the foreign aides and nixon approached him and said saigon should hold to a firm position now regarding negotiations. if nixon se lekked, he'll back in their bands. >> so november 4th, the day before the election, johnson's at the lbj ranch. he gets a call that the bureau chief of the "christian science monitor" has in his hands a story saying republican interference is responsible for saigon's decision to boycott the paris peace talks and he's asking johnson for comment. johnson can make what he knows public, let the voters decide, or he can keep this information classified as then is. everything is at stake.