10 minutes. Prof. Dean discovering the taping system is it lucky or inevitable . That is the discussion of these lectures. The whole story of the nixon tapes has been only partially told. It has taken me years to gather and find out what happened. Its one of the most important factors in the watergate story. I think its important to get that history straight. We will try and do that in a very summary fashion today. Before i start, id like to remind you that other president s did tape, starting with roosevelt. When they first went to talkie movies and they had a soundtrack, they had a system put in the oval office that recorded. I am going to try a very quick sample. Oops, let me go back. A quick sample of roosevelt taping. [indiscernible] prof. Dean you get a sample there. That is amazing when you think of somebody today, that we have cell phones, just talking about the breakthrough in that presidency of a walkietalkie that was so heavy they had to carry it on their back. Anyway, nixon
In june of 1973 during testimony before the Senate Watergate committee, mr. Dean implicated president nixon and administration officials, including himself in the watergate coverup. He later pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his role in watergate and served four months in prison. Discovering the tapes system, was it lucky or inevitable, is what were looking at. The nixon taping the whole story of the nixon tapes has been only partially told. Its taken me years to gather and find out what happened. Since its one of the most important factors in the watergate story, i think its important to get that history straight, and were going to try to do that in a very summary fashion today. Before i start, though, i would like to remind you that other president s did tape, starting with franklin roosevelt, who used a when they first went to talking movies and they had a soundtrack, he had a system that was put in the oval office that was recorded. Im going to try a very, very quick sam
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