Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 001-035
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 1971 at 11:08 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-035

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:00] Mr. Haldeman returning a call.
[0:03] Any more.
[0:03] Hello.
[0:04] Yeah.
[0:05] It occurred to me that, uh, you probably were already working on this, that, uh, you ought to, uh, gin up our people to say, you know, we've had a great reaction, all that bullshit.
[0:18] Right.
[0:19] Have you done that?
[0:20] Yep.
[0:21] Good.
[0:22] I think we should, you know, whatever the reaction is, you've got to play it that way, Bob.
[0:26] Well, we've got it.
[0:26] We've got enough that it'll, that that's
[0:29] Unbelievable.
[0:29] You know, I mean, we can...
[0:31] Right.
[0:32] And, uh, I would, uh... We've heard from only three cabinet officers, which I expected.
[0:39] And, uh, that's that.
[0:41] That's it.
[0:41] I guess we heard from Mitchell.
[0:43] Who else?
[0:43] Rogers.
[0:44] I hope it wasn't that.
[0:46] No, that's all.
[0:47] Rogers, Mitchell.
[0:48] Mitchell, Rogers, Hodgson.
[0:51] Yeah, Hodgson, yeah.
[0:52] Uh, Romney, Volpe.
[0:54] Volpe, yeah.
[0:57] Blunt.
[0:58] Ever heard from Connolly, though?
[0:59] That's curious.
[1:00] Not to my knowledge, no.
[1:02] Why don't you call him and ask him what he thought of it?
[1:04] Okay.
[1:05] I'd be curious.
[1:06] Fine.
[1:07] Right.
[1:08] I think it's important to know what he feels.
[1:09] We've got to keep him really on salvo.
[1:11] Okay.
[1:12] Sure.
[1:12] All right.
[1:14] Okay.
[1:14] Do you want me to call you back, then?
[1:15] If you would, yes.
[1:16] Right.
[1:16] But in the meantime, remember that the boys now have got to really gin up this thing.
[1:21] They've got to make it appear as if it's a hell of a damn success.
[1:23] You know how it is.
[1:26] Uh...
[1:26] great reaction all that sort of thing who's who's working on that bob is that uh the whole crew no but i mean in terms of how it gets out you know well you know i know they're working on well ron's working the press right but i meant in terms of uh you see in the press in the morning they're gonna say what's the reaction well i'd say wires calls the usual crap you know that the
[1:54] The switchboard is jammed, you know?
[1:57] Right, yeah.
[1:57] What do you think?
[1:58] Don't you think so?
[2:00] Or do you think so?
[2:01] Yes, and we've covered that with Ron to cover them with tonight.
[2:07] Okay.
[2:07] Because the first story stuff is all, you know, moving now.
[2:10] Right, right, right.
[2:12] Okay, you better give Conley a call.
[2:14] All right.
[2:14] What do you think?