Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 001-083 Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1971 at 7:41 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W. Recording device: White House Telephone Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-083 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] When you're, hello? [0:00] Yes, sir. [0:01] When you're talking to Brooke, why don't you ask him to get up on the Senate floor tomorrow and praise the president for his initiative on the China thing. [0:10] And then getting the Howard Smith background, see, Smith has got it all, starting with the article. [0:15] This is an 18-month plan. [0:16] This is thinking of the future of the little Kevin Taylors, you know, and the rest. [0:21] And that this is something where he can really say, we like this initiative. [0:25] You see what I mean? [0:26] Mm-hmm. [0:27] Tell him to do that. [0:28] I think he'd be one that would be very likely to. [0:30] Good. [0:30] Okay. [0:30] I'll do it, sir. [0:31] Thank you.