,790 - We could write "expletive deleted." - Cut all these "goddamns" 2602 03:04:48,870 --> 03:04:51,960 and "Jesus Christs" out. Jesus. 2603 03:04:52,040 --> 03:04:56,340 Mr. President. Don't you see that all these deletion marks in the transcripts 2604 03:04:56,420 --> 03:04:59,880 make it look as though you... you do nothing but swear? 2605 03:05:04,010 --> 03:05:06,270 It soils my mother's memory. 2606 03:05:06,350 --> 03:05:10,310 You think I want the whole goddamn world to see my mother like this? 2607 03:05:10,390 --> 03:05:12,730 Raising a dirty-mouth? 2608 03:05:12,810 --> 03:05:17,150 We could start again, sir, but we don't really have the staff to do that. 2609 03:05:17,240 --> 03:05:20,490 Then start over! Just start over! 2610 03:05:20,570 --> 03:05:23,660 The world will see only what I show 'em! 2611 03:05:23,740 --> 03:05:26,450 From page one, Al. Page one, Ron! 2612 03:05:26,540 --> 03:05:28,960 Ron, get in there and do something. 2613 03:05:29,040 --> 03:05:31,210 All this stuff. 2614 03:05:37,590 --> 03:05:40,300 Five seconds, Mr. President. 2615 03:05:40,380 --> 03:05:44,760 And four, three, two... 2616 03:05:49,850 --> 03:05:52,900 Good evening, my fellow Americans. 2617 03:05:52,980 --> 03:05:54,940 Tonight I'm taking an action 2618 03:05:55,020 --> 03:05:57,860 unprecedented in the history of this office. 2619 03:05:57,940 --> 03:06:01,530 I had no knowledge of the cover-up till John Dean told me about it 2620 03:06:01,610 --> 03:06:04,490 - on March 21st, a year ago. - I think I'm going to throw up. 2621 03:06:04,570 --> 03:06:06,830 ...no payment to Hunt or anyone else be made. 2622 03:06:06,910 --> 03:06:11,370 - He's lost touch with reality. - I've made my mistakes, 2623 03:06:11,460 --> 03:06:14,830 but in all my years of public life, I have never profited. 2624 03:06:14,920 --> 03:06:18,250 Can you imagine what this man would have been 2625 03:06:18,340 --> 03:06:21,220 - had he ever been loved? - I've earned every penny. 2626 03:06:21,300 --> 03:06:25,010 In all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice. 2627 03:06:25,090 --> 03:06:28,560 It's a tragedy because he had greatness in his grasp. 2628 03:06:28,640 --> 03:06:32,230 - I welcome this examination. - But had the defects of his qualities. 2629 03:06:32,310 --> 03:06:35,060 - I made $250,000... - They'll crucify him. 2630 03:06:35,150 --> 03:06:37,270 Does anybody really care anymore? 2631 03:06:37,360 --> 03:06:40,030 ...which many of you were good enough to purchase. 2632 03:06:41,570 --> 03:06:44,910 And what happens after? 2633 03:06:44,990 --> 03:06:46,740 ...every year. 2634 03:06:48,160 --> 03:06:51,870 When l, in 1968 decided to become a candidate for the president, 2635 03:06:51,950 --> 03:06:56,580 I decided to clean the decks and to put everything in real estate. 2636 03:06:56,670 --> 03:07:00,420 So, that's where the money came from. That's all I own. 2637 03:07:00,500 --> 03:07:03,510 That's what we have, and that's what we owe. 2638 03:07:03,590 --> 03:07:06,840 Because people have got to know whether or not their president... 2639 03:07:06,930 --> 03:07:08,930 ...their president is a crook. 2640 03:07:09,010 --> 03:07:12,850 Well, l am not a crook. I've earned everything I have 2641 03:07:12,930 --> 03:07:14,560 ...doesn't have a mink coat. 2642 03:07:14,640 --> 03:07:17,520 She does have a respectable Republican cloth coat. 2643 03:07:17,610 --> 03:07:20,940 And I always tell her she'd look good in anything. 