Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 012-026
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1971 at 7:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-026

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[0:00] The thing is, he decides.
[0:09] He either says yes or no.
[0:18] And if he wants it, fine.
[0:29] If he doesn't, we'll go to Reckless.
[0:30] That's a very good turn, we're on a field.
[0:50] Because if we get it to the point of it being me, then, you know, he'll broker.
[0:51] Well, he wanted to talk about politics.
[0:52] I told him, I didn't think that was necessary, but it was politics, you weren't discussing it anyway.
[0:54] I talked about politics.
[0:55] You can see the difficulty when I talk to him.
[0:56] He'll say, well, it's going to be easy, it's going to be easy, but where do I go from here?
[0:57] Well, back in terms of his own future.
[0:59] Yes, I have over the years.
[1:21] Well, I'll put it right on the line.
[1:21] There's one thing I want to make sure that all this financial mumbo-jumbo that's been going on, make sure that's clear.
[1:24] I have no idea other than the fact that this is what's going on last night.
[1:37] Yeah.
[1:37] So we must find out.
[1:37] I want to find out and make sure it's clear.
[1:38] Good.
[1:38] All right, fine.
[1:38] What would you like to hear tonight?
[1:39] Sure.
[1:39] I will do that.
[1:40] I will do that.