Richard Nixon: “. . . the Federal Government needs Indian energies and Indian leadership if its assistance is to be effective in…”

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.