Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 014-039
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1971 at 3:07 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-039

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[0:00] Mr. President, Mr. Ehrlichman?
[0:04] All right, sir, Mr. Ehrlichman?
[0:05] Yeah.
[0:05] Fine.
[0:05] There you are.
[0:07] Thank you.
[0:07] John, with regard to this setup on the Department of Agriculture, one thing that is very important, if you haven't already covered it, is to be sure the Ash Council people are covered.
[0:18] All right.
[0:19] Has somebody thought of that?
[0:20] I am not sure they have.
[0:21] You can see the problem.
[0:22] Sure.
[0:23] You're covering Hollyfield, but you better cover Ash.
[0:26] All right.
[0:27] Now, obviously, the way to handle it is simply to say that
[0:30] We've just been negotiating like hell on the hill, and we have no chance to get community development unless we can work this one out.
[0:37] This gets that support.
[0:39] Right.
[0:40] All right.
[0:40] I'll get somebody to write on that.
[0:42] We can't get it to Connolly.
[0:42] Of course, he's abroad.
[0:44] But get it to Walker's.
[0:46] All right.
[0:46] And read about it.
[0:47] All right.
[0:47] This is a decision that was made only because we found it was the only way we could get the support that we needed to get the...
[0:55] community development plan through or anything you need to say.
[0:59] With regard to that particular point, do you think we should simply leave it that Butts thought of this idea or don't you think we've got to give Hardin a little credit for it?
[1:08] Well, I think you can give Hardin some credit for it.
[1:11] I think we have to.
[1:13] He certainly raised the question and one of the first subjects you took up with Butts was this problem and that it's been agreed.
[1:23] I think the more you can give Butts credit for it, the more stock he'll have out in the territory.
[1:29] Yeah.
[1:30] Yeah.
[1:31] Okay.
[1:31] Fine.
[1:31] Fine.
[1:32] I'll do that.