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Days before the 1968 presidential elections. >> mr. president, i'm getting him right on. >> mr. president? >> yes. >> this is dick nixon. >> yes, dick. >> in a call secretly recorded by the white house, president lyndon johnson draws a line in the sand for his old adversary, richard nixon, the republican candidate for president. >> lyndon johnson is desperate before his term runs out to get the north vietnamese and the south vietnamese at the peace table. >> we all want them to come and hope they'll come and really believe they'll come. >> it's really a question of -- >> nixon was trying to sa...

Days before the 1968 presidential election. >> mr. president, i'm getting right on. >> mr. president? >> yes? >> this is dick nixon. >> yes, dick? >> in a call secretly recorded by the white house, president lyndon johnson draws a line in the sand for his old adversary, richard nixon, the republican candidate for president. >> lyndon johnson is desperate before his term runs out to get the north vietnamese and the south vietnamese at the peace table. >> we all want them to come, and hope they'll come, and really believe they'll come. >> it's really a question of when they'll come. >> nixon was...

>> it's not totally unusual that an american presidential candidate would have a go-between with a war-time ally. the issue is whether or not that representative is charged with taking steps to undermine the government's policy. >> while lbj and his national security team strategize about how to close the deals on the peace talks, the fbi begins round the clock surveillance on anna chennault. >> she's followed by the fbi. there's fbi reports of her activities. john mitchell is very concerned about talking to her and making sure that they only talk on an anonymous phone that won't be bugged. >>...

>> mr. president, i'm get iting the president on. >> yes, dick. >> in a call secretly recorded by the white house, president lyndon johnson draws a line in the sand for his old at ver sarry, richard nixon, the republican candidate for president. >> lyndon johnson is desperate before his term runs out to get the north vietnamese and the south vietnamese at the peace table. >> we all want them to come and hope they'll come and really believe they'll come. >> is it a question of -- >> nixon was trying to sabotage those peace talks. if peace talks were announced before election day. that would hel...

Move. >> it's not totally unusual that an american presidential candidate would have go-between with a war-time ally. the issue is whether or not that representative is charged with taking steps to undermine the government's policy. >> while bbj and his national security team strategize about how to close the deals on the peace talks the fbi begins surveillance on anna chennault. she's followed by the fbi. there's fbi reports of her activities. john mitchell is very concerned about talking to her and making sure they only talk on an anonymous phone that won't be bugged. >> now that johnson has...