Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 024-056
Date: Tuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:27 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-056

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[0:01] Yeah.
[0:01] There you are.
[0:04] Hello.
[0:04] Briefing finished?
[0:05] Yes, sir.
[0:05] How long to go?
[0:07] Oh, about, I think, just close to an hour, but that was not Q&A.
[0:12] Henry used about...
[0:13] Nine minutes, 35 minutes.
[0:17] You start at 11.15.
[0:19] Oh, yeah.
[0:19] Or you start at 11.15.
[0:21] Right, and he talked until just about quarter till, and then he took questions into account.
[0:25] Oh, then he's just finished then, is he?
[0:27] Right.
[0:27] Fine.
[0:28] How'd he go?
[0:28] He did a good job.
[0:29] He outlined the efforts that had been made at the negotiating table.
[0:33] He was firm, determined, but also quite realistic in terms of the Soviet assessment.
[0:38] Right.
[0:38] He did a good job.
[0:39] He was, you know, passionate and impassioned and made a good presentation.
[0:43] Good, good, good.
[0:46] I think things are in good shape, quite frankly.
[0:48] Press play's been good, straightforward so far.
[0:52] Well, are Democrats playing their usual part?
[0:55] Oh, well, sure.
[0:55] Oh, I see Church gave us, to my great surprise, he's... Well, Church said right that he'd accept it.
[1:02] He was the other side.
[1:03] Okay.
[1:04] Okay, sir.