Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 013-094
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 1971 at 10:45 AM
Participants: Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Mitchell, John N.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-094

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[0:02] Mr. Haldeman, could I have the Attorney General, please?
[0:04] All right.
[0:09] The mayoralty thing should not give any encouragement, in my opinion, to the black, the young, the poor, what he is now, or doesn't.
[0:17] I don't see any sign.
[0:18] Where can they get one?
[0:21] I don't see any sign.
[0:22] Except for Boston, maybe.
[0:23] Yeah, but that wasn't a fair...
[0:26] They think he's over here at the Situation Room at a meeting.
[0:28] Should I try to reach him?
[0:29] Yeah, I'll hang on.
[0:31] Uh-huh.
[0:33] I must say that the others, Rizzo, you know, Perk is a big one.
[0:41] You don't know him?
[0:42] I don't know him, but I knew the issues up there, and I knew what Stokes was doing.
[0:48] He was all out, you know.
[0:50] He was really, really right on the line.
[0:54] What issues were on the line?
[0:55] That this was going to be the start of a national black coalition.
[1:57] Thank you.
[1:58] You're welcome.
[2:23] Mr. Attorney General?
[2:24] Yes.
[2:24] John?
[2:25] Yes, sir.
[2:25] Hi, sorry to bother you.
[2:26] Not at all.
[2:27] President's hopeful he's going to be able to work it out to go down to Florida this weekend and wondered if you could hold the time and plan to come down with him.
[2:37] I've got that dinner out for Griffin on Saturday night.
[2:42] Oh, boy, that's right.
[2:43] Which is, I'm supposed to be the leading attraction, but show build, et cetera, et cetera.
[2:50] You better not undo that.
[2:52] Mm-hmm.
[2:53] Okay, well, he just did hope to be a chance to... How long is he going to be down there?
[2:56] Well, he'll be down through Monday, so maybe you could come down afterwards.
[3:00] Yeah.
[3:02] I can get out of there Sunday morning, I guess.
[3:04] Right, that might be a good idea.
[3:06] Or even Saturday night, if necessary.
[3:08] Yeah, yeah.
[3:09] If I can get transportation.
[3:10] Okay, well, let me check back with you when we find out what the plans were.
[3:13] He was just trying to lay out a general plan for the weekend, and that might work out very well.
[3:20] Okay, sir.
[3:20] Good.
[3:21] I'll stand available.
[3:22] Okay.
[3:22] Right by him.