Watergate scandal

=== Soviet Union ===
In June 1973, when chairman [[Leonid Brezhnev]] arrived in the United States to have a one-week meeting with Nixon,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moseley |first=Ray |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7240%2C4226076 |title=Brezhnev to ignore Watergate in talks |date=June 16, 1973 |work=[[Daily Record (Washington)|Daily Record]] |access-date=November 23, 2014 |agency=[[United Press International]] |issue=142 |location=Ellensburg, Washington |volume=72 |page=1 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114215101/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7240%2C4226076 |url-status=live }}</ref> Brezhnev told the press, "I do not intend to refer to that matter—[the Watergate]. It would be completely indecent for me to refer to it&nbsp;... My attitude toward Mr. Nixon is of very great respect." When one reporter suggested that Nixon and his position with Brezhnev were "weakened" by the scandal, Brezhnev replied, "It does not enter my mind to think whether Mr. Nixon has lost or gained any influence because of the affair." Then he said further that he had respected Nixon because of Nixon's "realistic and constructive approach to [[Soviet Union–United States relations]]&nbsp;... passing from an era of confrontation to an era of negotiations between nations".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XTkoAAAAIBAJ&pg=7434%2C4352706 |title=Brezhnev to Shun Talk of Watergate |date=June 15, 1973 |work=[[The Milwaukee Journal]] |access-date=November 23, 2014 |at=Part 1, page 3 |via=Google News Archive }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>