2644 03:07:21,030 --> 03:07:26,860 There has never been any feathering of nests. Not in this administration. 2645 03:07:27,620 --> 03:07:29,330 Now, let me just say this. 2646 03:07:29,410 --> 03:07:32,450 And I want to say this to the television audience... 2647 03:07:32,540 --> 03:07:35,790 Supreme Court ruled today eight to nothing that Nixon's claims 2648 03:07:35,870 --> 03:07:38,710 of executive privilege cannot be used in criminal cases 2649 03:07:38,790 --> 03:07:42,300 - and must turn over subpoenaed tapes. - The House Judiciary Committee 2650 03:07:42,380 --> 03:07:44,300 has voted 27 to 11 2651 03:07:44,380 --> 03:07:47,050 to recommend impeachment to the House. 2652 03:07:47,130 --> 03:07:49,800 The deliberations now go to the House floor. 2653 03:07:49,890 --> 03:07:53,640 In its report, the committee offers evidence Nixon obstructed justice 2654 03:07:53,720 --> 03:07:57,770 on at least 36 occasions, that he encouraged his aides to commit perjury 2655 03:07:57,850 --> 03:08:00,980 and that Nixon abused the powers of his office. 2656 03:08:01,070 --> 03:08:03,650 In a separate report, the Senate Select committee 2657 03:08:03,730 --> 03:08:07,570 details the misuse of the l.R.S., the F.B.l., the C.l.A. 2658 03:08:07,660 --> 03:08:09,660 and the justice department. 2659 03:08:09,740 --> 03:08:12,490 It denounces the plumbers and it raises the question 2660 03:08:12,580 --> 03:08:17,370 of whether the United States had a valid election in 1972. 2661 03:08:31,010 --> 03:08:32,430 Come in. 2662 03:08:44,440 --> 03:08:49,740 Victory at Sea, Al. Henry. The Pacific Theatre. 2663 03:08:49,820 --> 03:08:53,910 Christ, you can almost hear the waves breaking over the decks. 2664 03:08:59,500 --> 03:09:02,330 I'm afraid we have another problem, Mr. President. 2665 03:09:03,170 --> 03:09:04,960 Excuse me, gentlemen. 2666 03:09:09,590 --> 03:09:12,140 June 23rd, '72, sir. 2667 03:09:14,810 --> 03:09:19,270 Your instructions to Haldeman regarding the C.I.A. and the F.B.I. 2668 03:09:20,520 --> 03:09:22,060 So? 2669 03:09:22,150 --> 03:09:26,900 Your lawyers feel that it's the smoking gun. 2670 03:09:26,980 --> 03:09:30,240 Totally out of context. I was protecting the national security. 2671 03:09:30,320 --> 03:09:32,910 Sir, the deadline is today. 2672 03:09:36,080 --> 03:09:38,040 Can we get around this, Al? 2673 03:09:39,370 --> 03:09:43,920 It's the Supreme Court, sir. You don't get around it. 2674 03:09:47,760 --> 03:09:49,880 If, uh... 2675 03:09:49,970 --> 03:09:54,260 If you resign, you can keep your tapes as a private citizen. 2676 03:09:54,350 --> 03:09:56,970 You could fight them for years. 2677 03:09:59,850 --> 03:10:01,770 What if I stay? 2678 03:10:04,690 --> 03:10:07,270 You have the army. 2679 03:10:07,360 --> 03:10:08,940 The army? 2680 03:10:10,900 --> 03:10:12,360 Lincoln used it. 2681 03:10:19,200 --> 03:10:20,700 That was civil war. 2682 03:10:22,000 --> 03:10:23,370 How do you see this? 2683 03:10:27,130 --> 03:10:28,460 Oh, God. 2684 03:10:28,550 --> 03:10:31,590 We can't survive this, sir. 2685 03:10:34,550 --> 03:10:39,220 They also have you instructing Dean to make the pay off to Hunt. 2686 03:10:39,310 --> 03:10:43,390 There's nothing in that statement the president can't explain. 2687 03:10:43,480 --> 03:10:48,980 Sir, you talked about opening up the whole Bay of Pigs thing again. 