sperately wanted to have the Vietnam War settled before he left office. Whereas, | am ashamed to admit, we were trying to prolong it. Anna Chennault—the Dragon Lady, as we called her—was our liaison to South Vietnamese government officials. Her task was to dissuade their ambassador to the U.S, Bui Diem, from atte

an ///ega/ wiretap.” “Perfect. We start with Lyndon Johnson and work our way back.” “But no, on second thought, the LBJ tap would open up the whole Dragon Lady can of beans. | mean that was the goddamn excuse they had for spying on us.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015123 --- PAGE BREAK --- Then Haldeman delivered a

himself exposed the corruption of so many others in his syndicated column for the Washington Post. We were tipped off that Anderson was researching the Dragon Lady connection. He had learned that her late husband, General Claire Chennault, who had commended the Flying Tigers in World War Il, had in 1946 formed a