When Richard Nixon became president in 1969, the Vietnam War was in its 14th year, and the recent Paris peace negotiations with North Vietnam had not shown promising results. Several of the President’s advisers believed a nuclear blast was a plausible option to terminate the conflict, and according to declassified documents, National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger might have considered the matter more seriously than other administrations when he created the September Group to organize a nuclear plan codenamed Operation Duck Hook.Secretary of Defence Melvin Laird thought it was a: (QUOTE) “laughable thing,” and asked Kissinger to forget about it. But the Secretary recalled that for Kissinger: (QUOTE) “Nothing was out of consideration.”- As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Docs sometimes utilizes similar historical images and footage for dramatic effect. I do my best to keep it as visually accurate as possible. All content on Dark Docs is researched, produced, and presented in historical context for educational purposes. We are history enthusiasts and are not always experts in some areas, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with corrections, additional information, or new ideas. –