Documents Show Nixon Deception on Cambodia

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 17, 2005

Filed at 3:21 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Determined to win re-election, the Nixon administration sought ways to use former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa for its campaign in 1972, the year after President Nixon pardoned the union leader, newly released documents show.

The material released Wednesday by the National Archives shows the Justice Department reviewed how far the administration could go in promoting Hoffa at campaign appearances in an effort to cut into traditionally strong union support for Democrats.