Muddle at Museum

As a political scientist, I was not surprised to find the Nixon museum full of self-serving exhibits presenting Nixon as a “peace” president who brought Vietnam to the negotiating table or (showing him to be) ignorant of Watergate and not participating in any cover-up.

But I was appalled that in the exhibits on one of Nixon’s successful initiatives, China, Chiang Ching-Kuo of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is listed as being from the People’s Republic of China. In addition, “Quotations of Chairman Mao Tse-tung” is mistitled as his “Teachings. . . . “ In addition “denounce” was misspelled without the second “n.”

The embarrassed staff even suggested taking me on as a “consultant.” The National Archives would not have committed these faux pas. Privatization, in this case, does no better--and even worse--than government control.

DANIEL C. TSANG

Santa Ana