Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 008-009
Date: Monday, August 16, 1971 at 8:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-009
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/645078689 (NAID 645078689)

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[2:08] What I was calling you about was trying to get these drafts over here.
[2:32] Okay.
[2:32] I understand you were trying to reach Conley.
[2:33] No, no, no.
[2:33] He called me.
[2:33] He had called you earlier.
[2:34] He had...
[2:35] He had some things he wanted to, some good news he wanted to give you.
[2:50] Right.
[2:50] He gave it to me to pass on to you, but I know he'd like to tell you if you want to call him.
[2:54] Well, fine.
[2:54] Or I'll cover it with you if you don't need to either way.
[2:55] He said not to have you call him.
[2:56] Well, if he's at dinner, I don't think I'd call him.
[2:57] Okay.
[2:57] What he wanted to tell you was that he had talked to Joe Gilgar, a former convict.
[2:59] Right.
[3:17] And he's been in lunch with the headliners, but he's down there with a bunch of top people, and he talks to many people from all walks of life during the day.
[3:20] So he's got all praise for what he did.
[3:21] Not one word of good, but all good about that.
[3:22] Jake Pickle, I believe his name is.
[3:23] Good.
[3:23] But that was funny.
[3:23] And he went to two parts of the U.S. Treasury Security and had one of the strongest days in his life.
[3:27] and we'll hold the 71 prices on the new model
[3:56] So it means that knockout, instead of the 100, he would have asked for the knockout and knocked out 100.
[4:20] Isn't that doing?
[4:20] He would have to make those sorts of cards.
[4:21] Correct.
[4:21] Well, he's doing that in light of the president's courage about it.
[4:22] So he would, you know, do different things with that.
[4:23] Correct.
[4:24] Doing all the good about that.
[4:24] The whole day.
[4:25] Yeah.
[4:26] Really up, baby.
[4:47] Good.
[4:47] Oh, yeah.
[4:47] He kept talking about how proud he was to be a great son.
[4:49] I told him the same last night that he was the guy that had done the work, got it rolling.
[4:50] He gave me a phone call on Thursday.
[4:51] He said you were coming up and something had to be done.
[4:52] I said, yeah, but he said any jackass would come up with the idea.
[4:54] The guy with the balls to do it.
[4:55] Well, he must be okay.
[5:00] Oh, yeah.
[5:19] I had it.
[5:20] I had it.
[5:20] Yeah.
[6:28] Good.
[6:44] Yeah, fine.
[6:49] I just did that.
[6:52] I think I will go up early, however.
[6:53] Why so?
[6:53] Well, I just don't want to...
[6:54] If I stick around here, I'm going to get clenched.
[6:55] I think put it up, Bob.
[6:55] The jackass will come in and want to do the line papers, and I'll let you set up, for instance.
[6:58] I need to get up and get to who's speaking.
[7:23] I think there's something to be said to get up there and get in the room.
[7:24] You know what I mean?
[7:26] Get it open.
[7:26] I just don't want to be here.
[7:26] When I'm out of town, everybody will not love me.
[7:27] That's right.
[7:29] That's fine.
[7:46] Hopefully, we can go a little deeper.
[7:47] That'll take about 12.
[7:48] Then after that.
[7:49] You can call me if you want.
[8:24] Good.