NIXON TAPES: "Fight All Out" over Pentagon Papers (Chuck Colson)

Charles Colson
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June 29, 1971
White House Telephone

President Richard Nixon talks with Chuck Colson about the leaked secret government documents about the Vietnam War, the Pentagon Papers. They discuss the leaker, Daniel Ellsberg, and Nixon hopes that Ellsberg can be tied in with subversives. The president complains about "intellectual types who have no loyalty" and who weren't elected who think they are the ones to determine what's best for the country.

(Photo: President Richard Nixon and his wife First Lady Pat Nixon say goodbye to Gerald and Betty Ford before boarding Marine One on the day of Nixon's resignation from the presidency. The Nixons' daughters and sons-in-law can be seen in the background behind them.)

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