Article: Nixon doubted Viet girl photo was real Also on tape in '72, he raised idea of using nuclear bomb

COLLEGE PARK, Md.--President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 doubted the authenticity of what would become the famous photograph of a young girl running naked down a street, fleeing a napalm attack in South Vietnam.

His comments were found among 500 hours of Nixon tapes released Thursday, along with a conversation in which Nixon raises the idea of using a nuclear bomb in Vietnam.

On June 12, 1972, Nixon and chief of staff H.R. Haldeman briefly discussed the Vietnam War photo.

"I'm wondering if that was fixed," Nixon mused after seeing the photograph. Haldeman replies, "Could have been."

The photo by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut of 9-year-old Kim Phuc running out of Trang Bang village, ...

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