president nixon makes some cryptic remarks that some believe bolster claims by perkins in the book. october 8, 1971 president nixon is in his briefing room discussing operations done by previous administrations. he refers to the plan regarding the bay of pigs plan, then he states, "i know what we did in iran, i know what we did in guatemala". the discussion delves into the "dirty tricks" concocted by the us using the us intelligence community.