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Watergate - 25 years on
A look back at the break-in at the Watergate office complex in 1972, the details of the FBI investigation in to the incident and the eventual resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
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Fri 20 Jun 1997
21:00
91热爆 Radio 4
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Nixon's resignation, 1974
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- Fri 20 Jun 1997 21:0091热爆 Radio 4
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