Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 003-103
Date: Thursday, May 20, 1971 at 8:11 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-103

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:00] It's the president.
[0:02] Henry, one thing that I just talked to her crying that I think you ought to do in the morning is to see Joe Alsop.
[0:13] You haven't seen him alone yet, have you?
[0:16] No, I've called him, though.
[0:21] Yeah.
[0:21] And I'm speaking Sunday afternoon.
[0:22] And he's going to write about it this Sunday.
[0:23] Fine, okay, fine, you've got that all under control then.
[0:42] I've just been talking to Dave Graslow, and he wants to write an article about, not just this, but that you have started a few years ago, so far, something.
[0:45] Right, good, good.
[0:45] Well, the main thing about Joe is to be sure that he doesn't get off, he's, according to her, that he's sort of grumbling that, well, we really ought to do this, we ought to move on.
[0:49] Bill Maher, you know.
[0:49] That's exactly what he told me.
[0:50] Yeah.
[1:10] But I told him not to ride anything until I saw him.
[1:13] Good, good.
[1:13] So, I'll explain.
[1:13] Yeah, yeah, bye.
[1:14] Well, you, you, you see me, uh, Sunday afternoon is probably a good time.
[1:16] Yeah.
[1:16] Good.
[1:17] Bye, Henry.
[1:17] Okay.
[1:17] Now, Mr. President, one point with Jerry Smith, he mentioned to me that you made some reference to him about the accidental oil spill.
[1:41] My recommendation is not to say that tomorrow.
[1:42] All right, fine.
[1:42] You wait until after he's back on the 28th.
[1:43] Yeah, right.
[1:43] Because otherwise he'll slap it at Vienna and then they'll put it into their presence.
[1:45] Right, right.
[1:45] Hold it until after he's back.
[1:46] You can get another ride out of it if you...
[1:47] Okay, fine.
[1:47] We'll do that.
[1:48] Okay, well, I'll talk to you this morning before we meet anyway.
[1:51] Right.
[1:52] Fine, fine, fine.