2688 03:10:49,070 --> 03:10:52,150 - That's right. - Three days before, the June 20th tape. 2689 03:10:52,240 --> 03:10:55,950 - The one with the 18-minute gap. - I don't know anything about that. 2690 03:10:56,030 --> 03:10:59,160 You mentioned the Bay of Pigs several times. 2691 03:10:59,240 --> 03:11:03,290 Sooner or later, they're going to want to know what that means. 2692 03:11:03,370 --> 03:11:06,290 They're going to want to know what's on that gap. 2693 03:11:06,380 --> 03:11:09,630 It's gone. No one will ever find out what's on it. 2694 03:11:12,380 --> 03:11:16,510 They might if there was another recording. 2695 03:11:18,850 --> 03:11:20,760 We both know it's possible. 2696 03:11:25,520 --> 03:11:29,190 I know for a fact that it's possible. 2697 03:11:32,280 --> 03:11:33,740 I've spoken to Ford. 2698 03:11:33,820 --> 03:11:38,660 There's a very strong chance that he'll pardon you. 2699 03:11:38,740 --> 03:11:42,580 I don't need a goddamned deal, for God's sake. I... 2700 03:11:42,660 --> 03:11:47,670 This is something that you will have to do, Mr. President. 2701 03:11:49,710 --> 03:11:54,130 I thought you'd rather do it now. 2702 03:11:58,640 --> 03:12:00,640 I'll wait outside. 2703 03:12:05,890 --> 03:12:07,650 Sir. 2704 03:12:08,810 --> 03:12:12,230 May I say, sir, that if you stay now, 2705 03:12:12,320 --> 03:12:16,570 it will paralyze the nation and its foreign policy. 2706 03:12:20,160 --> 03:12:23,490 You always had a great sense of timing, Henry. 2707 03:12:23,580 --> 03:12:27,370 When to give and when to take. 2708 03:12:30,460 --> 03:12:34,210 How do you think Mao and Brezhnev will react? 2709 03:12:34,300 --> 03:12:37,590 Do you think they'll remember us, Henry, 2710 03:12:37,680 --> 03:12:40,390 after all the great things you and I did together, 2711 03:12:40,470 --> 03:12:45,310 as some kind of... of crooks? 2712 03:12:45,390 --> 03:12:50,100 They will understand. To be undone by a third-rate burglary 2713 03:12:50,190 --> 03:12:53,190 is a fate of biblical proportions. 2714 03:12:55,400 --> 03:12:59,280 History will treat you far more kindly than your contemporaries. 2715 03:12:59,360 --> 03:13:01,120 Yeah. 2716 03:13:01,200 --> 03:13:04,990 Depends who writes the history books. 2717 03:13:05,080 --> 03:13:08,540 I'm not a quitter, never have been. 2718 03:13:08,620 --> 03:13:11,540 But I'm not stupid either. 2719 03:13:11,630 --> 03:13:15,130 A trial would kill me. That's what they want. 2720 03:13:15,210 --> 03:13:19,220 They won't get it. Fuck 'em. 2721 03:13:41,530 --> 03:13:45,620 If they harass you, I too will resign, and I will tell the world why. 2722 03:13:45,700 --> 03:13:49,540 Don't be stupid. The world needs you, Henry. 2723 03:13:51,080 --> 03:13:53,540 You always saw the big picture. 2724 03:13:57,090 --> 03:14:00,010 You were my equal in many ways. 2725 03:14:09,350 --> 03:14:12,310 You're the only friend I got, Henry. 2726 03:14:14,940 --> 03:14:17,270 Do you ever pray? 2727 03:14:18,440 --> 03:14:23,780 You know, believe in a supreme being? 2728 03:14:25,490 --> 03:14:29,700 Not really. You mean on my knees? 2729 03:14:33,710 --> 03:14:37,290 My mother used to pray a lot. 2730 03:14:37,380 --> 03:14:42,300 It's been a long time since I really prayed. 2731 03:14:48,060 --> 03:14:50,890 Let's pray, Henry. 2732 03:14:50,970 --> 03:14:55,480 Let's pray a little. Just you and me. 2733 03:15:03,610 --> 03:15:06,410 I hope this doesn't embarrass you, Henry. 