Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 023-098
Date: Monday, May 1, 1972 at 7:07 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-098

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[0:02] Yeah, one final point.
[0:04] I think you ought to do a little action.
[0:41] now.
[1:04] I cannot control it.
[1:05] And that he has never said, he always understates what he will do.
[1:10] And he has public support now that's full of
[1:11] as you give him the impression that he's out of control, and then you sort of despair at it.
[1:34] Do you see my point?
[1:34] Absolutely.
[1:35] Lay it that way.
[1:35] You're rather despairing, but that's the way it is.
[1:36] I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.
[1:37] And unless I come back with something positive, I cannot, frankly, be held accountable for what happened to me.
[1:40] Put it right that way.
[1:44] Okay.