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Process, and he's ordering haldeman to make sure anna chennault stays active. >> nixon had always denied any personal knowledge of anna chennault's behavior. and, wow, all of a sudden, here he is in haldeman's notes saying, keep anna chennault working on the south vietnamese and any way else we can monkey wrench johnson's initiatives. it was not just one casual remark. it's a whole battle plan. >> the very next day after nixon orders his chief of staff to monkey wrench it, to keep anna chennault on the job, telling saigon to not go along with the peace talks -- the very next day, anna's friend...

>> it's definitely a smoking gun as regards richard nixon's direct involvement and actions. >> nixon's asking about how to throw a monkey wrench into the process. and he's ordering halderman to make sure anna chennault stays active. >> nixon always denied any personal knowledge of anna chennault's behavior, and wow, all of the sudden, here he is in halderman's notes saying, keep anna chennault working on the south vietnamese and any way we can monkey wrench johnson's initiatives. it was not just one casual remark. it's a whole battle plan. >> the very next day after nixon orders his chief of s...

You of peace in vietnam and southeast asia. there is no need to delay the talks that could bring an end to this long and this bloody war. >> johnson was desperately trying to end the war on his watch. he had it in his head the hope that somehow, some way he could get the north vietnamese to the negotiating table and end the war. >> renew the offer i made last august to stop the bombardment of north vietnam. in the hope that this action will lead to early talks. >> lbj offers to stop the bombing. but only if the north agrees to talk peace with south vietnam. then johnson plays one last card. >>...

That peace talks could not start before election day. because peace talks were the biggest threat to his candidacy. >> that threat is fresh in nixon's mind. just hours before nixon accepted the nomination, lbj had called to congratulate him as the president watched the convention on tv from his texas ranch. >> so mr. preponderatsident, ho you? >> just fine. haven't had any sleep. but i sure do. i give you my congratulations and my sympathy. i tell you, isn't that the truth. >> johnson never liked or trusted nixon. goes way back to the time he was in the senate and nixon was in the senate. >> d...

No credibility as far as i'm concerned. >> i'm, very happy to hear that dick. because that is taking place. here is the history of it. -- >> you have two guys sort of bluffing each other. johnson wants nixon to think he's got the goods on nixon himself. nixon wants johnson to think he has nothing to do with this. >> i would never --. we got to get them to --. >> lbj knew there was collusion with the south vietnamese government to keep them from negotiating the peace. what lbj couldn't prove definitively was that nixon was involved. >> some of the old china