New, previously classified telephone conversations and other information by former President Lyndon Johnson have been released to the public. They confirm "that Richard Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks in October 1968 in order to strengthen his own presidential campaign...Defense Sect Clark Clifford told Johnson that the FBI had overheard a Nixon campaign adviser persuading the South Vietnamese government to withdraw from peace talks, promising them a better deal if they wait until Nixon is elected. Hanoi was offering major concessions at the time, and a settlement would have allowed Johnson to stop bombing North Vietnam". Johnson accused Nixon of treason but kept quite for fear of alerting the South Vietnamese that their phones were being bugged by the FBI. As this source notes, the war continued with an additional 22,000 Americans being killed. (Source: "Washington D.C. Nixonian guile". In The Week for March 29, 2013)
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