Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 010-127
Date: Thursday, October 7, 1971 at 12:26 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-127

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[0:00] Leave out of the text that is given to the press the letters and that section of the letters.
[0:09] Okay.
[0:09] It's far more effective for me to just do it as if I just thought of it at the last minute and inserted it.
[0:14] See?
[0:15] Got it.
[0:15] And then have the letters available.
[0:18] It'll cut down what they have to print and then the letters will get out as a sidebar story.
[0:25] Right.
[0:25] See?
[0:26] All right.
[0:26] I'll make sure that Ron has the letters photostatted and ready.
[0:29] Fine.
[0:29] Now one other thing, George Shultz called and said, after that Productivity Commission meeting, that Meany said that you can expect me to cooperate fully.
[0:41] And George thought maybe we'd want to have a line in the speech saying that he's been assured, that you've been assured by leaders of these groups that they'll cooperate fully.
[0:55] Might be a thought, or else that's something that they'll be turned to for a reaction right away anyway.
[1:00] I'd rather not say it and then have them piss on it.
[1:04] Let's let them say it.
[1:05] Good point.
[1:06] Yeah.
[1:07] Okay, see what I mean?
[1:08] I understand.
[1:09] Let them say it.
[1:10] Okay.
[1:11] All right.