The Western White House, the living and working space for U.S. President Richard Nixon in San Clemente, California. A decorated fountain with a stone carved statue of a child atop, at the backside of the residence. Flowers in a pond. A stone carved frog in the pond. The entrance of the residence.
Soviet Premiere Leonid Brezhnev on a visit to the United States and meets U.S. President Richard Nixon in San Clemente, California. Secretary Rogers and his wife greet and welcome the dignitaries in the lawn of the Western White House. The dignitaries line up as President Nixon and Brezhnev arrive. They sit on chairs and sign an agreement. They stand and shake hands while other dignitaries applaud. President Nixon walks to a microphone and addresses the gathering. He expresses his satisfaction towards US-Soviet relations.
Soviet Premiere Leonid Brezhnev on a visit to the United States and meets U.S. President Richard Nixon in San Clemente, California. Premiere Brezhnev after signing an agreement addresses the dignitaries. He speaks into a microphone in Russian and a translator translates it to English. Brezhnev expresses his belief in peaceful US-Soviet relations. The people at the ceremony applaud as the translator speaks the words of Brezhnev in English. The dignitaries pose for a group photograph near the Western White House. The dignitaries and press reporters giggle as Brezhnev speaks 'goodbye'. U.S. and Soviet officials talk to each other.
U.S. President Richard Nixon talks about the President's privileges with reference to the Watergate Scandal during a press conference in San Clemente, California. A journalist questions the President regarding the check on authoritarianism by the executive. He also asks the President whether he will follow the Supreme Court orders if asked to submit the Watergate tapes or other documents to the Senate Committee or to the special prosecutor. He then inquires about the limitations of the President, short of impeachment, to compel the production of evidence of a criminal nature in the Watergate Investigation. The President responds that the limitation is of public opinion as well as congressional pressure and that this is further accompanied by waiving of the executive privileges by the ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph) administration. The President clarifies that the White House Press Secretary Gerald Warren has already responded to the Supreme Court orders and that the statement made by Warren with regard to the President's position still stands.
U.S. President Richard Nixon talks about people who would exploit the Watergate issue during a press conference in San Clemente, California. Journalist Jerry Landay questions the President regarding his statement about people who the President thinks would exploit the Watergate issue to keep him from doing his job. The President suggests that they could be political figures, members of the press and television or any individuals who do not agree with his policies and do not want him to do his job properly.
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.
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