2734 03:15:06,490 --> 03:15:09,330 No. Not at all, no. 2735 03:15:09,410 --> 03:15:13,500 This is not going to leak, is it? 2736 03:15:15,960 --> 03:15:19,000 Don't be too proud, Henry. 2737 03:15:19,090 --> 03:15:23,760 Never be too proud to go on your knees before God. 2738 03:15:35,690 --> 03:15:38,690 God. 2739 03:15:44,650 --> 03:15:46,610 How can a... 2740 03:15:46,700 --> 03:15:50,280 How can a country come apart like this? 2741 03:15:50,370 --> 03:15:53,370 What have I done wrong? 2742 03:15:55,000 --> 03:15:59,540 I opened China. I made peace with Russia. 2743 03:16:00,790 --> 03:16:03,880 I ended the war. 2744 03:16:05,550 --> 03:16:08,340 I did what I thought was right. 2745 03:16:13,560 --> 03:16:16,270 God, why do they hate me so? 2746 03:16:16,350 --> 03:16:20,480 It's unbelievable. It... It's insane. 2747 03:16:21,900 --> 03:16:27,320 Oh, Mom, I'm sorry. God, please forgive me, God. I didn't mean it. 2748 03:16:27,400 --> 03:16:31,070 I never wanted to do... I don't want this to... Is it me? 2749 03:16:31,160 --> 03:16:34,910 Is this happening? I can't believe... 2750 03:16:40,750 --> 03:16:42,590 Al. 2751 03:16:58,060 --> 03:17:03,520 They smelled the blood on me this time, Al. I got soft, you know? 2752 03:17:04,400 --> 03:17:07,860 A rusty, metallic smell. 2753 03:17:07,950 --> 03:17:12,570 - I know it well, sir. - It came over from Vietnam, you know? 2754 03:17:12,660 --> 03:17:15,200 - Sir? - That smell. 2755 03:17:16,330 --> 03:17:19,250 I mean, everyone suffered so much. 2756 03:17:19,330 --> 03:17:22,460 Their boys killed. 2757 03:17:22,540 --> 03:17:26,260 They need to sacrifice something. 2758 03:17:26,340 --> 03:17:29,260 You know, appease the gods of war. 2759 03:17:30,130 --> 03:17:33,260 Mars, Jupiter. 2760 03:17:36,350 --> 03:17:39,430 I am that blood, General. 2761 03:17:41,440 --> 03:17:44,230 I am that sacrifice. 2762 03:17:45,020 --> 03:17:47,780 In the highest place of all. 2763 03:17:51,240 --> 03:17:55,410 Yeah. All leaders must finally be sacrificed. 2764 03:17:56,660 --> 03:17:59,580 Things won't be the same after this. 2765 03:17:59,660 --> 03:18:05,380 No, I played by the rules. Rules changed right in the middle of the game. 2766 03:18:05,460 --> 03:18:09,170 There's no respect for American institutions anymore. 2767 03:18:10,920 --> 03:18:13,930 No, people are cynical. 2768 03:18:14,010 --> 03:18:17,680 The press, ah, the press is out of control. 2769 03:18:19,140 --> 03:18:22,440 People spit on soldiers. 2770 03:18:22,520 --> 03:18:25,060 Government secrets mean nothing. 2771 03:18:26,520 --> 03:18:29,690 I pity the next guy who sits here. 2772 03:18:32,530 --> 03:18:34,700 Good night, gentlemen. 2773 03:18:40,620 --> 03:18:43,170 Mr. President. 2774 03:19:19,660 --> 03:19:24,580 When they look at you, they see what they want to be. 2775 03:19:27,330 --> 03:19:32,340 When they look at me, they see what they are. 2776 03:19:37,680 --> 03:19:40,810 Dick, please don't. 2777 03:19:47,350 --> 03:19:49,480 I can't. 2778 03:19:49,560 --> 03:19:52,570 I don't have the strength anymore. 2779 03:19:54,030 --> 03:19:56,200 It'll be over soon. 2780 03:19:56,280 --> 03:19:59,450 No, it's going to start now. 2781 03:20:00,450 --> 03:20:05,500 Oh, Buddy. If I could just sleep. 