Nixon canned White House Counsel John Dean and requested the resignations of H.R. Halderman, his Chief of Staff, John Ehrlichman, is domestic affairs advisor, and Richard Kleindienst, his Attorney General. All due tothe Watergate Scandal.
Things were clearly not going well.
May 1:
The British Trade Union Congress called a day long, Labour Day, work stoppage which was honored by 1,600,000 workers in order to protest the government's anti inflation policies.
Japan repaid $175,000,000 in food assistance aid funds which were extended during the post World War Two occupation of the country. The payment was made in one lump sum at the request of the US, which needed the money due to its growing concern over the imbalance in deficit payments.
Sweden's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister accused President Nixon of violating the Paris Peace Accords and of bombing refugees in Cambodia in May Day speeches.
