Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 016-088
Date: Friday, December 10, 1971 at 7:53 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-088

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[0:00] Oh, Bob, you got the word that we're going forward on the Julie special.
[0:06] Yeah, Julie may have told you.
[0:09] I don't know if you heard her separately.
[0:11] I had a long talk with her.
[0:12] She said to take one more stab at it tonight.
[0:13] Rose said she did a superb job.
[0:14] Yeah, she did.
[1:15] I'm going to drive up to Camp David now at 8.30.
[1:19] I feel that it's good for me to get away.
[1:22] Did you check the choppers?
[1:23] No, I felt I should drive.
[1:26] I think that the chopper is, you know, it's foggy and everything.
[1:37] I don't want to fart around in the air.
[1:38] So I said after 8.30 I'll leave.
[1:39] Anybody?
[1:39] Anybody you want to go?
[1:43] No, everybody's
[1:44] That's right.
[1:48] I know.
[2:08] Henry could come up tomorrow if you want.
[2:12] Okay, good.
[2:13] He could be free at noon and come up.
[2:14] I also want to do it, but I want to talk to Ron about the Indian Packers.
[2:36] Right, right, sure.
[2:37] Yeah, it's all about that.
[2:39] He probably won't.
[2:39] I was going to say he may call you tomorrow.
[2:40] That's fine.
[2:40] I'll take the call.
[2:41] Okay.
[2:41] Sure.
[2:41] Okay.
[2:41] He should call me.
[2:41] He should.
[2:42] I'll call him next.
[2:42] I'll make everything go.
[2:43] I'll call him.
[2:43] Well, everything, I think we're in good shape on that.
[2:44] You know, you've got to say this.
[2:46] By God, McGregor has done a fantastic job.
[2:52] Has he?
[2:53] I gave Schechter an hour, actually.
[2:56] But it was all right.
[2:58] Did you take him over to the residence?
[3:00] Oh, good.
[3:01] I took him the whole thing.
[3:02] I was thinking, too, that if it's all right with me, if he would come up tomorrow and I could show him the room, it's perfectly all right.
[3:12] Is that a yes?
[3:13] I think it's a good thing, really, that he sees the room where I do the real work.
[3:35] Did you mention that to him at all?
[3:36] Oh, of course.
[3:36] No.
[3:36] But, uh... What's that about him?
[3:37] About him?
[3:37] Not the court.
[3:37] No.
[3:37] Now, he could go up on the same chopper with Henry.
[3:39] He'd go up with Henry on the chopper.
[3:39] Then he could send me back, uh... Yeah.
[3:40] ...by car, something like that.
[3:41] Mm-hmm.
[3:42] Then have Ollie or one of Ollie's people go up so that Ollie can get some shots at Camp David that he doesn't have for his private collection.
[4:01] You know, for this thing.
[4:03] Okay.
[4:03] It would be a good time to get those shots.
[4:04] I'll walk around.
[4:05] You don't want pictures of the stretchers?
[4:07] No.
[4:07] I don't think you should give time to them.
[4:09] No, there should be no picture of Schechter at Camp David.
[4:15] All I should have pictures.
[4:16] I don't think time should have a picture up there.
[4:18] Don't you agree or do you?
[4:21] No, I don't think they should.
[4:22] Yes, I agree they should not have a picture.
[4:30] But I think it isn't a bad idea at all.
[4:34] You arranged that with Ross.
[4:36] But I think we gave Schecter a good feel of the thing.
[4:39] I don't know how you'll write it, but I gave him a good feel of the whole thing.
[4:46] I was very outgoing, and I told him my feelings about the press, that I understood completely.
[4:56] I never was personal.
[5:01] I never let it interfere with the, you know, things like that.
[5:03] Okay.
[5:03] Well, that should help you in full tone.
[5:04] I do.
[5:04] I love it because I understand what you're saying.
[5:07] Right.
[5:08] Well, we've got to make this piece as good as it can be, and it'll be better if I give a little time.
[5:31] We may have no excuse for not doing well.
[5:33] Everything else on salvo?
[5:33] Yeah.
[5:33] It really was a good day getting ready for this.
[5:34] All right.
[5:38] I had a good talk with Conway afterwards, too, about the fact that he was in good shape.
[6:00] Then up there, none of you need to go, you know what I mean, do what you have to do, because I know all of you are busy.
[6:06] Stay here, do your job, get ready for a trip.
[6:07] I'll be up there.
[6:08] That's all.
[6:08] But if Henry can come up, fine.
[6:15] But if Henry feels that India-Pakistan is more important, he doesn't need to come up.
[6:29] Let Schechter drive up.
[6:29] Okay.
[6:30] Okay?
[6:30] Sure.
[6:30] You work it out with Ron.
[6:31] Right.
[6:31] Fine.
[6:31] Also, you might check with Ron to see how Schechter felt about the interview.
[6:33] I would like to have a feeling as to how he feels.
[6:34] Okay?
[6:35] But I would have a little, before I see him, I'd like to know how Schechter feels.
[6:37] Okay?
[6:37] Right.
[6:37] Ron can check that out.
[6:38] Okay.
[6:38] All right.
[6:38] Thank you.
[6:38] Right.