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{{Infobox character

| name = Richard Nixon

| portrait = Portrait USA Richard Nixon.png

| portraitsize =

| portraitlabel = Richard Nixon in 1963

| incumbenttitle = 36th [[List of US Presidents|{{color|darkblue|President of the United States}}]]

| incumbentdate = January 20, 1961

| toprole = Vice President

| toproleholder = John F. Kennedy

| precededby = [[Estes Kefauver]]

| succeededby = [[John F. Kennedy]]

| title1 = United States Senator <br/> from [[w:California|{{color|darkblue|California}}]]

| assumed1 = December 1, 1950

| left1 = January 1, 1961

| toprole1 =

| toproleholder1 =

| precededby1 = Sheridan Downey

| succeededby1 = Thomas Kuchel

| title2 = Member of the <br/> U.S. House of Representatives <br/> from California's 12th district

| assumed2 = January 3, 1947

| left2 = November 30, 1950

| toprole2 =

| toproleholder2 =

| precededby2 = Jerry Voorhis

| succeededby2 = Patrick J. Hillings

| longname = Richard Milhous Nixon

| birthdate = January 9, 1913

| birthplace = Yorba Linda, California, U.S.

| deathdate =

| deathplace =

| age = 49 years old

| deathage =

| nationality = [[File:Flag_of_the_United_States_(DoS_ECA_Color_Standard).svg|25px]] [[United States of America|American]]

| role = Starting leader of the USA

| party = [[Republican-Democratic Coalition]] - ([[Republican Party|Republican]])

| otherparty =

| ideology = Silent Conservatism

}}

'''Richard Milhous Nixon''' (Born January 9, 1913) is a [[Republican Party]] politician and the 36th and starting president of the [[United States of America]] in ''[[TNO|The New Order]].''

The Nixon-Kennedy ticket would defeat the [[National Progressive Pact|{{color|#ec8e03|National Progressive Pact (NPP)}}]] ticket, consisting of [[Henry M. Jackson]] and [[J. William Fulbright]], in a landslide. Nixon would win 424 electoral votes and 58.5% of the national popular vote.

==== "Dirty Tricks" campaign ====

Nixon's landslide victory would not prove entirely fairly won. Using ties with F.B.I. Director, J. Edgar Hoover, Nixon would employ a campaign of "dirty tricks", which would see several sabotage operations be enacted against the NPP and its candidate, [[Henry M. Jackson]]. Nixon's campaign would begin to steal crucial information from files taken from the NPP and discredit the Pact by making light of the Nazi and Communist members, including [[Francis Parker Yockey]] and [[Gus Hall]]. Nixon would approve the wiretapping of the National Progressive Pact Headquarters and would work on dividing the NPP in the election to hinder their chances of winning while boosting the Republican Party's standing in the RDC.

The "Dirty Tricks" campaign would prove to be a resounding success, aiding in the hindering of the NPP's growth and Nixon's own dominance of the RDC during his time as President.

Nixon continued the policy of "containment", the belief that the United States should limit the expansion of fascism abroad rather than enter into direct confrontation with the German-led Einheitspakt and the Japanese-led Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Nixon would often act as the decider in foreign policy matters; often ignoring his own Secretary of State, William P. Rogers.

As President, Nixon would have to deal with escalating tensions between the African Reichskommissariats ([[Reichskommissariat Zentralafrika|Zentralafrika]], [[Reichskommissariat Ostafrika|Ostafrika]] and [[Reichskommissariat Südwestafrika|Südwestafrika]]) and [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]]. The US would undergo an economic battle with the Reichskommissariats to claim economic dominance over South Africa. The tensions would soon continue to escalate, which would lead to the [[South African War]] in November of 1963. [[File:U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A U-2 reconnaissance photograph of Hawaii, showing Japanese nuclear missiles.]]

Furthermore, Nixon would have to deal with the [[Hawaiian Missile Crisis]], involving the placement of Japanese ICBM missiles on the Hawaiian Islands. Nixon would be given recommendations to invade the islands in 1961, however, he took the advice of Vice President Kennedy and chose not to invade while allowing Kennedy to enter into negotiations with Japan. While the United States has laid claim to the islands since 1959, they remain under Japanese control.

While Hawaii would prove to be a big focus of the Nixon administration, the threat to the independence of the Philippines would prove to be daunting. With a Japanese presence on the island of Luzon, the Japanese sought to remove American influence from the Pacific entirely, which included the American-supported Free Philippines Republic.

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