In March 1972, North Vietnam launched a new offensive in the South.
Nixon responded with more air attacks.
Would the Soviets receive Nixon in Moscow while his planes were bombing their North Vietnamese ally? "The general debate that took place in the White House situation room - and I was in many of these - was: which is more important - the Vietnam front or the Moscow front? And Nixon was the only important person that I can recall who said, 'We can have both.