Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 017-137
Date: Sunday, January 2, 1972 at 10:27 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-137

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:02] Hello, sir.
[0:04] A couple of small items I want you to get me.
[0:07] The vote in the UN General Assembly on India, on our resolution, ceasefire resolution, there were two of them, but they were both about the same, 104 to something or other.
[0:20] Right.
[0:20] I need the vote.
[0:21] And then the...
[0:23] I saw an article in the news summary with regard to how much the certain people in public broadcasting are getting.
[0:31] They're running between $75,000 and $85,000 a year.
[0:34] I wondered if you could... Van Oker?
[0:36] Van Oker's salary?
[0:39] It's not ten.
[0:39] They're just three of them that get about that.
[0:41] Right.
[0:42] Three different ones.
[0:43] Just give me those salaries of those top three.
[0:45] Okay, fine.
[0:46] All right.
[0:47] Let's see.
[0:47] And then...
[0:50] If you could get an estimate, don't let them tear up the place to do it, but how many were killed in the India-Pakistan at the time they partitioned, you know?
[1:01] Right, right.
[1:02] There were several millions.
[1:03] 1948, right.
[1:04] Yeah.
[1:05] Okay.
[1:05] Okay, fine.
[1:06] Thanks very much.
[1:08] As far as this is concerned...
[1:10] Do you see much over the weekend that changes the summary?
[1:14] A few items.
[1:15] I'm going to send you in a briefing memo which touches, one just touches each of them.
[1:19] Right.
[1:19] I think actually in terms of rather he's likely to be more long range rather than try to spot new stuff anyway.
[1:26] Right.
[1:27] Don't you think so?
[1:27] I think so, right.
[1:29] Yeah.
[1:29] He's done his studying on the other things.
[1:34] In any event, the program is not one that fits to spot news quite as well anyway.
[1:39] Right.
[1:40] Right.