Richard Nixon visited Beijing in February where he set in the "motion normalization of relations with the People 's Republic of China" (www.history.com). In May, Richard Nixon traveled to the Soviet Union to sign the SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty). This began the spread of further arms control and disarmament measures. The Nixon Administartion evolved in the: international scientific, technological, and environmental issues. October of 1973 congress passed legislation creating the Bureau of Oceans and International Environments and Scientific Affairs (OES). This was created to handle environmental issues, weather, oceans, Antarctic affairs, atmosphere, fisheries, wildlife conservation, health, and population …show more content…
Richard Nicon 's administration attempted to cover up the involvement of this. What was the Watergate scandal? Richard Nixon ordered men to break in to the Democratic National Committee HQ to find out how he could win the next election. These men got caught and Richard Nicon had lied. But, there were tapes of him saying damaging things. There was an FBI leak that made sure he got in trouble. Richard Nixon left before impeachement. What were people 's reactions to the Watergate scandal? At the beginning of the scandal, the American public found it hard to fathom the scandal. The Watergate details seemed too outlandish to fathom and therefore outside the range of most people 's immediate concern. But, when important White House officials began to resign, the public began to associate the White House and the President with scandal. The public then became outraged. The major people involved in Watergate were: Howard Baker, Robert Bark, Charles W. Colson, Bernard Barker, Richard Nixon of course and many other. The Watergate Scandal proved that the Constitution 's system of checks and balances could function to force an abusive or tyrannical president out of power. Richard Nixon left before