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Article: Nixon doubted Viet girl photo was real Also on tape in '72, he raised idea of using nuclear bomb
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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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, ...