’Operation Menu’ Profile: ’Operation Menu’ Events (3) February 23-24, 1969: Nixon Orders Plans for Secret Bombing of Cambodia 1969-02-23 March 15-17, 1969: Nixon Launches Cambodian Air Strikes 1969-03-15 May 9-10, 1969: New York Times Reveals Secret Cambodia Bombings; White House Responds with Illegal Wiretaps 1969-05-09