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What did Richards Nixon do in the "Checkers speech"?

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Denied allegations that he had improperly received gifts during his 1952 bid for the vice-presidency.

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Accused John E Kennedy of being "soft on communism" during the 1960 campaign for president

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Announced his policy of "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War in 1969.

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Called for normalizing relations with China in 1972.

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Declared, in 1974, that he "was not a crook" in response to allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the Watergate scandal.

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The correct option is A Denied allegations that he had improperly received gifts during his 1952 bid for the vice-presidency.
Denied allegations that he had improperly received gifts during his 1952 bid for the vice-presidency.

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