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David Frost with Richard Nixon, 1977. Reader Charlotte Cornish lauds the duo’s TV clash of that year

Dogged by scandal

In regard to Clifford Williamson’s feature on Watergate (July), it is interesting to note that this was not the first time that US president Richard Nixon had been embroiled in scandal during his political career.

In 1952, Nixon was implicated in the Slush Fund scandal, in which he was accused of secretly accepting funds from rich Californian businessmen. Nixon’s televised response to the scandal was known as

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