European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Richard Nixon during to interview As he conceded i let Down my friends i let Down the country Nixon updated Page by David Nagy United press International most of America had switched channels to the ballgame or the movie or what Ever and that was too bad be cause right then. Richard Nixon summed it All up just As Slick As you please. Welt he said in the level voice of a Man stating the obvious when the presi Dent docs it that Means it is not Bam. In one sentence in the midst of his humdrum third interview with David Frost Nixon updated himself and illustrated that his views of the presidency and his attitude toward All the illegal ingredients of watergate have not changed an Iota. There were much More theatrical moments in the four multimillion Dollar Nixon Frost interviews the first nation wide Public appearance by the former president since his resignation aug. 9. 1974. They argued like lawyers the watergate record and the meaning of the tape they reviewed the firings of trusted aides and the Rigours of the presidency and the loneliness of Nixon in exile until tears filled the Man s eyes. And he left some memorable one liners to demonstrate he still is hang big Tough still in Bis views of the Law and the presidency the Man who admitted Only to mistakes when he left the White House. The stars and stripes if they want me to get Down and Grovel on Iho floor no. that from the first week s show a smash in the in rat Ings. Paranoia for peace in t that bad from the third week s How. With the ratings tumbling when he admitted he hounded Antiwar dissenters and other White House enemies with paranoiac haired. And in last week s finale he also drifted forlornly through a lament on the hellish life he now leads and said with his gaze fixed on some far off Point beyond the studio Walls no one can no How it feels to resign the presidency of the United states. Is that punishment enough of probably but come Down to it All that was embroidery to the main Point brought out by Nixon and Frost in an even tempered clubby discuss Lon of the in famous Huston plan during that third interview. The 1970 Huston plan approved by Nixon and withdrawn when j Edgar Hoover objected called for harassing w utile d06, cd cars Bir China. White House enemies through Wair Anuw wiretapping burglaries mall opening and other Means described by its author White House aide Tom Charles Huston clearly it was the very essence of the politics dirty tricks that led to watergate my Frost asked Nixon so what. You re saying is that Thor Are certain situations and the Huston Plu. Was one of them where the presides can decide that it s in the Best interests e the nation or something and do Well when the president does it tha Means it is not Frost by Nixon exactly. Exactly. If the Presl Dent if for example the president approve something. Approves an action be cause of the National Security or in in Case because of a threat to internal peso and order of of significant magnitude then the president s decision in that to stance is one that enables those who Carr it out to carry it out without violating the inherent Powers theory was it i i cited by Gerald Ford by Jimmy Carters by the House impeachment panel b3 is mite watergate investigators Bull Vintage definitive Richard Nixon. That night. In new York City the i Frost show got clobbered by the. Giants baseball game in the arbitral ratings. In terms of moment the flirt showman 4, was the show Nixon come of out of seclusion Lor a reported Imam fee and a Cut of the profits to lace David Frost s questioning of a of Gate and what be knew when be knew it and so on. Plenty of Bally he. Boffo ratings. Those who tuned in expecting i Sions of guilt ran into a Stone Wall by Way of refresher As Frost out relentlessly the House jul Mittee in 1974 recommended. Of Nixon for obstruction of Justice fat or watergate cover up abuse of item jul Power and defying House subpoena. It was Well known that. In Pernata Nixon to resign his closest political advil cars told him he faced almost certain in peach Mem by the House and conviction Senate. Said he to Frost i did not commit i my View an impeachable offence. No the House has ruled overwhelmingly thai did of course that was Only an indic then and would have to be tried in the Senate. Night have won. F might have after nearly three Yean to Oklok out his defense these s arguments on the Points obstruction of Justice to a statute has the specific provision one to corruptly impede a judicial matter. Be corrupt intent. But it must be of nut. Ang Friday Jug Art
