[ Autograph ] Richard M. Nixon 1913 -1994 Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, reopened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. Fine content T.L.S. with initials "R.N." onhis letterhead, lp. 4to., New York, Feb. 22, 1985 to Hon. Bob Wilson in which Nixon admits the American defeat in Vietnam! 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 scoresof books, columns, and television documentaries criticizing and lamenting the American role in Vietnam..." Nixon sends the man his book "No More Vietnams" and offers his views: "... There can be an honest difference of opinion over whether we should have become involved in Vietnam and how the war was conducted. But 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 again. It should meanwe must not fail again...' A fine retrospective of the Vietnam effortby elder statesman Nixon, in very fine condition.