43532-1 - RICHARD M. NIXON

RICHARD M. NIXON

$475.00
43532-1

(1913-1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. Fine content T.L.S. with his typically encircled initials "RN" on his personal letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, Feb. 22, 1985 to Hon. Bob Wilson sending his book No More Vietnams. In part: "...Since April 30th will mark the tenth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, we shall probably be inundated in the weeks ahead with scores of books, columns and television documentaries criticizing and lamenting the American role in Vietnam...after witnessing the reign of terror that has been imposed upon the people of Vietnam and Cambodia by the Communist regimes we opposed, fair-minded observers can reach only one conclusion: Whatever our mistakes, the United States tried and failed in a just cause in Vietnam...'No more Vietnams' can mean that we should not try [underlined] again. It should [underlined] neab we must not fail [underlined] again...". Fine, matted with a photo of Nixon greeting American soldiers.