# President Nixon tells his family about the "Smoking Gun" tape

August 2: President Nixon recalls telling his family about the "Smoking Gun" tape and why he postponed a final decision to resign. #APresidentResigns

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2014
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: RichardNixonLibrary
- Genres: Children's
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Nixon_tells_his_family_about_the_%22Smoking_Gun%22_tape.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: RichardNixonLibrary
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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