and he lied to him. about what he was doing. when lyndon johnson confronted richard nixon about this. hello? mr. president, this is dic nixon. yes, dick. i want to letounow i got a report regarding yr call and i just went on meet the press and i said that on meet the press that i had given you my personal assurance that i would do everything possible to cooperate both before the election and if elected after the election and if you felt, the secretary of state felt, that anything would be useful that i could do, i would do it, that i felt han i felt saigon should come to the conference table, that you felt it was necessary to go there or go to paris, either one. i just wanted you to know that i
the broad outlines of this story have been known for years now, the names of the key players have been known, but with jack ferrell has discovered and reported in yesterday s new york times for the first time are nixon s own words about the scheme. the monkey wrench. jack ferrell has found nixon campaign aide haldeman s nates about a conversation with nixon about the scheme, notes, keep working on south vietnam any other way to monkey wrench it. as rumor spread that nixon might be interfering with the talks, he got very worried about this, knowing that it was a crime. he called president johnson. and he lied to him. about what he was doing. when lyndon johnson confronted richard nixon about this. hello? mr. president, this is dic nixon. yes, dick. i want to let you know i got