From the archives: Nixon publicizes launch of Watergate tape transcripts in 1974

On April 29, 1974, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation from the White House and introduced the discharge of edited transcripts of secretly taped conversations in regards to the Watergate scandal. "I want there to be no question remaining about the fact that the president has nothing to hide in this matter," Nixon stated within the speech. On Aug. 8, 1974, Nixon introduced his resignation from workplace.

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