2782 03:20:05,580 --> 03:20:08,960 - If I could just sleep. - There'll be time for that. 2783 03:20:09,040 --> 03:20:10,880 Yeah. 2784 03:20:15,380 --> 03:20:20,220 You know, once when I was sick as a boy, 2785 03:20:20,300 --> 03:20:25,310 my mother gave me this stuff and she made me swallow it. 2786 03:20:26,730 --> 03:20:29,940 It made me throw up all over her. 2787 03:20:32,070 --> 03:20:35,610 I wish I could do that now. 2788 03:20:41,530 --> 03:20:44,290 I'm so afraid. 2789 03:20:44,950 --> 03:20:47,750 There's darkness out there. 2790 03:20:49,540 --> 03:20:54,840 I could always see where I was going. But it's dark out there. 2791 03:20:57,170 --> 03:21:01,430 God, I've always been afraid of the dark. 2792 03:21:03,010 --> 03:21:05,020 Buddy. 2793 03:21:32,040 --> 03:21:32,120 There are many fine careers. This country needs good farmers, 2794 03:21:32,130 --> 03:21:37,590 There are many fine careers. This country needs good farmers, 2795 03:21:37,670 --> 03:21:42,640 good businessmen, good plumbers 2796 03:21:42,720 --> 03:21:45,810 good carpenters. 2797 03:21:45,890 --> 03:21:49,390 I remember my old man. 2798 03:21:49,480 --> 03:21:53,060 I think that they would have called him sort of a, 2799 03:21:53,150 --> 03:21:56,110 sort of a little man, a common man. 2800 03:21:56,190 --> 03:22:01,950 Well, he didn't consider himself that way. 2801 03:22:02,030 --> 03:22:06,620 You know what he was? He was a streetcar motorman first. 2802 03:22:06,700 --> 03:22:10,290 Then he was a farmer. 2803 03:22:10,370 --> 03:22:12,330 Then he had a lemon ranch. 2804 03:22:12,420 --> 03:22:16,170 It was the poorest lemon ranch in California, I can assure you. 2805 03:22:16,250 --> 03:22:19,300 He sold it before they found oil on it. 2806 03:22:22,380 --> 03:22:25,010 Then he was a grocer. 2807 03:22:25,100 --> 03:22:27,600 But he was a great man 2808 03:22:27,680 --> 03:22:30,980 because he did his job. 2809 03:22:31,060 --> 03:22:34,230 And every job counts up to the hilt 2810 03:22:34,310 --> 03:22:36,900 regardless of what happens. 2811 03:22:38,280 --> 03:22:41,780 Nobody will ever write a book, probably, about my mother. 2812 03:22:41,860 --> 03:22:47,870 Well, I guess all of you would say this about your mother. 2813 03:22:49,540 --> 03:22:52,910 My mother was a saint. 2814 03:22:53,000 --> 03:22:58,550 And I think of her two boys dying of tuberculosis 2815 03:22:58,630 --> 03:23:03,430 and seeing each of them die. And when they died... 2816 03:23:07,890 --> 03:23:13,480 Yes, she will have no books written about her. 2817 03:23:14,810 --> 03:23:18,400 But she was a saint. 2818 03:23:19,440 --> 03:23:23,400 Now, however, we look to the future. 2819 03:23:23,490 --> 03:23:27,700 I remember something, uh, Theodore Roosevelt wrote 2820 03:23:27,780 --> 03:23:31,950 when his first wife died in his twenties. 2821 03:23:32,040 --> 03:23:35,750 He thought the light had gone from his life forever. 2822 03:23:35,830 --> 03:23:39,420 But he went on, and he not only became president 2823 03:23:39,500 --> 03:23:42,300 but as an ex-president, he served his country 2824 03:23:42,380 --> 03:23:46,430 always in the arena, tempestuous, strong, 2825 03:23:46,510 --> 03:23:49,050 sometimes right, sometimes wrong. 2826 03:23:49,140 --> 03:23:52,310 But he was a man. 2827 03:23:52,390 --> 03:23:58,020 And as I leave that's an example I think all of us should remember. 2828 03:23:58,100 --> 03:24:03,740 See, we think sometimes when, things happen that don't go the right way; 2829 03:24:03,820 --> 03:24:07,610 we think that when someone dear to us dies, 2830 03:24:07,700 --> 03:24:10,530 when we lose an election, 2831 03:24:10,620 --> 03:24:14,290 or when we suffer defeat that all is ended. 