Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 003-073
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1971 at 7:48 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-073

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:01] Yes, sir.
[0:01] Yeah.
[0:02] I heard that Mathias lost.
[0:04] Yeah, by 73 to 20.
[0:06] Unbelievable.
[0:07] Well, maybe they're trying to figure it out now.
[0:19] Our guys are over at the left side.
[0:25] Yeah.
[0:25] But they think there may be something funny going on.
[0:26] Like what?
[0:26] Another amendment?
[0:26] Yeah.
[0:27] Because they can't imagine how the boat could have been that lopsided.
[0:28] And apparently there are people with us that they have no reason to believe would be.
[0:31] So there might be a deal on another amendment, is that it?
[0:52] That's what they're thinking, because there were several amendments that were withdrawn that have the option of we removing them.
[0:55] Yes.
[0:55] And they can come back on, so they may have mobilized on some other device, although they ran the full course on the Bay Line, if I remember correctly.
[0:58] They're now in a debase period on Mansfield, but Mansfield can deal with the...
[1:01] Yeah.
[1:04] Well, I was going to call Cooper and thank him.
[1:06] I'm going to wait.
[1:07] You better wait.
[1:07] You're damn right.
[1:16] Because I'm not sure what he's up to.
[1:17] Right.
[1:17] It may have worked.
[1:17] I mean, it may be that Cooper got the word wrong.
[1:18] I don't know.
[1:19] I said, look, you know, because we gave them both a hint that something was coming.
[1:28] Yeah.
[1:28] Well, that might have worked, and that may do it.
[1:29] If so, it's going to be a hell of a...
[1:31] Hell of a boat, because Cooper, I mean, Manfield will go down by at least that much.
[1:40] Now, he'll get more boats than that, because people do it because of their personal feeling for him, but it'll still win.
[1:48] As long as they know it's going to move.
[1:55] Yeah.
[1:56] That's the other thing.
[1:56] There's so many of Nathan and I that they could... Oh, you think that's it?
[1:58] Oh.
[1:58] That was one of the things they raised this morning, was that...
[2:01] An awful lot of people just don't want to support Mathias.
[2:14] Good.
[2:14] Because they don't like the guy.
[2:14] Which might be also the reason that there might be another vote.
[2:16] But our guys are working there.
[2:17] Call me as soon as we know what the final verdict is, and then I'll call Cooper, but not before.
[2:23] Okay.
[2:23] Good, good.
[2:25] Call Bill.
[2:26] You call Bill and tell him that congratulations on Mathias.
[2:30] But we're watching the rest, will you?
[2:32] Sure.
[2:32] Good.
[2:34] Okay.