[av3csr]

I watched the Ken Burns' Vietnam documentary a few weeks ago, this reminds me of the claims that the Nixon campaign pretty much did the same thing in '68 with the Republic of Vietnam and the peace talks (i.e. our guy will get you a better deal.)

[LBJsPNS]

See also:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05tapes.html