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In San Clemente, California U.S. President Nixon talks about the existence of wiretaps during the Kennedy administration.
U.S. President Richard Nixon talks about the role of wiretaps in national security during a press conference in San Clemente, California. A journalist questions the President about his statement regarding the 10 additional wiretaps that could have been initiated by late U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, which would have lead to the discovery of the Oswald plan and thus prevented U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The President responds that 10 more wiretaps could have found the conspiracy, if it was a conspiracy in the first place, then it would have been worth it. The President also talks about the high number of wiretaps in the National Security area during the Kennedy administration for national security purposes. The taps on news organizations, news people and civil rights leaders were all justified. The journalist then asks the President if he thought that President Kennedy's assassination threat mattered more to the national security wiretaps. The President does not agree with this and believes that the assassination was a breakdown in the President's security. He also states that he personally does not prefer to have secret service.
In San Clemente, California U.S. President Richard Nixon talks about the Watergate scandal and the Cambodian bombings.
U.S. President Richard Nixon talks about his officials' role in informing the prosecutors during the Watergate Scandal in San Clemente, California. A journalist seeks an explanation from the President as to why, after being informed by his officials about the White House staff's involvement in criminal activities, had he not given this information directly to the prosecutor rather than allowing his staff to conduct their own investigations. The President explains that he was under the impression that both the people responsible for communication with the prosecutor, White House Counsel John Wesley Dean and the President's Assistant for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman, were keeping the prosecutor informed. Another journalist asks the President whether he felt he owned an apology to American citizens with regard to the Cambodian bombing. The President states that he does not feel that way since the bombed area in Cambodia was occupied by North Vietnam Communists and was being used for attacking and killing American soldiers. The President felt that his countrymen would be thankful to him for taking the necessary action in order to save the lives of American soldiers. (Vietnam War period).