Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 023-100
Date: Monday, May 1, 1972 at 7:11 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-100

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[0:01] Uh-huh.
[0:05] Yes, sir.
[0:12] How'd your announcement go?
[0:20] Did they understand it?
[0:21] No, it went just fine.
[0:21] I think they got the point.
[0:22] They've used it on the network, so...
[0:22] Refer to the fact of progress that they referred to this question.
[0:24] Confidential exchanges that you had with Brezhnev.
[0:25] That was really the... That's the heart of it, sure.
[0:27] And they all gathered that this was a Kissinger Channel, too, didn't they?
[0:29] Well, I said yes.
[0:30] I said yes.
[0:30] Yeah.
[0:49] They asked you?
[0:49] Yes.
[0:49] They said it was one of the things that is a major subject.
[0:50] Then I referred to your ongoing
[0:53] We had said before that you had had ongoing communication with Brezhnev.
[1:19] You got it off in time even for that effort.
[1:20] Yes, sir.
[1:20] They read it.
[1:20] They didn't do it.
[1:20] Oh, no, no.
[1:21] We were so late.
[1:21] What did you think of it?
[1:22] Well, it was a very...
[1:30] I mean, and that Smith, that crappy thing, you know, language.
[1:38] It was a very interesting meeting for me, though.
[1:39] Yeah.
[1:40] I think the announcement came out all right.
[1:40] Call Henry and tell him to run around here.
[1:41] Yes, sir.