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Nixon And Watergate Tmln

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  1. 1968-11-05 November 5, 1968: Nixon Wins Narrow Presidential Victory
  2. 1969-01-15 January 15, 1969: Defense Department Produces Classified Study Proving Decades of Deception Surrounding Vietnam
  3. 1969-01-30 January 30, 1969: Nixon Planning for ‘72 Election
  4. 1969-02-17 February 17, 1969: Nixon: Media ‘Waiting to Destroy Us’
  5. 1969-02-17 February 17, 1969: Haldeman Begins Creating Secret Campaign Fund
  6. 1969-02-23 February 23-24, 1969: Nixon Orders Plans for Secret Bombing of Cambodia
  7. 1969-03-15 March 15-17, 1969: Nixon Launches Cambodian Air Strikes
  8. 1969-04-02 April 2, 1969: Nixon Begins Secret Political Intelligence Operations
  9. 1969-05-09 May 9-10, 1969: New York Times Reveals Secret Cambodia Bombings; White House Responds with Illegal Wiretaps
  10. 1969-05-14 May 14, 1969: Fortas Resigns from Supreme Court Due to ‘Ugly Bluff’ by Nixon Justice Department
  11. 1969-05-20 May 20, 1969: White House Orders NSC Aides Wiretapped
  12. 1969-05-28 May 28, 1969: White House Orders Reporter Wiretapped
  13. 1969-06-04 June 4, 1969: Nixon Decides No More NSC Meetings
  14. 1969-06-05 June 5, 1969: New York Times Reporter Breaks Okinawa Story; Kissinger Orders Wiretap
  15. 1969-07-18 July 18, 1969: Nixon Sees Chappaquiddick Tragedy Damages Kennedy
  16. 1969-09-29 September 29, 1969: Army Refuses to Prosecute Green Berets for Murder; Ellsberg Begins Copying ‘Pentagon Papers’ for Release to Press
  17. 1969-12-01 December 1, 1969: Nixon Orders New Campaign Slush Fund for Benefit of Loyal Candidates
  18. 1970-01-13 January 13, 1970: Nixon Snubs Black Voters in Re-election Plans
  19. 1970-03-06 March 6, 1970: Nixon Targets DNC Chairman for Surveillance, Discrediting
  20. 1970-04-24 April 24-30, 1970: Nixon Orders Invasion of Cambodia; Kissinger Staffers Resign Rather than Participate in Coordination
  21. 1970-04-30 April 30, 1970: US and South Vietnamese Invade Cambodia
  22. 1970-05-02 May 2, 1970: Haig Orders Four More Wiretaps
  23. 1970-05-04 May 4-5, 1970: Nixon Responds to Kent State Shootings
  24. 1970-05-05 April 1-May 5, 1970: Nixon Uses Secret Campaign Funds to Battle Alabama Governor
  25. 1970-05-31 May 31, 1970: Nixon Speaks to Military Officials About Operations in Cambodia; Says Public Statements Will Not Speak of What Is Actually Going on in Cambodia
  26. 1970-06-05 June 5, 1970: Nixon Focuses on Domestic Intelligence Gathering
  27. 1970-07-14 July 14, 1970: Nixon Approves ‘Huston Plan’ for Domestic Surveillance
  28. 1970-07-22 July 22, 1970: Nixon, Aides Plan Dissemination of Secret Campaign Funds
  29. 1970-07-26 July 26-27, 1970: Nixon Rejects Huston Plan
  30. 1970-10-29 October 29, 1970: Nixon Provokes Antiwar Protesters for Cameras
  31. 1970-12-09 December 9, 1970: Nixon Writes Fake Letters to Editors
  32. 1971-01-04 January 4, 1971: Nixon Using Progressive Ideas as Smokescreen for Political Realignment Hopes
  33. 1971-01-25 January 25, 1971: Colson Begins Compiling ‘Enemies List’
  34. 1971-02-16 February 16, 1971: Bush Appointed UN Ambassador: Will Serve as Nixon Advocate in ‘New York Social Circles’
  35. 1971-03-20 March 20, 1971: Nixon Campaign Decides to Bug Democrats
  36. 1971-03-23 March 23, 1971: Nixon Negotiates Secret Deal with Milk Consortium for Campaign Donations
  37. 1971-05-13 May 13, 1971: Nixon Orders ITT Deal—No Prosecution In Return for Campaign Donations
  38. 1971-06-13 June 13, 1971: First Installment of ‘Pentagon Papers’ Published
  39. 1971-06-13 After June 13, 1971: Pentagon Papers Publication Causes Backlash against Scientists
  40. 1971-06-14 June 14, 1971: Attorney General Demands Times Cease Publication of Pentagon Papers
  41. 1971-06-15 June 15, 1971: Justice Department Injuction Opens Landmark Case against New York Times
  42. 1971-06-15 June 15, 1971: Nixon Demands Injunction to Stop Publication of Pentagon Papers, Orders Investigation
  43. 1971-06-17 June 17, 1971: Court Refuses to Order New York Times to Turn over Pentagon Papers to White House
  44. 1971-06-17 June 17, 1971: Nixon Considers Ways of Using ‘Pentagon Papers’ For His Own Purposes
  45. 1971-06-18 June 18, 1971: Pentagon Papers Hearings Begin
  46. 1971-06-24 June 24, 1971: Supreme Court Blocks Publication of Pentagon Papers until It Can Rule on Case
  47. 1971-06-26 June 26, 1971: Opening Arguments in Supreme Court over Pentagon Papers Case
  48. 1971-06-27 June 27, 1971, and Beyond: Nixon Campaign ‘Agent Provocateur’ Funded by White House
  49. 1971-06-28 June 28, 1971: Ellsberg Surrenders, Charged with Theft, Conspiracy, and Espionage
  50. 1971-06-28 June 28, 1971: Nixon Lectures Cabinet on Loyalty, Secrecy, and Distrust of the Media