Summary
Description: Report on some views expressed by Congressmen on the racial situation in the US which on the whole gives an encouraging picture. An account of the appointment of Gerald Ford as Vice President. Analysis of the US scene including the energy crisis, President Nixon, the Watergate scandal, changes in the Administration including Kissinger's appointment as Secretary of State and the dismissals of Stoessel, Casey, Willis Armstrong, Sisco, Pearce, Malmgren and Hormats. In external policy, criticism of Europe's alleged giving-in to Arab blackmail and Europe's failure to help the Netherlands, the Middle East crisis and doubts about the Soviet Union and Kissinger's policy of detente. Report on the Presidency and the hearings before Judge Siricia concerning the tapes and the President's Personal Secretary Rose Mary Wards who gave evidence along with Haldeman, and the President's Counsel, Buzhardt, as well as retired Army Officer Butcher.
Variant and related titles
The Nixon years, 1969-1974.