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Pardon Accepted

United States of America · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1974

Richard Milhous Nixon8 September 1974

San Clemente · Politics / Watergate

Accepts President Ford's pardon and states that he hopes the decision will help lift the burden of Watergate from the country.

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

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