Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 018-081
Date: Thursday, January 13, 1972 at 2:47 PM
Participants: Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Hughes, James D. ("Don")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-081

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[0:03] It's really bad up in Hagerstown, Frederick, and Thurmont.
[0:13] They're all down well below minimums.
[0:17] I've got a weather aircraft on the way up there now.
[0:20] There's a possibility that it may go up sufficiently to get into Thurmont at 4 o'clock.
[0:26] So what I did was I pre-positioned the airplane over there.
[0:29] It's on a five-minute strip alert over it in a costume.
[0:32] But
[0:33] Uh, it's just doubtful, Bob, and one thing we don't want to mess around with a helicopter or anything that would do with icing or anything like that.
[0:39] Yeah, how close can you get if you can't get in a thermo?
[0:43] We can't get even out of dollars, it's bad.
[0:47] So, you know, we're not going to gain anything, really.
[0:49] Frederick is the closest one that we may get any money on, save any driving time at all.
[0:55] Frederick.
[0:56] Frederick, and that's below minimums.
[0:59] So that, uh...
[1:00] We just can't make any appreciable head wave of a helicopter at this time.
[1:04] I've got an airplane on its way up in that whole area to recce it now.
[1:10] But at four, it could clear in an hour.
[1:15] At four, what time is it?
[1:16] It's almost three.
[1:17] At four, it's supposed, thermon is supposed to go up at four.
[1:20] Thermon should go up at four.
[1:23] But no, don't bet on it.
[1:25] Okay.
[1:26] This stuff is just like glue.
[1:28] It's all in here.
[1:29] Okay.
[1:29] It's holding up by those mounds.
[1:30] Yeah.
[1:31] All right.
[1:31] So you're going to hold off?
[1:33] Well, let me check with the president and see.
[1:35] Yeah, but I've got an airplane that will be ready for him in five minutes.
[1:38] Okay.
[1:39] So if we can get a break, we can go now.
[1:41] Okay.
[1:41] All right?
[1:42] Yep.
[1:42] You bet.
[1:42] Bye.