Frank Gannon's interview with Richard Nixon, June 13, 1983, part

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0:04 - [video begins mid conversation] Andropov incident [Operation RYAN]; Soviet executions for mismanagement and mistakes 2:57 - Sakhalin Island; all heads of the Soviet Union have murdered their way to the top 4:34 - Observations on Soviet morality and diplomacy 5:44 - Reagan exploiting the Andropov incident [Operation RYAN] to push his defense program 7:00 - RN repudiates the far right idea of cutting off all relations with the USSR in response; how a nuclear war would unfold 9:26 - 10:53 - BREAK 11:32 - Marilyn Monroe, mistress of the Kennedys [RN not interested] 12:24 - RN's "imperial presidency" and dress uniforms for armed guards 13:54 - Was RN aware of JFK's health problems? Presidential infirmities 15:55 - "A campaign is more difficult than being president" 16:16 - Jack Valenti on reports about Kennedy's hand trembling during Texas speech; press easier on JFK than RN; press coverage on JFK's sex life; Americans must have myths about their president 18:22 - Should a candidate have to make public their medical records? RN "disgustingly healthy"; psychiatric examinations on the horizon for future candidates? 19:16 - Should psychiatric therapy exclude a candidate from running? Nixon on psychiatry 20:20 - What kind of role did money play in JFK's career? Why, unlike Nelson Rockefeller, JFK could buy AND keep advisors, staff, and supporters. 21:42 - "Before you win, you've gotta lose" 22:10 - Money not necessary if you have a good cause. E.g. Nixon beat Rockefeller for the 1968 nomination with only four dedicated staff members to Rockefeller's several hundred; the importance of thinking for yourself and writing your own speeches during a campaign 23:34 - How JFK was able to retain the dedication of his staff: (1.) his imagination and intellect appealed to the intellectuals; (2.) his manliness and Irish-American work ethic appealed to campaign workers 25:04 - What kind of supporter did RN attract? The Nixon hard-core. (1.) attracted by his cause; (2.) his intellectual appeal; (3.) personal attraction? 27:36 - Was RN's appeal chiefly cerebral? How RN rates his charisma 28:16 - How having money would have changed Nixon's career. "Men who travel a smooth road never become strong" (Zhou Enlai). 29:07 - Nixon obsessed by wealth? RN's personal finances and disinterest in money as a pursuit. RN comfortable because of his books and real estate 29:53 - Did RN profit from his time in office? RN's conscientious open book financial records. He left the vice presidency with $47k and a second hand Oldsmobile. The Fund Crisis of 1952. Adlai Stevenson's campaign financing controversy overlooked by the media 32:38 - Are you impressed by people who have money? 33:15 - Running against the Kennedys in 1960 34:25 - The Kennedy money at work; the black vote; Leonard Hall 35:05 - Hubert Humphrey on running against the Kennedys in the 1960 primaries, particularly in West Virginia; RFK behind anti-Catholic obloquy in MN and using FDR Jr. to calumniate HHH's war record 39:26 - Ben Bradley's book and JFK's interest in opponents' war record 40:00 - Who won the popular vote in 1960? Voter fraud in Chicago and Texas; "Landslide Johnson" (JFK); Why Nixon did not contest the election; JFK's invitation to be U.N. ambassador after '60 election 46:49 - JFK's visit to RN in Key Biscayne to discuss the election results 48:00 - Shouldn't RN announce his opinion about election fraud in the 1960 campaign? 49:40 - Gannon distracted by sex 49:57 - Did RN act magnanimously after the contested election of 1960? Nixon suspects JFK might have contested it had he won. 50:54 - Did you have any idea that JFK was such a lady's man? The importance of separating a politician's personal and private lives 52:31 - Sex and politics 52:51 - Richard Russell on Estes Kefauver's sex life 53:57 - RN, the sexiest man Barbara Walters ever met 54:12 - JFK smoking marijuana from Timothy Leary with Mary Meyer in the White House; alcohol also impairs judgment; LBJ's capacity for alcohol 57:07 - Have you ever tried marijuana? Would you? Have your children?

[@Stuff_happens]

Thanks. Very good of you.

[@royalwins2030]

Thank you for your effort here.

[@tahneetran1471]

It was interesting to learn that Russian politicians are ruthless leaders who “ win at all causes.” It was interesting to learn from RN’s book that Nikita Khrushchev's greatest failure was that he lost China. I would think our current and future US presidents have to learn from that mistake. Putin, I believe, is not making the same mistake.

[@salvatoredestefano439]

This is the most candid I’ve ever seen Nixon. Great interview.

[@Stuff_happens]

Yes. I was surprised that he went to this much personal detail. Did you see the part about having feelings of love on his sleeve? That was interesting.

[@davidargon6623]

Same here. And now I know where Oliver Stone got a lot of material that was included in his movie “Nixon” which is a great movie that critics panned because they expected and wanted Stone to be more critical of Nixon. Instead Stone was quite fair and actually showed Nixon in a slightly positive light. Stone showed Nixon as a man in troubled times faced with tough decisions and a biased press.

[@howardlovecraft750]

What an intellectual man.history will be kinder to Nixon as time rolls on.

[@albertniavarani2064]

He was one of the best

[@nationalallianceforprogres3136]

Long live Sir richard nixon s legacy

[@tcquinn1]

Nixon was such a smart man.

[@robertpolityka8464]

Nixon knew he won in 1960. But he was alot more graceful about " losing" the Presidential Election of 1960, then both Democrats and Republicans in losing Presidential Elections of the 21st century. He could have easily told in the interview, yeah, the election of 1960 was stolen. But, he knew there were more important things for the country than having Nixon in the White House. He stills show respect for his ex-rivals, who have been dead for years..he doesn't go for the personal attacks . He sticks to the issues

[@johnries5593]

Nixon would have made a superb UN Amabassador.

[@dusandinic2649]

This interview took place on June 13, and they are talking the KAL 007 incident from September 1 of the same year?

[@Stuff_happens]

Time travel. Duhhh. Check out part 22 of the interviews.

[@johnries5593]

Gannon pressed Nixon too hard on the "hanky panky" issue. It's clear that the latter didn't want to discuss it. The last part of the interview was frankly scandalmongering on Gannon's part..

[@corby_7967]

But it was fascinating to have him draw out Nixon's thoughts on some of these thing though

[@WintersWar]

He was very interesting and complicated, maybe too complicated, he may have overthought things. A double-edged sword for him. He had the election locked up, watergate wasn't even needed.

[@chobson8602]

19:00 lol! 49:50 wtf

[@nunyabusiness8538]

it’s weird how he talks about drugs in a completely different attitude than alcohol. LBJ drank multiple bottles of whiskey and wasn’t drunk? bro that’s not a sign of a good man that’s a huge alcoholic lmao

[@howardlovecraft750]

W

[@FlopFlap1]

With a psychiatrist not a babe…