U.S. President Richard Nixon delivers his resignation speech from his office in the White House, Washington DC. President Nixon delivers his speech sitting in his office. He mentions his declining support due to the Watergate matter. He insists need for a full time President and Congress. He recalls the difficult conditions America faces at home and abroad. He expresses his faith in Gerald Ford as the President of the U.S. Nixon recalls the achievements of his five and half year tenure as U.S. President. He repeats the goal of America for a lasting world peace and betterment of conditions of poor people all over the world.
U.S. President Richard Nixon speaks about aftermath of immediate withdrawal from the Vietnam War. U.S. military prisoners of war held by North Vietnam stand before press reporters in Vietnam. President confers with U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger at his office. Vietnam War draftees being selected by traditional lottery system. Men stand in front of machines that churn out numbered balls for new draft lottery system. Nixon transforms budget expenditure on human needs. Criminals caught by police walk, some covering their faces from the media, as they are led away by police and investigators. Illegal drugs seized by efforts of Nixon administration. View of seized heroin manufacturing equipment. Nixon speaks about the opium farming in Turkey during one of his speeches and mentions agreement with the Turkish government in Ankara to cease all opium poppy production. Customs officers check illegal drug traffic on the border of Mexico and America. Drug enforcement officials search cargo hold of a ship for illegal drugs. Views of drug control officers finding illegal stashed hidden drugs in hiding places in cars and vehicles. Nixon speaks about increased budget to control illegal drug traffic and rehabilitation of drug abusers and drug addicts. He creates the office of Drug Abuse Enforcement and he speaks saying "We must wage what I have called Total War against public enemy number one in the United States: The problem of dangerous drugs." From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon at a meeting with 24 U.S. Attorneys General in the Cabinet Room at the White House, Washington DC. President Nixon seated in center of table with Attorney's General. President Nixon, U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and various other attorneys general.
President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu during his visit to San Clemente in California, United States. U.S. President Nixon, the First Lady Patricia, President Thieu and his wife walk inside the residence. President Nixon and President Thieu walk on the roads of the state building at San Clemente. They walk towards the U.S. presidential helicopter at a helipad. Marine honor guards salute as the dignitaries board the helicopter. U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger and Ambassador Bunker watch as the presidential helicopter takes off. The helicopter flies in the sky and vanishes. (Vietnam War period).
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.
First Inauguration ceremony of President Richard Milhous Nixon at the U.S. Capitol, Washington DC. Senator Dirksen from speaker's podium announces Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing a song, "This is My Country." The U.S. Capitol and Federal Supreme Court, the Lincoln Memorial, and other Federal buildings shown during the song. Members of the choir sing the song. A Statue and a bust of former President Abraham Lincoln inside the central dome of the U.S. Capitol. Guests, dignitaries and spectators applaud as the choir finishes song.
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