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chennault is the go-between.ng and attractive, a pretty good-looking girl and she's around town and she has been warning them to not get pulled down on this johnson move. >> it's not totally unusual that an american presidential candidate would have go-between with a war-time ally. the issue is whether or not that representative is charged with taking steps to undermine the government's policy. >> while bbj and his national security team strategize about how to close the deals on the peace talks the fbi begins surveillance on anna chennault. she's followed by the fbi. there's fbi reports of her activities. john mitchell is very concerned about talking to her and making sure they only talk on an anonymous phone that won't be bugged. >> now that johnson has north vietnam on board he tries to force all parties to the peace table. he wants to make it impossible for south vietnam to say no to the talks. the next evening october 31st halloween, while kids across the country are heading out for trick-or-treating, johnso

anna chennault.his bed. >>> august 1968, anna chennault touches down in saigon, south vietnam's wartime capital. mrs. chennault feared south vietnam would be the next domino to fall to the communists unless america held the line against communist north vietnam. now anna had come to join the struggle, as richard nixon's secret agent. >> i went with her on one of her trips to saigon. we stayed at the hotel caravel downtown where most of the reporters were staying. it was a weird atmosphere from the hotel restaurant on top. you could see flares on the edge of the city, bright lights in the night sky, bombs and so on. the war was a part of everybody's life. >> chennault arrived in saigon with an ironclad alibi, her work as an airline executive, and with contacts that went right to the top to south vietnam's new president, van tieu. >> the information from the campaign to the government is nixons nixons is going to win the war for you, he's going to stand by you better than any democrat. >> for anna, this

anna chennault.ourse i had the opportunity to not only talk to the leaders, but the people. >> nixon knew that anna chennault could establish a relationship between him and the south vietnamese and that just in case it became public. nixon could pretend she was not his real envoy. >> after just ten years in washington, d.c., anna had fast-tracked her way to wealth and influence. and a penthouse on top of the brand-new watergate complex. which she made into her private clubhouse for the global elite. she loved to do parties. she is notoriously known as the republican social hostess of the nixon era. >> i just remember that when she would walk into a room, she owned the room. >> she had a lot of sexual power. i'm not saying that she had sexual relationships with people. but i just think that she exuded an aura of sexuality and exoticism that was irresistible to a lot of men. i mean you sit next to a man in power at dinner and you whisper in his ear and you give him a good idea and it is suddenly his id

chennault is the go-between.ng and attractive, a pretty good-looking girl and she's around town and she has been warning them to not get pulled down on this johnson move. >> it's not totally unusual that an american presidential candidate would have a go-between with a war-time ally. the issue is whether or not that representative is charged with taking steps to undermine the government's policy. >> while lbj and his national security team strategize about how to close the deals on the peace talks the fbi begins round the clock surveillance on anna chennault. >> she's followed by the fbi. there's fbi reports of her activities. john mitchell is very concerned about talking to her and making sure they only talk on an anonymous phone that won't be bugged. >> now that johnson has north vietnam on board he tries to force all parties to the peace table. he wants to make it impossible for south vietnam to say no to the talks. the next evening october 31st halloween, while kids across the country are heading out for tric

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many americans don't know what the chennault affair was with a rational died this week. she passed away last. this woman was 94 years old and she was right in the middle and the wife oflt claire chennault's cover the flying tigers are in world war ii, had come to the united prominent become a public and fundraiser. closing, theon is nixon people are started to panic. the greatest fear is this straight is going to be an october surprise. that surprises going to help humphrey over the top. six days before the election, it appears like it might occur. the johnson a administration, the people in paris report back the north vietnamese are willing to take further steps in the peace process. in return for a bombing halt. late october, 1968. these things have been playing out, humphrey is closing. and nixon in them are starting to sweat bullets. 1968, igo'sjuly of recommended to fix seven, nixon had met anna chennault and discussed alongside the south vietnamese ambassador issues relating to south vietnam in the war. nixon'sment one of aides -- nixon department nursing. their pe