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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.
==== Domestic Policy ====
===== Civil Rights =====
By the time of Nixon's inauguration, the issue of Civil Rights had gripped the nation since the 1950s. While Civil Rights protests had become more prominent by the month, Nixon had employed a stance of ignoring the problem in the hopes that not fueling either side would make the protests less prominent. The fragile [[Republican-Democratic Coalition]] was split on their support of Civil Rights, with conservative Democrats and Republicans being against it and liberal Democrats and Republicans being for it.
Nixon attempted to hedge the issue by trying to appease both civil rights leaders and segregationists. This attempt to toe the line would ultimately fail and lead to nationwide riots. In the ideal of "law and order", Nixon would bolster the American police force to handle the massive riots.
Although the cause of Civil Rights was entirely unignorable by 1962, Nixon continued to try and remain politically neutral, however the vocally pro-civil rights Kennedy and the Civil Rights Act of 1962 would end up forcing Nixon to acknowledge civil rights and his decision to either pass the bill or veto it would decide America's relationship with race permanently.
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