{"id":7966,"date":"2019-07-18T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2020-06-15T13:15:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:15:03","slug":"should-the-apollo-xi-astronauts-not-make-it-home-president-richard-nixons-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/should-the-apollo-xi-astronauts-not-make-it-home-president-richard-nixons-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Should The Apollo XI Astronauts Not Make It Home: President Richard Nixon&#8217;s Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>The following speech is found within the holdings of the <em>Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum<\/em>.\u00a0 The President&#8217;s speechwriter, William Safire, wrote this statement on July 18, 1969, and sent it to White House Chief of Staff H. 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