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Richard Nixon's Smoking Gun Tape:

On June 23, 1972, the taping system in use in the Oval Office recorded a conversation between President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman, that became known as the "Smoking Gun Tape." Find out how the tape helped to bring down the Nixon presidency with our expert analysis by John W. Malsberger.




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