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1968. >> they got us into this war, and they're afraid to get us out. >> richard nixon is behind sabotaging peace. >> tens of thousands of young americans and vietnamese died. that's what was at stake. >> it was horrendous, it was treason, by any standard. >> this wealthy and connected asian-american woman could change history. >> lbj knew there was collusion. it's definitely a smoking gun as regards richard nixon's direct involvement and actions. >> they're contacting a foreign power in the middle of a war. and they ought to be doing this. this is treason. >> it's november 3rd, just two

>> the number one flying tiger and his chinese bride. general chenault played second world war history. >> anna chenault has an american story that's truly epically, even cinematically unique. she's a refugee from china. she rises to the highest levels of society in this country opinion what she did with that influence is a question of deadly seriousness. we got america's first taste of a candidate including with a foreign power to try to win a u.s. presidential election. and in this case, it would also change the course of eye war. >> the chenault affair shows us this wealthy and connected as...

>> every american is to be freed from domestic violence. we shall have order in the united states. >> nixon leads in the polls, but his white house dreams are haunted by lbg's progress toward ending the war. nixon worries about the prospect of an october surprise, that peace is being negotiated that it's in hand and that it boosts the prospects of hubert hum free. >> mid october, lyndon johnson fuels nixon's worst fear. >> who is that speaking, dick is that you? >> i'm on. >> hubert, are you on? >> in a conference call, lbj updates the presidential candidates confidentially on a big breakthrou...

Freight airline. anna had access. >> she always operated from behind the scenes, because she was a back channel operator. >> who is going to have the power to keep peace. >> and now artillery is being called in as you can hear. >> war and peace in vietnam. in 1968 that was the issue. how to end a war that had turned malignant. >> vietnam was the war that we saw in our living rooms every night. >> keep rolling. >> people would be watching the 6:00 news during dinner and see the carnage of vietnam. >> all hell has broken loose. >> 1968 was lbj's fifth year as commander in chief. it was the singl...

Died in vietnam. >> i think there was a momentum behind that war. so many people had died in it, it's hard for anybody to say, let's stop it. johnson said, i don't want to be the president who loses a war. especially when we had this mythology of having never lost a war as a country. we just didn't seem to be wing anything. >> back in the u.s., the war had become personal. vietnam had become johnson's war. >> every time he tries to leave the white house, he's met by protesters, every public speech, he's going to hear those chants. you can see the toll that the war is having on lbj. physically,...