2832 03:24:14,370 --> 03:24:19,330 Not true. It's only a beginning, always, 2833 03:24:19,420 --> 03:24:23,630 because the greatness comes, not when things go always good for you, 2834 03:24:23,710 --> 03:24:27,680 but the greatness comes when you're really tested, 2835 03:24:27,760 --> 03:24:31,470 when you take some knocks, some disappointments 2836 03:24:31,550 --> 03:24:33,640 when sadness comes. 2837 03:24:33,720 --> 03:24:37,810 Because only if you've been in the deepest valley 2838 03:24:37,890 --> 03:24:43,480 can you ever know how magnificent it is 2839 03:24:43,570 --> 03:24:45,820 to be on the highest mountain. 2840 03:24:49,410 --> 03:24:52,700 So, I say to you on this occasion, 2841 03:24:52,780 --> 03:24:57,160 we leave, proud of the people who have stood by us and worked for us 2842 03:24:57,250 --> 03:25:00,710 and served this government and this country. 2843 03:25:00,790 --> 03:25:03,590 They want you to continue to serve in government 2844 03:25:03,670 --> 03:25:05,800 if that is what you wish. 2845 03:25:05,880 --> 03:25:09,380 Remember, always give your best. 2846 03:25:09,470 --> 03:25:13,720 Never get discouraged. Never be petty. 2847 03:25:13,810 --> 03:25:17,390 Always remember, others may hate you. 2848 03:25:17,480 --> 03:25:21,730 But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. 2849 03:25:21,810 --> 03:25:26,480 And then, you destroy yourself. 2850 03:25:26,570 --> 03:25:32,280 And so we leave with high hopes and good spirits and with deep humility. 2851 03:25:32,370 --> 03:25:34,490 And I say to each and every one of you, 2852 03:25:34,580 --> 03:25:36,950 not only will we always remember you 2853 03:25:37,040 --> 03:25:42,290 but always, you will be in our hearts. 2854 03:25:42,380 --> 03:25:46,960 And you'll be in our prayers. 2855 03:25:47,050 --> 03:25:53,050 And only then will you find what we Quakers call "peace at the center". 2856 03:26:07,820 --> 03:26:13,780 He gave of himself with intelligence and energy and devotion to duty. 2857 03:26:13,870 --> 03:26:19,700 Richard Nixon was buried and honored by five presidents on April 26, 1994. 2858 03:26:19,790 --> 03:26:24,580 Less than a year after his beloved wife, Pat, had died. 2859 03:26:24,670 --> 03:26:28,460 Nixon always maintained that if he had not been driven from office 2860 03:26:28,550 --> 03:26:33,800 the North Vietnamese would not have overwhelmed the South in 1975. 2861 03:26:33,890 --> 03:26:38,560 In a sideshow, Cambodian society was destroyed and mass genocide resulted. 2862 03:26:38,640 --> 03:26:43,270 The second half of the 20th century will be known as the age of Nixon. 2863 03:26:43,350 --> 03:26:46,860 ln his absence, Russia and the United States returned to a decade 2864 03:26:46,940 --> 03:26:49,610 of high-budget military expansion and near war. 2865 03:26:50,530 --> 03:26:53,570 Nixon, who was pardoned by President Ford, 2866 03:26:53,660 --> 03:26:59,240 lived to write six books and travel the world as an elder statesman. 2867 03:26:59,330 --> 03:27:04,370 For the remainder of his life, he fought successfully to protect his tapes. 2868 03:27:04,460 --> 03:27:09,250 The National Archives spent 14 years indexing and cataloging them. 2869 03:27:09,340 --> 03:27:13,800 Out of 4,000 hours, 60 hours have been made public. 2870 03:30:15,800 --> 03:30:15,800 ESiR 244727

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