UNDERCUTTINGSource : AFP Published on 24-06-2009 Description : Picture dated April 30, 1970 shows republican president Richard Nixon gesturing during a press conference announcing the entry of American soldiers in Cambodia. Despite pledges to protect South Viet Nam, Nixon privately vowed to "cut off the head" of its leader unless he backed peace with the communist North, tapes released on June 23 showed. The US National Archives released more than 150 hours of new tapes from Nixon, who notoriously recorded his conversations. Nixon is heard railing against the media and Congress for allegedly undercutting the war effort in Viet Nam.
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